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 "answer": "In the Municipality of Whitestone, Ontario, property tax & assessment rules are set by By-law No. 19-2026 — Adopt Estimates and 2026 Tax Rates, verified 2026-10-19. Penalty interest: Penalty: one and one quarter percent on the first day of default; interest: one and one quarter percent per month on the first day of each calendar month.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001827",
 "municipality": "Whitestone",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "tax_assessment",
 "label": "Property tax & assessment",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "https://www.whitestone.ca/",
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   "title": "By-law No. 19-2026 — Adopt Estimates and 2026 Tax Rates",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-04-21",
   "document_url": "https://whitestone2023.municipalwebsites.ca/UploadFiles/Docs/192026Adoptestimatesofsumsandtaxrates2026_wGoQln.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality of Whitestone 2026 rates: residential 0.00604946 municipal + 0.00153 education = 0.00757946. Instalments due Aug 31 and Oct 31, 2026; 1.25% monthly penalty on default. Municipal levy $3,982,104; reduced by interim levy By-law 03-2026.",
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   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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    "tax_rate": "Residential: municipal 0.00604946, education 0.00153000, total 0.00757946; Commercial- Occupied: 0.00604946 / 0.00586377 / 0.01191323; Commercial-Vacant: 0.00423462 / 0.00586377 / 0.01009839; Farmland: 0.00151237 / 0.00038250 / 0.00189487; Industrial: 0.00604946 / 0.00880000 / 0.01484946; Managed Forest: 0.00151237 / 0.00038250 / 0.00189487; Aggregate Extraction: 0.00492248 / 0.00511000 / 0.01003248",
    "due_dates": "31st day of August 2026; two installments on 31st day of August 2026 and 31st day of October 2026; or last day of each month under the pre-authorized payment plan",
    "penalty_interest": "Penalty: one and one quarter percent on the first day of default; interest: one and one quarter percent per month on the first day of each calendar month"
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    "tax_rate": "s. 1",
    "due_dates": "s. 4",
    "penalty_interest": "s. 5; s. 6"
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   "title": "By-law 23-2025 — Tax Collection Policy",
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   "summary": "Adopts Tax Collection Policy (Schedule A, scanned) for collection of property taxes; repeals By-law 39-2024. Policy body text not read.",
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   "title": "By-laws index",
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   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.whitestone.ca/p/by-laws",
   "summary": "Whitestone by-law listing carrying the 2026 rates and 2025 tax collection policy by-laws.",
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   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6f3a5702a1a03fcf66f035211f7a839516a6b2ce998d863f5106d599b62b7054.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/whitestone/water-sewer/whitestone-by-laws-page/",
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  {
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Pay My Property Taxes (2026 due dates)",
   "category": "tax_assessment",
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   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.whitestone.ca/p/pay-my-property-taxes",
   "summary": "2026 instalments: Mar 31, May 31, Aug 31, Oct 31. Interim bills sent Feb, final bills Aug; payment options, pre-authorized plan.",
   "discovered_by": "on-proptax",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-16T01:27:38+00:00",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/whitestone/property-tax/"
}