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Property taxes based on frozen assessments are unfair.

Let’s restore fairness.
Unfreeze Ontario.

We’re still paying property taxes based on property values in 2016.

The province froze assessments because of the pandemic. A decade later, the market has changed drastically. But the value of assets has yet to be updated.

Property taxes aren’t frozen.
Bills keep going up. But some should be going down.

Some businesses and property owners are paying more than their fair share, while others are paying less. The effects of this can impact leasing, operating costs and development planning. Tenants are getting freezer burn, too. As a result of higher commercial property taxes, tenants pay more in occupancy costs.

Despite the province working to make homeownership more affordable, half of Ontario’s taxpayers are paying more than their neighbours because assessments haven’t kept up with market changes.

An indefinite freeze pushes an unfair system where some taxpayers end up footing the bill on behalf of others. Without a clear reassessment date, valuation date or transition timeline, taxpayers and municipalities will continue to struggle in the face of uncertainty.

A small business owner working at a laptop among clothing racks and shipping boxes.

Who’s been left out in the cold?

The problem in numbers.

$1.5
billion

is the estimated amount the freeze is costing some Ontario businesses each year.

108%

is how much commercial values have increased between 2016 and 2025.

2 million
homeowners

could be paying less in taxes if assessments were unfrozen.

55%

of condos sold in Toronto in 2025 were estimated to be overtaxed.

132
months

is how out of date Ontario’s assessments were versus 6-48 months elsewhere in Canada.

Months from assessment date to tax date as of January 1, 2027.
Map of Canada showing Ontario’s assessments were 108 months out of date, compared with 6 to 24 months elsewhere in Canada.

Ontario has spoken.

Support for reassessment among experts is heating up.

“The businesses most affected are often the least equipped to absorb the burden.”

Paul Sullivan, Principal & Practice Leader, Advocacy and Tax Policy, 2026. (opens in new tab)

“A well-functioning and up-to-date assessment system supports strong communities and makes Ontario an attractive place to invest.”

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Property Tax Reassessment, National Housing Strategy Renewal, Provincial Data Centre Playbook (opens in new tab), 2026.

“People talk about the winners and losers from a reassessment, but they fail to remember that there are winners and losers from keeping it where it is.”

Enid Slack, Director of the Institute of Municipal Finance and Governance at the University of Toronto. The Globe and Mail (opens in new tab), 2026.

“The longer this persists, the more unfair it is for taxpayers whose current property value has decreased.”

Ontario property company, 2025 survey respondent. (opens in new tab)