Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 Read by hand. We read McNab-Braeside'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 McNab-Braeside's budget, taxes and council decisions. A township of about 7,600 people in Eastern Ontario. Every figure links back to the public record.
2.5%levy increase adopted March 12, 2026, down from 5.1% at the start of the meeting
The levy is the total property tax the Township asks its residents to pay. The minutes of the March 12, 2026 special meeting say the levy increase "went from the starting point of 5.1% down to 2.5%" during the day. Council then adopted the 2026 budget "as amended", at 2.5%. The minutes list the cuts line by line, but they do not print the dollar total of the budget before or after. The Township's Finance page posts a one-page "2026 Budget Summary", but its table does not read cleanly as text, so we have not used its numbers and cannot say whether it shows the draft or the amended budget.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$50,000approved for a structural reorganization review, down from a requested $80,000
At budget time Council cut the request for a "structural reorganization review" from $80,000 to $50,000. In the same pass it removed $100,000 that had been set aside for a consultant to look at municipal land around the Township Office, and sent that money back to where it came from. The minutes do not say who will do the review, what it will cover or when it will report.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 1 source
$1,976,547surplus in 2025, against a budgeted $1,163,652
A surplus is what is left when a year's revenue is more than its spending. The 2025 budget planned a surplus of $1,163,652, and the audited result was $1,976,547, which is $812,895 more (worked out by us). Spending came in $906,750 under budget (worked out by us): $9,601,958 spent against $10,508,708. Revenue was $93,855 under budget (worked out by us). The Township also planned to spend $4,449,171 on capital (roads, buildings, equipment) and spent $2,476,910, about $1.97 million less (worked out by us). The statements say the capital budget is set project by project and may span more than one year.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$266,459less in Ontario grants than budgeted in 2025 (worked out by us)
The 2025 budget counted on $1,039,517 from the Province of Ontario in grants. The audited statements show $773,058. The shortfall of $266,459 is worked out by us. The Township keeps a reserve called "Future loss of grants" of $282,532, which is about the same size. The statements do not say which grant was lower than planned.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$1,425,209counted as the landfill obligation at the end of 2025, against estimated later costs of about $10,132,598
A landfill must be covered and watched for years after it closes, and the Township has to count that future cost as a liability. The 2025 statements show $1,425,209 as an asset retirement obligation for the landfill. The note says the total undiscounted costs over a 25 year post-closure period are about $10,132,598. The Township holds a waste management reserve of $1,055,532. The accumulated surplus also shows "Unfunded - asset retirement obligation" of (569,781), meaning a part of the liability has no money set aside for it by the statements' own count.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$4,221,241owed on long-term loans at the end of 2025, with $12,734,696 in cash
At the end of 2025 the Township had $12,734,696 in cash and cash equivalents and reserves of $13,546,736. It also owed $4,221,241 on Infrastructure Ontario loans. Two of those loans carry interest of 4.60% and 4.45% and run to 2052. The minutes of the March 12, 2026 budget meeting say staff were directed to bring a report to Council "with regards to exploring options for the debt repayment of the JAG and/or the MYCC". We could not tell from the documents we read what those two abbreviations stand for.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
At the end of 2024, $1.7M of property tax had been billed but not paid. That is 11% of everything billed. Only 15 of 82 similar towns had a higher share. A year earlier it was $1.2M.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$165,000in health-care requests cut or reduced on March 12, 2026 (worked out by us)
At the March 12, 2026 budget meeting Council cut $50,000 for a CT scanner, $25,000 for "Scope for Hope", and $60,000 for renovations and expansion at a family health team, all listed under Arnprior Regional Health or the Arnprior & District Family Health Team. It also reduced a physician recruitment request from $40,000 to $10,000. Together that is $165,000 (worked out by us). In 2025 the Township's own health services spending was small: $31,222 against a budget of $29,800. The statements say it covers doctor recruitment.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
September 15, 2026date of the auditor's report on the 2025 statements
Council adopted the 2026 budget on March 12, 2026. The auditor's report on the 2025 statements is dated September 15, 2026, about six months later (worked out by us). That means the budget was set before the audited 2025 results were final. The opinion is clean: the auditor says the statements "present fairly, in all material respects" the Township's position.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
2024 tax year · McNab-Braeside, 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 McNab-Braeside'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 McNab-Braeside.
An estimate. It uses the residential tax rate, and splits McNab-Braeside'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.
How McNab-Braeside's share of the bill compares with similar towns
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