Business Education Tax Reductions

The government is announcing a plan to address the property tax burden of Ontario businesses and significantly reduce the wide variation in Business Education Tax (BET) rates. Under the government's plan, the Province will implement a $540 million cut to high BET rates over the next seven years.

Table 1 shows the projected BET cuts for Industrial, Commercial and Pipeline property classes for municipalities across the province.

The projected BET cuts are shown for 2014 when the tax decreases will be fully implemented. Over the next seven years, the government will cut business education taxes by $540 million - lowering high BET rates down to a maximum rate of 1.60%. BET rates that are currently below 1.60% will not be increased.

Projections are based on 2007 BET rates and 2005 assessments. BET rates may need to be recalculated in 2009 and future years to adjust for the impact of reassessment-related changes.

Therefore, once the initiative is fully implemented, actual cuts may vary somewhat from these projections. Note: In some municipalities, there may be no properties in either of the Industrial, Commercial and/or Pipeline property class. Property classes shown for each municipality in Table 1 reflect only those which contain at least one property.

Table 1: Projected Business Education Tax Reductions
Municipality  Property Class  Fully Implemented
Projected 2014 Tax Cut ($) Projected 2014 Tax Cut (%)
Alberton Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 46,634 68%
Allan Water DSA Locality Education Commercial - -
Armour Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Armstrong DSA Locality Education Commercial - -
Armstrong Township of Industrial 6,901 17%
  Commercial 8,432 8%
  Pipeline - -
Asquith Garvey DSA Locality Education Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Assiginack Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Atikokan Board Industrial 33,151 45%
  Commercial 4,446 16%
  Pipeline 68,790 79%
Atikokan Township of Industrial 34,774 34%
  Commercial 150,721 46%
  Pipeline 27,142 45%
Auden Board Commercial - -
Baldwin Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Barrie City of Industrial 93,807 2%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Barrie Island Township of Industrial - -
Belleville City of Industrial 699,913 33%
  Commercial 3,358,625 25%
  Pipeline 878 0%
Billings Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Black River - Matheson Township of Industrial 16,927 19%
  Commercial 82,095 29%
  Pipeline - -
Blind River T Industrial 64,991 28%
  Commercial 159,412 39%
  Pipeline 20,322 28%
Bonfield Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Brant City of Industrial 1,101,082 39%
  Commercial 487,007 14%
  Pipeline 59,202 18%
Brantford City of Industrial 3,267,194 43%
  Commercial 3,001,561 21%
  Pipeline 2,130 1%
Brethour Township of Pipeline 4,310 43%
Brockville City of Industrial 383,764 30%
  Commercial 1,564,506 29%
  Pipeline 32 0%
Bruce City of
(Includes 8 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 252,596 26%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Bruce Mines T Industrial 765 9%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Burk's Falls Village of Industrial 960 2%
  Commercial - -
Burpee and Mills Township of Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Calvin Township of Industrial 6,389 9%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Carling Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Casey Township of Industrial 1,310 47%
  Commercial - -
Central Manitoulin Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Chamberlain Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Chapleau Board Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Chapleau Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Chapple Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 41,561 70%
Charlton and Dack Municipality of Pipeline - -
Chatham-Kent Municipality of Industrial 2,475,046 44%
  Commercial 2,400,406 18%
  Pipeline 102,220 8%
Chisholm Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Cobalt T Commercial 8,228 36%
  Pipeline - -
Cochrane T Industrial - -
  Commercial 120,894 26%
  Pipeline - -
Cochrane-Iroq Falls/Br-Math Locality Industrial 11,049 22%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Coleman Township of Industrial 25,235 57%
  Commercial 3,630 16%
  Pipeline - -
Conmee Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Cornwall City of Industrial 1,035,173 46%
  Commercial 3,329,449 34%
  Pipeline 18,197 13%
Dawson Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial 5,012 36%
  Pipeline 29,787 49%
Dorion Township of Commercial 23,405 47%
  Pipeline 37,984 46%
Dryden 1 ( Wainwright) Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 12,570 12%
Dryden 3 (Vermillion Bay) Commercial 87 4%
  Pipeline 1,947 2%
Dryden Board Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 361,339 20%
Dryden City of Industrial 1,332,035 54%
  Commercial 12,425 1%
  Pipeline - -
Dubreuilville Township of Industrial 43,810 40%
  Commercial 10,861 19%
Dufferin City of
(Includes 8 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 759,717 30%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Durham Region of
