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Revenue/Net taxes: The sum of all taxation revenue, NOT including taxes collected and remitted to second tier municipal government or to school boards should be recorded here. Usually the taxation figure in the revenue section will not include these remitted monies, however there is often a note in the financial statements which clarifies this.

Cities reporting: Revenue/Net taxes

CityRegionPer HouseholdTotal (000's)% Regional Average

Grande Prairie County No. 1

Alberta

$7,645.20

$49,388.00

238.5%

Strathcona County

Alberta

$4,707.64

$137,901.00

146.9%

Red Deer County

Alberta

$4,216.37

$33,790.00

131.5%

Ottawa

Ontario

$3,774.36

$1,286,044.00

192.2%

Rocky View No. 44

Alberta

$3,699.67

$42,931.00

115.4%

Sturgeon County

Alberta

$3,648.84

$22,995.00

113.8%

Grande Prairie

Alberta

$3,638.20

$72,371.00

113.5%

Toronto

Ontario

$3,609.52

$3,756,059.00

183.8%

Leduc

Alberta

$3,601.52

$24,195.00

112.4%

Guelph

Ontario

$3,375.30

$161,910.00

171.9%

Hamilton

Ontario

$3,296.25

$675,606.00

167.8%

Calgary

Alberta

$3,219.84

$1,292,408.00

100.5%

Windsor

Ontario

$3,216.73

$305,747.00

163.8%

Kingston

Ontario

$3,215.42

$173,112.00

163.7%

Alberta (Average)

Alberta

$3,205.40

$152,942.74

100.0%

St. Albert

Alberta

$3,187.46

$66,739.00

99.4%

Brantford

Ontario

$3,156.91

$116,689.00

160.7%

Quebec (Average)

Quebec

$3,077.38

$2,422,084.00

100.0%

Montreal

Quebec

$3,077.38

$2,422,084.00

100.0%

Saint John

New Brunswick

$3,063.45

$98,306.00

101.0%

New Brunswick (Average)

New Brunswick

$3,033.00

$86,132.50

100.0%

Orillia

Ontario

$3,032.81

$39,466.00

154.4%

Fredericton

New Brunswick

$3,002.56

$73,959.00

99.0%

London

Ontario

$2,948.88

$464,260.00

150.1%

Thunder Bay

Ontario

$2,938.19

$144,039.00

149.6%

Stratford

Ontario

$2,900.42

$38,622.00

147.7%

West Vancouver

British Columbia

$2,890.35

$52,191.00

137.7%

Delta

British Columbia

$2,870.32

$100,820.00

136.7%

Greater Sudbury

Ontario

$2,831.28

$196,576.00

144.2%

North Bay

Ontario

$2,799.25

$66,737.00

142.5%

Burnaby

British Columbia

$2,786.71

$231,158.00

132.7%

Northwest Territories (Average)

Northwest Territories

$2,755.69

$19,728.00

100.0%

Yellowknife

Northwest Territories

$2,755.69

$19,728.00

100.0%

Okotoks

Alberta

$2,728.87

$16,174.00

85.1%

Peterborough

Ontario

$2,728.44

$90,153.00

138.9%

Sault Ste. Marie

Ontario

$2,727.81

$91,049.00

138.9%

Quinte West

Ontario

$2,723.65

$47,969.00

138.7%

Fort St. John

British Columbia

$2,708.80

$19,311.00

129.0%

Edmonton

Alberta

$2,664.97

$837,766.00

83.1%

Parkland County

Alberta

$2,641.72

$29,228.00

82.4%

Halifax

Nova Scotia

$2,635.00

$439,189.00

125.8%

Camrose

Alberta

$2,634.01

$18,338.00

82.2%

Chatham-Kent

Ontario

$2,590.42

$120,750.00

131.9%

Cranbrook

British Columbia

$2,572.63

$20,262.00

122.6%

Spruce Grove

Alberta

$2,572.19

$18,759.00

80.2%

Esquimalt

British Columbia

$2,572.06

$21,451.00

122.5%

Port Moody

British Columbia

$2,571.54

$27,464.00

122.5%

Coquitlam

British Columbia

$2,543.91

$110,001.00

121.2%

Cornwall

Ontario

$2,540.66

$52,170.00

129.4%

Richmond

British Columbia

$2,509.38

$161,521.00

119.5%

Prince George

British Columbia

$2,493.91

$74,972.00

118.8%

Bradford West Gwillimbury

Ontario

$2,428.52

$19,739.00

123.6%

Woodstock

Ontario

$2,413.77

$36,110.00

122.9%

Lethbridge

Alberta

$2,413.16

$79,393.00

75.3%

Kamloops

British Columbia

$2,385.94

$81,511.00

113.7%

Salmon Arm

British Columbia

$2,375.93

$16,287.00

113.2%

Newfoundland (Average)

