White River, Ontario
· No. 2025-17
· adopted 2025-08-13
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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WHITE RIVER
BY-LAW NO. 2025 — 17
2025 TAX RATES
BEING a By-Law to fix the rates of taxation for all property classes for the year 2025 and to also
establish a point in time cut-off for all capped classes.
WHEREAS the Council for the Corporation of the Township of White River has prepared pursuant
to the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001, Chapter 25 estimates of all sums required for the purposes
of the Corporation for the year 2025 after providing due allowances for costs of collection,
abatement of taxes and uncollectable taxes and the sum to be received by the Corporation as
government grants and subsidies and has calculated the education levy according to the prescribed
rates.
AND WHEREAS Section 345 of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001, and amendments thereto,
provides that the Council may by By-Law impose a percentage charge as a penalty for non-
payment of taxes not exceeding one and one quarter percent on the first day of default and on the
first day of each calendar month thereafter in which default continues, but not after the end of the
year in which the taxes are levied.
AND WHEREAS the property assessment roll on which the 2025 taxes are to be levied has been
returned and revised pursuant to the Assessment Act and the point of time is January 1, 2025.
AND WHEREAS the tax ratios for the 2025 taxation year have been prescribed.
AND WHEREAS the Council has considered the estimates of the municipality and all Boards for
which they must levy taxes.
AND WHEREAS Council has by By-Law 2025 - 02, provided for a levy to be made before the
adoption of the estimates for 2025 and whereas interim taxes have been levied prior to the passing
of this By-Law, such taxes shall be shown as a reduction of the 2025 tax levy established herein.
NOW THEREFORE the Council for the Corporation of the Township of White River enacts the
following By-Law;
1, THAT subject to taxes levied pursuant to the provisions of By-Law 2025 - 02 and the
installment dates mentioned therein there shall be levied the following estimates of all sums
required during the year 2025 for the purposes of the Municipality, including the sums
required by law to be provided by Council for education purposes and for all boards and
are hereby adopted as follows:
2025 TAX LEVY
Municipal Purposes $ 1,938,157.70
Education Purposes $148,371.15
Total Levy $ 2,086,528.85
Page-2 By-Law 2025 - 17
2. THAT there shall be struck, rated, levied and collected upon all the accessible land and
buildings of all taxpayers, the tax rates as follows;
Property Class General Education Total
Purposes Purposes
Residential/Farm 0.03893874 0.00153000 0.04046874
Multi-Residential 0.03753527 0.00153000 0.03906527
Commercial Occupied 0.07212814 0.00880000 0.08092814
Commercial Vacant/Excess | 0.05048968 0.00880000 0.05928968
Industrial Occupied 0.09121392 0.00880000 0.10001392
Industrial Vacant/Excess 0.05928906 0.00880000 0.06808906
Landfill 0.05038315 0.00880000 0.05918315
Farmlands/Managed Forests | 0.00973469 0.00038250 0.01011719
3 THAT subject to the provisions of By-Law 2025 - 02 the said Taxes shall be considered to
have been imposed and to have become due and payable from the first day of January,
2025 and shall be payable at the office of the Treasurer. The said rates shall be paid on or
before the 31 day of October, 2025 and the second installment shall be paid on or before
the 30 day of November, 2025 with the exception of the following:
1) Where the sum of the taxes for which any person is chargeable in 2025 for
Municipal, school, local improvement and other purposes, upon any real property
assessed in one part of the same owner would, according to the assessment herein
be less than $10.00, the sum of such taxes shall be deemed to be $10.00
4, The collector is hereby authorized to mail, deliver or cause to be mailed or delivered, the
notice of taxes due to the address of the residence or place of business of the person to
whom such notice is required to be given.
5. Taxes shall be payable at par to the Corporation of the Township of White River, Municipal
Office, 102 Durham Street, or by first class mail to P.O. Box 307, White River, Ontario,
POM 3G0.
6. This by-law shall come into force and take effect upon passage.
READ a first and second time this 13", — 2025.
Mayor
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Acting CAO/Clerk— ——™
READ a third and final time this 13", day of August, 2025
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Mayor
Acting CAO/Clerk