Property tax & assessment — Highlands East, Ontario

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

The Municipality of Highlands East, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: By-law 2025-14 — 2025 Final Tax Rates (Municipality of Highlands East), verified 2026-10-26.

By-law 2025-14 — 2025 Final Tax Rates (Municipality of Highlands East) adopted bylaw

tax rate

0.00593766 residential; 0.00880376 commercial; 0.01020149 industrial; 0.00827353 multi-residential; 0.00148441 managed forest; 0.00148441 farmlands; 0.00616263 commercial vacant land; 0.00616263 commercial vacant units/excess land; 0.00714104 industrial vacant land; 0.00714104 industrial vacant units/excess land; 0.00652875 aggregate extraction land; 0.00653142 landfill

s. 1–s. 12

scout note

Adopts 2025 estimates and tax rates under Municipal Act s.312; approved March 11, 2025. Newest rates by-law on the by-law page; 2026 rates are on the Tax Rates web page.

2026 Tax Rates (Highlands East)

2026 and 2025 rates by class (county, municipal, school, total). 2026 residential total 0.01060624 (municipal 0.00621746, county 0.00285878, school 0.00153).

Property Taxes (Highlands East)

Taxes due three times a year: two instalments (50%) billed February, due last banking day of March and May; final due last banking day of September. Late penalty 1.25% per month.

Machine-readable: property-tax.json · Official website: http://www.highlandseast.ca/ · Last verified 2026-10-26 · Property tax & assessment across Ontario · Property tax & assessment in other municipalities