Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Older reportDetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you An older report. We have no 2024 report for Amaranth in the Province's latest release, so these pages use its 2023 report. It may simply be filed late. Read by hand. We read Amaranth's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.
A clear, checkable guide to Amaranth's budget, taxes and council decisions. A rural township in Dufferin County, with a mayor, a deputy mayor and three councillors. Every figure links back to the public record.
Qualifiedthe auditor's opinion on the 2023 statements, dated December 5, 2024 (2022: clean)
A qualified opinion means the auditor said the statements are fair except for a stated problem. For 2023 the problem was a new accounting rule about the cost of closing down old assets (such as a landfill). The Township had not finished working out those costs, so the auditor could not say how much they affect the results. The 2022 statements had a clean opinion.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$206,508general deficit in 2023, transferred from reserves as approved by Council
The 2023 budget planned an annual surplus of $601,451. The statements show an annual deficit of $(329,752), a swing of $931,203 (worked out by us). Most of that gap is explained by the Township's own note: the budget leaves out amortization (the yearly wear and tear on buildings, roads and equipment), which was $995,791 in the actual results. Even on the budget's own terms, though, the year ended $206,508 short, and Council covered it from reserves (savings set aside for later). The 'working funds' reserve fell from $1,322,002 to $615,494.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$750,000borrowed from Infrastructure Ontario in 2023, at 4.79%
In 2023 the Township borrowed $750,000 from Infrastructure Ontario for a bridge. Before that its only debt was a small amount of tile drainage loans (loans it passes on to the property owners who benefit). Total long-term liabilities rose from $125,666 to $837,714. The note says the loan is repaid in blended semi-annual payments of $85,230 until July 2028, so the payments come out of the yearly budget.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$120,816landfill closure and post-closure liability, unchanged from 2022 to 2023
The Township sets aside a liability for closing its landfill and looking after it afterwards. It was $120,816 in both 2022 and 2023. The Township's note says the site mostly stopped taking garbage in 2012 and that, at year end, it was still considering options, so the amount had not been changed. The auditor also noted that this liability is still counted under an old, withdrawn standard.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$1,206,302taxes receivable at December 31, 2023, up from $923,994
Taxes receivable (property taxes billed but not yet paid) went from $923,994 at the end of 2022 to $1,206,302 at the end of 2023, up $282,308. The year before, the change was $22,195. The increase of about 31% is worked out by us. Taxation revenue itself rose from $4,346,381 to $4,724,968.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
2023is the newest year of audited statements we found on the Treasury page
On October 7, 2026 the Treasury page listed audited financial statements for 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020, but not 2024 or 2025. The 2023 audit report is signed December 5, 2024, and the 2022 one November 28, 2023, so each year's statements are normally signed close to a year after year end. We did not find the 2024 statements anywhere on the Township's site.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
At the end of 2023, $1.2M of property tax had been billed but not paid. That is 13% of everything billed. Only 5 of 54 similar towns had a higher share. A year earlier it was $924K.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$452,984spent on environmental services in 2023, against a budget of $214,616
Environmental services (the Township's landfill, cemeteries, drainage and similar work) were budgeted at $13,285 in 2022 and came in at $325,730. In 2023 the budget was $214,616 and the actual $452,984. That is a gap of $312,445 in 2022 and $238,368 in 2023 (both worked out by us). The budget leaves out amortization, and the statements do not say how much of it falls in this line.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
2023 tax year · Amaranth, Ontario
Your tax bill, worked out.
Enter your home's assessed value to see roughly what you pay in property tax each year, who gets it, and what Amaranth'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.
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It is on your property assessment notice from MPAC, and on your tax bill. We filled in the typical value in Amaranth.
An estimate. It uses the residential tax rate, and splits Amaranth's share by what each service cost in 2023 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.
How Amaranth's share of the bill compares with similar towns
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