Property Information & Taxes

The City of Hamilton is committed to keeping residents informed on property tax issues. To promote greater understanding of the subject, the City offers a variety of tax tools and information to help you:

• understand your tax bill 
• know your payment options 
• use the online calculator to see a personalized summary of where your property tax dollars are spent
• the tax impact mapping tool provides property tax and assessment information for specific areas and properties across the city
• learn about tax assistance programs

Receiving your property tax bill

There are two ways to receive your property tax bill:

By mail

• An interim tax bill is mailed out in early February with instalments due the:
  • Last business day of February and April
• A final tax bill is mailed out in early June with instalments due the:
  • Last business day of June and September

E-billing

Canada Post Discontinuing ePost
Canada Post will be ending their epost service in December 2022. The City of Hamilton is currently working on an alternative e-billing service. In preparation of this new e-billing service, an Access Code has been added to your 2022 Final Tax bill.

More information will be communicated once this new e-billing service is operational, so that you may enroll in advance of the 2023 Interim Property Taxes.