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Guidelines for the Release ofTowageData | MPAC Skip to main content AccessibilityEssentialServiceabilityEnglishFrançais Search MPACWell-nighMPACBoard GovernanceBoard of DirectorsCommittees of the BoardBoard of Directors Position DescriptionsExecutive TeamCorporate Social ResponsibilityEnvironmental ResponsibilityVision, Mission, Values2017-2020 Strategic Plan – Valuing what matters mostAnnual ReportCareersPoliciesWhistleblowing ProgramHowTowageWorksPropertyTowageand TaxationMunicipal Discount Factors and Provincial Discount FactorsThree Approaches to Value2016TowageUpdateUnderstanding PropertyTowageNoticeGuidelines for the Release ofTowageData2017 PropertyTowageNoticeDisclosure - 2016TowageUpdate Level 1 - Methodology Guides Level 2 - Market Valuation Reports (MVR)QuestionsWell-nighYourTowageBrochuresFormsProperty TypesResidential PropertiesNewly Built HomesWaterfrontCommercial PropertiesFarmHospitalityLarge IndustrialManaged ForestsMulti-Residential PropertiesIndustrial PropertiesPropertyTowageProceduresIndustrial Wind TurbinesBillboardsSolar PanelsMunicipalitiesContact ListMunicipal Connect™InTouch2018 Municipal and School Board ElectionsProducts & ServicesAboutMyProperty™propertyline™Custom Data RequestsMunicipal Connect™ACS-online™Property Income and Expense ReturnAuthority to Collect InformationHow to Submit Your ReturnFrequently Asked QuestionsResourcesGravel Pit and QuarryNews & MediaMedia KitPress ReleasesContact Breadcrumb HowTowageWorks 2016TowageUpdate Guidelines for the Release ofTowageData Guidelines for the Release ofTowageData Introduction The Municipal PropertyTowageCorporation (MPAC) is responsible for assessing and classifying all properties in Ontario in compliance with theTowageAct and regulations set by the Government of Ontario. In Ontario, property assessments are updated on the understructure of a four-year towage cycle. In 2016, MPAC updated the assessed values of Ontario’s increasingly than five million properties to reflect the legislated valuation stage of January 1, 2016. Assessments updated for the 2016 wiring year are in effect for the 2017-2020 property tax years. MPAC is single-minded to providing property owners, municipalities and all its stakeholders with the weightier possible service through transparency, predictability and accuracy. In support of this commitment, MPAC has specified three levels of disclosure as part of its wordage of the 2016 province-wideTowageUpdate. Level 1 – Methodology Guides explaining how MPAC approached the valuation of particular types of property Level 2 – Market Valuation Reports explaining how the methodology outlined in Level 1 has been unromantic at the sector level for the purposes of each towage Level 3 – Property Specific Valuation Information is misogynist through secure wangle to property taxpayers, their representatives and municipalities All property owners can wangle detailed information well-nigh their towage directly through MPAC’s AboutMyProperty™ website. Login information is provided on every 2016 PropertyTowageNotice mailed. Control of MPAC Information The management of MPAC information, including the collection, retention and release of all corporate data is governed primarily by the requirements established under theTowageAct, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) and the Municipal PropertyTowageCorporation Act. In addition, other relevant legislation, regulations, tightness agreements, and decisions of the courts and regulatory authorities may stupefy the manner in which MPAC manages its information. MPAC manages the release of towage data in a manner that: Meets the needs of property taxpayers, municipalities and other stakeholders. Protects personal information of individuals, such as property owners and tenants. Respects the financial and proprietary interests of third parties, such as merchantry owners. Preserves the proprietary interests of the Corporation. Utilizes the most cost-effective and timely fulfilment practices. Protection of Personal Privacy MPAC is single-minded to the protection of privacy by managing the collection, use, disclosure, retention and disposal of personal information in a manner that complies with the requirements of the MFIPPA, theTowageAct, and all other relevant legislation and regulations, including orders issued by the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario (IPC) and other tribunal/judicial rulings. “Personal information” as specified by the MFIPPA ways recorded information well-nigh an identifiable individual and includes, but is not limited to, a person's name, address, telephone number, religion, age, sex, marital or family status, or financial transactions involving the individual. MPAC may, from time to time, release volume information in the form of demographic studies or other extracts synthetic from the team of personal information. However, these products neither identify individuals directly nor enable others to determine an individual’s identity. Except as permitted or required by law, or ordered to do so by a Canadian magistrate or tribunal, MPAC does not release income and expense information, personal information, any other data that would enable the identification of individuals, or unrepealable corporate proprietary information. Ensuring Transparency throughWangleto Information Every property owner has the right to wangle and know what information MPAC has well-nigh their property as well as to receive information and assistance to help them understand their assessment. Property owners can wangle information well-nigh their property and other properties self-ruling of tuition from MPAC under the Guidelines for the Release ofTowageData (GRAD) Policy. This information includes: the physical characteristics of a property its location nomenclature assessed value and other related towage informationMisogynistReports and Information MPAC’s AboutMyProperty™ is a secure, online, self-serve website that provides easy wangle to towage