Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Older reportDetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 An older report. We have no 2024 report for Tehkummah in the Province's latest release, so these pages use its 2022 report. It may simply be filed late. Read by hand. We read Tehkummah'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 Tehkummah's budget, taxes and council decisions. A small township on the south shore of Manitoulin Island, with a mayor, a deputy mayor and three councillors. Every figure links back to the public record.
August 14, 2024the date on the auditor's report for the year ended December 31, 2022
Every year a township has its books checked by an outside auditor, and then publishes the audited statements. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the auditor's report is dated August 14, 2024, about 19 months after the year ended (worked out by us). The 2021 statements are signed the same day. In December 2025 council recorded that provincial funding had been withheld since July 2025 because the 2023 audit and the yearly financial report to the Province were not complete. We did not find 2023, 2024 or 2025 statements on the Township's public documents page.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$1,605,359the 2025 municipal levy council approved on September 9, 2025
The levy is the total amount a township asks ratepayers to pay in property tax. At a September 3, 2025 special meeting the budget overview said about $500,000 had to be cut to balance it. On September 9, 2025 council approved a 2025 levy of $1,605,359 after seeing what a 5, 8 and 12% increase would mean for the residential rate. Tax rate bylaws were then adopted on December 18 and again on December 22, 2025. We did not find an adopted 2025 budget document.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$40,491in the landfill reserve fund at the end of 2022, against a liability of $172,911
A township with a landfill must pay to close it and watch it for years afterwards. The 2022 statements put the present value of that liability at $172,911 and the landfill's estimated remaining life at 0.2 years, down from 1.2 years a year earlier. The reserve fund set aside for it was $40,491, and the statements say no assets were specifically set aside to pay the liability. By our arithmetic the reserve covers about a quarter of it (worked out by us).
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
Towns keep savings (called reserves) to pay for new trucks, roof repairs and surprises. Tehkummah had $529K saved at the end of 2022, up from $519K in 2019. That is 32% of one year's spending. Only 7 of 36 similar towns had less, compared with what they spend.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$376,692.50loan for a new snowplow, approved September 9, 2025
On September 9, 2025 council approved an 84-month loan of $376,692.50 at 5.95% for a new snowplow, with monthly payments of $5,493.91, and paid the $48,970.03 in HST from its own funds. Council gave a reason: the old truck could no longer pass a mechanical inspection. At the end of 2022 the Township's long-term debt was $322,711, so this one loan is larger than all of that debt (worked out by us from two documents). Over 84 months the payments add up to $461,488.44 (worked out by us).
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$441,516provincial transfers recorded in 2022, against a budget of $1,071,690
The 2022 statements put a budget column beside the actual results. Provincial transfers were budgeted at $1,071,690 and recorded at $441,516. The statements explain part of this: $271,300 of provincial and foundation money received in 2022 is held as deferred revenue, meaning money received that has not yet been counted because the work it pays for is not done. Capital purchases were budgeted at $597,929 and came to $130,518. The statements also say the budget is built on a different basis from the statements.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$84,776general revenue fund deficit at December 31, 2022, down from $433,133
A township's accumulated surplus is split into the general revenue fund (day-to-day money), reserves and the value of its buildings and roads. At the end of 2022 the general revenue fund was (84,776), after (433,133) a year earlier, so it improved by $348,357 during 2022 (worked out by us). Reserves were $896,775. The Township had an unused $200,000 line of credit.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
8closed sessions in the readable minutes from August 28, 2025 to January 13, 2026 (counted by us)
Council may meet in private only for reasons listed in the Municipal Act. In the minutes we could read for August 28, 2025 to January 13, 2026, council went into closed session eight times, for personal matters, labour relations, legal advice or all of these. Each time the public minutes give only a short line when council returns to open session. The sessions ran from 12 minutes to about two hours and twenty minutes (worked out by us from the times printed).
Found by reading the town's own documents · 8 sources
six monthsthe extension council asked for on December 18, 2025
From at least August 2025 council's agendas were "prepared and circulated by E4m", an outside firm. In December 2025 council extended its engagement by six months, and the September 15, 2026 agenda lists the firm's engagement and an extension of its agreement as items. We did not find the contract or its cost.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
2022 tax year · Tehkummah, 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 Tehkummah'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 Tehkummah.
An estimate. It uses the residential tax rate, and splits Tehkummah's share by what each service cost in 2022 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 Tehkummah's share of the bill compares with similar towns
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