Every four years, the Ontario Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) mails property assessment notifications to residential, commercial and industrial property owners providing them with the latest assessed value of their property. MPAC will begin mailing property assessment notices for residential properties in Ottawa on July 18. Assessment notices for non-residential properties will be mailed in the fall of 2016. The last province-wide Assessment Update of Ontario properties took place in 2012 and was based on the valuation date of January 1, 2012. This update is based on the valuation date of January 1, 2016. An assessment notice is not a tax bill and an increase in assessment does not necessarily mean the same or any increase in property taxes. On Monday, City of Ottawa Finance staff and MPAC staff briefed members of City Council, their staff and the news media to explain the new assessments and their relation to property taxes. Here's a copy of the slide deck from the presentation.

1. 2016 REASSESSMENT
OTTAWA TAXATION
Revenue Branch
Finance Department
July 18, 2016

2. PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT 2016
• Required by Provincial legislation
• All properties reassessed
• Residential only Notices mailed July 18
• Farm Notices will be mailed October 11
• All other Notices will be mailed October 18
• MPAC updated assessed values from a valuation
date of January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2016
• Values phased-in for taxation years 2017-2020

3. PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT 2016 (contd.)
• To establish a property’s assessed value, MPAC
analyzes sales of comparable properties in the
property owner’s area and all the key features that
affect market value.
• This method, called Current Value Assessment, is
used by most assessment jurisdictions in North
America.

4. PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT 2016 (contd.)

5. PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT 2016 (contd.)
• A reassessment does not change the total taxes
collected by the City – No additional revenue
• Reassessment Impact = Tax Shift within Class
• Properties within the City average increase should
not see a tax impact due to reassessment
• Properties below average should see a decrease
• Properties above average should see an increase

6. BUDGET & POLICY TAX IMPACTS
• All properties will continue to see an annual budget
increase as approved by Council
• Properties may see Tax Policy impacts (Tax shifts
between classes) if neutral ratios not adopted (Council
decision)
• Tax Policy for 2017 will be placed in front of Council
April/May 2017; 2017 budgetary direction to be
incorporated

7. IMPACTS SUMMARIZED ON TAX BILLS
Tax changes due to municipal budget
Tax changes due to reassessment above
City or Provincial average

8. PROVINCIAL REASSESSMENT CHANGES
• Province wide Residential Assessments have increased by an
average of 18% from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2016
• Ontario East values (Kingston, Brockville, Cornwall, Ottawa and
Pembroke) have increased by an average of 5%
• Ottawa values have increased by an average of 3.45%
– Different property types are seeing different trends within Ottawa
• Condos have had an overall decrease - 5%
• Single Family, Semi-detached and Town homes have an overall
increase - 4.6%
• Other Residential properties (residential vacant land, dwelling with
multiple units) have an overall increase - 8%

9. PROVINCIAL REASSESSMENT CHANGES
(contd.)
• Waiting for Farm and other notices to be issued to
understand the full impact the City. (Fall 2016)
• City to send tax impact letter to residents with
13.45% increase or higher in the mail August 2,
2016
• Approximately 15K notices will be mailed
• Residential properties with additional classes
being held until all notices issued in the fall

10. PROVINCIAL REASSESSMENT CHANGES (contd.)
WARD % CHANGE
BELOW CITY AVERAGE (3.45%)
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
TOTAL DIFFERENCE
WARD CHANGE FROM AVERAGE
1 ORLÉANS 2.57% -0.88%
2 INNES 2.86% -0.59%
3 BARRHAVEN 2.92% -0.53%
5 WEST CARLETON-MARCH 3.28% -0.17%
7 BAY 3.16% -0.29%
9 KNOXDALE-MERIVALE 2.72% -0.73%
10 GLOUCESTER-SOUTHGATE 0.65% -2.80%
11 BEACON HILL-CYRVILLE 2.08% -1.37%
12 RIDEAU-VANIER 1.65% -1.80%
14 SOMERSET -0.21% -3.66%
18 ALTA VISTA 2.96% -0.49%
19 CUMBERLAND 3.13% -0.32%
20 OSGOODE 3.17% -0.29%
22 GLOUCESTER-SOUTH NEPEAN 2.93% -0.52%

11. PROVINCIAL REASSESSMENT 2016 (contd.)
WARD % CHANGE
ABOVE CITY AVERAGE (3.45%)
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
TOTAL DIFFERENCE
WARD CHANGE FROM AVERAGE
4 KANATA NORTH 4.16% 0.71%
6 STITTSVILLE 5.03% 1.58%
8 COLLEGE 3.49% 0.04%
13 RIDEAU-ROCKCLIFFE 3.90% 0.45%
15 KITCHISSIPPI 7.35% 3.90%
16 RIVER 4.11% 0.66%
17 CAPITAL 4.68% 1.23%
21 RIDEAU-GOULBOURN 5.34% 1.89%
23 KANATA SOUTH 5.02% 1.57%

13. 2016 MPAC CHANGES
• Residential property owners have 120 days from the
Issue Date of their Property Assessment Notice to file a
Request for Reconsideration (RfR)
• The RfR deadline for those notices mailed to Ottawa
residential property owners on July 18th, 2016 is
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
• The Issue Date and RfR deadline are included on the
Notice
• The previous deadline was March 31 of the taxation
year.

14. ASSESSMENT PHASE-IN
• Assessment increases are phased in over the
next four years (residential approx. 0.86% per
year)
• No phase-in for assessment reductions,
reductions seen immediately.
• Each yearly phase-in value to be used for
corresponding taxation year

15. Property Classification Residential
Your Property Value as of January 1, 2016 $393,000
Your Property Value as of January 1, 2012 $380,000
Property Value Change $13,000
Tax Year Assessment
2017 $383,250
2018 $386,500
2019 $389,750
2020 $393,000

17. 2016 PROPERTY ASSESSMENT NOTICE (contd.)
Ottawa Issue Date July 18, 2016

18. 2016 PROPERTY ASSESSMENT NOTICE (contd.)
2016 Current
Value
Assessment
(2020 tax year
assessment)
• Assessed
Value as of Jan
1, 2016
• Assessed
Value as of Jan
1, 2012
• Change from
2012 to 2016

19. 2016 PROPERTY ASSESSMENT NOTICE
(contd.)
• Property Class Information
• Yearly deadline to appeal
assessment through MPAC
• Ottawa’s deadline for the
2017 taxation year is November
15, 2016
• Phase-in value to be used for taxation purposes.
• 2017 assessed value to be used for 2017 tax year

20. WHAT SHOULD A PROPERTY OWNER DO?
• Verify that MPAC’s Property Assessment Notice is
accurate
• Login to view how property was assessed and
compare it to other properties at
www.aboutmyproperty.ca
– Access Key provided on Property Assessment
Notice
• Dissatisfied with Assessment Value -Contact
MPAC and file a Request for Reconsideration

22. Thank you!
Questions?