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The Corporation of the
Township of Selwyn
By-law Number 2026-029
Being a By-law to Establish the Rates of Taxation for the Year 2026
Whereas the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 section 312, as
amended, provides that the Council of a local municipality shall, after the
adoption of the estimates for the year, pass a by-law to levy a separate tax rate
on the assessment in each property class; and
Whereas the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 section 290, as
amended, provides that the Council of a local municipality shall in each year
prepare and adopt a budget including estimates of all sums required during the
year for the purposes of the municipality; and
Whereas the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25 section 355, as
amended, provides that the Council may provide for a minimum tax; and
Whereas certain tax and assessment related regulations require reductions in
certain tax rates for certain classes or subclasses of property; and
Whereas the Council of the County of Peterborough, being the upper tier
municipality, approved by-laws at its February 4, 2026 regular meeting to
establish the various tax ratios and County tax rates for the County of
Peterborough and for use by its respective lower tier municipalities; and
Whereas the Province approved Ontario Regulation 297/25 under the Education
Act, amending Ontario Regulation 400/98, to prescribe the education rates for
the assessment in each property class for 2026; and
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Selwyn deliberated in
accordance with the approved budget schedule and approved the final 2026 tax
and area rates budget document; and
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Selwyn adopted the
Budget Compliance Report for expenses excluded from the 2026 budgets as
outlined in and as a requirement of Ontario Regulation 284/09 at its meeting held
February 24, 2026; and
Whereas the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, Section 326, as
amended, provides that the council of a local municipality may by by-law identify
a special service and determine the area for this special service; and
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Selwyn has
established water and sewer services in the expanded Woodland Acres Area
water and sewer service area; and
Whereas the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Selwyn approved the
2026 budget for Woodland Acres Water and Sewer Service Area at the Council
meeting held on February 24, 2026;
Now Therefore the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Selwyn hereby
enacts as follows:
1.
That the estimates of the following sums required during the year
2026 for the purposes of the municipality are hereby adopted:
i.
a levy of $10,473,487 for general municipal purposes
ii.
a levy of $287,293 for the Selwyn share of the ORCA levy
iii.
a levy of $2,374,190 for an area policed by the O.P.P.
iv.
a levy of $762,977 for an area policed by the Peterborough
Police.
2.
That the tax rates, as set out in Schedule 1 and Schedule 2
attached hereto, be adopted and applied against the whole of the
assessment for real property in each of the respective classes.
3.
That a Special Fire Rate be charged to Bailey's Bay Resort in the
amount of $400.00.
3.1
That the following flat rate operating amounts be charged for the
Woodland Acres Water and Sewer Area for water and sewer
services;
For each single detached dwelling
$1,306.91
For each townhouse dwelling unit
$1,306.91
For each secondary dwelling unit
$1,306.91
For each apartment building
$2,375.33
For the Wayside Academy
$7,348.77
4.
That every owner shall be taxed according to the tax rates in this by-
law and shall be divided into two installments and due as follows;
First Installment
-
August 4, 2026
Second Installment -
October 5, 2026
and non-payment of the amounts on the dates stated in this section
shall constitute default.
5.
That where the sum of taxes for which any person is chargeable in
any year for municipal, ORCA, County, education, area rate, local
improvements and other purposes, upon any real property assessed
in one parcel to the same owner would according to the assessment
thereon be less than $25.00, the sum of such taxes shall be deemed
to be $25.00.
6.
That the Treasurer, and his designate, is hereby authorized to mail or
cause to be mailed, the notice of taxes due to the current address on
file of the properties indicated on the aforementioned assessment roll
or such mailing address as updated by the current owner of said
property.
7.
That the Treasurer, and his designate, is further authorized to send,
or cause to be sent, the notice of taxes due through electronic means
if the taxpayer has chosen to receive the tax bill in that manner.
8.
That the taxes are payable at the municipal office of the Township of
Selwyn, through pre-authorized payment services or telephone /
computer banking services.
9.
That, on all taxes of the levy which are in default, there shall be
added a penalty of 1 ¼ percent per month on the 1st day of the
default and thereafter each and every month, on the first day of the
month, until December 31, 2026.
10.
That, on all taxes of the levy which are in default on January 1, 2027,
there shall be added interest of 1 ¼ per cent per month on the 1st day
of the month and thereafter each and every month in which the
default continues.
11.
Penalties and interest added shall become due and payable as if they
had originally been imposed and shall form part of the unpaid tax
levy.
12.
The Treasurer, and more specifically his designate(s), are hereby
empowered to accept part payment from time to time on account of
any taxes due. Payments shall be credited first to all other charges,
then to penalties and interest (oldest to newest), and then to the
taxes (oldest to newest).
13.
That this by-law shall come into force and effect upon the date of final
reading.
Read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 24th day of March
A.D., 2026.
