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# Development Charges
Under the *Development Charges Act* and its associated regulations, the Region of Waterloo collects Development Charges to recover, to the extent possible, the net growth-related costs of capital infrastructure required to service new development.
Regional Services that are currently eligible to receive funding from Development Charges are:
* Airport
* General Government
* Library
* Operations/Facilities
* Paramedic Services
* Police
* Transit
* Transportation
* Waste Management
* Water/Wastewater
For more information about how the Region invests in the community using development charges, please read the Investing in Our Community Infrastructure fact sheet.
The **RDC Brochure** lists the current development charge rates for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, (please note that RDC Rates will index 3.9% on December 1st 2025 in accordance with the Region's Development Charge By-law.
Effective January 1, 2020, the Development Charges Interest Policy applies to the charging of interest, as permitted under sections 26.1 and 26.2 of the *Development Charges Act*.
The *Development Charges Act*requires the Region to complete a Background Study every five years in order to determine what the charges should be set at in the Regional Development Charges By-Law. Currently, the Region of Waterloo has two By-laws that govern the collection of development charges.
The Annual Adequacy of Regional Development Charge Collections Report presents analysis and commentary relating to the Region's development charge collections/reserve fund balances to assist in determining the adequacy of the RDC rates established under the current RDC By-law.
The Development Charges Transaction Report presents the annual summary of development charge transactions as required by the Development Charges Act.
| Regional Development Charge By-laws: | Related Development Charge Background Study |
| --- | --- |
| By-law 14-046 | June 2014 |
| By-law 16-053 (Amends 14-046 for Transit & Waste Management) | May 2017 |
| By-law 19-037 (Effective August 1, 2019) | April 2019 (Addendum) |
| | |
| --- | --- |
| **RDC Brochures** | |
| **December 1, 2025** | |
| **December 1, 2024** | |
| **December 1, 2023** | |
| December 1, 2022 | |
| December 1, 2021 | |
| **December 1, 2020** | |
| **December 1, 2019** | |
The Annual Adequacy of Regional Development Charge Collections Report presents analysis and commentary relating to the Region's development charge collections/reserve fund balances to assist in determining the adequacy of the RDC rates established under the current RDC By-law.
| Year | Report # |
| --- | --- |
| 2024 | COR-CFN-25-011 |
| 2023 | COR-CFN-24-017 |
| 2022 | COR-CFN-23-026 |
| 2021 | COR-CFN-22-12 |
| 2020 | COR-CFN-21-26 |
| 2019 | COR-FSD-20-11 |
| 2018 | COR-FSD-19-17 |
| 2017 | COR-FSD-18-06 |
| 2016 | COR-FSD-16-10 |
| 2015 | COR-FSD-15-17 |
The Development Charges Transaction Report presents the annual summary of development charge transactions as required by the Development Charges Act.
| Year | Report # |
| --- | --- |
| 2025 | COR-CFN-26-003 |
| 2024 | COR-FSD-25-008 |
| 2023 | COR-CFN-24-004 |
| 2022 | COR-CFN-23-019 |
| 2021 | COR-CFN-22-05 |
| 2020 | COR-CFN-21-16 |
| 2019 | COR-FSD-20-05 |
| 2018 | COR-FSD-19-11 |
| 2017 | COR-FSD-18-02 |
| 2016 | COR-FSD-17-07 |
| 2015 | COR-FSD-16-08 |
| 2014 | F-27-50 |
| 2013 | F-14-040 |
| 2012 | F-13-033 |
Contact Us
**Region of Waterloo HQ**150 Frederick St.
Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4J3
Telephone: 519-575-4400
Fax: 519-575-4481
**For general inquiries:
[email protected]**
**Other Main Region Locations**
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Cambridge, ON N1R 6P9
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Waterloo, ON N2J 4V3
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