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There are various ways that you can pay your property taxes in the Municipality of Port Hope: in person, by mail or through on-line banking. You can learn about bill delivery options, including e-billing, a convenient and faster method to receive your bill.  

Important Notice: Postal Disruption
In light of the current postal service delays and a possible service disruption, the Municipality encourages all residents to consider transitioning to digital billing to avoid delays in receiving bills and to ensure timely payments.
Now is an ideal time to enroll in our convenient and secure electronic billing services:
• e-Billing: Receive your municipal bills directly via email—eliminating reliance on traditional mail delivery.
• Virtual Town Hall: Access and view your bills online at your convenience. This secure, paperless platform is available 24/7, providing immediate access to your billing information from anywhere.

By switching to digital billing, you can help ensure uninterrupted service and avoid potential late fees due to postal delays.

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We offer several ways to pay your property tax bill—online, in person, at your bank, and more. Pick the option that suits you best!
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Choose how you would like to receive your property tax bill—by mail, email, or online.
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Find out how to manage your account, including how to update your mailing address or handle a new build.
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Tax Rates, Fees and Property Assessments

Learn more about tax rates, fees and your property assessment.

Property Assessments

Tax rates and fees

Different ways to pay your property tax bill

We have a number of options for you to choose to pay your property tax bill, select that option that suits you best.

Virtual Town Hall (online portal)

This is an online portal for residents that is a one stop shop! Track, view and pay your property tax and water and wastewater bills online, all in one convenient location. 

Learn about Virtual Town Hall

In-person

You can place your payment in the drop-box mail slot at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street. All cheques are to be made payable to the “Municipality of Port Hope”. Please include your property tax bill payment stub or write your roll number on your cheque. Alternatively, visit us in person at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street at the Finance Department anytime during regular business hours. 

By Mail 

You can mail in your cheque to Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario L1A 3Z9. Please include your property tax bill payment stub or write your roll number on your cheque.

Bank Institution

You can pay through your bank institution by telephone or in person. You will need your property tax payment stub to refer to your property tax roll number. Please make your payment at least two business days before the due date.

Online Payee by Name through your Bank

You can pay through your financial institution’s website or cell phone app by adding the Municipality of Port Hope as a payee. Please refer to the payee names listed below for each financial institution.
Your account number is the 19-digit property tax roll number starting with 1423. Please do not include the dashes when entering your account number.

If the payee name posted below is not working for you, contact your bank advisor. Please make your payment at least two business days before the due date.

Online Payee Names
Financial InstitutionPayee Name
Bank of Montreal (BMO) Port Hope, Municipality of, Tax
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) Port Hope (Municipality of) Tax
Credit Union Central Ontario (CUCO) Port Hope, Municipality of - 00500196
Meridian Credit Union Port Hope, Municipality of, Tax
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Port Hope (Mun) Tax
Scotia Bank Municipality of Port Hope Taxes
Toronto Dominion Canada Trust (TD) Port Hope (Municipality of) Tax
TelePay Port Hope Tax

Pre-Authorized Payment Plan

You can fill out our Property Tax Pre-Authorize Payment Plan Enrollment Application to sign up for one of the two pre-authorized payment plans. The monthly and the due date pre-authorize payment plans are explained below. Each plan includes an automatic withdrawal from your bank account. You can enroll at any time, however your property taxes must be paid up to date prior to enrolling.

Plan types

  • The monthly pre-authorize payment plan includes twelve (12) withdrawals on the first business day of every month. The January to June withdrawals are based on approximately 50% of your property taxes from the previous year. The final property tax rate is established around the beginning of June. The amount you paid from January to June will be deducted from your final property tax amount. The amount remaining from that total will be divided between the July-December withdrawals.
  • The due date pre-authorized payment plan includes four (4) withdrawals on the four (4) due dates. The interim installment due dates are around the end of February and April. The final installment due dates are around the end of June and September.

Instructions on how to enroll on the pre-authorized payment plan

If you wish to enroll in the property tax pre-authorized payment program, please find the forms below. Go paperless with our online form or download the PDF to print and submit. Printed PDF's are accepted by:

  • drop-box mail slot at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street
  • mail to Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario, L1A 3Z9
  • faxed to 905-885-1807

Online Form: Property Tax Pre-Authorized Payment Plan EnrollmentPrintable Form: Property Tax Pre-Authorized Payment Plan Enrollment

Changing Pre-Authorized Payment Plan

If you wish to update or modify your existing water pre-authorized payment plan, please fill out the form below. Use this form if you've switched banking institutions but still have an account with us. You can also use this form if you would like to swap your plan type. Go paperless with our online form or download the PDF to print and submit. Printed PDF's are accepted by:

  • drop-box mail slot at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street
  • mail to Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario, L1A 3Z9
  • faxed to 905-885-1807

Online Form: Changing/Updating your Property Tax Pre-Authorized Payment PlanPrintable Form: Changing/Updating your Property Tax Pre-Authorized Payment Plan

Cancelling Pre-Authorized Payment Plan

If you wish to cancel your water pre-authorized payment plan, please fill out this form below. Go paperless with our online form or download the PDF to print and submit. Printed PDF's are accepted by:
  • drop-box mail slot at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street
  • mail to Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario, L1A 3Z9
  • faxed to 905-885-1807

Online Form: Cancelling your Pre-Authorized Property Tax Payment PlanPrintable Form: Cancelling your Pre-Authorized Property Tax Payment Plan

Different ways to receive your property tax bill

By Mail

This is our default method for delivering your property tax bills. 

