Treasury Department
The Finance Department provides accounting services, reports, analysis, and guidance to Council, the Public, and Town Departments regarding the financial operations of the Town. Calculation, billing, and collecting of Municipal Taxes are also carried out by the Finance Department.
Tax Certificate Fee $80, payment can be made by cheque. Please make cheques payable to the Town of Collingwood
- Report on Collingwood's Financial Health
- Fee Schedule - 2022
- Fee Schedule - 2021
- Fee Schedule - 2020
- 2018 Budget - Treasury Presentation
- Economic Development Action Plan Report
- Economic Development Implementation Plan
- Fee Schedule - 2018
- Fee Schedule - 2019
- Governance Review – Strategic Priority #2
- Town of Collingwood Community Profile
Property owners within the Town of Collingwood Downtown Heritage Conservation District or of a property designated under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act may be eligible to apply for a municipal tax refund. The tax relief program only applies to significant heritage buildings as listed on Schedule “B” of the By-law 2010-020.
Audited Financial Statements
An outside firm reviews the Town's financial statements on an annual basis to ensure accuracy. Included in the audit are a consolidated balance sheet, statement of operations and cash flow documents.
- 2012 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2011 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2010 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2009 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2008 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2007 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2006 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2005 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2004 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2003 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2002 Consolidated Financial Report
- 2001 Consolidated Financial Report
Performance Measures (MPMP)
Each year the Province of Ontario releases Performance Measures documents for municipalities across Ontario. The information includes aggregated property assessments, efficiency and effectiveness measurements.
- 2010 Performance Measures
- 2009 Performance Measures
- 2008 Performance Measures
- 2007 Performance Measures
Financial Information Return (FIR)
An annual document from the Minsitry of Municipal Affairs that breaks down revenue and taxation information filed by the Town's Treasurer. It also includes long term financial commitments and statistical information.
- 2010 Financial Information Return
- 2009 Financial Information Return
- 2008 Financial Information Return
- 2007 Financial Information Return
Combined MPMP and FIR
- 2006 Combined MPMP and FIR
- 2005 Combined MPMP and FIR
- 2004 Combined MPMP and FIR
- 2003 Combined MPMP and FIR
- 2002 Combined MPMP and FIR
Service Improvements
Each year the Town provides notice to the public of improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of services by the municipality and its local boards along with barriers identified by the municipality and its local boards to achieving improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of services by them.
2006 Service Improvements 2004 Service Improvements 2003 Service Improvements
The Town of Collingwood offers two pre-authorized plans for payment of your property taxes. These plans authorize the Town to automatically withdraw funds from the bank account you designate and apply them to your tax account. There is no surcharge for either plan.
Read More About Pre-Authorized Payment Plan
- 2008 Financial Information Report
- 2008 Financial Statement
- 2008 Municipal Performance Measurement Report
- 2009 Reserve Funds
- 2010 Projected Reserves
- Debenture Information Summary
- Debenture Repayment Schedule
- June 2010 Capital Statements
- June 2010 Operating Statements (PDF)
- Year to Year to Residential Tax Comparison
Please complete and return via fax, e-mail or post to:
Town of Collingwood
Box 157 Collingwood, ON
L9Y 3Z5
Fax: 705 445 2448
E-Mail: finance@collingwood.ca
Change of Address Form Download
2021 PSSD - published February 22, 2022
The assessed value of your property is determined by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. Please contact MPAC for further information or inquiries. MPAC Contact information: Phone: 1-866-296-6722 Fax: 1-866-297-6703 Web: www.mpac.ca Email: enquiry@mpac.ca
Yes, you can file a Request for Reconsideration through the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. Forms are available at the Tax Department, Town Hall 97 Hurontario Street or you can obtain them from MPAC’s website at www.mpac.ca.
MPAC Contact information:
Phone: 1-866-296-6722
Fax: 1-866-297-6703
Web: www.mpac.ca
Email: enquiry@mpac.ca
You may enroll in our pre-authorized payment plan at any time and have the choice to pay monthly or as each installment becomes due. To do so, complete and sign the Authorization Certificate and attach an unsigned blank cheque marked void for the account you wish to use for withdrawal purposes. Ensure that all signing officers for that account sign the form and mail or deliver the form to:
Town of Collingwood
P.O. Box 157
97 Hurontario St.
Collingwood, ON L9Y 3Z5
If you have more than one tax address, please complete a separate form for each property.
Property taxes in Collingwood are due on the third Friday of February, May, August and October.
2022: February 18, May 20, August 19, October 21
Please contact the Tax Department if you have not received a tax bill by the end of January for the first installment or the end of July for the second installment.
Property taxes are made up of three elements.
