Your town, in plain words
A clear, checkable guide to Adjala-Tosorontio's budget, taxes and council decisions. A rural township in Simcoe County, west of Alliston, with a mayor, a deputy mayor and five ward councillors. Every figure links back to the public record.
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$5.2Min savings at the end of 2024
Towns keep savings (called reserves) to pay for new trucks, roof repairs and surprises. Adjala-Tosorontio had $5.2M saved at the end of 2024, down from $6.6M in 2019. That is 40% of one year's spending. Only 7 of 90 similar towns had less, compared with what they spend.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$4,519,419paid from other reserves in 2024 to cover water and wastewater loan payments and shortfalls
Water and sewer fees are supposed to pay for the water and sewer systems. The 2024 audited statements say the rates charged "have not been sufficient". The Township's other savings accounts (reserves) paid $4,519,419 in 2024 for loan payments and yearly shortfalls, and the water and wastewater reserve fund was overdrawn by $569,578, which means it has spent more than it holds. The Township has given an explanation in its 2026 budget: it lent the money from its own working fund reserve, it blames rising drinking water rules, and it expects to be "closer to full cost recovery by 2029".
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$64,980,764in provincial funding for the new wastewater plant, expected to be finished in 2029
The Township says the Province is giving $64,980,764 through two funding programs for a new wastewater treatment plant in Everett, and that the project "will be delivered with no cost to Township taxpayers, funded through a combination of developer contributions and provincial investment". It also says it is expected to be done in 2029. The 2024 statements say the existing plant has about two years of useful life left. Developer money paid in during 2024 was $123,369, against $3,205,894 the year before, and letters of credit held from developers fell from $71,589,700 to $31,826,325. We did not find a line for the new plant in the 2026 capital budget.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
2024the newest year of audited statements we found on October 5, 2026
The audited statements are the main yearly check on the Township's books. The 2023 statements were signed on August 14, 2024. The 2024 statements were signed on September 10, 2025. On October 5, 2026 the Township's budget and finances page listed 2024 as the newest year, and we did not find statements for 2025.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$722,130increase in the 2026 net operating budget, against a stated 2.45% tax increase
The levy is the part of the budget that property taxes must pay for. The 2026 net operating budget is 11,023,830, up from 10,301,700 in 2025, an increase of 722,130 (about 7.0%, worked out by us). The Township's finances page says the 2026 budget has "a tax rate of 2.45%, $8.92 for an average home assessed at $500,000". The Mayor's direction to staff was a maximum tax increase of 2.75%. We did not find where the budget book explains how the two numbers fit together.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
+82%running the town office, 2019 to 2024
Adjala-Tosorontio spent $1.6M on running the town office in 2019 and $3.0M in 2024. Prices only went up about 18% in that time. Only 12 of 90 similar towns had faster growth here.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 3 sources
+56%water, sewers and garbage, 2019 to 2024
Adjala-Tosorontio spent $1.1M on water, sewers and garbage in 2019 and $1.7M in 2024. Prices only went up about 18% in that time.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$2.7Mowed in unpaid property tax, end of 2024
At the end of 2024, $2.7M of property tax had been billed but not paid. That is 12% of everything billed. Only 8 of 90 similar towns had a higher share. A year earlier it was $1.9M.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
5recommendations the Ombudsman made to the Township in July 2023
In July 2023 the Ontario Ombudsman, the Township's closed meeting investigator, reported on three closed sessions held by the Council of the 2018 to 2022 term. It found that Council did not follow the Municipal Act when it failed to say, in the resolution to close each meeting, what the general subject was. It also found that the June 29, 2021 minutes did not record all proceedings, and that no vote was taken on March 7, 2022 to go into closed session. The Ombudsman made five recommendations, including clearer notice for special meetings, and said Council must pass a resolution on how it will address the report. We did not find that resolution, because the meeting portal asks automated readers to stay out.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$980,287federal grants in 2024, against a budget of $8,210
The 2024 statement of operations compares each line with the budget. Federal grants were budgeted at $8,210 and came in at $980,287. The statements explain it: the Canada community-building fund, a federal gas tax program, sent $980,287 to capital projects in 2024, and the statements say the budget for capital work is set project by project, over one or more years, so it is not comparable with a single year's actual spending.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$80,0002026 budget for Administration studies and consulting, up from $20,000
The 2026 budget raises the Administration line "Studies/Consulting" to 80,000, from 20,000 in the 2025 budget; the 2024 actual was 0. Council's own consulting line was 42,527 in 2024, against 15,000 in the 2025 and 2026 budgets. The budget's Administration notes mention "a comprehensive compensation review of staff, volunteer firefighters, and Council positions", which may be part of it, but the budget does not tie that review to a dollar line.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$221per home on snow ploughing, 2024
Adjala-Tosorontio spent about $221 per home on snow ploughing in 2024. The typical similar town spent $84. Only 3 of 90 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
2024 tax year · Adjala-Tosorontio, Ontario
Enter your home's assessed value to see roughly what you pay in property tax each year, who gets it, and what Adjala-Tosorontio's share pays for.
Ontario still uses property values from January 1, 2016 for tax, so your assessed value is probably well below what your home would sell for today.
It is on your property assessment notice from MPAC, and on your tax bill. We filled in the typical value in Adjala-Tosorontio.
a year in property tax, at 2024 rates
Adjala-Tosorontio council sets only its own share. County or region sets its share, the Province sets the school rate.
An estimate. It uses the residential tax rate, and splits Adjala-Tosorontio's share by what each service cost in 2024 after its own fees and grants (for example, water bills pay for much of a water system). Real bills also depend on your property class, local charges and any rebates.
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