________________
Sherry Senis, Mayor
________________
Angela Chittick, Clerk
Corporate Seal
Township of Selwyn
Schedule 1 to Tax Rate By-law 2026-029
Tax Rate Overview
Taxable Rate Summary 2026
General
S-E & D-D
Lakefield
County
Ont./Reg.
Consolidated
Consolidated
Classification
Municipal
OPP
P-L Police
ORCA
General
Schools
Wards 1, 2 & 4
Ward 3
Residential
0.2894590%
0.0738560%
0.1757940%
0.0078740%
0.4648460%
0.1530000%
0.9890350%
1.0909730%
Farmland
0.0723650%
0.0184640%
0.0439490%
0.0019680%
0.1162110%
0.0382500%
0.2472580%
0.2727430%
Managed Forest
0.0723650%
0.0184640%
0.0439490%
0.0019680%
0.1162110%
0.0382500%
0.2472580%
0.2727430%
Pipeline
Full
0.2716860%
0.0693210%
0.1650000%
0.0073900%
0.4363040%
0.8800000%
1.6647010%
1.7603800%
New Multi-Res.
0.2894590%
0.0738560%
0.1757940%
0.0078740%
0.4648460%
0.1530000%
0.9890350%
1.0909730%
Multi-Res.
0.2894590%
0.0738560%
0.1757940%
0.0078740%
0.4648460%
0.1530000%
0.9890350%
1.0909730%
Commercial
Full
0.3180000%
0.0811380%
0.1931270%
0.0086500%
0.5106800%
0.8800000%
1.7984680%
1.9104570%
Commercial
VL/VE
0.2260000%
0.0567970%
0.1351890%
0.0060550%
0.3574760%
0.8800000%
1.5263280%
1.6047200%
Shopping Centre
Full
0.3180000%
0.0811380%
0.1931270%
0.0086500%
0.5106800%
0.8800000%
1.7984680%
1.9104570%
Shopping Centre
VL/VE
0.2260000%
0.0567970%
0.1351890%
0.0060550%
0.3574760%
0.8800000%
1.5263280%
1.6047200%
Industrial
Full
0.4466930%
0.1139740%
0.2712850%
0.0121500%
0.7173500%
0.8800000%
2.1701670%
2.3274780%
Industrial
VL/VE
0.2903510%
0.0740830%
0.1763350%
0.0078980%
0.4662780%
0.8800000%
1.7186100%
1.8208620%
Aggregate Extraction
Full
0.3634740%
0.0927410%
n/a
0.0098870%
0.5837120%
0.5110000%
1.5608140%
n/a
Landfill
0.2923540%
0.0745940%
0.1775520%
0.0079520%
0.4694940%
0.8800000%
1.7243940%
1.8273520%
Comm On-Farm Business
0.3180000%
0.0811380%
n/a
0.0086500%
0.5106800%
0.2200000%
1.1384680%
n/a
Township of Selwyn
Schedule 2 to Tax Rate By-law 2026-029
Tax Rate Overview
PIL Rate Summary 2026
General
S-E & D-D
Lakefield
County
Ont./Reg.
Consolidated
Consolidated
Classification
Municipal
OPP
P-L Police
ORCA
General
Schools
Wards 1, 2 & 4
Ward 3
Residential
0.289459%
0.073856%
0.175794%
0.007874%
0.464846%
0.153000%
0.989035%
1.090973%
Farmland
0.072365%
0.018464%
0.043949%
0.001968%
0.116211%
0.038250%
0.247258%
0.272743%
Managed Forest
0.072365%
0.018464%
0.043949%
0.001968%
0.116211%
0.038250%
0.247258%
0.272743%
Pipeline
Full
0.271686%
0.069321%
0.165000%
0.007390%
0.436304%
0.880000%
1.664701%
1.760380%
New Multi-Res.
0.289459%
0.073856%
0.175794%
0.007874%
0.464846%
0.153000%
0.989035%
1.090973%
Multi-Res.
0.289459%
0.073856%
0.175794%
0.007874%
0.464846%
0.153000%
0.989035%
1.090973%
Commercial
Full
0.318000%
0.081138%
0.193127%
0.008650%
0.510680%
0.980000%
1.898468%
2.010457%
Commercial
VL/VE
0.226000%
0.056797%
0.135189%
0.006055%
0.357476%
0.980000%
1.626328%
1.704720%
Shopping Centre
Full
0.318000%
0.081138%
0.193127%
0.008650%
0.510680%
0.980000%
1.898468%
2.010457%
Shopping Centre
VL/VE
0.226000%
0.056797%
0.135189%
0.006055%
0.357476%
0.980000%
1.626328%
1.704720%
Industrial
Full
0.446693%
0.113974%
0.271285%
0.012150%
0.717350%
1.250000%
2.540167%
2.697478%
Industrial
VL/VE
0.290351%
0.074083%
0.176335%
0.007898%
0.466278%
1.250000%
2.088610%
2.190862%
Landfill
0.292354%
0.074594%
0.177552%
0.007952%
0.469494%
0.980000%
1.824394%
1.927352%