Education taxes: This rate is set by the Province of Ontario, and collected by your municipality. The monies collected are remitted to your district school board.
County of Simcoe taxes: This rate is based on the annual budget and tax levy set by County Council. County Council is made up of the Mayors and Deputy Mayors from the 16 member municipalities. The County provides a number of services to its member municipalities, including Collingwood, such as waste collection, ambulance service and social services.
Municipal taxes: The tax rate for your municipal services is set by Council's adoption of the annual budget and relate to the services provided by the municipality, such as roads, recreation, special events and by-law enforcement
If you no longer own the property, please contact the Tax Department to report the change of ownership.
Please advise the Tax Department in writing of any address changes.
On a residential property tax bill, you will be able to see which school board your property tax supports by looking at the Class section:
- RTEP: Residential English Public
- RTFP: Residential French Public
- RTES: Residential English Separate
- RTFS: Residential French Separate
You can obtain an application to change your school support from the MPAC website at www.mpac.ca. For further inquiries please contact MPAC.
MPAC Contact information:
Phone: 1-866-296-6722
Fax: 1-866-297-6703
Web: www.mpac.ca
Email: enquiry@mpac.ca
The Town of Collingwood has several options for paying your property tax bill.
- NEW! Sign in and pay online by credit card with Virtual Town Hall
- In person, at Town Hall by cash, cheque and debit.
- Through our after-hours drop box at Town Hall by cheque.
- Telephone or online banking, using the Tax Roll number as the account number.
- Pre-authroized Payment Plans (More information and forms for Pre-authroized Payment Plans)
- Please note: the Town of Collingwood will charge a fee of $41.00 to the tax account to cover the charge of processing any returned payment.
- Option 1: Paymet on regular due dates
- Option 2: 10 monthly payments for accounts not in arrears
- Option 3: If you account is in arrears please contact the Town of Collingwood Tax Department to discuss pre-authorized payment options at 705-445-1030
- Please note: the Town of Collingwood will charge a fee of $41.00 to the tax account to cover the charge of processing any returned payment.
- In person at Town Hall, 97 Hurontario Street between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
- After hours via our drop box, located at Town Hall (please do not deposit cash).
- Anytime via online or telephone banking.
If you have questions about your property taxes, please call 705-445-1030 Ext. 3625.
If your pre-authorized payment plan is the due date installment plan, you will receive a bill to inform you how much will be deducted from your bank account on the due date. The bill should indicated that you are on a pre-authorized payment plan. If it does not, please contact the Tax Department at 705-445-1030 Ext. 3625.
If your pre-authorized payments are withdrawn monthly, you will only receive a bill at the end of the year.
If you receive a bill and you believe that your mortgage company should be paying your property taxes, then we have no record of your mortgage company on your account. Contact your bank for instructions and request that they contact us to record their details on your account. To avoid penalty being applied to the account, you should contact your bank as soon as you are aware of the error.
A tax reciept is mailed out at the end of the year stamped PAID IN FULL once we have received all the funds from your mortgage company.
The 19 digit number required by online/telephone banking is your tax roll number and can be found on your tax bill. The last four zeros are not required.
Yes. A penalty for late payment of 1.25% per month is added the first day of each calendar month. Payments on account are first applied towards the interest and penalties, then towards the oldest outstanding taxes.
Tax Class Codes
- C1* - Farmland awaiting Development - Commericial
- CTN - Commercial Taxable
- CUN - Commercial Excess Land
- CXN - Commercial Vacant Land
- DTN - Office Taxable
- DUN - Office Excess Land
- EN - Exempt
- FT* - Farmland
- GTN - Parking Taxable
- ITN - Industrial Taxable
- IUN - Industrial Excess Land
- IXN - Industrial Vacant Land
- JTN - New Industrial
- JUN - New Industrial Excess Land
- KTN - New Large Industrial Taxable
- KUN - New Large Industrial Excess Land
- LTN - Large Industrial Taxable
- LUN - Large Industrial Excess Land
- MT* - Multi-Residential
- NT* - New Multi-Residential
- PTN - Pipeline Taxable
- R1* - Farmland Awaiting Development - Residential
- RT* - Residential
- STN - Shopping Centre Taxable
- SUN - Shopping Centre Excess Land
- TT* - Managed Forest
- XTN - New Commercial
- XUN - New Commercial Excess Land
- YTN - New Office Building
- YUN - New Office Building Excess Land
- ZTN - New Shopping Centre
- ZUN - New Shopping Centre Excess Land
*School Support
- EP - English Public
- FP - French Public
- ES - English Separate
- FS - French Separate
- N - No Support
If the home or building on your property has been demolished either due to fire or redevelopment, you may file a 357 application for a possible reduction in your property taxes.