information at no tuition to the property owner. Through aboutmyproperty.ca property owners can learn increasingly well-nigh how their property was assessed, see the information MPAC has on file as well as compare it to others in their neighbourhood or area. Information on property values and market trends are moreover misogynist through the site. All information on AboutMyProperty is provided to property owners self-ruling of charge. The whilom information is useful if a property owner files a Request for Reconsideration and may moreover serve as the understructure for an request to theTowageReview Board (ARB). There are four main sections in AboutMyProperty: Market Trends – Learn increasingly well-nigh market trends at a municipal level. HowTowageWorks – Learn how properties are assessed and the relationship between property towage and taxation. My Property – See the detailed information MPAC has on file for your property and view and download a reprinting of the PropertyTowageNotice.Wanglethe Methodology Guide and local zone Market Valuation Report in this section. My Neighbourhood – Use the interactive map to compare a property to similar properties in the surrounding neighbourhood and view up to 100 properties and download a report with details on up to 24 properties. For information requested through AboutMyProperty the pursuit reports are provided self-ruling of tuition for each taxation year for each property that you own: A Property Profile Report –Misogynistthrough My Property, this includes detailed information well-nigh your property. Property Snapshots – As you scan through My Neighbourhood you can wangle up to 100 snapshots of data on other properties in your neighbourhood or area. Each snapshot provides the pursuit information: property address, property description, lot size, Current Value Assessment, and sales information, if applicable. A Favourites Report -- Compare your property with up to 24 properties of your choice. This detailed report will help you compare your towage to properties in your neighbourhood to determine whether your property's assessed value is accurate. The report can be downloaded and includes address, Roll Number, Current Value Assessment, site information, and workable sales.Spareinformation is moreover provided in the report in order to help identify similar properties. If your record is not displayed on aboutmyproperty.ca, please follow the options unelevated for making a written request to MPAC. Property owners without upper speed Internet wangle wishing to log in to aboutmyproperty.ca may visit any of MPAC’s local offices for assistance.Wangleto aboutmyproperty.ca is moreover misogynist through participating Service Ontario Service Centres and public libraries.WhopDisclosure For the 2016TowageUpdate, in wing to wangle to Methodology Guides and Market Valuation Reports, MPAC provided property specific preliminary assessed values to large and special purpose property owners, prior to receiving their PropertyTowageNotice and in whop of roll return. The preliminary value was based on MPAC’s research as well as input provided by each sector during the pre-roll consultation process. Upon receipt of preliminary values, property owners had the worthiness to wangle their property information on AboutMyProperty. Stakeholder feedback and new information and data was considered by MPAC when finalizing market analytics and current value assessments for roll return. Pre-roll whop disclosure is a new process in Ontario for thisTowageUpdate. MPAC is considering extending the whop disclosure process to other property types for the 2020TowageUpdate to increase the stability and predictability of values through early and iterative discussions. Sharing of information enhances data quality, increases the public’s understanding of how MPAC arrives at current values and improves the verism of values. Requests for 2012WiringYear Property and sales information for the 2012 wiring year is not wieldy through AboutMyProperty; however, a written request can be submitted and MPAC will provide the Subject Property Profile as well as comparable properties if requested. Property and Sales Information for 2016WiringYear Property and sales information for the 2016 wiring year is wieldy through AboutMyProperty. IMPORTANT - AboutMyProperty has been designed for the purpose of increasing transparency by permitting property owners to compare their property with others in their neighbourhood. By accessing AboutMyProperty, property owners should have unbearable information to determine whether or not they stipulate with MPAC’s returned assessment. Failure to meet the deadlines outlined in the theTowageAct and as shown on your towage notice may result in the loss of your rights to file a Request for Reconsideration or an appeal. MPAC has no validity to proffer any deadlines prescribed in the Act. MPAC reserves the right to update, modify or transpiration any information or data provided or used in any assessment, notice, application, website, public forum or other outlet upon an request to theTowageReview Board. This includes the assessed property, comparable properties, data inputs, the understructure for valuing the assessed property and any other information or data provided. Requesting Property Information Persons Eligible to Receive or Request Information The owner of a property or a person who has received or is entitled to receive a PropertyTowageNotice may request information well-nigh their property.