Township · Eastern Ontario · Frontenac County
At 0.9994%, South Frontenac sits 57 of 386 Ontario municipalities ranked cheapest to most expensive — 26% below the provincial median of 1.3516%. On a $500,000 assessment that works out to $4,997 a year, or $416 a month.
South Frontenac has not filed 2025 with the province yet. 282 of 386 municipalities have.
South Frontenac is a lower-tier municipality within Frontenac County. Two councils tax the same property: South Frontenac at 0.6344% and Frontenac County at 0.2120%. The county portion is 21% of the total bill, and it is set by a council you vote for separately.
| Portion | Set by | Rate | On $500,000 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | South Frontenac council | 0.6344% | $3,172 | 63.5% |
| Upper-tier | Frontenac County | 0.2120% | $1,060 | 21.2% |
| Education | Province of Ontario | 0.1530% | $765 | 15.3% |
| Total | 0.9994% | $4,997 | 100% |
Since 2019 the total rate here has risen 5.6%. Over the same period the assessment base moved from $3,259M to $3,465M, so the levy collected grew from $30M to $35M. 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 | 0.6025% | 0.1827% | 0.1610% | 0.9463% | — | $4,731 |
| 2020 | 0.6018% | 0.1865% | 0.1530% | 0.9413% | -0.5% | $4,706 |
| 2021 | 0.6025% | 0.1878% | 0.1530% | 0.9433% | +0.2% | $4,716 |
| 2022 | 0.6129% | 0.1935% | 0.1530% | 0.9594% | +1.7% | $4,797 |
| 2023 | 0.6169% | 0.2081% | 0.1530% | 0.9780% | +1.9% | $4,890 |
| 2024 | 0.6344% | 0.2120% | 0.1530% | 0.9994% | +2.2% | $4,997 |
Rates only compare cleanly between places whose assessments sit at similar levels. These are the municipalities most directly comparable to South Frontenac, which share the same upper-tier government.
| Municipality | Total rate | On $500,000 | vs South Frontenac | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenac Islands | 1.0005% | $5,003 | +$5 | 58 |
| North Frontenac | 1.1238% | $5,619 | +$622 | 95 |
| Kingston | 1.2660% | $6,330 | +$1,333 | 150 |
| Central Frontenac | 1.3879% | $6,940 | +$1,942 | 215 |
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Residential is one of 7 classes South 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 | 0.6344% | 0.2120% | 0.8800% | 1.7264% |
| Industrial | 1 | 0.6344% | 0.2120% | 0.8800% | 1.7264% |
| Parking Lot | 1 | 0.6344% | 0.2120% | 0.8800% | 1.7264% |
| Multi-Residential | 1 | 0.6344% | 0.2120% | 0.1530% | 0.9994% |
| Residential | 1 | 0.6344% | 0.2120% | 0.1530% | 0.9994% |
| Farmland | 0.25 | 0.1586% | 0.0530% | 0.0382% | 0.2499% |
| Managed Forest | 0.25 | 0.1586% | 0.0530% | 0.0382% | 0.2499% |
South Frontenac's total rate of 0.9994% sits 26% below the provincial median, which is not the same as a small bill. A large assessment base — $3.46B here — funds the same services at a lower percentage, so the dollar amount on an expensive house can still be high.
South Frontenac’s total residential tax rate is 1.00%, 23% below the middle lower-tier municipality (1.30%).
Of that rate, 0.21% goes to Frontenac County and 0.15% to schools; 0.63% is set by South Frontenac itself.
Homes here carry $321,036 of assessed value per household, 16% above the middle ($275,612). Higher values let it raise the same money per household at a lower rate.
It spends $3,038 per household in total, 26% below the middle ($4,124). The biggest gaps above the middle: roads and bridges (+$288), garbage and recycling (+$117), snow and ice (+$36). Below: water and wastewater (−$717), parks and recreation (−$309).
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.
South Frontenac reported a residential assessment base of $3B for 2024 and collected $35M 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 South 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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