Newfoundland

$2,327.36

$19,743.00

100.0%

Corner Brook

Newfoundland

$2,327.36

$19,743.00

100.0%

Abbotsford

British Columbia

$2,304.80

$104,375.00

109.8%

Victoria

British Columbia

$2,304.74

$103,213.00

109.8%

Port Coquitlam

British Columbia

$2,294.63

$45,179.00

109.3%

Red Deer

Alberta

$2,276.68

$83,727.00

71.0%

Port Alberni

British Columbia

$2,272.17

$18,316.00

108.2%

Airdrie

Alberta

$2,242.01

$24,142.00

69.9%

Prince Albert

Saskatchewan

$2,231.09

$31,300.00

138.0%

Nanaimo

British Columbia

$2,219.85

$77,788.00

105.7%

Vancouver

British Columbia

$2,151.91

$589,202.00

102.5%

King

Ontario

$2,121.50

$13,951.00

108.0%

Kelowna

British Columbia

$2,108.24

$100,620.00

100.4%

Oakville

Ontario

$2,099.51

$123,510.00

106.9%

British Columbia (Average)

British Columbia

$2,099.23

$73,290.03

100.0%

Nova Scotia (Average)

Nova Scotia

$2,094.16

$177,177.67

100.0%

Oak Bay

British Columbia

$2,068.36

$17,126.00

98.5%

Mission

British Columbia

$2,065.57

$26,022.00

98.4%

Port Hope

Ontario

$2,057.32

$13,496.00

104.7%

Maple Ridge

British Columbia

$2,028.99

$53,744.00

96.7%

Pitt Meadows

British Columbia

$2,026.83

$12,463.00

96.6%

East Hants

Nova Scotia

$1,996.23

$17,473.00

95.3%

Winnipeg

Manitoba

$1,982.93

$534,571.00

108.2%

Yorkton

Saskatchewan

$1,976.24

$13,642.00

122.2%

Ontario (Average)

Ontario

$1,964.08

$163,486.97

100.0%

Brampton

Ontario

$1,929.37

$252,367.00

98.2%

Chilliwack

British Columbia

$1,912.42

$53,412.00

91.1%

Courtenay

British Columbia

$1,910.78

$19,446.00

91.0%

Regina

Saskatchewan

$1,887.47

$148,529.00

116.7%

Steinbach

Manitoba

$1,883.94

$8,246.00

102.8%

North Cowichan

British Columbia

$1,883.63

$21,820.00

89.7%

New Westminster

British Columbia

$1,842.48

$52,824.00

87.8%

Vaughan

Ontario

$1,839.98

$131,126.00

93.7%

Manitoba (Average)

Manitoba

$1,833.28

$183,931.67

100.0%

North Vancouver

British Columbia

$1,824.63

$41,315.00

86.9%

Tecumseh

Ontario

$1,813.66

$15,797.00

92.3%

Saanich

British Columbia

$1,753.04

$84,330.00

83.5%

White Rock

British Columbia

$1,712.81

$17,457.00

81.6%

Burlington

Ontario

$1,700.05

$111,081.00

86.6%

Whitchurch-Stouffville

Ontario

$1,695.55

$15,087.00

86.3%

Langley City

British Columbia

$1,692.71

$18,806.00

80.6%

Penticton

British Columbia

$1,691.83

$25,836.00

80.6%

Central Saanich

British Columbia

$1,690.44

$10,976.00

80.5%

Medicine Hat

Alberta

$1,689.07

$41,769.00

52.7%

Aurora

Ontario

$1,676.02

$26,870.00

85.3%

Caledon

Ontario

$1,660.43

$31,407.00

84.5%

Cape Breton

Nova Scotia

$1,651.25

$74,871.00

78.9%

Surrey

British Columbia

$1,648.51

$229,461.00

78.5%

North Battleford

Saskatchewan

$1,641.93

$9,758.00

101.5%

Springwater

Ontario

$1,637.95

$10,419.00

83.4%

Pickering

Ontario

$1,637.17

$47,550.00

83.4%

Portage la Prairie

Manitoba

$1,632.96

$8,978.00

89.1%

Saskatchewan (Average)

