Property Taxes

The Town of Whitby issues tax bills that cover Town services and programs as well as levies for the Region of Durham and for education purposes. Learn how to pay your property taxes, review your property assessment, or use our tax calculator.

Pay your property taxes

Billing

We issue tax bills twice a year. If you pay your Interim bill directly (not through your mortgage company or through pre-authorized payments), you can expect to receive this tax bill by mail by the end of January. All property owners will have their final bills mailed by the end of May.

If you wish to receive these tax bills electronically, you can sign up electronic billing through Canada Post. Please have your most recent tax bill handy when signing up to confirm that you are the owner. By using this option it can make it easier for you to receive, store and manage your property tax bill(s).

Once you are enrolled, you will automatically continue to receive your bills electronically until you cancel. The deadline to register to ensure that you can receive your interim bill electronically is the end of December. The deadline to register to ensure that you can receive your final bill electronically is the end of April.

Please note

This service is currently not available for any supplemental tax billings or reminder notices.

Due dates

The property tax due dates will change each year. You can find the due date on your property tax bill. The interim property tax installments are typically due in February and April. The final property tax installments are typically due in June and September.

Supplemental tax bills are issued during the summer and fall months for newly constructed homes or properties that have had additions or improvements. These bills will be issued after the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) has assessed the new home or improvement. These due dates will vary depending on timing of the notification from MPAC.

Rebates and relief

Review the property tax rebates and relief programs available to property owners in the Town of Whitby.

Tax rates

View the property tax rates for the current tax year. Please contact us if you'd like to view the tax rates for previous years.

2020 tax rates
Tax class	Town general municipal	Region general municipal	Region transit	Region waste disposal	Region subtotal	Education	Total
Residential full rate (RT)	0.00379479	0.00489960	0.00050418	0.00032351	0.00572729	0.00153000	0.01105208
Farmlands awaiting development phase 1 (R1)	0.00284609	0.00367470	0.00037814	0.00024263	0.00429547	0.00114750	0.00828906
Multi-residential (MT)	0.00708297	0.00914510	0.00094105	0.00060383	0.01068998	0.00153000	0.01930295
Farmlands (FT)	0.00075896	0.00097992	0.00010084	0.00006470	0.00114546	0.00038250	0.00228692
Commercial full rate (CT)	0.00550244	0.00710442	0.00073106	0.00046909	0.00830457	0.00980000	0.02360701
Commercial vacant units (CU)	0.00550244	0.00710442	0.00073106	0.00046909	0.00830457	0.00980000	0.02360701
Commercial vacant lands (CX)	0.00550244	0.00710442	0.00073106	0.00046909	0.00830457	0.00980000	0.02360701
Parking lots full rate (GT)	0.00550244	0.00710442	0.00073106	0.00046909	0.00830457	0.00980000	0.02360701
Office full rate (DT)	0.00550244	0.00710442	0.00073106	0.00046909	0.00830457	0.00980000	0.02360701
Shopping full rate (ST)	0.00550244	0.00710442	0.00073106	0.00046909	0.00830457	0.00980000	0.02360701
Shopping vacant units (SU)	0.00550244	0.00710442	0.00073106	0.00046909	0.00830457	0.00980000	0.02360701
New commercial full rate (XT)	0.00550244	0.00710442	0.00073106	0.00046909	0.00830457	0.00980000	0.02360701
New commercial vacant units (XU)	0.00550244	0.00710442	0.00073106	0.00046909	0.00830457	0.00980000	0.02360701
Industrial full rate (IT)	0.00767875	0.00991434	0.00102021	0.00065462	0.01158917	0.01250000	0.03176792
Industrial vacant units (IU)	0.00767875	0.00991434	0.00102021	0.00065462	0.01158917	0.01250000	0.03176792
Industrial vacant land (IX)	0.00767875	0.00991434	0.00102021	0.00065462	0.01158917	0.01250000	0.03176792
New industrial full rate (JT)	0.00767875	0.00991434	0.00102021	0.00065462	0.01158917	0.01250000	0.03176792
Large industrial full rate (LT)	0.00767875	0.00991434	0.00102021	0.00065462	0.01158917	0.01250000	0.03176792
Large industrial vacant units (LU)	0.00767875	0.00991434	0.00102021	0.00065462	0.01158917	0.01250000	0.03176792
Pipeline (PT)	0.00466531	0.00602357	0.00061984	0.00039772	0.00704113	0.00980000	0.02150644
Managed forest (TT)	0.00094870	0.00122490	0.00012605	0.00008088	0.00143183	0.00038250	0.00276303

User fees

View Schedule R of the Corporate Fees and Charges By-law # 7220-17 for the Corporate Services department fees for a complete list of application and user fee costs.