Hamilton: questions buyers ask
What is the 2026 residential property tax rate in Hamilton, and why does it differ by community?
The City's page on how property tax rates are calculated, with the 2026 final residential rates for each community and service area.
Sources checked October 16, 2026
About 1.56% of assessed value: Hamilton's 2026 residential rate, from Hamilton tax rate by-law, 2026 (checked 6 Oct 2026).
28th highest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.
- The recordProperty tax for 2026
- Where to read itHow property tax rates are calculated
- The free check reads itPick “Property tax rate”
What the record shows
Hamilton's rate has a city-wide part and an area-rated part. For 2026 the city-wide rates are 0.612% municipal, 0.201% provincially shared services, 0.244% police and 0.153% education; transit, fire and area levies are then added by community and service. The totals run from 1.247% in rural Flamborough and Glanbrook with volunteer fire service to 1.557% in urban Hamilton with full-time fire service, which the City's example puts at $6,028 on a $387,100 assessment.
The bill multiplies the home's assessed value from MPAC by the rate for its area. An asking price is not an assessed value, and a rate for the wrong community is the wrong rate, so the community and service lines on the City's table matter as much as the headline number.
Where to read it yourself
- How property tax rates are calculated: the 2026 final residential rates by community and the formula
What OfferDue covers in Hamilton
Property tax rate is in the free check from our hand-kept table of municipal rates, which carries the urban Hamilton rate with a note that the rate differs by area, with a link to the City's page; the full report adds water and sewer rates. It is a published rate, not a tax certificate, an arrears search or the bill for a particular home.
Public-record information, not legal, financial, insurance or inspection advice. Records change and can be incomplete, and this page describes the records, not any particular home. What we cover, city by city.