{
 "answer": "In the Town of Bracebridge, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by Development Charges (rates page) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-23. Charge per single-detached home: $10,389 per unit for Single Detached, Duplex and Semi Detached (Effective January 1, 2026). Charge per apartment unit: Apartments - 2 or More Bedrooms: $7,262 per unit; Apartments - 1 or Less Bedrooms: $5,569 per unit (Effective January 1, 2026). Non-residential charge: Commercial and Institutional: $7.91 per square metre (Effective January 1, 2026).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001427",
 "municipality": "Bracebridge",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.bracebridge.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges (rates page)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.bracebridge.ca/town-services/building-services/building-permits/development-charges/",
   "summary": "rates page: effective January 1, 2026. Residential per-unit rates $10,389 / $8,623 / $7,262 / $5,569 by unit type; non-residential $7.91 per square metre. Town also collects District of Muskoka DCs.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "094c3fc6e8a49fded17167f56e471fb5aa151412de4f2db4692fa91d99d34b36",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/094c3fc6e8a49fded17167f56e471fb5aa151412de4f2db4692fa91d99d34b36.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$10,389 per unit for Single Detached, Duplex and Semi Detached (Effective January 1, 2026)",
    "apartment_charge": "Apartments - 2 or More Bedrooms: $7,262 per unit; Apartments - 1 or Less Bedrooms: $5,569 per unit (Effective January 1, 2026)",
    "non_residential_charge": "Commercial and Institutional: $7.91 per square metre (Effective January 1, 2026)",
    "services_covered": "roads, bridges, storm sewers, community centres, parks, and other public facilities",
    "payment_timing": "Residential or institutional projects may be paid at time of building occupancy; deferral acknowledgment form submitted with building permit application",
    "indexing_expiry": "Rates are indexed annually based on the most recent twelve-month change in Statistics Canada's Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index for Toronto"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Residential Development Charges",
    "apartment_charge": "Residential Development Charges",
    "non_residential_charge": "Non-Residential Development Charges",
    "services_covered": "roads, bridges, storm sewers, community centres, parks, and other public facilities",
    "payment_timing": "Development Charge Payment Options",
    "indexing_expiry": "Rates are indexed annually based on the most recent twelve-month change"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bracebridge/development-charges/development-charges/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges By-law No. 2024-034",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-06-12",
   "document_url": "https://bracebridge.civicweb.net/document/29189",
   "summary": "Town-wide DC by-law passed June 12, 2024, in effect July 4, 2024; residential and non-residential; indexed annually; deferral to occupancy allowed.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "937d710742ffd0bd666a080ad9abf80cb39bb6c62a3b5c93a0b10663bcb594a9",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2024-034",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/937d710742ffd0bd666a080ad9abf80cb39bb6c62a3b5c93a0b10663bcb594a9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$9,969 per single/semi unit (Schedule B-2 phase-in step from Jan 1, 2026, before annual indexing; rises yearly to $19,564 by Jan 1, 2031)",
    "apartment_charge": "2BR or more $6,969; 1BR or less $5,344 per unit (Schedule B-2 phase-in step from Jan 1, 2026, before annual indexing)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$7.59 per m² (Schedule B-2 phase-in step from Jan 1, 2026, before annual indexing; rises to $26.57 by Jan 1, 2031)",
    "services_covered": "Library; Fire; Parks and Recreation; Public Works: Buildings & Fleet; Roads and Related; Development-Related Studies",
    "exemptions": "Publicly-funded college/university; place of worship/cemetery; non-residential farm buildings; Downtown BIA; industrial development; existing housing intensification; conversions up to four units; affordable residential units; non-profit housing; replacement dwellings within five years",
    "payment_timing": "Paid in full when building permit is issued (s. 18.2); agreement may allow before/after (s. 18.4); deferrals for attainable housing (s. 8.1.5), temporary buildings (s. 9.1), mobile homes/Park Model Trailers paid at permit (ss. 10.1, 11.1)",
    "indexing_expiry": "Rates adjusted annually on January 1 starting Jan 1 2025 per 12-month change in Statistics Canada Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index for Toronto (s. 20.1); by-law expires ten years from July 4 2024 (s. 28.2)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B-2\"",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B-2\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"B-2\"",
    "services_covered": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 6.1; s. 7.1",
    "payment_timing": "s. 18.2; s. 18.4; s. 8.1.5; s. 9.1; s. 10.1; s. 11.1",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 20.1; s. 28.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bracebridge/development-charges/bylaw-2024-034/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Charges Background Study (Hemson, March 21, 2024)",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://bracebridge.civicweb.net/document/28884",
   "summary": "Background study supporting By-law 2024-034.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "7db77a7ba1785e5ceced7e1a04f29f1d63a85184bd3a69ed4a0e4c2ca3ff1d21",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7db77a7ba1785e5ceced7e1a04f29f1d63a85184bd3a69ed4a0e4c2ca3ff1d21.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bracebridge/development-charges/development-charges-background-study/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "District of Muskoka Development Fees and Charges",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.muskoka.on.ca/en/finance-and-administration/development-fees-and-charges.aspx",
   "summary": "District of Muskoka DCs collected by the Town alongside its own charges (upper-tier).",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "4e6627785f26d32c56b182b30f748e54bfa99609df82b82ad2fb37a0bb80f327",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4e6627785f26d32c56b182b30f748e54bfa99609df82b82ad2fb37a0bb80f327.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bracebridge/development-charges/district-of-muskoka-development-fees-and-charges/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/bracebridge/development-charges/"
}