Saskatchewan

$1,617.27

$52,311.71

100.0%

Prince Edward Island (Average)

Prince Edward Island

$1,616.74

$24,243.00

100.0%

Charlottetown

Prince Edward Island

$1,616.74

$24,243.00

100.0%

Saskatoon

Saskatchewan

$1,567.42

$140,513.00

96.9%

Whitby

Ontario

$1,560.05

$59,483.00

79.4%

Lakeshore

Ontario

$1,540.99

$19,059.00

78.5%

Milton

Ontario

$1,540.74

$29,140.00

78.4%

Newmarket

Ontario

$1,507.15

$38,999.00

76.7%

East Gwillimbury

Ontario

$1,504.48

$10,587.00

76.6%

Strathroy-Caradoc

Ontario

$1,498.76

$11,503.00

76.3%

Ajax

Ontario

$1,496.73

$44,206.00

76.2%

Lloydminster

Alberta

$1,475.21

$13,898.00

46.0%

Mississippi Mills

Ontario

$1,471.29

$6,740.00

74.9%

Halton Hills

Ontario

$1,469.45

$28,309.00

74.8%

Essex

Ontario

$1,464.84

$12,271.00

74.6%

Vernon

British Columbia

$1,432.64

$23,660.00

68.2%

Clarington

Ontario

$1,423.23

$39,499.00

72.5%

Mississauga

Ontario

$1,402.51

$313,793.00

71.4%

Cambridge

Ontario

$1,367.11

$60,958.00

69.6%

Markham

Ontario

$1,359.04

$110,328.00

69.2%

Waterloo

Ontario

$1,354.09

$55,056.00

68.9%

St. Catharines

Ontario

$1,327.88

$76,738.00

67.6%

Welland

Ontario

$1,305.95

$28,134.00

66.5%

Clarence-Rockland

Ontario

$1,261.12

$9,669.00

64.2%

Langley Township

British Columbia

$1,248.02

$43,803.00

59.5%

Uxbridge

Ontario

$1,230.91

$8,513.00

62.7%

Oro-Medonte

Ontario

$1,227.75

$10,291.00

62.5%

Fort Erie

Ontario

$1,182.23

$16,848.00

60.2%

Kitchener

Ontario

$1,158.67

$95,849.00

59.0%

Essa

Ontario

$1,137.48

$7,066.00

57.9%

Scugog

Ontario

$1,118.39

$9,333.00

56.9%

Moose Jaw

Saskatchewan

$1,087.33

$15,974.00

67.2%

Woolwich

Ontario

$991.18

$6,745.00

50.5%

Huntsville

Ontario

$987.20

$9,567.00

50.3%

Wilmot

Ontario

$959.18

$6,039.00

48.8%

Swift Current

Saskatchewan

$929.42

$6,466.00

57.5%

Centre Wellington

Ontario

$879.22

$9,027.00

44.8%

Central Okanagan J

British Columbia

$299.82

$3,588.00

14.3%

Cities not reporting

CityRegionPer HouseholdTotal (000's)% Regional Average

Dieppe

New Brunswick

-

-

-

Riviere-du-Loup

Quebec

-

-

-

Beaconsfield

Quebec

-

-

-

Mont-Royal

Quebec

-

-

-

Beloeil

Quebec

-

-

-

Joliette

Quebec

-

-

-

Colchester, Subd. B

Nova Scotia

-

-

-

Port Colborne

Ontario

-

-

-

Foothills No. 31

Alberta

-

-

-

Saint-Basile-le-Grand

Quebec

-

-

-

Middlesex Centre

Ontario

-

-

-

Greater Napanee

Ontario

-

-

-

Bracebridge

Ontario

-

-

-

Mont-Saint-Hilaire

Quebec

-

-

-

Pelham

Ontario

-

-

-

Candiac

Quebec

-

-

-

Quispamsis

New Brunswick

-

-

-

Kenora

Ontario

-

-

-

Weyburn

Saskatchewan

-

-

-

Yukon (Average)

