Residents in every Municipality are required to pay municipal property taxes. Property taxes collected in the Municipality of Port Hope provide for your local services such as local road repair, snow clearing, fire services, and much more.
For your 2021 income tax purposes please keep the top half of your 2021 final property tax bill.
Learn about the Municipality of Port Hope’s property tax due dates and the various ways that you can pay your taxes. For more information about your property taxes, contact us by phone at 905-885-4544 or by email. For Income Tax purposes please refer to your final property tax bill.
February 24, 2021 - Interim Levy First Installment
April 28, 2021 - Interim Levy Second Installment
June 29, 2021 - Final Levy First Installment
September 29, 2021 - Final Levy Second Installment
There are various ways that you can pay your property taxes in the Municipality of Port Hope. Learn how to make a payment and the payment options we have available for you.
Due date extensions for Port Hope farmland owners |
| As a Port Hope farmland owner, you can pay your property taxes until October 21 of the current year without penalty and interest on any outstanding property taxes. For a copy of the deferral of property tax payments By-law 12/2006 please contact us by phone at 905-885-4544 or by email. |
Supplemental tax bill due dates |
| You will receive a supplementary tax bill if you have purchased a newly built home or constructed home improvements. Please visit our assessments page to learn more about supplementary tax bills. |
Learn more about tax rates and calculate property taxes using your property assessment.
We offer many tax rebates to eligible Port Hope applicants who may be looking for property tax relief.
Learn more about property assessments and your property profile.
Our Tax Sale tenders will be posted on our Bids and Tenders webpage once available.
| Service Charges | Cost |
|---|---|
| Tax Certificate | $40.00 |
| Non-Sufficient Funds (NSF) cheque or returned payment | $30.00 |
|
Unofficial Statement of Property Tax/Reprint of Tax Bill **The first reprint of the current year Tax Bill is free |
$5.00 |
| Farm Debt Notice | $50.00 per notice |
| Tax Sale Administration | Actual costs incurred |
| Interest on tax accounts will be applied as per the Interim Tax Levy and Levy By-laws. | Please refer to the latest Interim Tax Levy and Levy By-laws |
Change your mailing address
You can change your mailing address by completing our mailing address change form. Please send us your form by one of the following:
- Download your form, select print at the top right of your screen, complete the fields, and place it in the drop-box mail slot at Town Hall 56 Queen Street
- Download your form, select print at the top right of your screen, complete the fields, and mail to Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario, L1A 3Z9
- Download your form, select print at the top right of your screen, complete the fields, and fax it to 905-885-1807
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.
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.
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. For a copy of the application please contact us by phone at 905-885-4544 or by email.
Please submit your application to us by one of the following:
- email us
- place your form in the drop-box mail slot at Town Hall, 56 Queen Street
- mail it to the Town Hall 56 Queen Street, Port Hope Ontario, L1A 3Z9
Once you submit your completed application to the finance department, staff will send this to MPAC to process and will be reflected on your next property tax bill.
We collect school support within your property taxes on behalf of Northumberland County and the School Boards.
COVID-19 - Important Notice:
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Service information on some pages may not be accurate during this time. Please refer to our COVID-19 Updates page for service changes.
