Assessed value 2010 tax Average municipalities of average increase on tax bill asked to provide Municipality single-family average home in 2010 tax data for this home (%) chart were unable Westmount $1.02 million 8.23 $11,022 to do so: Hudson and Ste. Anne de Hampstead $784,600 6.4 $10,593 Bellevue. Town of Mount Royal $667,173 5.9 $6,694 Senneville $620,363 5.6 $5,501 Montreal West $431,658 8.39 $7,010 St. Lambert $427,597 4.0 $4,950 Baie d’Urfé $422,300 8.5 $3,628 Côte St. Luc $412,700 4.9 $5,385 Beaconsfield $381,425 4.63 $4,672 Kirkland $343,494 8.18 $3,915 Candiac $322,975 2.4 $2,486 Boucherville $304,120 3.4 $2,737 St. Bruno $286,066 4.38 $2,618 Blainville $284,000 6.0 $2,465 Dollard des Ormeaux $280,000 5.8 $3,120 Montreal $278,000 5.3 $3,063 Dorval $264,380 3.79 $2,798 Pointe Claire $258,107 6.97 $3,209 Laval $255,700 1.7 $2,503 Brossard $250,600 1.3 $2,239 Pincourt $225,688 2.48 $2,523 Longueuil $212,000 5.2 $2,130 Châteauguay $188,700 6.8 $2,700 Mirabel $180,000 2.9 $1,260 Montreal East $158,403 4.14 $1,667 NOTES: 1: The figures for average tax bill in 2010 exclude school taxes. The figures include amounts for general property taxes, as well as for water, garbage and all other municipal charges that are billed separately. Not included are amounts for swimming pools or local improvement taxes, as these are not broadly applicable. 2: The figures for assessed value of average single-family homes are taken from municipal valuation rolls. Some municipal rolls are newer than others; in general, the newer the roll, the more closely its assessments reflect current market values. The assessments for municipalities on Montreal Island are taken from the 2007-10 valuation rolls, which are based on transaction prices in June 2005. The next Montreal Island valuation roll is expected to see assessments rise by 15 to 30 per cent, to reflect current property values. Most off-island municipalities have newer valuation rolls than Montreal. Pincourt’s roll, new this year, shows assessments for single-family homes up 15.9 per cent from 2007; Blainville’s new roll shows a corresponding rise of 19.5 per cent. Andy Dodge & Associates of Westmount says the average Westmount home is now worth $1.3 million, up eight per cent in the past year. That’s 30 per cent more than in June 2005, when the assessed value of $1.02 million was determined. 3. The $3,063 figure provided by the city of Montreal for average 2010 tax bill does not include borough surtaxes. Seven of 19 boroughs in the city have these surtaxes. They can run as high as $200 a year and are highest in Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Montreal North, Lachine and LaSalle. 4. In Senneville, 20 per cent of residents get their water from their own wells and don’t pay the city’s annual $255 flat tax for water. The $5,501 figure published in the tax chart for Senneville’s average tax bill includes the $255 charge. The $3,209 figure for Pointe Claire is the sum of the average $3,028 property-tax bill for 2010 and the average residential water bill for 2009. The average Pointe Claire homeowner paid $181 for water last year, based on metered consumption, according to Mayor Bill McMurchie. The $10,593 for Hampstead’s average tax bill does not include water charges. Hampstead was unable to provide a figure for its average residential water bill. SOURCE: 2010 MUNICIPAL BUDGETS