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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRE HASTINGS
BY-LAW NO. 2026-31
______________________________________________________________________
Being a by-law to provide for the adoption of the tax levy and to provide for the adoption
of tax rates and to further provide for penalty and interest in default of payment thereof
for 2026
______________________________________________________________________
WHEREAS subsection 290 of the Municipal Act, 2001 as amended (the "Act"), provides
for a local municipality in each year to prepare and adopt a budget including estimates of
all sums required during the year for the purposes of the municipality including amounts
sufficient to pay all debts of the municipality falling due within the year, and amounts
required for any board, commission or other body; and
AND WHEREAS Section 312 (2) of the Act, as amended provides that for purposes of
raising the general municipal levy, a local municipality shall, each year, pass a by-law
levying a separate tax rate, as specified in the by-law, on the assessment in each property
class in the local municipality ratable for local municipality purposes;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to County of Hastings by-law to adopt estimates of all sums
required by the County of Hastings for the purposes of the county and to provide a levy
on its constituent municipalities;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to the Province of Ontario Regulation 400/98, made under the
Education Act, as amended from time to time by the Province, the Council of the
Municipality of Centre Hastings is directed to levy specified tax rates on the assessment
for school purposes;
AND WHEREAS section 342 of the Act, as amended authorizes a Council to pass by-
laws for the payment of taxes by instalments and the date or dates in the year for which
the taxes are imposed on which the taxes or instalments are due;
AND WHEREAS section 345 of the Act, as amended authorizes a local municipality to
pass by-laws to impose late payment charges for the non-payment of taxes or any
instalment by the due date;
AND WHEREAS section 347 of the Act sets out procedures for allocation of payments;
AND WHEREAS certain regulations require reductions in certain tax rates for certain
classes of subclasses of property;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Centre Hastings
enact as follows:
1. THAT The following sums be levied for all tax authorities (Municipal, County and
Education) for the year:
Municipal Purposes
$7,528,174
County Purposes
$2,067,984
Education Purposes
$1,089,224
2. THAT the Municipal portion be levied at the rates established by Council as
outlined in Schedule A attached hereto and forming part of this by-law.
3. THAT the County and Education portions be levied at the rates established by the
County of Hastings, and Ministry of Education, respectively, as outlined in
Schedule A attached hereto and forming part of this by-law.
4. THAT each and every property owner shall be taxed according to the tax rates in
this by-law and, subject to section 5 below, such tax shall be paid in two
instalments which shall be equal or as nearly equal as practicable, and shall be
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due and payable as per the dates already established by the annual interim tax
levy by-law:
i. Instalment 1 - July 31, 2026
ii. Instalment 2 - September 29, 2026
5. THAT when a tax levy notice is less than $250, both instalments shall be combined
into a single instalment and shall be payable in full on the date of Instalment 1.
6. THAT penalty charges (current year taxes due and unpaid) for non-payment of
taxes shall be added at the rate of 1.25 percent on the 1st day of default, and on
the 1st day of each calendar month thereafter in which default continues.
THAT interest charges (past year taxes due and unpaid) for non-payment of taxes
shall be added at the rate of 1.25 percent on the 1st day of each calendar month
of default. Penalties and interest added on all taxes of the final levy in default shall
become due and payable and shall be collected forthwith as if the same had
originally been imposed and formed part of such unpaid final tax levy. Payments
of taxes shall be applied to penalties and interest first and then arrears if any.
7. THAT The Finance Department may mail the final tax levy notice, or cause the
same to be mailed, to the residence or place of business of such person indicated
on the last revised assessment roll, specifying the amount of taxes payable.
8. THAT Taxes are payable at the Municipality of Centre Hastings, PO Box 900,
7 Furnace Street, Madoc, Ontario K0K 2K0, or by means of your financial
institution, in accordance with the provisions contained in the Municipal Act, 2001.
Read a first and second time this 8th day of April, 2026
Read a third time and finally passed this 8th day of April, 2026.
