Property Taxes
If you own a property in Severn, you need to pay annual property taxes. Learn how to request a tax certificate, view your property assessment, change your address and explore the available tax incentives and rebates.
Tax sale properties
According to the Municipal Act, if property taxes aren't paid for two years, we can issue a tax arrears certificate. This certificate states that we can sell the property if taxes, penalties, interest and legal costs aren't paid within one year of registering the certificate.
View current tax sale properties
Letter of authorization
As a property owner, you'll need a letter of authorization if you'd like us to release your property tax information to a third party, such as a spouse or family member not named as the property owner.
Complete the Letter of Authorization
2021 tax rates
We use the assessment and classification of properties to set municipal tax rates and collect property taxes.
Property class | Township | Police | County | Education | Total |
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Residential or farm | 0.00343329 | 0.00073033 | 0.00273563 | 0.00153000 | 0.00842925 |
Residential or undeveloped farmland | 0.00257497 | 0.00054775 | 0.00205172 | 0.00114750 | 0.00632194 |
Multi-residential | 0.00343329 | 0.00073033 | 0.00273563 | 0.00153000 | 0.00842925 |
Commercial, shopping centre and new construction (occupied and vacant) |
0.00419651 | 0.00089268 | 0.00334376 | 0.00880000 | 0.01723295 |
Commercial payments in lieu (occupied and vacant) | 0.00419651 | 0.00089268 | 0.00334376 | 0.00980000 | 0.01823295 |
Industrial and new construction (occupied and vacant) |
0.00409420 | 0.00087092 | 0.00326224 | 0.00880000 | 0.01702736 |
Industrial payments in lieu (occupied and vacant) | 0.00409420 | 0.00087092 | 0.00326224 | 0.01250000 | 0.02072736 |
Pipelines | 0.00445160 | 0.00094695 | 0.00354702 | 0.00880000 | 0.01774557 |
Farm and managed forest tax incentive programs |
0.00085832 | 0.00018258 | 0.00068391 | 0.00038250 | 0.00210731 |
Railway row | 110/acre | n/a | n/a | 74.12/acre | 184.12/acre |
Utility transmissions | 19.94/acre | n/a | n/a | 34.39/acre | 54.33/acre |