(Includes 8 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 5,775,048 22%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Ear Falls Township of Industrial 114,009 49%
  Commercial 22,054 22%
  Pipeline 19,272 41%
East Ferris Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 15,073 19%
East Parry Sound Board Of Education Industrial 813 24%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Elgin City of
(Includes 7 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 1,722,053 50%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Elliot Lake City of Industrial 8,682 43%
  Commercial 214,381 35%
  Pipeline - -
Emo Township of Industrial 57 17%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 25,155 62%
Englehart T Industrial 97,838 33%
  Commercial 5,426 5%
  Pipeline 1,253 19%
Espanola Locality Education Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Espanola T Industrial 537,937 52%
  Commercial 119,460 19%
  Pipeline 2,715 13%
Essex City of
(Includes 7 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 5,445,180 36%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 282,057 18%
Evanturel Township of Industrial - 36%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Fauquier-Strickland Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial 333 6%
  Pipeline - -
Ferland DSA Locality Education Commercial - -
Foleyet DSA Board Commercial - -
Fort Frances/Rainy River Board Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Fort Frances T Industrial 178,571 27%
  Commercial 539,759 35%
  Pipeline 10,014 24%
French River Municipality of Industrial 8,077 18%
  Commercial - -
Frontenac City of
(Includes 4 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 24,480 25%
  Commercial 84,968 13%
Gananoque Separated Town Industrial 148,835 43%
  Commercial 264,478 23%
  Pipeline - -
Gauthier Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Gillies Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Gogama DSA Locality Education Commercial - -
Gordon Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Gore Bay T Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Greater Sudbury City of Industrial 3,930,290 43%
  Commercial 4,402,377 19%
  Pipeline - -
Greenstone Municipality of Industrial 112,931 29%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Grey City of
(Includes 9 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 1,158,016 40%
  Commercial 1,528,101 14%
  Pipeline - -
Guelph City of Industrial 4,994,774 39%
  Commercial 3,416,843 17%
  Pipeline 136,375 29%
Haldimand T Industrial 1,613,005 38%
  Commercial 384,282 12%
  Pipeline 175,783 18%
Haliburton City of
(Includes 4 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Halton Region of
(Includes 4 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 7,257,834 17%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Hamilton City of Industrial 1,690,346 10%
  Commercial 6,977,976 10%
  Pipeline - -
Harley Township of Industrial 4,143 39%
  Commercial - -
Harris Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial 470 7%
  Pipeline - -
Hastings City of
(Includes 14 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Hearst Locality Education Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Hearst T Industrial 307 0%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Hilliard Township of Pipeline 6,559 50%
Hilton Beach Village of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Hilton Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Hornepayne Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Hudson Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial 343 9%
  Pipeline - -
Huron City of
(Includes 9 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Huron Shores Municipality of Industrial - -
  Commercial 13,190 15%
  Pipeline - -
Ignace Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial 171 0%
  Pipeline - -
Iroquois Falls T Industrial 395,113 42%
  Commercial 51,890 24%
  Pipeline - -
James Bay Lowlands Board Commercial 3,871 23%
James Township of Industrial 1,251 2%
  Commercial 14,708 47%
Jocelyn Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Johnson Township of Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Joly Township of Commercial - -
Kapuskasing Board Industrial - -
  Commercial 226 11%
  Pipeline - -
Kapuskasing T Industrial 605,197 50%
  Commercial 341,480 25%
  Pipeline - -
Kawartha Lakes City of Industrial 409,719 30%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 45,678 24%
Kearney T Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Keewatin-Patricia Dist Locality Ed Commercial - -
Kenora Board Industrial - -
  Commercial 23,501 15%
  Pipeline 300,728 33%
Kenora City of Industrial 1,001,495 48%
  Commercial 322,745 12%
  Pipeline - -
Kerns Township of Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Killarney Municipality of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Kingston City of Industrial 1,227,996 40%
  Commercial 4,610,314 19%
  Pipeline 65,980 11%
Kirkland Lake Board Industrial 41,577 50%
  Commercial 86,448 26%
  Pipeline 74,574 7%
Kirkland Lake T Industrial 89,796 32%
  Commercial 375,789 43%
  Pipeline - -
La Vallee Township of Industrial 351 6%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 30,426 72%
Laird Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Lake Superior Board Industrial 89,786 17%
