City Council
and School Board Elections
 

City Council collects Property Taxes from each Property Owner
(Tenants pay a portion of their landlord's property taxes through their rent)

  

Municipal governments in Ontario spend billions each year to provide the public services that meet these important needs of Ontario residents. Municipal governments raise most of the money for financing these services from the property taxes paid by residents and businesses in the local area. Additional funding comes from "user fees" or "non-tax revenue" from parking fines, for example, and some funding still comes from the provincial government.

The taxes are calculated by multiplying the assessed value of a property by a tax rate. There are two parts to the tax rate: 
     1. the municipal tax rate, which is set by your municipal government; and
     2. the education tax rate, which is set by the provincial government.

Elections for municipal government are held every four years on the 4th Monday of October. The next municipal election will be held Monday, October 24, 2022. Anyone can vote in a municipal election who, on the day of the election, is:

  • 18 years of age or older

  • a Canadian citizen; and

  • either a resident of Owen Sound or a property owner or tenant or the spouse of an owner or tenant in Owen Sound.

Your name must be on the voters’ list in order for you to cast a ballot. 
 

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