The 2026 residential rate, how the bill splits between the Town, the Region and education, and how to pay.
Summary
The Town of Milton bills property tax for itself, Halton Region and the Province's school boards, each of which sets its own rate. The 2026 residential rate is 0.00865146 of assessed value, about $865 for every $100,000 of assessment. The 2026 instalments were due 27 February, 30 April, 30 June and 29 September.
Administered by the Town of Milton, which bills and collects for itself, Halton Region and the Province (education). Every answer below was checked against its source on October 7, 2026; the source is linked under each one.
The 2026 rate
What is the residential property tax rate in Milton?
The Town lists a total residential and farm rate of 0.00865146, made up of a general municipal (Town) rate of 0.00379288, a Regional rate of 0.00331302, an enhanced waste service rate of 0.00001556 and an education rate of 0.00153000. Your tax is based on your property's assessed value and these rates.
Town of Milton (general municipal)
0.00379288
Halton Region (general)
0.00331302
Enhanced waste service (Regional)
0.00001556
Education (Province)
0.00153000
Total residential / farm
0.00865146
The Town's rates page labels these "Current Tax Rates" and does not name the year. They are the same figures as the 2026 tax rate schedule in the Town's final tax levy report (ES-021-26, 11 May 2026).
How much is that per $100,000 of assessment, and how much did it rise?
On the final 2026 rates, a residential property pays $865.15 for every $100,000 of assessment: $379.29 to the Town, $332.86 to Halton Region ($194.02 for general and waste services and $138.84 for police) and $153.00 for education. That is $39.15, or 4.74 per cent, more than the 2025 figure of $826.00. The Town's own share rose 6.94 per cent.
Town of Milton
$379.29
Halton Region (incl. police)
$332.86
Education
$153.00
Total per $100,000, 2026
$865.15
The Town's budget page, written before the Region's and the Province's rates were final, gives an estimated $865.22 and an overall increase of about 4.75 per cent.
The Town publishes the residential split as 44 per cent to the Town of Milton, 35 per cent to Halton Region and 18 per cent to education. The Town's share funds services such as fire, recreation, road and park maintenance, Milton Transit, the library, winter maintenance and streetlighting. The Region's funds garbage and recycling, police and paramedics, Regional roads, social services and public health. The education share goes to the school boards.
The three shares as the Town publishes them add to 97 per cent; the page does not account for the remainder.
A capital budget of $125.8 million for 134 projects, about 71 per cent of it ($88.7 million) funded from external sources, mainly development charges, and an operating budget of $236.9 million, 53.7 per cent of it funded by property taxes. The Town's portion of the residential tax bill rose 6.94 per cent, or $24.61 per $100,000 of assessment.
The Town's news release of 2 December 2025, when Council finalized the budget, gave the operating budget as $236.1 million; the budget page gives $236.9 million.
The Town issues an interim bill at the end of February and a final bill at the end of June. For 2026 the instalments were due on 27 February, 30 April, 30 June and 29 September, the last business day of each of those months. If you do not receive a bill in those periods, contact the Town.
Payments must reach the Tax Office by the due date. A 1.25 per cent penalty is added on the first day of default, and another 1.25 per cent on the first day of each following month.
Through online or telephone banking, adding the Town of Milton as a payee and using your 15-digit roll number without the "2409" prefix. By cheque to Town of Milton, Tax Division, PO Box 400, Milton ON L9T 4Z1. In person at Town Hall on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., by cheque or debit only, or by cheque in the after-hours drop boxes at the Mary Street and King Street entrances. By pre-authorized payments set up in the Town's tax portal, or by credit card through a third-party provider, which charges its own fees.
If your mortgage company pays your taxes, you receive the final bill for your records only, but you remain responsible for the payment arriving on time.