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Pay a local improvement tax

Last updated December 9, 2020
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Did you receive a bill for local improvement tax? Find out when and how to pay it.

Local improvements are infrastructure work to develop or enhance an area. Owners who benefit from the improvements pay a tax to cover, in part or in full, the reimbursement of loans that the borough has taken out to fund the work.

Receiving your local improvement tax bill

The first year

If you are being charged a local improvement tax for the first time, you will receive a separate bill from your annual tax account.

This bill will specify the capital that must be reimbursed and the terms of the loan. 
The bill is generally payable 30 days after it is sent.

Subsequent years

Les années suivantes, la taxe d’améliorations locales est imposée et perçue à même le compte de taxes municipales annuel.  

Full reimbursement of the tax

You can choose to reimburse the balance of any of the work types that are billed as you would a mortgage.

For example, if loans were taken out to pave and light your street, you can choose to reimburse the paving or the lighting debt in full.

Reimbursement of the balance does not apply to the improvement taxes charged under article 159 of the city charter’s appendix C (enhancements that are carried out under an agreement between the city and owners of the buildings that benefit from these enhancements).

Pay online

Through your financial institution

You can pay your tax account online at any of the financial institutions listed on the back of your tax notice.

To pay in one or more instalments, enter the reference number shown on the notice, without the hyphens.

Please note that balances cannot be reimbursed online.

Communication channels

In person

Visit one of our points of service to pay your tax account or reimburse your balance. 

Only the following methods of payment are accepted:

  • Debit card
  • Cheque payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars, drawn on a Canadian bank account
  • Postal money order payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars
  • Cash (check the authorized limit at the point of service)

You can also pay your account at your financial institution’s counter or automated teller machine. Please note that reimbursement of a balance is only possible at our offices.

By mail
Ville de Montréal
Service des finances
P.O. Box 11043, downtown station
Montréal, QC H3C 4X8

Send us your payment and the detachable stub on your tax account. Write the amount of your payment in the appropriate box on the stub.

Only the following methods of payment are accepted:

  • Cheque payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars, drawn on a Canadian bank account
  • Postal money order payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars

To pay your bill, visit one of our points of service.

Things to know

Since 2004, contractors are responsible for paying for most infrastructure work for new residential projects.

In these cases, local improvement taxes do not apply. The cost of the work is included in the building’s selling price.

Other procedure

  • Pay your tax account

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