{
 "answer": "The City of Burlington, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Paying Property Taxes — City of Burlington (2026 due dates, rates, penalties), verified 2026-10-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001442",
 "municipality": "Burlington",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "tax_assessment",
 "label": "Property tax & assessment",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.burlington.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Paying Property Taxes — City of Burlington (2026 due dates, rates, penalties)",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.burlington.ca/en/property-taxes/paying-property-taxes.aspx",
   "summary": "2026 final instalments due Jun 23 and Sep 23, 2026; interim bill in Jan with Feb/Apr instalments; penalty 1.25% on first day of default plus 1.25% interest monthly; lists 2026 final tax rates (residential 0.02026465 combined city/region/education per page).",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "1c43d86d6497a42dc3cf74091f6cda9b1d4e004ae392da9107ab6f12fa10419e",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1c43d86d6497a42dc3cf74091f6cda9b1d4e004ae392da9107ab6f12fa10419e.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "tax_rate": "Residential R-T: Urban 0.01015281, Rural-N 0.00945872, Rural-G 0.00948745; Multi-Residential M-T: Urban 0.01877562; New Multi-Residential N-T: Urban 0.01015281; Commercial C-H/C-T/etc.: Urban 0.02026465; Industrial I-T/etc.: Urban 0.02682772; Industrial excess/vacant I-H/etc.: Urban 0.02900954; Pipelines P-T: Urban 0.01795484; Farm F-T: Urban 0.00210706; Aggregate Extraction V-T: Urban 0.01977924; Managed Forests T-T: Urban 0.00253820; Exempt E: 0.00000000; full class breakdown in source table",
    "due_dates": "Final 2026 instalments: Jun. 23, 2026 (first) and Sep. 23, 2026 (second). Interim bill: typically third weeks of February and April. 10-month pre-authorized plan: first day of each month January–October.",
    "penalty_interest": "Penalty: 1.25% of amount in default on first day of default. Interest: 1.25% on last day of each month on outstanding balance. When penalty applied, interest prorated from date of default."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "tax_rate": "\"2026 final tax rates\" table (section heading)",
    "due_dates": "\"first installment due date is Jun. 23, 2026 and second installment due date is Sep. 23, 2026\"",
    "penalty_interest": "\"penalty charge of 1.25 per cent of the amount in default to your account, on the first day of default\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/burlington/property-tax/paying-property-taxes-city-of-burlington/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/burlington/property-tax/"
}