Property Taxes
2025 Tax Rates
The 2025 City of Kawartha Lakes Tax Rates as a Percentage, including Education.
This information is provided as a reference tool only and should not be used for the basis of legal transactions
Receiving Your Property Tax Bills
Manage your bills through regular mail
Bills are sent using Canada Post regular mail, unless you have signed up for electronic billing.
Reminder notices are only sent through regular mail. It is the homeowners responsibility to ensure we have the correct mailing address. Changes to your mailing address must be received in writing by mail, email, fax or dropped off in person.
Sign Up for eBilling with Payreq
Manage your bills online
Follow these steps to create a Payreq account:
- Click here to go to Payreq's login portal.
- Click "Add New Biller" and register for Kawartha Lakes - Property Tax.
- Select "to register for Payreq".
- Refer to your Kawartha Lakes Property Tax bill to enter the required information.
Having trouble signing up? Check out this tutorial on Payreq.com
Failure to receive your property tax bill does not remove your responsibility for payment by the due date. Penalty and interest charges will be incurred for late payments.
Change of Mailing Address
All mailing address changes must be submitted in writing by the property owner. In the event, the property has become the responsibility of an executor, trustee or Power of Attorney, legal documentation must be provided to the City along with the request, identifying their authority to request the change.
- Please include your assessment roll number or property address in all correspondence.
Requests can be submitted by:
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Email to Taxes@kawarthalakes.ca
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Fax to 705-328-2620
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In person at any Municipal Service Centre
Change of Ownership
To change the ownership of a property, the City of Kawartha Lakes requires:
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A copy of the Transfer/Deed showing the Address for Service as filed with the Registry or Land Titles Office
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Information from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) with the mailing address
You can submit this information by email to Taxes@kawarthalakes.ca or by fax to 705-328-2620 upon closing of the transaction.
Important:
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The City does not accept letters from a lawyer acting on behalf of the purchaser as direction to change ownership or to use a different mailing address than what is provided on the Transfer/Deed.
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It is the property owner’s responsibility to ensure the documents registered on Title contain the correct mailing address.
Contact Us
Kawartha Lakes
P.O. Box 9000, 26 Francis Street
Lindsay, ON, K9V 5R8
Telephone: 705-324-9411
Toll free at 1-888-822-2225
After-hours emergencies: 1-877-885-7337
