Property Tax Rebate Program

Peel Region provides eligible charities with a rebate of 40% of their property taxes (local, Regional and education tax portions). The Province of Ontario passed legislation requiring municipalities to provide tax rebates to eligible charities starting in the 2001 tax year.

Peel Region passed a bylaw establishing a program that provides a 40 per cent rebate to charities that:

1. Have a valid registration number issued by Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, and
2. Occupy property in the commercial or industrial property classes

For complete details, please view the bylaw.

How to apply for a rebate

Eligible charities must apply annually to receive the rebate. Applications must be made between January 1 of the year for which the application is made and the last day of February of the following year.

Local municipalities are required to issue half of the rebate payment to a charity within 60 days after receipt of the charity's valid application. The balance of the rebate is payable within 120 days of the receipt of the application, with adjustments (if any) being made after the issuance of the final tax bills for the year.

Registered charities must apply for the rebate by completing an application form and returning it to the local municipality in which the property is located as follows:

Complete details are included in the application form, which is available by calling the tax department of the local municipalities or the Corporate Finance department of Peel Region as follows:

• Peel Region (Corporate Finance Department): 905-791-7800 ext. 4264
• City of Mississauga (Switchboard – ask for the Tax Department): 905–615–4311
• City of Brampton (Switchboard - ask for the Tax Department): 905–874–2000
• Town of Caledon (Switchboard – ask for the Tax Department): 905–584–2272