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City of Cornwall
Development Charges
The information contained herein is intended only as a general reference.
Interested parties should review the approved By-Laws and consult with staff of The City of Cornwall to determine
applicable charges that may apply to specific development proposals.
NOTE: Any discrepancies between this information and the Development Charges By-Laws, the By-Laws shall prevail.
For further information, please contact:
Ryan Windle, Director - Development Services
100 Water Street East, Cornwall, Ontario K6H 5T9
Tel: (613) 930-2787 Ext.2312 Fax: (613) 930-7426
Email: [email protected]
Purpose of Development Charges
The general purpose for which the City imposes development charges is to assist in providing the infrastructure required by
future development in the municipality through the establishment of an available capital funding source to meet the City's
financial requirements.
Development charge funds may only be used for the purpose for which they are collected.
Terms of By-Laws
By-Law 2018-038 was repealed and replaced with By-Law 2023-027 on March 27, 2023 by Cornwall City Council and came
into effect April 10, 2023 and is set to expire on April 10, 2032. This by-law was amended as of January 1st 2025 with By-
Law 2024-107, and amended on By-law 2026-85 which passed April 27, 2026, which related to reduction in the rates.
By-Law 2018-037 was repealed and replaced with By-Law 2020-112 on September 14, 2020 by Cornwall City Council and
came into effect September 15, 2020. By-law 2020-112 was amended on September 8, 2025 through By-law 2025-081.
By-law 2025-081 will expire on September 15, 2030.
Development Charge Calculation and Collection
The development charge payable is the charge that would be determined under the By-Laws, with applicable interest on:
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The day of application for site plan control; or, if not applicable,
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The day of application for rezoning; or if both are not applicable,
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The day set out in the By-Laws.
Development charges are payable in full on the date that the building permit is issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Rental Housing Development and Institutional Development are required to pay their development charges in installment
payments in accordance with Section 26.1 of the Development Charges Act and the City's Development Charges Interest
Policy.
The Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 (Bill 17), allows non-rental residential developments the
option to defer payment of Development Charges to occupancy or at first occupancy if multiple permits are required. This
category includes:
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Single detached dwellings
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Semi-detached dwellings
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Townhouses
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Street townhouses
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Back-to-back townhouses
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Condominium townhouses
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Condominium apartment buildings
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Vacant land condominiums
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Duplexes
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Triplexes
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Fourplexes
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Where any development charge, or part thereof, remains unpaid after the due date, the amount unpaid will be added to the
tax roll and will be collected in the same manner as taxes.
Note: Please refer to By-Law 2023-027 and By-Law 2020-112 for the rules associated with the calculation and collection of
each type of development.
Exemptions and Reductions
The following types of development are exempt from payment of development charges:
a) a non-residential farm building or structure;
b) places of worship, cemeteries, and burial sites;
c) buildings or structures owned and occupied by and used for the purposes of a municipality;
d) buildings or structures owned and occupied by and used by a Board of Education;
e) buildings or structures owned by a hospital approved as a public hospital;
f) buildings or structures owned and occupied by a college or university;
g) the enlargement of an existing industrial building provided the enlargement is less than 50% of the existing floor area;
h) additional residential units in existing and new residential buildings;
i) non-profit housing and inclusionary zoning affordable housing units;
j) discount for rental housing development;
k) redevelopment credits on conversions or demolitions of existing buildings or structures;
l) infill development within a priority area of the Heart of the City Community Improvement Policy Area; and
m) development described in sections 2(2) of the Development Charges Act.
Note: For a complete list of exemptions and reductions and associated rules, please review the By-Laws or contact City
staff.
Statement of Treasurer
As required by the Development Charges Act, 1997 and Bill 73, the Treasurer of the City of Cornwall must prepare an
annual financial statement reporting on the status and transactions relating to the Development Charge Reserve Fund for
the previous year. This statement is presented to the Council of the City of Cornwall for their review and may be reviewed
by the Public in the Clerk's Department during regular business hours at 360 Pitt Street, Cornwall, Ontario, K6J 3P9.
January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026
Schedule B
per By-Law 2020-112 amended with By-law 2025-081
A By-Law for the Imposition of Area-Specific Development Charges within the Brookdale Avenue North Corridor
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April 10, 2026 to December 31, 2026
Schedule A
Per By-Law 2023-027 amended with By-Law 2024-107 and By-Law 2026-48 and By-law 2026-85
A By-Law for the Imposition of City-Wide Development Charges
Development Charge Rates and Indexing
In accordance with the prescribed index in the Act, all charges in the tables above are subject to annual indexing. The
development charges will be adjusted each year, without amendment to either By-Law. Each year, the charges outlined in
By-Law 2024-107 will be indexed on April 10 and the charge outlined in By-Law 2020-112 will be indexed on January 1.