  Commercial 46,368 38%
Lake of the Woods Township of Commercial - -
Lakehead Board Industrial 30,687 55%
  Commercial 9,052 11%
  Pipeline 178,833 40%
Lambton City of
(Includes 11 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 4,432,012 45%
  Commercial 2,877,394 16%
  Pipeline - -
Lanark City of
(Includes 8 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 669,853 44%
  Commercial 239,250 6%
  Pipeline 91,412 20%
Larder Lake Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial 3,214 14%
Latchford T Commercial 9,487 44%
  Pipeline 17,945 4%
Leeds & Grenville City of
(Includes 10 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 884,094 49%
  Commercial 145,629 4%
  Pipeline 181,158 16%
Lennox and Addington City of
(Includes 4 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 1,253,924 49%
  Commercial 492,240 17%
  Pipeline - -
London City of Industrial 5,657,336 44%
  Commercial 28,012,238 34%
  Pipeline 282,708 20%
Macdonald Meredith et al Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Machar Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Machin Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 13,328 2%
Magnetawan Municipality of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Manitoulin Locality Education Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Manitouwadge Township of Industrial 19,997 53%
  Commercial 63,828 40%
Marathon T Industrial 69,251 22%
  Commercial 99,863 23%
Markstay-Warren Municipality of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 64,455 52%
Matachewan Township of Industrial 3,684 43%
  Commercial 1,318 23%
Mattawa T Industrial 150 30%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Mattawan Township of Commercial 1,520 19%
  Pipeline 38 38%
Mattice - Val Cote Township of Industrial 1,677 42%
  Commercial 15,954 7%
  Pipeline - -
McDougall Township of Industrial 1,843 9%
  Commercial - -
McGarry Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
McKellar Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
McMurrich-Monteith Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Michipicoten Township of Industrial 3,517 8%
  Commercial 145,792 28%
Middlesex City of
(Includes 8 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 823,759 30%
  Commercial 59,269 1%
  Pipeline 118,330 4%
Mine Centre DSA Locality Education Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Missarenda DSA Locality Education Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Moonbeam Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial 16,856 40%
  Pipeline - -
Moosonee T Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Morley Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 32,262 72%
Municipality of Callandar Industrial 71 1%
  Commercial - -
Muskoka District
(Includes 6 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Nairn and Hyman Township of Industrial 43,029 38%
  Commercial 21,682 28%
  Pipeline 15,952 57%
Neebing Municipality of Commercial - -
  Pipeline 1,739 74%
Niagara Region of
(Includes 12 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 6,273,885 39%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Nipigon Red Rock Board Commercial - -
  Pipeline 44,985 13%
Nipigon Township of Industrial 88 0%
  Commercial 85,668 39%
  Pipeline 5,572 12%
Nipissing Board Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 375,415 37%
Nipissing Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Norfolk T Industrial 641,666 39%
  Commercial 975,232 17%
  Pipeline 71,854 11%
North Bay City of Industrial 177,264 14%
  Commercial 2,967,172 30%
  Pipeline - -
Northeastern Manitoulin & The Isl. T Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Northumberland City of
(Includes 7 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 1,896,675 52%
  Commercial 1,646,821 19%
  Pipeline 23,178 2%
O'Connor Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Oliver Paipoonge Municipality of Industrial 91,960 46%
  Commercial 56,129 13%
  Pipeline 5,123 10%
Opasatika Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Orillia City of Industrial 209,882 22%
  Commercial 360,641 6%
  Pipeline 50,202 34%
Ottawa City of Industrial 7,884,067 26%
  Commercial 25,753,167 12%
  Pipeline 225,151 7%
Oxford City of
(Includes 8 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 5,036,120 45%
  Commercial 3,002,353 22%
Papineau-Cameron Township of Industrial 1,950 5%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Parry Sound T Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Peel Region of
(Includes 3 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 12,096,058 10%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 35,107 1%
Pelee Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Pembroke City of Industrial 141,733 46%
  Commercial 634,582 24%
  Pipeline - -
Perry Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Perth City of
(Includes 4 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 546,257 29%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 19,967 11%
Peterborough City of Industrial 1,289,759 45%
  Commercial 2,465,125 18%
  Pipeline - -
Peterborough City of
(Includes 8 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 320,802 32%
  Commercial - -
