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Ontario / TemagamiUpdated Oct 1, 2026

Your town, in plain words

How Temagami uses the money we share.

A clear, checkable guide to Temagami's budget, taxes and council decisions. A municipality of about 900 people in Northeastern Ontario. Every figure links back to the public record.

Your typical 2024 property tax bill$2,832on a $260K home86% Town14% SchoolsSee your tax bill explained →
Town spending, 2024$6.5MAbout $4,836 per household, up 10.0% from 2023.See the money →
Property tax change+6.8%Temagami's own property tax came to $4.8M in 2024, against $4.5M in 2023.What changed →

Where it goes

Most of every dollar supports the everyday town.

Explore every service →
Running the town office$1.4M · 21%
Water, sewers and garbage$1.1M · 17%
Housing$987K · 15%
Roads and snow$822K · 13%
Show all 9 servicesShow fewer
Police, fire and safety$778K · 12%
Parks, arena and library$449K · 7%
Planning and business$360K · 6%
Health$322K · 5%
Social services$312K · 5%

Day-to-day spending in 2024, from Temagami's report to the Province.

A fair comparisonHow does Temagami compare?Among 56 similar Ontario towns, Temagami's day-to-day spending per household is near the middle.Temagami is here · 23 of 56, lowest to highestCompare Temagami →

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 1 questions
Needs an answerMoney health

Why are so many property taxes unpaid?

$1.3Mowed in unpaid property tax, end of 2024

At the end of 2024, $1.3M of property tax had been billed but not paid. That is 20% of everything billed. Only 7 of 55 similar towns had a higher share. A year earlier it was $1.1M.

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

2024 tax year · Temagami, 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 Temagami'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 Temagami.

Source

a year in property tax, at 2024 rates

  • Temagami
  • Schools

Temagami council sets only its own share. the Province sets the school rate.

See what your Temagami share pays forHide the breakdown

Roughly what your Temagami share pays for

Source
  • Running the town office
  • Housing
  • Roads and snow
  • Police, fire and safety
  • Parks, arena and library
  • Social services
  • Health
  • Planning and business
  • Water, sewers and garbage

An estimate. It uses the residential tax rate, and splits Temagami'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.

  • 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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