Yukon

-

-

-

Estevan

Saskatchewan

-

-

-

Springfield

Manitoba

-

-

-

Thompson

Manitoba

-

-

-

Sainte-Catherine

Quebec

-

-

-

Midland

Ontario

-

-

-

Riverview

New Brunswick

-

-

-

Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield

Ontario

-

-

-

Dorval

Quebec

-

-

-

Miramichi

New Brunswick

-

-

-

Thorold

Ontario

-

-

-

Cobourg

Ontario

-

-

-

Deux-Montagnes

Quebec

-

-

-

Collingwood

Ontario

-

-

-

Edmundston

New Brunswick

-

-

-

L'Ancienne-Lorette

Quebec

-

-

-

L'Assomption

Quebec

-

-

-

Saint-Lazare

Quebec

-

-

-

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Quebec

-

-

-

South Frontenac

Ontario

-

-

-

Campbell River

British Columbia

-

-

-

Dollard-Des Ormeaux

Quebec

-

-

-

Belleville

Ontario

-

-

-

Granby

Quebec

-

-

-

Blainville

Quebec

-

-

-

Wood Buffalo

Alberta

-

-

-

Saint-Hyacinthe

Quebec

-

-

-

Saint-Jerome

Quebec

-

-

-

Norfolk County

Ontario

-

-

-

Shawinigan

Quebec

-

-

-

Haldimand County

Ontario

-

-

-

Timmins

Ontario

-

-

-

Victoriaville

Quebec

-

-

-

Rouyn-Noranda

Quebec

-

-

-

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Quebec

-

-

-

Boucherville

Quebec

-

-

-

Brandon

Manitoba

-

-

-

Saint-Eustache

Quebec

-

-

-

Chateauguay

Quebec

-

-

-

Georgina

Ontario

-

-

-

Rimouski

Quebec

-

-

-

Moncton

New Brunswick

-

-

-

Drummondville

Quebec

-

-

-

Sherbrooke

Quebec

-

-

-

Saguenay

Quebec

-

-

-

Oshawa

Ontario

-

-

-

Levis

Quebec

-

-

-

Richmond Hill

Ontario

-

-

-

Longueuil

Quebec

-

-

-

Quebec

Quebec

-

-

-

Laval

Quebec

-

-

-

Gatineau

Quebec

-

-

-

Barrie

Ontario

-

-

-

Trois-Rivieres

Quebec

-

-

-

Kawartha Lakes

Ontario

-

-

-

Sarnia

Ontario

-

-

-

Brossard

Quebec

-

-

-

Repentigny

Quebec

-

-

-

Niagara Falls

Ontario

-

-

-

St. John's

Newfoundland

-

-

-

Terrebonne

Quebec

-

-

-

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Quebec

-

-

-

St. Thomas

Ontario

-

-

-

Mirabel

Quebec

-

-

-

Chambly

Quebec

-

-

-

Baie-Comeau

Quebec

-

-

-

Langford

British Columbia

-

-

-

Kings, Subd. A

Nova Scotia

-

-

-

Magog

Quebec

-

-

-

Grimsby

Ontario

-

-

-

Mount Pearl

Newfoundland

-

-

-

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

Quebec

-

-

-

Saint-Constant

Quebec

-

-

-

Conception Bay South

Newfoundland

-

-

-

Brockville

Ontario

-

-

-

Varennes

Quebec

-

-

-

Kingsville

Ontario

-

-

-

Westmount

Quebec

-

-

-

Kirkland

Quebec

-

-

-

Saint-Lambert

Quebec

-

-

-

Lincoln

Ontario

-

-

-

La Prairie

Quebec

-

-

-

Owen Sound

Ontario

-

-

-

Amherstburg

Ontario

-

-

-

Lunenburg

Nova Scotia

-

-

-

Sainte-Therese

Quebec

-

-

-

Val-d'Or

Quebec

-

-

-

Pointe-Claire

Quebec

-

-

-

Alma

Quebec

-

-

-

Saint-Georges

Quebec

-

-

-

Innisfil

Ontario

-

-

-

Cote-Saint-Luc

Quebec

-

-

-

Brant

Ontario

-

-

-

Sorel-Tracy

Quebec

-

-

-

Mascouche

Quebec

-

-

-

Sainte-Julie

Quebec

-

-

-

Leamington

Ontario

-

-

-

Thetford Mines

Quebec

-

-

-

Sept-Iles

Quebec

-

-

-

Prince Edward

Ontario

-

-

-

Vaudreuil-Dorion

Quebec

-

-

-

Boisbriand

Quebec

-

-

-

New Tecumseth

Ontario

-

-

-

LaSalle

Ontario

-

-

-

Orangeville

Ontario

-

-

-

Whitehorse

Yukon

-

-

-

Cities reporting: Revenue/Net taxes