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The Current Value Assessment on your MPAC notice or your City tax bill. It reflects what your property was worth on January 1, 2016 — the last date Ontario reassessed.
Credits you can claim
If you qualify, one of these comes straight off your bill — but you have to apply to the City each year, by August 31. Tick one to see the effect.
Enter your assessed value to see the estimate.
Belleville sets its own tax rate each year, and the Province of Ontario adds an education rate on top. Because of the 1998 amalgamation with Thurlow, the rate is different in five parts of Belleville — an urban home pays more than a rural one on the same value, because it gets more services.
An estimate, not your bill
This applies the published rates to the value you entered. It doesn’t include any credit or exemption you may qualify for (see below), and a property’s special circumstances can change the figure. Your actual bill comes from the City of Belleville (Taxation Department).
How the rate is set
Your assessed value is from 2016
Ontario has not reassessed property since the January 1, 2016 valuation, so the value on your notice still reflects 2016 — even for the 2026 tax year. MPAC sets that value; the City does not.
Belleville amalgamated with Thurlow Township in 1998. The urban areas pay a higher rate because they get more services — transit, streetlights, urban policing. A rural home pays a lower rate on the same assessed value.
The City's share is set by council each year in the budget. The education share is set by the Province — 0.153% for 2026, the same in every part of the city and across Ontario.
Your tax area is named on your City tax bill. If you are not sure, the City's own tax calculator asks for it too, or you can call the Taxation Department at 613-967-3243.
The rates in the breakdown are rounded for display; the amount is worked out from the full figure. The City publishes each rate to eight decimals in its Tax Rates table.
Tax credit for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities
If you own and live in your home and receive the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS, for seniors) or Ontario Disability Support Program benefits (ODSP), the City takes $1,200 off your property taxes. You have to apply to the City each year, by August 31.
If your assessment looks wrong, or the property changed
MPAC sets your assessed value, not the City. If it looks wrong, you can ask MPAC to review it for free through a Request for Reconsideration. If a building was demolished or badly damaged during the year, a tax adjustment can lower the bill.