Tax Newsletter

The Municipality of Central Elgin delivers public services to residents and property owners. These services are funded through property tax. Central Elgin tax dollars deliver services such as:

• Arenas/Parks/Recreation
• Bridges and culverts
• Building permits and inspections
• By-law enforcement/property standards inspection
• Construction and maintenance of roads, sidewalks and storm sewers
• Emergency planning
• Fire protection and prevention emergency services
• Garbage and recycling collection
• Land-use planning
• Licenses and permits
• Medical centres (C.A. Bell) 
• Municipal drains
• Planning services
• Police Protection
• Snow and sidewalk clearing
• Street lighting

The Municipality of Central Elgin also collects taxes for Elgin County and four district school boards. Elgin County tax dollars deliver services such as:

• Children services
• County Emergency Plan
• County Roads (Capital Only)
• Economic development
• Health Unit
• Homes for the Aged
• Land Ambulance
• Land Division
• Libraries
• Museums
• Provincial Offences Court
• Social housing
• Tourism

We want residents to understand how their tax dollars are used, so we deliver a tax newsletter with the August property tax bill. The newsletter contains general municipal information, the approved budget, and construction projects. It also provides comparisons of Central Elgin's residential, commercial, and industrial property taxes with other municipalities.

• August 2016 Newsletter