Please note: any notice sent by ordinary mail is considered delivered to and received by the addressee within three business days unless it is returned by the Post Office, or an error in the mailing address is proven. Failure to notify the Finance Office of an address change in writing is not an error. Failure to receive a property tax bill does not exempt the customer from late payment charges. Please ensure the Municipality’s Finance Department has your correct mailing address. 

e-Billing (email)

E-billing is available for tax and water/wastewater accounts. An e-bill includes the same information as a paper bill and has many convenient benefits, including:
  • Your bill delivered directly to your email inbox
  • you will receive your bill quicker than if sent by mail
  • you can print or save your bill for your records
  • you are reducing paper waste

 e-Billing Enrollment

If you wish to enroll in the e-Billing program, please find the forms below. Go paperless with our online form or download the PDF to print and submit. Printed PDF's are accepted by:
  • drop-box mail slot at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street
  • mail to Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario, L1A 3Z9
  • faxed to 905-885-1807

Online Form: e-Billing Enrollment Form   Printable Form: e-Billing Enrollment Form

Changing/update your e-billing information

If you wish to make an update to the email account associated with your current e-Billing program, please find the forms below. Go paperless with our online form or download the PDF to print and submit. Printed PDF's are accepted by:

  • drop-box mail slot at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street
  • mail to Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario, L1A 3Z9
  • faxed to 905-885-1807

Online Form: e-Billing Change Form 
Printable Form: e-Billing Change Form

Cancelling e-Billing (going back to paper billing)

If you previously enrolled for e-billing and would like to return to paper billing, please find the forms below. Go paperless with our online form or download the PDF to print and submit. Printed PDF's are accepted by:
  • drop-box mail slot at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street
  • mail to Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario, L1A 3Z9
  • faxed to 905-885-1807

Online Form: e-Billing Cancellation Form   Printable Form: e-Billing Cancellation Form

Virtual Town Hall (online portal)

This online portal allows you to track, view and pay your property tax and water and wastewater bills online. Once you have enrolled in paperless notifications, we will start to send electronic items to your Virtual Town Hall account.  

Instructions and FAQs

Updating your account

See below for instructions on how to ensure you don't miss a payment.

Please note: any notice sent by ordinary mail is considered delivered to and received by the addressee within three business days unless it is returned by the Post Office, or an error in the mailing address is proven. Failure to notify the Finance Office of an address change in writing is not an error. Failure to receive a property tax bill does not exempt the customer from late payment charges. Please ensure the Municipality’s Finance Department has your correct mailing address.

Applying for an account

Buying a property 

Consult with your lawyer about obtaining a Tax Certificate; a certificate will provide:

  • current status of the property taxes and/or utility account
  • any upcoming property tax due dates

If you are a new property owner and not aware of any upcoming tax instalments or utility bill due dates, penalty and interest is still applicable when payment is received late.

Send Ownership Information

Update the ownership information for a property tax account by your lawyer submitting the following:

  • a copy of the deed 
  • new owner’s and previous owner’s full names (if a change of ownership is due to a sale/purchase)
  • property address
  • assessment roll number
  • the mailing address of the new owner, including postal code
  • closing date of the sale (or date of transaction for name change)
  • lawyer’s signature

Once your ownership information has been updated, a Property Tax Account Statement will be mailed to you and will include an Ownership Change Fee.

Submit your request by or mail or fax:

Municipality of Port Hope
Town Hall,
56 Queen Street,
Port Hope, Ontario, L1A 3Z9
Fax: 905-885-1807

Newly built home or property improvements

MPAC needs time to complete the assessment of newly built homes or construct home improvements. You may not receive your property assessment and your property tax bill for approximately 6 months up to 2 years.

Once MPAC completes your assessment they provide the information to us. Then we provide you a supplementary tax bill for the assessed value effective from the closing or occupancy date. Supplementary tax bills may be issued up to two prior taxation years depending on when the information is received from MPAC. As a property owner, you are responsible to plan for supplementary bills. 

Please visit our assessments page to learn more about supplementary tax bills.

Change your mailing address

If you wish to change your mailing address associated with your account, please find the forms below. Go paperless with our online form or download the PDF to print and submit. Printed PDF's are accepted by:

  • drop-box mail slot at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street
  • mail to Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario, L1A 3Z9
  • faxed to 905-885-1807

Online Form: Property Tax - Mailing Address Change
Printable Form: Property Tax - Mailing Address Change

Please note: If you do not get a Property Tax Notice, this does not remove your responsibility for paying property tax penalty. Please ensure the Finance Department has your correct mailing address.

Selling your property 

If you are selling your property please be sure to contact both the Property tax and Water/Wastewater department to ensure that the ownership is changed and billing is sent to the correct owner.

Call: 

  • 905-885-4544 ext 2237 – Property Tax
  • 905-885-4544  ext 2202 – Water/Wastewater

Or email us:

  • email property tax staff
  • email water billing staff

Direction of School Support

Your property taxes support the Municipality’s English Public School board by default. The type of school support that you are supporting can be found either on your property assessment notice that you receive from MPAC, or on your property tax bill.

Details on direction of school support 

You can change your school support if you meet the criteria. The types of school support include:
  • English public
  • French public
  • English separate (Catholic)
  • French separate (Catholic)
  • Protestant separate (Penetanguishene only)

If you would like to change the direction of your school support you will need to complete the Change Direction of School Support application on the MPAC website.

We collect school support within your property taxes on behalf of Northumberland County and the School Boards.

Questions? Contact staff about property tax due dates or questions about paying your taxes, please call 905-885-4544
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