How can I check Ottawa property tax information for 2026?
The City's assessment look-up and tax estimator, and its 2026 final tax notice, which explains how a bill is calculated.
Sources checked October 16, 2026
About 1.27% of assessed value: Ottawa's 2026 residential rate, from City of Ottawa: What you get for your property taxes, 2026 (checked 6 Oct 2026).
19th lowest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.
- The recordProperty tax for 2026
- Where to read itOttawa property-tax tools; 2026 final property tax notice
- The free check reads itPick “Property tax rate”
What the record shows
Ottawa's property-tax tools include an assessment look-up and a tax estimator. The City's 2026 final tax notice says the bill rests on the home's assessed value from MPAC, the municipal tax rates set by Council and the education rates set by the Province. Final bills went out in May and were due 18 June 2026.
An asking price is not an assessed value, and an estimate is not a bill. The services an area receives change the rate, so no single rate fits every Ottawa home.
Where to read it yourself
- Ottawa property-tax tools: assessment look-up and tax estimator
- 2026 final property tax notice: the City's one-page notice (PDF)
What OfferDue covers in Ottawa
Property tax rate is in the free check from our hand-kept table of municipal rates, 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.