Township · Eastern Ontario · Frontenac County
At 1.3879%, Central Frontenac sits 215 of 386 Ontario municipalities ranked cheapest to most expensive — 3% above the provincial median of 1.3516%. On a $500,000 assessment that works out to $6,940 a year, or $578 a month.
Central Frontenac has not filed 2025 with the province yet. 282 of 386 municipalities have.
Central Frontenac is a lower-tier municipality within Frontenac County. Two councils tax the same property: Central Frontenac at 1.0229% and Frontenac County at 0.2120%. The county portion is 15% of the total bill, and it is set by a council you vote for separately.
| Portion | Set by | Rate | On $500,000 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | Central Frontenac council | 1.0229% | $5,114 | 73.7% |
| Upper-tier | Frontenac County | 0.2120% | $1,060 | 15.3% |
| Education | Province of Ontario | 0.1530% | $765 | 11.0% |
| Total | 1.3879% | $6,940 | 100% |
Since 2019 the total rate here has risen 12.1%. Over the same period the assessment base moved from $917M to $973M, so the levy collected grew from $11M to $14M. 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.
| Year | Municipal | Upper-tier | Education | Total | Change | On $500,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.8949% | 0.1827% | 0.1610% | 1.2386% | — | $6,193 |
| 2020 | 0.9377% | 0.1865% | 0.1530% | 1.2772% | +3.1% | $6,386 |
| 2021 | 0.9404% | 0.1878% | 0.1530% | 1.2812% | +0.3% | $6,406 |
| 2022 | 0.9641% | 0.1935% | 0.1530% | 1.3106% | +2.3% | $6,553 |
| 2023 | 0.9793% | 0.2081% | 0.1530% | 1.3403% | +2.3% | $6,702 |
| 2024 | 1.0229% | 0.2120% | 0.1530% | 1.3879% | +3.5% | $6,940 |
Rates only compare cleanly between places whose assessments sit at similar levels. These are the municipalities most directly comparable to Central Frontenac, which share the same upper-tier government.
| Municipality | Total rate | On $500,000 | vs Central Frontenac | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Frontenac | 0.9994% | $4,997 | −$1,942 | 57 |
| Frontenac Islands | 1.0005% | $5,003 | −$1,937 | 58 |
| North Frontenac | 1.1238% | $5,619 | −$1,321 | 95 |
| Kingston | 1.2660% | $6,330 | −$610 | 150 |
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Residential is one of 6 classes Central Frontenac reported this year. The tax ratio column 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 | Upper-tier | Education | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | 1 | 1.0229% | 0.2120% | 0.8800% | 2.1149% |
| Industrial | 1 | 1.0229% | 0.2120% | 0.8800% | 2.1149% |
| Multi-Residential | 1 | 1.0229% | 0.2120% | 0.1530% | 1.3879% |
| Residential | 1 | 1.0229% | 0.2120% | 0.1530% | 1.3879% |
| Farmland | 0.25 | 0.2557% | 0.0530% | 0.0382% | 0.3470% |
| Managed Forest | 0.25 | 0.2557% | 0.0530% | 0.0382% | 0.3470% |
They are not, measured against the rest of the province. Central Frontenac's total rate of 1.3879% sits close to the Ontario median of 1.3516%, ranking 215 of 386. A bill can still feel high when the assessment is high, because the rate is only half of the calculation.
Central Frontenac’s total residential tax rate is 1.39%, 7% above the middle lower-tier municipality (1.30%).
Of that rate, 0.21% goes to Frontenac County and 0.15% to schools; 1.02% is set by Central Frontenac itself.
Homes here carry $226,562 of assessed value per household, 18% below the middle ($275,612). Lower values mean it needs a higher rate to raise the same money.
It spends $3,418 per household in total, 17% below the middle ($4,124). The biggest gaps above the middle: roads and bridges (+$948), snow and ice (+$72), fire (+$59). Below: running the municipality (−$386), parks and recreation (−$296).
Across 226 lower-tier municipalities, rates move more with home values (rank correlation -0.72) than with spending per household (0.45). That is a pattern, not proof of cause.
Closest on total tax rate, assessment / household, spending per household, population, 5-year growth, people per household, among municipalities of the same tier.
Central Frontenac reported a residential assessment base of $1B for 2024 and collected $14M in residential property tax against it. Assessment is the figure on the MPAC notice, still based on 2016 valuations province-wide, which is why it usually differs from what a house would sell for today.
These are the figures Central Frontenac 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.
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