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An older report. We have no 2024 report for Brockville in the Province's latest release, so these pages use its 2023 report. It may simply be filed late.
Read by hand. We read Brockville'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.
Ontario / BrockvilleUpdated Oct 5, 2026

Your city, in plain words

How Brockville uses the money we share.

A clear, checkable guide to Brockville's budget, taxes and council decisions. A city in eastern Ontario, the "City of the 1000 Islands", with a mayor and eight councillors. Every figure links back to the public record.

Your typical 2023 property tax bill$2,375on a $150K home90% City10% SchoolsSee your tax bill explained →
City spending, 2023$62.3MAbout $5,390 per household, up 10.0% from 2022.See the money →
Property tax change+8.0%Brockville's own property tax came to $42.2M in 2023, against $39M in 2022.What changed →

Where it goes

Most of every dollar supports the everyday city.

Explore every service →
Police, fire and safety$20M · 32%
Water, sewers and garbage$11.7M · 19%
Running the city office$7.6M · 12%
Parks, arena and library$7.4M · 12%
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Roads and snow$6.9M · 11%
Health$2.8M · 4%
Social services$2.7M · 4%
Planning and business$2.0M · 3%
Housing$1.1M · 2%

Day-to-day spending in 2023, from Brockville's report to the Province.

A fair comparisonHow does Brockville compare?Among 6 similar Ontario cities, Brockville's day-to-day spending per household is near the middle.Brockville is here · 4 of 6, lowest to highestCompare Brockville →

Questions worth asking

A closer look at the numbers.

Each one is a question, not an accusation. Every one lists ordinary reasons it could be true, and the documents it comes from.

All 9 questions
Worth askingOpenness

Why did the auditor qualify Brockville's 2022 statements, and why is 2022 the latest audit we could read?

$322,217donations and fundraising revenue in 2022, the item the auditor could not fully check

An auditor checks a city's yearly statements and says whether they are fair. A qualified opinion means "fair, except for one problem". For 2022 the auditor said it could not fully check the City's donation and fundraising revenue. The report is dated November 27, 2023, almost eleven months after year end. The City's finance page lists audited statements for 2022 and 2023 only. The 2023 file is a scan we could not read, and we did not find 2024 or 2025.

Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources

Worth askingMoney health

What does Brockville still owe on the Aquatarium and the Railway Tunnel if fundraising falls short, with the Aquatarium's 2026 cost up 23.13%?

$2.1 millionRailway Tunnel cost over its planned budget, which the City covers if fundraising falls short (2022 statements)

The City's 2022 statements say that if fundraising for the Aquatarium falls short, the City pays the rest. They say the Railway Tunnel came in $2.1 million over its planned budget, with the cost to be recovered through donations, and the City covers any shortfall. The City also committed $150,000 a year to the Aquatarium and said it gave $619,811 in operating and in-kind funding in 2022. In the Mayor's 2026 draft budget the Aquatarium line rises from $382,260 to $470,681, and the capital list includes $240,000 for Aquatarium roof repairs and $150,000 of debt for Railway Tunnel lighting.

Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources

Worth askingRising costs

Why does the Mayor's 2026 draft budget raise the cost of policing 12.73%, when the City asked for a review?

12.73%year-over-year increase in the cost of policing in the Mayor's 2026 draft budget

In the Mayor's draft, police operating costs rise from $10,588,422 to $11,569,316 (9.26%), and a new $367,280 police capital line is added. The Mayor writes that the total is a 12.73% year-over-year increase and that he asked the Police Services Board to take another look for savings. Community partners, the outside groups the City funds, rise 8.77% against 3.52% for City departments. The Mayor says they are about 40% of the tax levy.

Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources

Worth askingMoney health

How long can Brockville keep using its Fiscal Policy reserve to soften tax increases, while $4,557,975 of capital projects are put off?

$4,557,975of capital projects deferred in the Mayor's 2026 draft budget

A reserve is savings set aside for later. The City's Fiscal Policy reserve held $3,605,106 at the end of 2022, the latest statements we could read. The Mayor's 2026 package says it was used to hold down tax increases in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The 2025 budget book says the 2024 budget used $800,000 of it and the 2025 draft used none. In December 2024 Council also agreed to fund $191,818 of tunnel kiosk upgrades from it. The 2026 draft defers $4,557,975 of capital projects within a capital list of $10,573,546.

Found by reading the city's own documents · 4 sources

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Worth askingMoney health

Why do Brockville's 2026 debt charges fall 31.81% to $1,350,302 while the capital list pays for many items with debt?

$1,350,3022026 debt charges in the Mayor's draft, down from $1,980,202

Debt charges are what the City pays each year on money it borrowed. In the Mayor's draft they fall from $1,980,202 to $1,350,302. Two lines move: the debt line falls from $3,482,999 to $1,558,473, and an offsetting revenue line of $1,294,626 goes to zero. The 2026 capital list names many items to be paid by debt, such as a plow truck at $449,995 and softball diamonds at $673,000.

Found by reading the city's own documents · 3 sources

Worth askingMoney health

Does Brockville have enough saved for repairs and emergencies?

$21.9Min savings at the end of 2023

Places keep savings (called reserves) to pay for new trucks, roof repairs and surprises. Brockville had $21.9M saved at the end of 2023, up from $19.2M in 2019. That is 35% of one year's spending. None of the 5 similar places had less, compared with what they spend.

Found automatically from the city's financial reports · 2 sources

Good to knowHow decisions are made

What came of the Code of Conduct complaint where the Integrity Commissioner found a breach in 2025-26, and will the City publish it?

$15,602.49billed for Integrity Commissioner services, July 17, 2025 to July 16, 2026

The Integrity Commissioner's annual report for July 17, 2025 to July 16, 2026 says three Code of Conduct complaints were received. One was dismissed on preliminary grounds. Of the two investigated, in one the Commissioner found the member contravened the Code and recommended a reprimand, and in the other found no contravention. The report does not name anyone. Billing for the period was $15,602.49. We did not find the investigation reports on the City's site.

Found by reading the city's own documents · 1 source

Good to knowHow decisions are made

How much did Council shape the 2026 budget under the strong mayor rules, when no member made a budget request?

5.72%combined increase to the tax levy in the Mayor's 2026 draft

The Mayor's letter says the 2026 budget was brought forward under the strong mayor framework and that no formal budget requests came from members of Council while staff prepared it. It says no incremental items are in the draft, but members can bring them forward as amendments. We read the Mayor's draft package, not the adopted budget book, so we cannot say what Council changed.

Found by reading the city's own documents · 2 sources

2023 tax year · Brockville, 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 Brockville'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 Brockville.

Source

a year in property tax, at 2023 rates

  • Brockville
  • Schools

Brockville council sets only its own share. the Province sets the school rate.

See what your Brockville share pays forHide the breakdown

Roughly what your Brockville share pays for

Source
  • Police, fire and safety
  • Running the city office
  • Roads and snow
  • Parks, arena and library
  • Health
  • Social services
  • Planning and business
  • Housing
  • Water, sewers and garbage

An estimate. It uses the residential tax rate, and splits Brockville'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.

  • Every fact, sourced

    Each number links to the public document it came from. Check it yourself.

  • No accusations

    We ask questions. Every one lists ordinary reasons a number could look odd.

  • Compared fairly

    Places are only compared with places of a similar size and kind, from the same yearly reports.

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