For the second year in a row, Deep River is not number 1 – and that’s a good thing when it comes to tax rates.
The County of Renfrew has released its annual survey of municipal tax rates among its 17 member municipalities.
The rates are taken from the Ontario Property Tax Analysis (OPTA) website, the same one municipalities across the province use for tax billing and capping calculations.
The tax table shows tax rates among the county’s municipalities but not average tax bills, which vary according to both tax rate and property assessment.
All residential ratepayers in the county paid a baseline tax rate this year of $153 per $100,000 of assessment for education purposes, and a further $391 for the county administration, which includes services like ambulance, long-term care, county roads and social assistance.
When it comes to individual municipalities, however, rates vary widely.
The town of Renfrew topped this year’s list with a tax rate of $1,081.28 per $100,000 of assessment.
Deep River was close behind in second with a rate of $1,072.96, while Arnprior was third at $913.24…
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