Property Taxes

The Township sends out two tax bills per year: 

Interim Tax Bills are issued in February with installments due in March and April. It is calculated based on 50% of the previous year's Final Tax Billing.

Final Tax Bills are issued in August, with installments due in September and October. It is calculated based on passed budgets and tax rates, as well as tax rates provided by the County of Renfrew.

Supplementary Tax Bills represents an adjustment to a previous tax bill that reflects additions or improvements made to a property that was not previously assessed by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. When MPAC has completed their assessment, the Township will prepare a supplementary tax bill that reflects the change in assessed value. This process can occur at any time, and assessment changes can be retroactive up to three years. 

To find out the current tax rate, visit our dedicated Fees & Charges page.

Property taxes are calculated based on the assessed value of your property. Your property assessment is completed by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), an independent not-for-profit corporation that assesses properties across all Ontario municipalities. They take into account the location of your property, lot dimensions, exterior square footage, quality of construction, and the age of the building to determine the assessed value.

Click here to learn more about MPAC, or watch the video below to learn how your property tax is calculated.

The Township offers numerous ways to make payments. Payments must be made by the close of business on the due date to avoid penalties. Penalty and interest are fixed at a rate of 1.25% per month. 

Methods of payment of bills and invoices are:

• In person at the Municipal Office at 85 Bay Street, Barry's Bay during regular business hours. Cash, card, and current-dated cheque accepted.
• By mailing a current-dated cheque to the Municipal Office.
• Dropping a current-dated cheque in the drop box outside the Municipal Office.
• Telephone or online banking, via your financial institution. Search for "Madawaska Valley Tax" as the payee.
• E-pay is available by clicking here and accepts online debit, Visa, and Mastercard. Note that a 2.5% fee is applied to the payment.

Taxes are payable in Canadian funds. Payments received in US or other funds are subject to an administration fee.

The Township is pleased to offer e-billing services, allowing ratepayers to receive their tax and water/wastewater billing directly to their email inbox. Click here to learn how to sign up.

Use this form to update your mailing address on file.

Sign up for e-billing to have tax and water/wastewater bills sent directly to your email inbox.

A tax certificate is a statement of outstanding property taxes, which is usually requested by lawyers at the closing of a real estate transaction or mortgage approval.

Click here to submit a request for a tax certificate.

The Township collects taxes from residents and distributes 36.5% to the County of Renfrew and 13.6% to the two Renfrew County school boards. The remaining 49.9% stays within the Township, and funds operating and capital costs such as roadway maintenance, waste management, facility and park maintenance and improvements, and emergency services.

To view this year's budget and learn more about the budgeting process, click here.

During a Regular Meeting of Council in the spring of 2025, the decision was made to remove the Ontario Provincial Police Services Billing from the General Tax Budget and apply the cost of the police services equally to every property in the Township of Madawaska Valley as its own separate Levy.

The OPP Services Billing is calculated by the Province of Ontario based on household counts, population counts and call for service, and the Council and Staff have no control of the expenses related to policing. Therefore, it was decided that the fees for this service should be applied to the property tax bill as its own levy.

The 2025 cost of $916,105.00 for police services will be shared amongst every property at a rate of $211.91. This levy will fluctuate year over year based on annual billings received by the province and as property counts increase and/or decrease.

The annual tax rate has been adjusted to reflect the removal of the $916,105.00 police services. You will see this shared levy appear on your Final Tax Bill as “OPP”.