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Property Taxes

The City of Kenora calculates your property taxes based on your property assessment value and the annual tax rates approved by Council. Learn how to request a tax certificate and view our tax property sales.

Where do my tax dollars go 

Your property taxes help fund a variety of services and programs in the community. Some external programs and services include:

  • Ontario Provincial Police
  • Kenora District Services Board
  • Pinecrest Home for the Aged
  • Northwestern Health Unit

City owned or operated services and programs include:

  • transportation
  • recreation and culture
  • general government
  • fire services and by-law enforcement
  • planning, tourism, and development
  • storm sewers and recycling
  • cemetery

View our property tax insert to see where your property tax dollars go.

E-billing

You can sign up to receive your property tax bills by email.   

Once you have registered for property tax e-billing, you will not receive a paper copy of your bill through regular mail.

Property assessment

Visit the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to learn more about your property assessment. If you believe there is an error with your property assessment, you can appeal to MPAC.

School support designation

Property owners in Ontario are required to support a school board, even if they do not have children or their children are not currently attending school. In the case of a residential property occupied by tenants, the tenants can direct the school support for that property. By default, school support is directed to your municipality’s English Public School Board. The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is legislatively required to collect school support information and provide it in the assessment roll to every municipality and school board. By ensuring that you are supporting the school board of your choosing, you will be able to vote in the next municipal and school board election for trustees in that school board. Property owners, occupants, and tenants can update their school support designation online at mpac.ca/schoolsupport.

Tax rates

View the current tax rates for the City of Kenora.

2025 tax rates

2025 tax rates
Property type Municipal rate

Residential

0.01462433

New multi-residential

0.01608676

Multi-residential

0.02268332

Commercial (occupied)

0.02868577

Commercial (vacant)

0.02868577

New construction

0.02868577

Office building (occupied)

0.03593346

Office building (vacant)

0.03593346

Shopping centre (occupied)

0.04075505

Shopping centre (vacant) 

0.04075505

Parking lot/vacant land

0.02444267

Industrial (occupied)

0.03252817

Industrial (vacant)

0.03252817

Aggregate extraction

0.02646837

Large industrial (occupied)

0.04202424

Large industrial (vacant)

0.04202424

Landfill

0.01608676 

Pipeline

0.02262321

Farmlands

0.00365608

Managed forest

0.00365608

Electrical corridors – Ontario Hydro

122.15 

Railway right of ways – CPR 110.00

Past municipal tax rates

View the past municipal tax rates.  

2024 tax rates

2024 tax rates
Property type Municipal rate

Residential

0.01352555

New multi-residential

0.01487811

Multi-residential

0.02097903

Commercial (occupied)

0.02653050

Commercial (vacant)

0.02653050

New construction

0.02653050

Office building (occupied)

0.03323364

Office building (vacant)

0.03323364

Shopping centre (occupied)

0.03769298

Shopping centre (vacant) 

0.03769298

Parking lot/vacant land

0.02260620

Industrial (occupied)

0.03008420

Industrial (vacant)

0.03008420

Large industrial (occupied)

0.03913124 

Large industrial (vacant)

0.03913124 

Landfill

0.01487811 

Pipeline

0.02092344

Farmlands

0.00338139

Managed forest

0.00338139

Electrical corridors – Ontario Hydro

122.15 

Railway right of ways – CPR 110.00

 

2023 tax rates

2023 tax rates
Property type Municipal rate

Residential

0.01309035

New multi-residential

0.01439939

Multi-residential

0.02030401

Commercial (occupied)

0.02661628

Commercial (vacant)

0.02661628

New construction

0.02661628

Office building (occupied)

0.03216431

Office building (vacant)

0.03216431

Shopping centre (occupied)

0.03781484

Shopping centre (vacant)

0.03781484

Parking lot/vacant land

0.02187882

Industrial (occupied)

0.02955724

Industrial (vacant)

0.02955724

Large industrial (occupied)

0.03844581

Large industrial (vacant)

0.03844581

Landfill

0.01439939

Pipeline

0.02025021

Farmlands

0.00327259

Managed forest

0.00327259

Electrical corridors – Ontario Hydro

122.15

Railway right of ways – CPR

110.00

 

2022 tax rates

2022 tax rates
Property type Municipal rate

Residential

0.01248131

New multi-residential

0.01372944

Multi-residential

0.01935935

Commercial (occupied)

0.02598235

Commercial (vacant)

0.02598235

New construction

0.02598235

Office building (occupied)

0.03139824

Office building (vacant)

0.03139824

Shopping centre (occupied)

0.03691420

Shopping centre (vacant)

