Your town, in plain words
A clear, checkable guide to Frontenac Islands' budget, taxes and council decisions. A township made up of Wolfe Island and Howe Island, in Frontenac County near Kingston, with a mayor, a deputy mayor and three councillors. Every figure links back to the public record.
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$681per home on council, 2024
Frontenac Islands spent about $681 per home on council in 2024. The typical similar town spent $86. Only 1 of 21 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
$740,362added to reserves in 2024, against $176,050 in the budget
Reserves are money a township sets aside for later. The 2024 budget planned to add $176,050 to them; the statements show they grew by $740,362, to $3,284,630. The 2023 budget planned to take $872,038 out of reserves, yet in 2023 they grew by $227,720. One reserve, labelled Wolfe Capital, went from $61,667 to $573,609 in 2024.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$377,693of new assets in 2024, against $1,306,581 of amortization
In 2024 the Township recorded $1,306,581 of amortization, the yearly wearing-out of its assets. It bought or built $377,693 of new assets, about 29% of the wear (worked out by us). No road work was added in 2024. Roads cost $41,076,340 and $28,624,702 of that is already written off.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$92,464over budget in 2024 (worked out by us)
General government covers running the Township itself: council, administration, tax billing and customer service. It cost $990,310 in 2024 against a budget of $897,846, and $973,092 in 2023 against $749,539. The gaps are $92,464 and $223,553 (worked out by us). Most other departments came in under budget.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$742Kowed in unpaid property tax, end of 2024
At the end of 2024, $742K of property tax had been billed but not paid. That is 13% of everything billed. Only 5 of 21 similar towns had a higher share. A year earlier it was $779K.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$421,649less spent on transportation in 2024 than budgeted (worked out by us)
Transportation services is by far the Township's biggest cost: it covers road upkeep and the ferries between the islands and the mainland. In both 2023 and 2024 the audited actual cost came in well under the budget column printed beside it. We worked out the gaps ourselves: $553,140 in 2023 and $421,649 in 2024.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$182,141investment income in 2024, against a budget of $53,000
In 2023 property tax revenue was $3,319,010 against a budget of $3,008,639. Investment income was $75,684 against a budget of $5,000 in 2023, and $182,141 against $53,000 in 2024.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$645,000from the Wolfe Island Wind Plant in 2024, the same as 2023 and the budget
The statements show $645,000 a year from the Wolfe Island Wind Plant in 2023 and 2024, about 10.5% of 2024 revenue of $6,128,190 (worked out by us). It was $659,648 in 2022. It is the same amount as the budget.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
October 14, 2025date of the auditor's opinion on the 2024 statements, the newest posted
The 2024 statements carry an auditor's opinion dated October 14, 2025, and the 2023 statements one dated September 13, 2024. When we read the Township's finance page on October 7, 2026 the newest statements were for 2024.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
2024 tax year · Frontenac Islands, Ontario
Enter your home's assessed value to see roughly what you pay in property tax each year, who gets it, and what Frontenac Islands'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 Frontenac Islands.
a year in property tax, at 2024 rates
Frontenac Islands 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 Frontenac Islands'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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