__________________________
Thomas Deline, Mayor
__________________________
Typhany Choinard, Clerk
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2026
2026
2026
Tax Rate
Tax Rate
Tax Rate
Tax Rate
Levy
Levy
Levy
Levy
Property Class
Assessment
Ratio
RTC/RTQ
MUNICIPAL
COUNTY
EDUCATION
TOTAL
MUNICIPAL
COUNTY
EDUCATION
TOTAL
Residential
500,167,200
$
1.000000
RT
0.01350597
0.00371008
0.00153000
0.01874605
6,755,244
$
1,855,660
$
765,256
$
9,376,160
$
Multi Residential
4,834,600
$
1.000000
MT
0.01350597
0.00371008
0.00153000
0.01874605
65,296
$
17,937
$
7,397
$
90,630
$
New Multi Residential
1,147,000
$
1.000000
NT
0.01350597
0.00371008
0.00153000
0.01874605
15,491
$
4,255
$
1,755
$
21,502
$
Farmlands
57,821,100
$
0.250000
FT
0.00337649
0.00092752
0.00038250
0.00468651
195,233
$
53,630
$
22,117
$
270,979
$
Managed Forests
2,966,200
$
0.250000
TT
0.00337649
0.00092752
0.00038250
0.00468651
10,015
$
2,751
$
1,135
$
13,901
$
Commercial Occupied
23,879,600
$
1.100000
CT
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00880000
0.02773766
354,769
$
97,455
$
210,140
$
662,364
$
Commercial Shared PIL
93,000
$
1.100000
CH
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00944951
0.02838717
1,382
$
380
$
879
$
2,640
$
Comm.Excess Land
375,300
$
1.100000
CU
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00880000
0.02773766
5,576
$
1,532
$
3,303
$
10,410
$
Comm.Vacant Land
1,178,500
$
1.100000
CX
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00880000
0.02773766
17,508
$
4,810
$
10,371
$
32,689
$
Commercial Small Scale On-Farm
-
$
0.275000
C7
0.00371414
0.00102027
0.00220000
0.00693441
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
Comm.New Construction
-
$
1.100000
XT
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00880000
0.02773766
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
Comm.(New Const) Excess Land
-
$
1.100000
XU
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00880000
0.02773766
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
Industrial Shared PIL
12,200
$
1.100000
IH
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00980000
0.02873766
181
$
50
$
120
$
351
$
Industrial Occupied
3,447,100
$
1.100000
IT
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00880000
0.02773766
51,212
$
14,068
$
30,334
$
95,614
$
Industrial Excess Land
530,100
$
1.100000
IU
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00880000
0.02773766
7,875
$
2,163
$
4,665
$
14,704
$
Industrial Vacant Land
411,600
$
1.100000
IX
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00880000
0.02773766
6,115
$
1,680
$
3,622
$
11,417
$
Industrial New Construction
-
$
1.100000
JT
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00880000
0.02773766
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
Industrial Aggregate Extraction
807,300
$
1.100000
VT
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00511000
0.02404766
11,994
$
3,295
$
4,125
$
19,414
$
Industrial Small Scale
-
$
0.275000
I7
0.00371414
0.00102027
0.00220000
0.00693441
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
Pipelines
2,728,000
$
0.821900
PT
0.01110056
0.00304931
0.00880000
0.02294987
30,282
$
8,319
$
24,006
$
62,607
$
Sub Total
600,398,800
$
7,528,174
$
2,067,984
$
1,089,224
$
10,685,382
$
Payment in Lieu (PIL)
Commercial - Full No Support
169,000
$
1.100000
CF
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.00944951
0.02838717
2,511
$
690
$
1,597
$
4,797
$
Commercial - General No Support
399,000
$
1.100000
CG
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.01893766
5,928
$
1,628
$
-
$
7,556
$
Comm General VacLd - No Support
31,000
$
1.100000
CZ
0.01485657
0.00408109
0.01893766
461
$
127
$
-
$
587
$
Residential - Full Support EP
36,800
$
1.000000
RF
0.01350597
0.00371008
0.00153000
0.01874605
497
$
137
$
56
$
690
$
Residential - General: No Support
113,000
$
1.000000
RG
0.01350597
0.00371008
0.01721605
1,526
$
419
$
-
$
1,945
$
Residential - Full Support
-
$
1.000000
RP
0.01350597
0.00371008
0.00153000
0.01874605
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
Sub Total
748,800
$
10,922
$
3,000
$
1,653
$
15,576
$
Exempt Properties
27,066,500
$
E-
Total Assessment Roll
628,214,100
$
7,539,096
$
2,070,984
$
1,090,878
$
10,700,957
$
MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRE HASTINGS
2026 TAX RATE AND LEVY BY-LAW 2026-31
SCHEDULE A