Township · Eastern Ontario · Frontenac County
At 1.1238%, North Frontenac sits 95 of 386 Ontario municipalities ranked cheapest to most expensive — 17% below the provincial median of 1.3516%. On a $500,000 assessment that works out to $5,619 a year, or $468 a month.
North Frontenac has already filed 2025: 1.1561% total, +2.87% against 2024 — $5,780 on a $500,000 assessment. Rankings on this site still use 2024, because only 282 of 386 municipalities have filed 2025 so far and a partial year would make every rank meaningless.
North Frontenac is a lower-tier municipality within Frontenac County. Two councils tax the same property: North Frontenac at 0.7587% and Frontenac County at 0.2120%. The county portion is 19% of the total bill, and it is set by a council you vote for separately.
| Portion | Set by | Rate | On $500,000 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | North Frontenac council | 0.7587% | $3,794 | 67.5% |
| Upper-tier | Frontenac County | 0.2120% | $1,060 | 18.9% |
| Education | Province of Ontario | 0.1530% | $765 | 13.6% |
| Total | 1.1238% | $5,619 | 100% |
Since 2019 the total rate here has risen 10.7%. Over the same period the assessment base moved from $903M to $938M, so the levy collected grew from $9M to $11M. 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 | 0.6713% | 0.1827% | 0.1610% | 1.0151% | — | $5,075 |
| 2020 | 0.6739% | 0.1865% | 0.1530% | 1.0133% | -0.2% | $5,067 |
| 2021 | 0.6793% | 0.1878% | 0.1530% | 1.0201% | +0.7% | $5,100 |
| 2022 | 0.6994% | 0.1935% | 0.1530% | 1.0459% | +2.5% | $5,230 |
| 2023 | 0.7203% | 0.2081% | 0.1530% | 1.0814% | +3.4% | $5,407 |
| 2024 | 0.7587% | 0.2120% | 0.1530% | 1.1238% | +3.9% | $5,619 |
| 2025 | 0.7821% | 0.2210% | 0.1530% | 1.1561% | +2.9% | $5,780 |
Rates only compare cleanly between places whose assessments sit at similar levels. These are the municipalities most directly comparable to North Frontenac, which share the same upper-tier government.
| Municipality | Total rate | On $500,000 | vs North Frontenac | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Frontenac | 0.9994% | $4,997 | −$622 | 57 |
| Frontenac Islands | 1.0005% | $5,003 | −$616 | 58 |
| Kingston | 1.2660% | $6,330 | +$711 | 150 |
| Central Frontenac | 1.3879% | $6,940 | +$1,321 | 215 |
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Residential is one of 5 classes North 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 | 0.7587% | 0.2120% | 0.8800% | 1.8508% |
| Industrial | 1 | 0.7587% | 0.2120% | 0.8800% | 1.8508% |
| Residential | 1 | 0.7587% | 0.2120% | 0.1530% | 1.1238% |
| Farmland | 0.25 | 0.1897% | 0.0530% | 0.0382% | 0.2809% |
| Managed Forest | 0.25 | 0.1897% | 0.0530% | 0.0382% | 0.2809% |
North Frontenac's total rate of 1.1238% sits 17% below the provincial median, which is not the same as a small bill. A large assessment base — $0.94B here — funds the same services at a lower percentage, so the dollar amount on an expensive house can still be high.
North Frontenac’s total residential tax rate is 1.12%, 13% below the middle lower-tier municipality (1.30%).
Of that rate, 0.21% goes to Frontenac County and 0.15% to schools; 0.76% is set by North Frontenac itself.
Homes here carry $257,176 of assessed value per household, 7% below the middle ($275,612).
It spends $3,055 per household in total, 26% below the middle ($4,124). The biggest gaps above the middle: snow and ice (+$269), garbage and recycling (+$138), roads and bridges (+$117). Below: parks and recreation (−$343), running the municipality (−$281).
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.
North Frontenac reported a residential assessment base of $1B for 2024 and collected $11M 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 North 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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