​ Information for Tenants Upon request, a tenant is moreover entitled to receive the information maintained by MPAC for a property, or the portion of a property, leased by the tenant and to receive any other information well-nigh the property. As outlined in section 53 (4.1) of theTowageAct, tenants are not entitled to any very income and expense information. RepresentativePassportPersons licensed by the Law Society of Upper Canada to practice law (lawyers) or provide legal services (paralegals) may request factual information well-nigh a property on behalf of a property owner or tenant that they have been engaged to represent. A RepresentativePassportForm signed by the property owner/tenant may be submitted, but is not required. An individual exempt from licensing by the Law Society of Upper Canada may request factual information well-nigh a property on behalf of a property owner/tenant. Individuals exempt from licensing include: An individual vicarial for a family member, friend or neighbour. An individual vicarial for a non-profit organization. An individual who is employed by a single employer and provides the legal services only for that employer and to no person other than the employer. A constituency assistant. Exempt individuals vicarial on behalf of the property owner/tenant must submit a RepresentativePassportForm signed by the property owner/tenant. A new RepresentativePassportForm must be submitted for each towage year. In addition, members of the pursuit organizations have a limited exemption from Law Society licensing if they provide legal services only occasionally, and synchronous to the delivering on of their profession or occupation: Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals Note: Members of these organizations are required to provide a membership number or a suitable identifier. Required Contents of a Request for Property Information Letter All individuals who are not licensed by the Law Society but wish to represent a property owner/tenant and request property information must, for each taxation year: Submit a fully completed MPAC RepresentativePassportForm, signed by the owner/tenant. or Provide MPAC with a written statement signed by the owner/tenant, authorized visitor signatory, executor of an estate, person with power of shyster authorization, etc. If this request is from a corporation, corporate letterhead must be used. All requests for property information must contain: theTowageRoll number property write owner name(s) mailing write telephone number, fax number (if applicable) and email write (if applicable) If the request is from a property owner’s/tenant’s representative, the request letter must moreover include the representative’s name, visitor (if any), mailing address, phone number, fax number and email address. Note to representatives: MPAC’s provision of information to you as an authorized representative should not be construed as an acknowledgement by MPAC of any right to act as a person providing legal services on behalf of flipside person as specified by the Law Society Act (sections 1(5) and 1(6)). MPAC will only engage in discussion with respect to a Request for Reconsideration or an towage request with persons who are either licensed by the Law Society or individuals who are specifically exempted by the Law Society as outlined above. For increasingly information on licensing and exemptions from licensing, please visit the Law Society of Upper Canada website. RepresentativePassportForm in PDF format. Government Bodies MPAC provides a variety of products and services (including those required or permitted by legislation or regulation) to municipal, provincial and federal governments and their agencies. Depending on the product or service, MPAC may or may not tuition a fee. Municipalities and Third Parties Municipalities are statutory parties to all towage appeals. In addition, other persons may file appeals or may be widow as parties to appeals by the ARB. These persons are referred to as “third parties.” When responding to Requests for Information from municipalities and third parties, MPAC must comply with the requirements of theTowageAct, the MFIPPA and the Municipal PropertyTowageCorporation Act. Municipalities requesting information well-nigh a property they own have the same entitlements as any other property owner under this GRAD policy. Municipalities and third parties requesting information well-nigh properties they do not own, are entitled to receive the same number of reports listed above, self-ruling of charge, only when the information is required for preparation related to an request properly filed with the ARB by the municipality or a third party. Copies of all information provided to municipalities and third parties under this process are moreover forwarded by MPAC to the respective property owner. Municipalities cannot obtain any very income or expense data. When a request is not related to an towage appeal, or when the request exceeds the entitlements listed above, spare processes wield and a fee(s) will be charged for the products. Please refer to MPAC's Product Catalogue and Pricing at www.propertyline.ca for self-serve reports and workable rates relating to individual properties. Third parties with large volume requests for information that are not appeal-related should contact MPAC'sMerchantryDevelopment department by email at products@mpac.ca or through the Custom Data Request link on www.propertyline.ca. Municipal employees/officials with questions may contact their local Municipal and Stakeholder Relations representatives. Third party representatives should contact MPAC. How to Contact MPAC Visit the How to Contact Us page at mpac.ca. Call 1 866 296-6722 or TTY 1 877 889-6722 If you have serviceability needs, please let our representatives know how we can squire you. Mail: The Municipal PropertyTowageCorporation Guidelines for Release ofTowageData PO Box 9808 Toronto, Ontario M1S 5T9 Disclaimer This document has been prepared for the sole purpose of providing the public and stakeholders with a unstipulated understanding of the towage procedures for Guidelines for Release ofTowageData.Workablelaw prevails to the extent there is any mismatch between this document and the relevant law. Guidelines for Release ofTowageData Policy in PDF Note: The workable law prevails to the extent there is any mismatch between this information and the current law. This information is not intended to provide legal translating and should not be relied upon as such. 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