1.55%of the assessed value on your MPAC notice, each year
$7,774 a yearon a $500,000 home, or about $648 a month
Higher than 67% of the 414 Ontario municipalities
Each dot is one municipality, placed by its newest filed rate. Further right is higher.
Arnprior 1.55%
Middle 1.40%10 more, up to 6.85%
0.5%1.0%1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%
Arnprior
Middle 1.40%10 more, to 6.85%
0.5%1.0%1.5%2.0%2.5%3.0%
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Arnprior
Arnprior in short
$7,774 a year on a $500,000 home: $4,832 to Arnprior council, $2,177 to Renfrew County and $765 to schools.
Up 0.17 points since 2019, or $850 a year more on a $500,000 home.
Rent $1,010 a month, home value $400,000 in the 2021 Census, against an Ontario middle of $980 and $400,000.
2025 is the newest year Arnprior has filed. Every municipality on this site is compared at its
newest filed rate: 283 have filed 2025, and the other 131 are at their newest year, mostly 2024.
Who sets the rate
Three bodies set Arnprior's rate: Arnprior council at 0.97%, Renfrew County at
0.44%, and the Province of Ontario for schools. The county portion is
28% of the bill, set by a council you vote for separately.
$4,832$2,177$765
Portion
Rate
On $500,000
Share
MunicipalArnprior council
0.97%
$4,832
62%
County or regionRenfrew County
0.44%
$2,177
28%
EducationProvince of Ontario
0.15%
$765
10%
Total
1.55%
$7,774
100%
Each rate is rounded to two decimals, so the parts can add up to 0.01 off the total.
How the rate has changed, 2019–2025
Up every year since 2019. Since 2019 the total rate here has risen by 0.17 percentage points, from 1.38% to 1.55%. On a $500,000 home that is $850 a year more than in 2019.
20191.38%$6,924
20201.39%$6,963
20211.41%$7,074
20221.42%$7,106
20231.46%$7,289
20241.50%$7,507
2025*1.55%$7,774
Total residential rate, with the tax on a $500,000 home underneath. *2025 is Arnprior's own filing; 104 municipalities have not filed 2025 yet.Each part of the rate, year by year
Over the same years the residential assessment base moved from $813M to
$1,031M, and the residential levy collected went from $11M
to $16M. A rate rising while the base also grows means the budget grew faster than
property values; a rate falling while the base grows usually means the opposite. Assessment is the figure on the
MPAC notice, still based on 2016 values province-wide.
Year
Municipal
County or region
Education
Total
Change
On $500,000
2019
0.86%
0.36%
0.16%
1.38%
—
$6,924
2020
0.87%
0.37%
0.15%
1.39%
+0.01 pts
$6,963
2021
0.89%
0.38%
0.15%
1.41%
+0.02 pts
$7,074
2022
0.89%
0.38%
0.15%
1.42%
+0.01 pts
$7,106
2023
0.91%
0.39%
0.15%
1.46%
+0.04 pts
$7,289
2024
0.94%
0.41%
0.15%
1.50%
+0.04 pts
$7,507
2025*
0.97%
0.44%
0.15%
1.55%
+0.05 pts
$7,774
Why are Arnprior property taxes so high?
Arnprior's total rate of 1.55% is 0.16 percentage points above the provincial middle (1.40%). A rate that high usually means the assessment base is small relative to what the budget must cover: $1.03B of taxable residential value funds $16.0M in levy here.
Home values
Homes here are assessed at $207,590 per household, 24% less than the middle ($274,250). Lower values mean it needs a higher rate to raise the same money.
Spending
It spends $4,621 per household, 7% more than the middle ($4,313). It spends more on water and wastewater (+$425), parks and recreation (+$254) and snow and ice (+$83), and less on roads and bridges (−$480) and planning and development (−$81).
← Less than the middleMore than the middle →
Water and wastewater+$425
Parks and recreation+$254
Snow and ice+$83
Roads and bridges−$480
Planning and development−$81
More on why
Who gets the money
Of that rate, 0.44% goes to Renfrew County and 0.15% to schools; 0.97% is set by Arnprior itself.
Across Ontario
Across the 241 towns inside a county or region, the tax rate follows home values much more closely than spending: where homes are worth more, rates tend to be lower (rank correlation −0.70 for home values, 0.45 for spending). A pattern, not proof of cause.
What it costs to live in Arnprior
Cost
Arnprior
Ontario middle
Rent, per monthmedian, 2021
$1,010Higher than 58% of 354
$980
Home valueowners’ estimate, 2021
$400,000The same as the middle
$400,000
Property tax on a $500,000 assessment2025
$7,774Higher than 67% of 414
$6,992
Households spending 30% or more on housingshare of income, 2021
19.1%Higher than 74% of 400
15.0%
Household incomemedian, before tax, 2020
$75,500Lower than 69% of 405
$84,000
Ontario has no official cost-of-living index for single towns. Statistics Canada’s consumer price index covers only Toronto, Ottawa and Thunder Bay here, and it measures change over time, not the gap between places. These are the costs published for each municipality: what renters paid and owners estimated in the 2021 Census, not today’s asking rents or sale prices.
Places like Arnprior
The 5 places closest to Arnprior on total tax rate, assessment / household, spending per household, population, 5-year growth, people per household, among towns inside a county or region.
Residential is one of 10 classes Arnprior reported this year. The tax ratio is the multiple
applied to the residential rate: a ratio of 1.7 on multi-residential means an apartment building pays 1.7×
what a house pays on the same assessed value.
Class
Tax ratio
Municipal
County or region
Education
Total
Large Industrial
2.7
2.61%
1.18%
0.88%
4.66%
Industrial
2.466904
2.38%
1.07%
0.88%
4.34%
Commercial
1.8147
1.75%
0.79%
0.88%
3.42%
Shopping Centre
1.8147
1.75%
0.79%
0.88%
3.42%
Multi-Residential
1.9436
1.88%
0.85%
0.15%
2.88%
Pipeline
1.3328
1.29%
0.58%
0.88%
2.75%
New Multi-Residential
1
0.97%
0.44%
0.15%
1.55%
Residential
1
0.97%
0.44%
0.15%
1.55%
Farmland
0.25
0.24%
0.11%
0.04%
0.39%
Managed Forest
0.25
0.24%
0.11%
0.04%
0.39%
Sources and method
Tax rates and spending come from the Financial Information Return that Arnprior files with the Province of Ontario; population, rents and home values from Statistics Canada.
Every source, the method and the limits
Tax rates
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 22 GPL — Municipal and School Board Taxation. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Municipal Act s.294(1). Years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; retrieved 2026-10-11.
Download the file
Spending, households
Financial Information Return Schedule 40 (consolidated expenses by function) and Schedule 02 (households and population).
Population
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0155-01, Population estimates, July 1, by census subdivision. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Rent, home value, income
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Statistics Canada Open Licence. Rent is the median monthly shelter cost of renter households (rent plus any utilities they pay).
The Ontario middle is the median across the municipalities with a published figure.
Method
Dollar figures are the rate times $500,000 of assessed value. Standing compares Arnprior's 2025 total
residential rate with all 414 Ontario municipalities: 138 of the other 413 charge more. The five colours split them into fifths.
Municipality ID
MunID 47002, MAH 69401
Limits
These are the figures Arnprior filed with the province. An individual bill can include area-specific charges and
local improvement levies that a municipality-wide rate does not capture. Reference, not tax advice.