0.03691420

Parking lot/vacant land

0.02135773

Industrial (occupied)

0.02742452

Industrial (vacant)

0.02742452

Large industrial (occupied)

0.03567172

Large industrial (vacant)

0.03567172

Landfill

0.01372944

Pipeline

0.01930805

Farmlands

0.00312033

Managed forest

0.00312033

Electrical corridors – Ontario Hydro

122.15

Railway right of ways – CPR

110.00

2021 tax rates

2021 tax rates
Property type Municipal rate

Residential

0.01221603

New multi-residential

0.01343763

Multi-residential

0.01895014

Commercial (occupied)

0.02570481

Commercial (vacant)

0.02570481

New construction

0.02570481

Office building (occupied)

0.03106285

Office building (vacant)

0.03106285

Shopping centre (occupied)

0.03651990

Shopping centre (vacant)

0.03651990

Parking lot/vacant land

0.02112959

Industrial (occupied)

0.02549011

Industrial (vacant)

0.02549011

Large industrial (occupied)

0.03315558

Large industrial (vacant)

0.03315558

Landfill

0.01343763

Pipeline

0.01889993

Farmlands

0.00305401

Managed forest

0.00305401

Electrical corridors – Ontario Hydro

122.15

Railway right of ways – CPR

110

2020 tax rates

2020 tax rates
Property type Municipal rate Education rate Combined rate

Residential

$0.01184247

$0.00153000

$0.01337247

Multi-residential

$0.01837066

$0.00153000

$0.01990066

Commercial (occupied)

$0.02528132

$0.00980000

$0.03508132

Commercial (vacant)

$0.02401725

$0.00931000

$0.03332725

New construction

$0.02528132

$0.00980000

$0.03508132

Office building (occupied)

$0.03055109

$0.00980000

$0.04035109

Office building (vacant)

$0.02902353

$0.00931000

$0.03833353

Shopping centre (occupied)

$0.03591822

$0.00980000

$0.04571822

Shopping centre (vacant)

$0.03412230

$0.00931000

$0.04343230

Parking lot/vacant land

$0.02078148

$0.00980000

$0.03058148

Industrial (occupied)

$0.02471063

$0.00980000

$0.03451063

Industrial (vacant)

$0.02347509

$0.00931000

$0.03278509

Large industrial (occupied)

$0.03214169

$0.00980000

$0.04194169

Large industrial (vacant)

$0.03053462

$0.00931000

$0.03984462

Pipeline

$0.01832198

$0.00980000

$0.02812198

Farmlands

$0.00296062

$0.00038250

$0.00334312

Managed forest

$0.00290602

$0.00038250

$0.00334312

Electrical corridors – Ontario Hydro

$122.15

$149.75

$271.90

Railway right of ways – CPR

$110

$15.43

$124.43

 

2019 tax rates

2019 tax rates
Property type Residential rate Education rate Combined rate

Residential

$0.01211057

$0.00161000

$0.01372057

Multi-residential

$0.01872498

$0.00161000

$0.02033498

Commercial (occupied)

$0.02560421

$0.01030000

$0.03590421

Commercial (vacant)

$0.02176358

$0.00875500

$0.03051858

New construction

$0.02560421

$0.01030000

$0.03590421

Office building (occupied)

$0.03094129

$0.01030000

$0.04124129

Office building (vacant)

$0.02630010

$0.00875500

$0.03505510

Shopping centre (occupied)

$0.03637698

$0.01030000

$0.04667698

Shopping centre (vacant)

$0.03092044

$0.00875500

$0.03967544

Parking lot/vacant land

$0.02104691

$0.01030000

$0.03134691

Industrial (occupied)

$0.02579626

$0.01030000

$0.03609262

Industrial (vacant)

$0.02192373

$0.00875500

$0.03067873

Large industrial (occupied)

$0.03354908

$0.01030000

$0.04384908

Large industrial (vacant)

$0.02851671

$0.00875500

$0.03727171

Landfill

$0.01332163

n/a

$0.01332163

Pipeline

$0.01847035

$0.01012143

$0.02859178

Farmlands

$0.00302765

$0.00040250

$0.00343015

Managed forests

$0.00302765

$0.00040250

$0.00343015

Electrical corridors – Ontario Hydro

$122.15

$149.75

$271.90

Railway right of way – CPR

$110

$15.43

$125.43

Changing your address

If you move or change your address, you will need contact the Tax and Assessment Officer to let us know so that we can update your property tax information.

Contact Us

City of Kenora
1 Main Street South
Kenora ON P9N3X2

Phone: 807-467-2000
After hours: 807-467-2080

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday to Friday
Closed on Holidays

 

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