Tax Rebate Programs

As a farmland owner in Ontario, you may be eligible to apply for a property tax reduction through the Farm Property Class Tax Rate Program offered by Agricorp. Please contact Agricorp for further information at 1-888-247-4999.

You must have an OFA (Ontario Farmers Association) number to be eligible for this program.

If you have forested land on your property, you may qualify for the Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program. More information on this program can be found by contacting the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry at 1-800-667-1940.

If you have eligible natural heritage features on your property, you may qualify for a 100% property tax exemption on that piece of property. For more information contact Ontario Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program at 1-802-268-8959.

Registered charities may be eligible for a property tax reduction. For more information of eligibility requirements and application due dates please contact the Municipal Office at (519) 357-3550

You can request a tax adjustment if one of the following has affected you or your property:

• A building destroyed by fire
• Demolition or otherwise
• Mobile home unit removed
• Sickness or extreme poverty
• Gross or manifest clerical/factual error
• Building damaged and substantially unusable
• Ceases to be liable at tax rate it was taxed

Exemption due to renovation preventing normal use (minimum 3 months)

Fill out a form that is available at the Township Office and return to the Township Office to request a tax adjustment. The deadline for a section 357 is the last day in February of the year following the taxation year to which the application applies and the deadline for a section 358 is December 31st of the current year.