Pickle Lake Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Plummer Additional Township of Industrial 31 4%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Powassan Municipality of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Prescott and Russell City of
(Includes 8 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 583,079 37%
  Commercial 90,942 2%
  Pipeline - -
Prescott Separated Town Industrial 86,152 46%
  Commercial 90,853 13%
  Pipeline - -
Prince Edward County City of Industrial 101,233 22%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Prince Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial 1,078 9%
Quinte West City of Industrial 536,472 36%
  Commercial 631,307 15%
  Pipeline - -
Rainy River T Industrial 1,533 22%
  Commercial 13,233 19%
  Pipeline 2,377 41%
Rainy River Dist Locality Ed Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Red Lake Board Commercial - -
  Pipeline 6,364 13%
Red Lake Municipality of Industrial 387,597 45%
  Commercial 155,225 24%
Red Rock Township of Industrial 354,349 54%
  Commercial 2,429 9%
  Pipeline - -
Renfrew City of
(Includes 17 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 966,802 45%
  Commercial 694,388 11%
Ryerson Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Sables-Spanish Rivers Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial 3,960 3%
Sault Ste Marie City of Industrial 2,302,762 46%
  Commercial 2,450,616 23%
  Pipeline 24,323 8%
Sault Ste. Marie Board Industrial 11,944 38%
  Commercial 78,875 33%
Savant Lake DSA Board Commercial - -
Schreiber Township of Commercial 71,613 49%
Seguin Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Shedden Township of Industrial 7 5%
  Commercial 2,333 7%
Shuniah Township of Industrial 11,210 55%
  Commercial 97,703 49%
  Pipeline 163,760 44%
Simcoe City of
(Includes 16 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 3,995,820 35%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 178,997 8%
Sioux Lookout T Industrial 32,917 42%
  Commercial - -
Smiths Falls Separated Town Industrial 265,734 41%
  Commercial 502,131 26%
  Pipeline 139 0%
Smooth Rock Falls T Industrial 68,802 37%
  Commercial 97,652 28%
  Pipeline - -
South Algonquin Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
South River Village of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
South River T.S.A. Commercial - -
St Joseph Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
St Marys Separated Town Industrial 501,737 36%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 400 1%
St Thomas City of Industrial 1,454,208 47%
  Commercial 873,224 19%
  Pipeline - -
St. Charles Municipality of Commercial - -
  Pipeline 5,149 43%
Stormont,Dundas & Glengarry City of
(Includes 6 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 764,959 45%
  Commercial 1,023,331 21%
  Pipeline - -
Stratford City of Industrial 1,315,476 46%
  Commercial 1,734,179 30%
  Pipeline - -
Strong Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Sturgeon Lake Board Commercial - -
Sudbury Locality Education Industrial 632 26%
  Commercial 5,381 9%
Summer Beaver DSA Locality Education Commercial - -
Sundridge Village of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Tarbutt and Tarbutt Add'nl Township of Industrial 161 3%
  Commercial - -
Tehkummah Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Temagami Municipality of Industrial 30,661 44%
  Commercial 76,517 19%
  Pipeline - -
Terrace Bay Township of Industrial 404,379 45%
  Commercial 20,427 20%
The Archipelago Township of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
The North Shore Township of Industrial 13,297 20%
  Commercial 16,507 38%
Thessalon T Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Thornloe Village of Industrial 224 16%
  Commercial - -
Thunder Bay City of Industrial 5,498,911 55%
  Commercial 8,491,388 38%
  Pipeline 203,095 33%
Timiskaming Board Of Education Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Timiskaming Board (Timiskaming pt.) Industrial 29,161 50%
  Commercial 81,240 30%
  Pipeline 7,170 3%
Temiskaming Shores City of Industrial 65,276 29%
  Commercial 809,444 36%
  Pipeline - -
Timmins City of Industrial 2,104,165 46%
  Commercial 738,213 15%
  Pipeline 75,578 29%
Toronto City Industrial 26,428,285 22%
  Commercial 205,069,209 19%
  Pipeline 566,865 11%
Upsala DSA Board Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline - -
Val Rita-Harty Township of Industrial 232 22%
  Commercial 4,530 17%
  Pipeline - -
Waterloo Region of
(Includes 7 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 16,370,991 39%
  Commercial 19,586,347 22%
  Pipeline - -
Wellington City of
(Includes 7 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 1,596,070 32%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 105,324 21%
West Nipissing Municipality of Industrial 6,123 11%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 29,631 24%
West Parry Sound BOE Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
Whitestone Municipality of Industrial - -
  Commercial - -
White River Township of Industrial 18,395 14%
  Commercial 41,118 40%
Windsor City of Industrial 9,719,032 45%
  Commercial 4,739,697 11%
  Pipeline 120,925 14%
York Region of
(Includes 9 lower tier municipalities)
Industrial 2,788,425 4%
  Commercial - -
  Pipeline 274,793 9%