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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 Pelee'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 Pelee's budget, taxes and council decisions. A township made up of Pelee Island in Lake Erie, with a mayor, a deputy mayor and three councillors. Every figure links back to the public record.
$3,592,919still owed to the Township at the end of 2024, down from $17,172,980
The Township is the lead on a project to bring high-speed internet to the island. Its 2024 statements say the project is funded by grants of $19,258,893, that $15,910,426 had been spent to date, and that it was to be finished by the end of 2025. At the end of 2024 the Township was still owed $3,592,919 in accounts receivable (money others owe it), down from $17,172,980 a year before. In the year it spent $14,039,850 on buying capital assets, against a budget of $8,121,783. The Township has explained the arrangement in its own note: the grants are counted as receivable, and the money spent is counted as capital assets. The 2026 budget shows no broadband spending.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
($958,793)the "to be used to offset user charges and taxation" part of the surplus at the end of 2024, from $568,227
The accumulated surplus is the Township's total net worth, most of it in buildings, roads and equipment. The statements split it into parts. One part, "to be used to offset user charges and taxation", was a surplus of $568,227 at the end of 2023 and a deficit of $958,793 at the end of 2024, a change of $1,527,020 (worked out by us). "Water operations" is also a deficit, $1,418,513 at the end of 2024 and $1,399,995 a year earlier. The statements do not explain the swing.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
($1,983,495)accumulated deficit of the West Shore Road water system at the end of 2024
The Township charges some neighbourhoods separately for local services ("special area charges"). For the West Shore Road water system, 2024 user charges were $69,985 and spending was $170,017, a gap of $100,032 (worked out by us). Its accumulated deficit grew from $1,883,463 to $1,983,495. Across the four special areas the 2024 spending of $303,226 was $135,061 more than their revenue of $168,165, and the grants for them fell from $105,787 to $25,612. The Township's budget shows the same pattern in the West Water Plant, with an expected deficit of $140,750 in 2026 after $167,793 in 2025.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$75,000budgeted for 2025 for legal fees and the Integrity Commissioner, up from $10,000 in 2021
The administration budget has one line for legal fees and for the Integrity Commissioner (the person who looks into complaints about how council members behave). Its budget was $10,000 in 2021, $20,000 in 2022, $25,000 in 2023, $45,000 in 2024, $75,000 in 2025 and is $50,000 in 2026. The budget does not say how much is for lawyers and how much is for the Integrity Commissioner. The audit line over the same years went from $19,500 to $25,750, and a separate planning department line has $10,500 for legal fees in 2026. These are budgets, not what was spent: the 2024 statements do not break spending down by line.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$860,902spent on general government in 2024, against a budget of $730,388
General government covers council, administration and the clerk's and finance work. It cost $860,902 in 2024, which is $130,514 above its budget of $730,388 (worked out by us), and $175,373 more than the $685,529 of 2023 (worked out by us). Total spending was $3,301,360 against a budget of $3,810,413, so the year ended with a surplus of $143,318 against a planned $37,812. Environmental services ($575,281 against $1,004,956) and protection ($167,261 against $372,451) came in far below budget. The statements do not explain the general government figure. They do say the budget was prepared on a different basis from the actuals.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
Pelee spent $509K on running the town office in 2019 and $815K in 2024. Prices only went up about 18% in that time. Only 1 of 16 similar towns had faster growth here.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 3 sources
$5,358,668held in reserves at the end of 2024, down from $17,295,729
Reserves are savings set aside for a purpose. The two broadband reserves held most of the money: $3,965,785 and $11,603,741 at the end of 2023, and $891,915 and $2,382,131 at the end of 2024. The Township's net financial assets (what it has in cash and money owed to it, less what it owes) fell from $16,132,621 to $2,696,739 in the same year. The Township has explained part of this: the 2024 budget planned to use $7,298,654 from reserves, and the broadband reserves are grant money meant for the project. The other reserves are small, with $1,333,127 in the capital reserve.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
June 25, 2024date the statements say council adopted the 2024 budget by-law
A budget is the year's spending plan. The statements say council adopted the 2024 budget by-law on June 25, 2024. The 2026 budget was adopted on March 24, 2026, closer to the start of the year. The 2024 budget by-law planned a surplus of nil and used $7,298,654 from reserves for capital spending of $8,121,783. Spending before June 25 may have run on a different authority; we did not find out which.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$525,000shoreline lines in the 2026 administration budget: $200,000 + $250,000 + $75,000 (worked out by us)
The administration budget has capital lines for shoreline protection: $200,000 "Capital Shoreline Protection Annual" and $250,000 "Capital Emergency Shoreline Protection" in 2025 and again in 2026, plus a new $75,000 "Capital-Shoreline Study" for 2026. Together that is $525,000 (worked out by us), more than a third of the administration expenses of $1,496,117. The 2026 revenue side includes $250,000 "Surplus-Previous Designated Year"; the budget does not say what it is meant to pay for. The budget shows what was planned for earlier years, but not what was spent.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
2024 tax year · Pelee, 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 Pelee'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 Pelee.
An estimate. It uses the residential tax rate, and splits Pelee'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 Pelee's share of the bill compares with similar towns
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