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Ontario / South GlengarryUpdated Oct 5, 2026

Your town, in plain words

How South Glengarry uses the money we share.

A clear, checkable guide to South Glengarry's budget, taxes and council decisions. A township in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry in eastern Ontario, with a mayor, a deputy mayor and three councillors, all elected at large. Every figure links back to the public record.

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Property tax raised in 2025$29.9Mall property in South Glengarry40% Town46% County14% SchoolsSee where your tax bill goes →

Town spending, 2025$13.8MAbout $2,275 per household, down 3.0% from 2024.See the money →

Property tax change+6.8%South Glengarry's own property tax came to $12.3M in 2025, against $11.5M in 2024.What changed →

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Where it goes

Most of every dollar supports the everyday town.

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Roads and snow$4.5M · 32%

Water, sewers and garbage$2.8M · 20%

Running the town office$2.1M · 15%

Police, fire and safety$2.0M · 14%

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Parks, arena and library$1.8M · 13%

Planning and business$676K · 5%

Health$48,599 · 0%

Day-to-day spending in 2025, from South Glengarry's report to the Province.

A fair comparisonHow does South Glengarry compare?Among 46 similar Ontario towns, South Glengarry's day-to-day spending per household is on the low side.South Glengarry is here · 4 of 46, lowest to highestCompare South Glengarry →

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 were the audit reports for 2023 and 2024 signed in 2026?

January 20, 2026the date of the audit report on the statements for the year ended December 31, 2023

A Township's yearly financial statements are audited by an outside firm, which signs a report saying whether the numbers are fair. The Township's posted statements for 2023 and 2024 carry audit report dates of January 20, 2026 and February 10, 2026. That is about two years and about one year after each year ended. The report for 2025 is dated July 27, 2026. We did not find a public explanation.

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

Worth askingMoney health

How will the Township pay for the $1,994,537 of 2025 capital spending it has not yet financed?

$1,994,537of 2025 capital spending shown as unfinanced

In 2025 the Township spent more on buildings, roads, bridges and water works than it had budgeted, and its accumulated surplus table shows $1,994,537 of that spending as "unfinanced capital outlay". The table's total for "surpluses (deficits)" is a deficit of $1,739,477. Its cash also fell, from $9,805,855 to $6,094,711. The statements do not say how the gap will be closed.

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

Worth askingMoney health

Who owes the Township $4,984,496, up from $1,573,392?

$4,984,496owed to the Township as accounts receivable at December 31, 2025

At the end of 2025 the Township was owed $4,984,496 in "accounts receivable", money due from people or governments other than property taxes. A year earlier it was $1,573,392. That is a rise of about $3.4 million, which we worked out from the two figures. The statements have no note that breaks the amount down.

Found by reading the town's own documents · 5 sources

Worth askingMoney health

How will the Township pay the $5,323,603 estimated to close and monitor its landfills?

$5,323,603estimated landfill closure and post-closure costs, against $1,246,878 in the waste management reserve

The Township runs two landfills and estimates that capping them and checking them for 25 years afterward will cost $5,323,603. Its statements say the cost will be recovered from "general municipal revenues and reserves". The waste management reserve holds $1,246,878, so most of the cost, $4,076,725 by its own table, would come from future "general municipal revenues" (mainly taxes and fees). The estimated life of one landfill also changed a lot between statements, from 8 years in 2023 to 12 years in 2024.

Found by reading the town's own documents · 5 sources

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Worth askingRising costs

Why did the cost of police, fire and safety grow 51% in 6 years?

+51%police, fire and safety, 2019 to 2025

South Glengarry spent $1.3M on police, fire and safety in 2019 and $2.0M in 2025. Prices only went up about 21% in that time.

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

Worth askingMoney health

Why are so many property taxes unpaid?

$3.9Mowed in unpaid property tax, end of 2025

At the end of 2025, $3.9M of property tax had been billed but not paid. That is 13% of everything billed. Only 3 of 45 similar towns had a higher share. A year earlier it was $3.9M.

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

Good to knowMoney health

Is a $30,000 allowance enough against $3,432,901 of unpaid property taxes?

$3,861,055taxes receivable at December 31, 2025, with a $30,000 allowance

At the end of 2025, property taxes owed to the Township were $3,432,901, plus $458,154 of interest and penalties. The Township sets aside only $30,000 as an "allowance for doubtful accounts", the same as in 2024. Taxes receivable have stayed near $3.4 to $3.9 million for three years. Some of the unpaid bill is the county's and the school boards' share, which the Township collects and passes on.

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

Good to knowOpenness

Why does the posted 2025 budget show $0.00 for property tax income?

$11,784,542gap shown on the posted 2025 budget printout, where the property tax lines are $0.00

The only 2025 budget document on the Township's Finance page is a printout of account lines. For 2022 to 2024 it shows what property taxes were budgeted to raise. For 2025 the residential and farm, commercial and industrial tax lines each show $0.00, so the page does not balance: it lists expenses of 22,631,393.00 against revenues of 10,846,851.00. The figure that would close the gap, the tax levy, is in a separate slide deck as a draft.

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

Good to knowRising costs

Why did spending on contracted services fall by about $914,000 in 2025?

$1,275,568spent on contracted services in 2025, against $2,189,592 in 2024

The Township's "contracted services", the amount it pays outside companies, was $2,189,592 in 2024 and $1,275,568 in 2025, a fall of about $914,000 that we worked out from the two figures. It also came in below the 2025 budget of $1,559,000. The Township's budget slides explain part of it: the recycling program was moving to producers, and the recycling line in the budget fell from $883,000 to $41,000.

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

Where your tax bill goes

A property tax bill in South Glengarry pays for three governments. Only part of it goes to the town, and that part is what South Glengarry council controls.

$29.9Mraised in 2025

South Glengarry40%
County or region46%
Schools14%

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

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