{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario, property tax & assessment rules are set by Tax Rates and Fees - 2026 urban/rural rates, verified 2026-10-26. Penalty interest: Interest on tax accounts will be applied as per the Interim Tax Levy and Levy By-laws. Tax sale: Printed Tax Sale Tender Package $30.00; Tax Sale Administration: actual costs incurred + 25% administration fee.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001711",
 "municipality": "Port Hope",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "tax_assessment",
 "label": "Property tax & assessment",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://www.porthope.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tax Rates and Fees - 2026 urban/rural rates",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.porthope.ca/en/living-here/tax-rates.aspx",
   "summary": "Municipality of Port Hope page listing 2026 urban and rural tax rates by class (urban residential municipal total 0.01289947, upper tier 0.00622919, education 0.00153).",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "tax_rate": "Urban Residential total: 0.02065866; Urban Multi-Residential total: 0.02448439; Urban New Multi-Residential total: 0.02065866; Urban Farmland total: 0.00516467; Urban Managed Forest total: 0.00516467; Urban Commercial full/excess/vacant land/parking lot total: 0.03749299; Urban Comm. Small Scale on Farm Bus total: 0.00937324; Urban Industrial total: 0.04897018; Urban Pipeline total: 0.03171805; Urban Aggregate Extraction total: 0.03779672; Rural Residential total: 0.01728745; Rural Multi-Residential total: 0.02043894; Rural New Multi-Residential total: 0.01728745; Rural Farmland total: 0.00432187; Rural Managed Forest total: 0.00432187; Rural Commercial full/excess/vacant land/parking lot total: 0.03243617; Rural Comm. Small Scale on Farm Bus total: 0.00810904; Rural Industrial total: 0.04189064; Rural Pipeline total: 0.02767900; Rural Aggregate Extraction total: 0.03203606",
    "penalty_interest": "Interest on tax accounts will be applied as per the Interim Tax Levy and Levy By-laws.",
    "tax_sale": "Printed Tax Sale Tender Package $30.00; Tax Sale Administration: actual costs incurred + 25% administration fee."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "tax_rate": "\"2026 Urban Tax Rates\" and \"2026 Rural Tax Rates\" tables",
    "penalty_interest": "\"Interest on tax accounts will be applied as per the Interim Tax Levy and Levy By-laws.\"",
    "tax_sale": "\"Printed Tax Sale Tender Package\" and \"Tax Sale Administration\" rows in Tax Related Fees and Charges table"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/port-hope/property-tax/tax-rates-and-fees-2026-urban-rural-rates/",
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   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Your Property Tax Bill / paying property taxes",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.porthope.ca/en/living-here/paying-your-property-taxes.aspx",
   "summary": "Payment options and pre-authorized plans; interim instalments around end of February and April, final around end of June and September; penalty and interest apply to late payment.",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
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   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/port-hope/property-tax/your-property-tax-bill-paying-property-taxes/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/port-hope/property-tax/"
}