{
 "answer": "In the City of Vaughan, Ontario, development charges & levies rules are set by City-Wide Development Charges By-law 109-2022, verified 2026-10-25. Charge per single-detached home: $80,420 per unit (effective June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2028; current as of June 1, 2023). Charge per apartment unit: Large Apartments: $49,974 per unit; Small Apartments: $36,016 per unit (effective June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2028). Non-residential charge: $252.66 per square metre of GFA (effective June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2028).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001808",
 "municipality": "Vaughan",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "development_charges",
 "label": "Development charges & levies",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
 "official_website": "https://www.vaughan.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City-Wide Development Charges By-law 109-2022",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-06-28",
   "document_url": "https://www.vaughan.ca/sites/default/files/109-2022%20-%202022%20City-Wide%20DC%20By-Law.pdf",
   "summary": "City-wide DC by-law 109-2022, enacted June 28, 2022, in force June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2028; repeals 083-2018. Original Schedule B (indexed annually since): $80,420 single/semi; $66,163 multiples; $49,974 large apartment; $36,016 small apartment; $252.66/m2 non-residential.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_source": "https://web.archive.org/web/2026id_/https://www.vaughan.ca/sites/default/files/109-2022%20-%202022%20City-Wide%20DC%20By-Law.pdf",
   "document_number": "109-2022",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ebdee720843942e2e01996b65beac92cbeb6a705121006a41e1e61e2a35ad251.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "single_detached_charge": "$80,420 per unit (effective June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2028; current as of June 1, 2023)",
    "apartment_charge": "Large Apartments: $49,974 per unit; Small Apartments: $36,016 per unit (effective June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2028)",
    "non_residential_charge": "$252.66 per square metre of GFA (effective June 1, 2023 to June 1, 2028)",
    "services_covered": "Development Related Studies; Library; Fire and Rescue; Community Services; Public Works Buildings and Fleet; highways; water/wastewater; storm drainage.",
    "exemptions": "Temporary/accessory uses, home occupations, agriculture, heritage relocation, cemeteries, conservation authority; additional units; industrial enlargement ≤50%; place of worship (5,000 sq ft/464.5 m² or worship area, whichever greater); redevelopment allowance.",
    "payment_timing": "Payable at building permit issuance (no permit until paid in full); subdivision engineering services at subdivision agreement; instalments where s. 26.1 applies.",
    "indexing_expiry": "Adjusted annually July 1 from 2023 using Statistics Canada Quarterly Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index for Toronto; expires five years after June 1, 2023 (June 1, 2028)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "single_detached_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "apartment_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "non_residential_charge": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "services_covered": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "exemptions": "s. 2(8), 2(9), 2(10), 2(11), 2(12); s. 5",
    "payment_timing": "s. 3(2), 3(3), 3(5)",
    "indexing_expiry": "s. 6; s. 7(1)-(2); Schedule \"B\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/vaughan/development-charges/bylaw-109-2022/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "2022 City of Vaughan Community Benefits Charge By-Law 201-2022",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.vaughan.ca/sites/default/files/2023-01/201-2022_Final_signed.pdf",
   "summary": "Community Benefits Charge by-law 201-2022 under Planning Act s.37; listed on the City's DC page. Not opened (link taken from the DC page).",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "4c13e32bf8d95aeb5e8b2808e06b0638358908d182369860f964f354538216ad",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_source": "https://web.archive.org/web/2026id_/https://www.vaughan.ca/sites/default/files/2023-01/201-2022_Final_signed.pdf",
   "document_number": "201-2022",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4c13e32bf8d95aeb5e8b2808e06b0638358908d182369860f964f354538216ad.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/vaughan/development-charges/bylaw-201-2022/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "York Region Development Charges",
   "category": "development_charges",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.york.ca/business/land-development/development-charges",
   "summary": "Upper-tier York Region DCs apply on top of Vaughan's own charges; Region sets its own by-law and rates.",
   "discovered_by": "dc-on",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-19",
   "capture_sha256": "a817560c06128accf327babdeca0d12b118fd329df43a561eb9c61761ee2effb",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-19T15:54:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a817560c06128accf327babdeca0d12b118fd329df43a561eb9c61761ee2effb.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/vaughan/development-charges/york-region-development-charges/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/vaughan/development-charges/"
}