Ottawa Property Tax Calculator 2026: 1.272% Rate
Ottawa's 2026 residential rate is 1.2721% of assessed value, about $8,116 a year on the $638,000 benchmark home. Enter the value from your assessment notice to see your own bill for the year and the month, where Ottawa sits among the 42 Ontario cities here, and who sets the value you are taxed on.
How the rate for Ottawa is built. Sum of the City's own 2026 estimator component rates for RT with urban services: City-wide 0.593374% + Police 0.180986% + Fire full-service (FSU) 0.094972% + Transit full-service (T) 0.242185% + Conservation Authority 0.007627% + Education 0.153000% = 1.272144%. Excludes flat solid-waste fee ($267/household) and stormwater fee.
| What the bill usually adds or leaves out | |
|---|---|
| Flat charges for water, sewer, garbage or stormwater, where the city bills them separately | not included |
| Local improvement charges and business improvement area levies | not included |
| Provincial or municipal homeowner grants and seniors' deferrals that lower the bill | not included |
| A change in the assessment when the roll is updated or the home is sold | not modelled |
Show the math
Annual tax = assessed value × total residential rate. The rate is the sum of the municipal levy, the provincial or school education levy and any regional, transit or library levy that is charged on value, exactly as the city publishes it for 2026. Cities that publish mill rates (per $1,000) or rates per $100 of assessment are converted to a percentage. The assessed value comes from your province's assessment body, which is not the market value: Ontario still uses January 1, 2016 values, BC uses July 1 of the previous year, Alberta July 1 of the previous year, Quebec a three-year roll. The ranking compares the rates published by the 42 Ontario municipalities in our data, not every municipality in the province.
What property tax costs on a typical Ottawa home
Ottawa's benchmark home price is $638,000 (2026-08). If the assessment matched that price, the tax would be $8,116 a year, $676.35 a month. With 10% down at 4.5% over 25 years, the mortgage on that home is $3,276.56 a month, so with heat and insurance the cost of owning it is about $4,203 a month. Property tax is 16% of that, a real part of the monthly cost and one that keeps rising after the mortgage is paid off.
Against rent, the tax alone is 35% of the $1,926 average two-bedroom apartment rent in Ottawa. The rent vs buy page for Ottawa runs the whole comparison, and the mortgage page shows the income needed to qualify.
Property tax in Ottawa by assessed value
At the 2026 residential rate of 1.2721%.
| Assessed value | Tax per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| $400,000 | $5,089 | $424.05 |
| $600,000 | $7,633 | $636.07 |
| $800,000 | $10,177 | $848.09 |
| $1,000,000 | $12,721 | $1,060.12 |
Who sets the assessed value in Ottawa
The value on your notice comes from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), a four-year cycle that has been postponed since 2020. For 2026 it reflects January 1, 2016. Every Ontario home is still taxed on what it was worth on January 1, 2016. A house bought recently is assessed well below its price, so the tax is a smaller share of market value than the rate suggests. Ottawa sets only the rate, when council passes the budget.
How the rate for Ottawa is built
Sum of the City's own 2026 estimator component rates for RT with urban services: City-wide 0.593374% + Police 0.180986% + Fire full-service (FSU) 0.094972% + Transit full-service (T) 0.242185% + Conservation Authority 0.007627% + Education 0.153000% = 1.272144%. Excludes flat solid-waste fee ($267/household) and stormwater fee.
How Ottawa compares in Ontario
Ottawa sits 14th of 42 Ontario cities, in the low-rate third. A $600,000 assessment costs $7,633 here, $3,296 more than in Markham and $6,303 less than in Chatham-Kent. Cities with expensive homes tend to have low rates, so a low rate is not the same as a low bill.
| Cities near Ottawa's rate | Rank | Rate | Tax on $600,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledon | 10 of 42 | 0.982% | $5,893 |
| Burlington | 11 of 42 | 1.015% | $6,092 |
| Mississauga | 12 of 42 | 1.088% | $6,527 |
| Brampton | 13 of 42 | 1.253% | $7,520 |
| Ottawa | 14 of 42 | 1.272% | $7,633 |
| Ajax | 15 of 42 | 1.336% | $8,014 |
| Pickering | 16 of 42 | 1.337% | $8,024 |
| Whitby | 17 of 42 | 1.382% | $8,295 |
| Kitchener | 18 of 42 | 1.406% | $8,436 |
All 42 Ontario cities, ranked, are on the main property tax page and in the calculator above.
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Common questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the property tax rate in Ottawa?
- 1.2721% of assessed value for residential property in 2026, including the education portion. Sum of the City's own 2026 estimator component rates for RT with urban services: City-wide 0.593374% + Police 0.180986% + Fire full-service (FSU) 0.094972% + Transit full-service (T) 0.242185% + Conservation Authority 0.007627% + Education 0.153000% = 1.272144%.
- How much is property tax on a typical home in Ottawa?
- Ottawa's benchmark home price is $638,000. At the 2026 rate the tax on that value is about $8,116 a year, $676.35 a month. Your assessment is usually not the same as the price, so check the value on your notice and enter that instead. In Ontario it is set by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) as of January 1, 2016.
- Who decides the assessed value of my home in Ottawa?
- The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), a four-year cycle that has been postponed since 2020. The 2026 value is based on January 1, 2016. Every Ontario home is still taxed on what it was worth on January 1, 2016. A house bought recently is assessed well below its price, so the tax is a smaller share of market value than the rate suggests. The city sets the rate, not the value, when it passes its budget.
- Is property tax high in Ottawa?
- By rate it is the 14th lowest of the 42 Ontario cities in our data. That usually goes with higher home values, so the bill on a typical Ottawa home can still be substantial.
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