{
 "answer": "In the City of Cambridge, Ontario, property tax & assessment rules are set by City of Cambridge - Property Taxes (2026 tax rates, instalments, penalties), verified 2026-10-28. Due dates: Interim: first working days of March and May; Final: first working days of July and September. Penalty interest: 1.25% penalty on third day of default; additional 1.25% interest on first day of each month until paid. Tax sale: Property eligible after two years plus any part of a third year overdue (improved land) or two years overdue (vacant land); sold by public auction or tender.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001447",
 "municipality": "Cambridge",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "tax_assessment",
 "label": "Property tax & assessment",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.cambridge.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City of Cambridge - Property Taxes (2026 tax rates, instalments, penalties)",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.cambridge.ca/resident-services/taxes/",
   "summary": "Page lists 2026 property tax rates by class (City, Region, Education; residential total 1.51218%). Interim instalments due first working days of March and May; final instalments first working days of July and September; 1.25% penalty on third day of default then 1.25% monthly.",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "9e58c41cbe43fed2ccc4e5ea98f1de8bb2daf19ab05baea120945e82152a9192",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9e58c41cbe43fed2ccc4e5ea98f1de8bb2daf19ab05baea120945e82152a9192.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "tax_rate": "RT Residential: 0.0151218 total (City 0.0051735, Region 0.0084183, Education 0.0015300); FT Farm Land: 0.0037805; TT Managed Forest: 0.0037805; CTN Commercial Taxable: 0.0353041; ITN Industrial Taxable: 0.0353041; MT Multi-Residential Taxable: 0.0280341; NT New Multi-Residential Taxable: 0.0151218; PTN Pipeland Taxable: 0.0245841",
    "due_dates": "Interim: first working days of March and May; Final: first working days of July and September",
    "penalty_interest": "1.25% penalty on third day of default; additional 1.25% interest on first day of each month until paid",
    "tax_sale": "Property eligible after two years plus any part of a third year overdue (improved land) or two years overdue (vacant land); sold by public auction or tender."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "tax_rate": "\"2026 Property Tax Rates\" table",
    "due_dates": "\"Payment installments are due the first working days of March and May\" / \"Payment installments are due the first working days of July and September\"",
    "penalty_interest": "\"1.25% penalty for overdue taxes...upon the third day of default and we add an additional 1.25% interest on the first day of each month\"",
    "tax_sale": "\"two years plus any part of a third year overdue for improved land and two years of overdue taxes for vacant land\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/cambridge/property-tax/city-of-cambridge-property-taxes/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/cambridge/property-tax/"
}