Property tax & assessment — Brighton, Ontario

What is the tax rate? When are taxes due? How is property assessed?

The Municipality of Brighton, Ontario has 2 adopted bylaws on file: By-law 036-2023 - 2023 Tax Rate By-law; By-law 041-2026 — 2026 Tax Rates (adoption of tax rates and penalty/interest), verified 2026-10-23.

By-law 036-2023 - 2023 Tax Rate By-law adopted bylaw
tax rate s. 1: 0.01368462 (residential/farm); s. 2: 0.02703192 (commercial); s. 3: 0.03432469 (industrial); s. 4: 0.02340830 (multi-residential); s. 5: 0.01368462 (new multi-residential); s. 6: 0.00342116 (farmlands); s. 7-23: other class variants (0.02703192, 0.03432469, 0.02336245, 0.00342116, 0.00153000, 0.00675798, 0.00858117, 0.02095462, 0.00202275) s. 1-23
due dates Interim Levy dates - February 28, 2023 and April 28, 2023; Final Levy dates - July 31, 2023 and September 29, 2023; Monthly pre-authorized payments... 15th of each month from February to November 2023 s. 24
penalty interest penalty of one and one-quarter percent (1¼%) shall be added and thereafter, a penalty of one and one-quarter percent (1¼%) per month... interest will be added at the rate of one and one-quarter percent (1 ¼%) per month s. 26-28
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Municipality of Brighton By-law 036-2023 adopting 2023 tax rates to be levied against assessment.

By-law 041-2026 — 2026 Tax Rates (adoption of tax rates and penalty/interest) adopted bylaw
tax rate residential/farm: 0.01613851; commercial: 0.03071275; industrial: 0.03947785; multi-residential: 0.01906020; new multi-residential: 0.01613851; farmlands: 0.00403463; commercial excess land: 0.03071275; commercial vacant land: 0.03071275; industrial excess land: 0.03947785; industrial vacant land: 0.03947785; pipeline: 0.02630245; managed forest: 0.00403463; new commercial: 0.03071275; new commercial excess land: 0.03071275; new commercial vacant land: 0.03071275; new industrial: 0.03947785; new industrial excess land: 0.03947785; new industrial vacant land: 0.03947785; residential education only: 0.00153000; commercial small-scale farm: 0.00767819; industrial small-scale farm: 0.00986946; landfill: 0.02340851; commercial class within the Business Improvement Area: 0.00219971; aggregate extraction: 0.03007290 s. 1; s. 2; s. 3; s. 4; s. 5; s. 6; s. 7; s. 8; s. 9; s. 10; s. 11; s. 12; s. 13; s. 14; s. 15; s. 16; s. 17; s. 18; s. 19; s. 20; s. 21; s. 22; s. 23; s. 24
due dates Interim Levy dates - February 27, 2026 and April 30, 2026; Final Levy dates - July 31, 2026 and September 30, 2026; Monthly pre-authorized payments will be payable on the 15th of each month from February to November 2026. s. 25
penalty interest On all taxes of the final levy in default, a penalty of one and one-quarter percent (1¼%) shall be added and thereafter, a penalty of one and one-quarter percent (1¼%) per month will be added on the 1st day of each and every month the default continues until December 31, 2026. On all taxes of the final tax levy in default on January 1, 2027, interest will be added at the rate of one and one-quarter percent (1 ¼%) per month for each month or fraction thereof of default. On all other taxes in default on January 1, 2026, interest shall be added at the rate of one and one-quarter percent (1 ¼%) per month or fraction thereof. s. 27; s. 28; s. 29
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Municipality of Brighton by-law under Municipal Act s.312 adopting 2026 tax rates, taxes due in four instalments, and penalty and interest on default. Passed May 19, 2026.

Property Taxes — Municipality of Brighton

Interim bill in February, final in July; each has two instalments, due the last weekday of Feb, Apr, Jul and Sep. Links 2022-2026 tax rate by-laws and schedules.

Machine-readable: property-tax.json · Official website: http://www.brighton.ca/ · Last verified 2026-10-23 · Property tax & assessment across Ontario · Property tax & assessment in other municipalities