MUNICIPAL TAXES 2010

What people are paying Only two

Assessed value 2010 tax Average municipalities
of average increase on tax bill asked to provide
Municipality single-family average home in 2010 tax data for this
home (%) chart were unable
Westmount $1.02 million 8.23 $11,022 to do so: Hudson
and Ste. Anne de
Hampstead $784,600 6.4 $10,593 Bellevue.
Town of Mount Royal $667,173 5.9 $6,694
Senneville $620,363 5.6 $5,501
Montreal West $431,658 8.39 $7,010
St. Lambert $427,597 4.0 $4,950
Baie d’Urfé $422,300 8.5 $3,628
Côte St. Luc $412,700 4.9 $5,385
Beaconsfield $381,425 4.63 $4,672
Kirkland $343,494 8.18 $3,915
Candiac $322,975 2.4 $2,486
Boucherville $304,120 3.4 $2,737
St. Bruno $286,066 4.38 $2,618
Blainville $284,000 6.0 $2,465
Dollard des Ormeaux $280,000 5.8 $3,120
Montreal $278,000 5.3 $3,063
Dorval $264,380 3.79 $2,798
Pointe Claire $258,107 6.97 $3,209
Laval $255,700 1.7 $2,503
Brossard $250,600 1.3 $2,239
Pincourt $225,688 2.48 $2,523
Longueuil $212,000 5.2 $2,130
Châteauguay $188,700 6.8 $2,700
Mirabel $180,000 2.9 $1,260
Montreal East $158,403 4.14 $1,667
NOTES:
1: The figures for average tax bill in 2010 exclude school taxes. The figures include amounts for general
property taxes, as well as for water, garbage and all other municipal charges that are billed separately. Not
included are amounts for swimming pools or local improvement taxes, as these are not broadly applicable.
2: The figures for assessed value of average single-family homes are taken from municipal valuation rolls.
Some municipal rolls are newer than others; in general, the newer the roll, the more closely its assessments
reflect current market values. The assessments for municipalities on Montreal Island are taken from the
2007-10 valuation rolls, which are based on transaction prices in June 2005. The next Montreal Island valuation
roll is expected to see assessments rise by 15 to 30 per cent, to reflect current property values. Most off-island
municipalities have newer valuation rolls than Montreal. Pincourt’s roll, new this year, shows assessments for
single-family homes up 15.9 per cent from 2007; Blainville’s new roll shows a corresponding rise of 19.5 per cent.
Andy Dodge & Associates of Westmount says the average Westmount home is now worth $1.3 million, up
eight per cent in the past year. That’s 30 per cent more than in June 2005, when the assessed value of $1.02
million was determined.
3. The $3,063 figure provided by the city of Montreal for average 2010 tax bill does not include borough
surtaxes. Seven of 19 boroughs in the city have these surtaxes. They can run as high as $200 a year and
are highest in Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Montreal North, Lachine and LaSalle.
4. In Senneville, 20 per cent of residents get their water from their own wells and don’t pay the city’s annual $255 flat tax
for water. The $5,501 figure published in the tax chart for Senneville’s average tax bill includes the $255 charge. The $3,209 figure
for Pointe Claire is the sum of the average $3,028 property-tax bill for 2010 and the average residential water bill for 2009. The average
Pointe Claire homeowner paid $181 for water last year, based on metered consumption, according to Mayor Bill McMurchie. The $10,593 for
Hampstead’s average tax bill does not include water charges. Hampstead was unable to provide a figure for its average residential water bill.
SOURCE: 2010 MUNICIPAL BUDGETS

THE GAZETTE