{
 "answer": "In the Township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Ontario, property tax & assessment rules are set by By-law 26-2272 - 2026 Tax Rate By-law (levy rates, penalty and interest), verified 2026-10-26. Due dates: 50% of the final levy due on the 17th day of August 2026; 50% of the final levy due on the 15th day of October 2026.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001610",
 "municipality": "Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "tax_assessment",
 "label": "Property tax & assessment",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://echobay.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 26-2272 - 2026 Tax Rate By-law (levy rates, penalty and interest)",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-06-16",
   "document_url": "http://echobay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/By-law-26-2272-2026-Tax-Rate-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Township of Macdonald, Meredith & Aberdeen Additional (Echo Bay) 2026 tax rates by class; $2,495,000 general levy; instalment dates; 1.25% per month penalty; interest on arrears after Jan 1. Scanned PDF (OCR read).",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "426f52b6287165767a7b872c108199bbf3a856d5681987b660a15c0f6679b463",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "26-2272",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/426f52b6287165767a7b872c108199bbf3a856d5681987b660a15c0f6679b463.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "tax_rate": "Residential: municipal 0.01492084, education 0.00153000, total 0.01645084; New Multi-Residential: municipal 0.01492084, education 0.00153000, total 0.01645084; Multi-Residentiat: municipal 0.01884204, education 0.00153000, total 0.02037204; Commercial Occupied: municipal 0.01752751, education 0.00880000, total 0.02632751; Commercial Vacant/Excess Land: municipal 0.01226926, education 0.00880000, total 0.02 106926; Industrial Occupied: municipal 0.01641292, education 0.00880000, total 0.02521292; Industrial Vacant/Excess Land: municipal 0.01066840, education 0.00880000, total 0.01946840; Landfill: municipal 0.01730246, education 0.00880000, total 0.02610246; Pipelines: municipal 0.01468957, education 0.00880000, total 0.02348957; Farm: municipal 0.00373021, education 0.09038250, total 0.00411271; Managed Forest: municipal 0.00373021, education 0.00038250, total 0.00411271; Aggregate Extraction: municipal 0.01641292, education 0.00511000, total 0.02 152292; WT 51.76 ac 75,66 42,49 118.15",
    "due_dates": "50% of the final levy due on the 17th day of August 2026; 50% of the final levy due on the 15th day of October 2026",
    "penalty_interest": "penalty of 1.25 per cent added on default, then 1.25 per cent per month on the first day of each month until December 31, 2025; interest on taxes in default on January 1, 2027 at 1.25 per cent per month for each month or fraction thereof"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "tax_rate": "s. 2",
    "due_dates": "s. 3",
    "penalty_interest": "s. 4; s. 5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/macdonald-meredith-and-aberdeen-additional/property-tax/bylaw-26-2272/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 25-2252 - 2025 Final Tax Rate",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://echobay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/By-law-25-2252-2025-Final-Tax-Rate.pdf",
   "summary": "Prior-year (2025) final tax rate by-law listed on by-laws page; not opened.",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "d76fed22dcd112b4ba14c661cfa11a14362bbea5525834b4b36e1e8673f667bc",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "25-2252",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d76fed22dcd112b4ba14c661cfa11a14362bbea5525834b4b36e1e8673f667bc.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/macdonald-meredith-and-aberdeen-additional/property-tax/bylaw-25-2252/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/macdonald-meredith-and-aberdeen-additional/property-tax/"
}