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THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA
BY-LAW NO. 21-26
BEING A BY-LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVYING AND
COLLECTING THE AMOUNT OF TAXES REQUIRED IN THE
TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA FOR THE YEAR 2026.
WHEREAS Section 290(1) of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. c.M.25, provides that 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 including, amounts sufficient to
pay all debts of the municipality falling due within the year; and including the amounts
required for any board, commission, or other body.
AND WHEREAS, Section 307 of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 2001 , C.M.25, provides that all
taxes shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, be levied upon the whole assessment for
real property or other assessments made under the Assessment Act, according to the
amounts assessed;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
ZORRA ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
That the taxes for the year 2026 for Township purposes and applicable local
improvement charges shall be reduced by the amount of interim levy for 2026 as
prescribed pursuant to By-law No. 05-26 in accordance with the Tax Rates set
out on Schedule "A" annexed hereto.
2.
The 2026 Tax Levy shall be collected in four (4) instalments being due as follows:
First Instalment (Interim Levy)
Second Instalment (Interim Levy)
Third Instalment
Fourth Instalment
February 27, 2026
May 29, 2026
August 31, 2026
October 30, 2026
3.
That pursuant to Section 345(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001 , as amended, a
penalty be of one point twenty-five percent (1.25%) shall be made on the first day
of default and on the first day of each calendar month thereafter in which default
continues until the end of the year in which the taxes were levied. Such penalty
charges shall be levied and collected in the same manner as if it had been
originally imposed.
4.
That pursuant to Section 345(3) of the Municipal Act, 2001 , as amended, the Tax
collector shall add to the amount of taxes due and unpaid, interest at the rate of
one point twenty-five percent (1.25%) per month at the first of each month for
each month or fraction thereof from the 31 st day of December in the year in which
the taxes were levied until the taxes are paid. Such interest charges shall be
levied and collected in the same manner as if it had been originally imposed.
5.
The taxes levied in 2026 shall be payable in any of the following ways:
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At the Municipal Office at 163 Brock Street, Thamesford, Ontario
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Mail payment to the Municipal Office, P.O. Box 189, Thamesford, Ontario
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By internet banking
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eTransfer
The Corporation of the Township of Zorra
By-law No. 21-26
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By pre-authorized payment
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By telephone banking
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By credit card through third party payment provider
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At any banking institution
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6.
That the Tax Collector is not authorized to revise, reduce, or cancel amounts billed
without the authorization of Council.
7.
That the Tax Collector shall proceed to collect the amounts of this by-law together
with all other sums on the Tax Roll in the same manner as set forth in this by-law.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 6th DAY OF MAY, 2026.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 6th DAY OF MAY, 2026.
MAYOR
MARCUS RYAN
CLERK
KAREN MARTIN
Residential
RT
Multi-
Residential
MT
Commercial
Full
CT
Commercial
Excess Unit
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Commercial
Vacant Land
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Industrial Full
IT
Industrial
Excess Unit
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Industrial
Vacant Land
IX
Industrial
Small Scale
on Farm
Business 1
17
Industrial
Small Scale
on Farm
Business 2
10
Aggregate
Extraction
VT
Large
Industrial
LT
Pipeline
PT
Farmlands
FT
Managed
Forest
TT
Commercial
Full PIL
CFN
Commercial
Full PIL
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Industrial PIL
IHN
Industrial Pl L
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Residential
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Schedule
"A"
BY-LAW NO. 21-26
The Corporation of the Township of Zorra
2026 Tax Rates
CURRENT
MUNICIPAL
MUNICIPAL
VALUE
TAX RATE
TAX RATE
ASSESSMENT
(Lower Tier)
(Uooer Tier)
$1,150,030,237
0.00679140
0.00550591
$
3,522,000
0.01358279
0.01101182
$
40,787,869
0.01291588
0.01047114
$
506,600
0.00904112
0.00732980
$
1,275,000
0.00904112
0.00732980
$
19,025,708
0.01786137
0.01448054
$
1,168,855
0.01160989
0.00941234
$
793,100
0.01160989
0.00941234
$
50,000
0.00446534
0.00362014
$
50,000
0.00446534
0.00362014
$
24,727,600
0.01453392
0.01178292
$
7,372,800
0.01786137
0.01448054
$
84,445,000
0.00855241
0.00693359
$ 1,892,916,549
0.00147849
0.00119863
$
5,130,300
0.00169785
0.00137649
$
1,905,300
0.01291588
0.01047114
$
600,400
0.01291588
0.01047114
$
354,100
0.01786137
0.01448054
$
900
0.01160989
0.00941234
$
956,500
0.00679140
0.00550591
EDUCATION
TOTAL
0.00153000
0.01382731
0.00153000
0.02612461
0.00880000
0.03218702
0.00880000
0.02517092
0.00880000
0.02517092
0.00880000
0.04114191
0.00880000
0.02982223
0.00880000
0.02982223
0.00220000
0.01028548
0.00220000
0.01028548
0.00511000
0.03142684
0.00880000
0.04114191
0.00880000
0.02428600
0.00038250
0.00305962
0.00038250
0.00345684
0.00880000
0.03218702
0.00880000
0.03218702
0.00880000
0.04114191
0.00880000
0.02982223
0.00153000
0.01382731