The Town of Orangeville is guided each year by our municipal budget. It is the foundation for delivering essential services, balancing strategic priorities and financial responsibility to meet the needs of today while investing in a sustainable future.
*Please note: Mayor and CAO Messages are currently placeholders and will be updated following posting of the approved 2025 budget. The final 2025 budget document will be posted in 2025.
2025 budget
Creating an affordable and sustainable budget means finding the right balance between community priorities, responsible spending, and delivering value for every taxpayer and ratepayer.
The 2025 budget includes a total tax increase of 4.99 per cent:
- 3.86 per cent for Town-run services
- 1.13 per cent for police services (OPP).1
1 - Includes $1 million in temporary relief from the province.
On an average assessed home value of $378,800, the tax impact is approximately $14 per month.
Serving our community
Prioritizing essential services that meets the needs of our community was key in budget development. It means investing in the services we have and finding ways to bring relief to taxpayers. 2025 will see additional revenue sources pursued, including:
| Development charges |
| New growth will help pay for infrastructure needs such as parks and water system updates. |
| Non-resident user fees |
| Non-Orangeville user fee adjustments will help cover operating program costs historically paid for by Orangeville taxpayers. |
| Asset management |
| A data-driven plan will ensure assets are repaired, refurbished, or replaced at the right time with the right amount of funding. |
Planning for the future
Maintaining and improving our infrastructure is key in providing essential services to our community. It also provides a roadmap to ensure we have the resources and services for future growth.
Asset management will play a large role in ensuring we protect what we have and are prepared for the Orangeville of tomorrow.
Enhancing our spaces
Orangeville is home to many beautiful spaces, from trails and parks, to playgrounds, sports fields and activity hubs.
As our community grows, our needs become more robust. The improvements that will begin in 2025 will provide even more ways for our community to play, explore, and connect.
Budget adjustments
| OPP budget temporary relief funding |
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The Province provided a $1 million temporary relief payment following successful lobbying by mayor, council, and municipal colleagues.
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| Items removed or deferred |
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During the budget review, council identified two additional items for deferral or removal to minimize the overall tax impact, reducing it by 0.3 per cent.
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What is the role of a budget in a municipality?
The budget establishes how much the Town can afford to accomplish each year and enables us to invest in Town services and programs that support Orangeville residents and business daily.
It reflects careful planning to ensure value for taxpayers and long-term infrastructure support.
Understanding the budget
| Why are the taxes higher in Orangeville than in some of our neighbouring municipalities? |
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The Town of Orangeville offers many important services to keep the community on the move and enjoyable for everyone. These services include:
Many of these services are funded from property taxes. These taxes are collected from two main groups:
Our town has more homes than big businesses or factories, which means the residential taxpayers have a bigger share of the town’s property tax levy compared to other municipalities that have more businesses and factories to share them. |
| Orangeville Council used to pass budgets below inflation. Why is the Town saying they now must be in line with inflation? |
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For many years, the town's budget passed at a rate lower than inflation, which is the cost of things, like supplies and repairs. This created something called a "critical infrastructure gap." What does that mean? It means projects to maintain, fix or replace things were delayed. This impacted things like:
But while we waited, these things got older and needed even more work. Orangeville isn’t the only one with this problem. Many towns and cities are facing the same challenge because the cost of almost everything has been going up quickly. Now, the town is working hard to fix this gap. By making smart choices and keeping the budget in line with rising costs, we can take care of repairs and replacements on time. This helps us keep everything safe and running well for the future. |
| Inflation over the past 12 months was 2 per cent – why is this year’s budget above inflation? |
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The inflation that impacts us all in our day-to-day lives for things like food, housing, clothes, and transportation is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). For the Town, big projects like fixing roads, updating and rehabilitating facilities, and buying building supplies are affected by a different kind of inflation. This is called the Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index (NRBCI). By September of 2024, the NRBCI was at 3.3 per cent. Since the end of 2019, these costs have gone up by over 46 per cent. This is a very large increase, making it more expensive for the Town to take care of important projects. The proposed 2025 budget is in line with the NRBCI and will allow us to continue working on improving our infrastructure. |
| Why are the OPP costs going up so much in 2025 and where are the promised savings? |
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From 2021 to 2023, the Town was switching to police services provided by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and on a special transitional billing model. Even though the cost of OPP service is going up this year, we are still saving money over previous policing costs. The estimated increase under the Orangeville Police Service for 2025 would have been approximately $9.5 million. The OPP 2025 cost is about $6.1 million. The Province provided a temporary $1 million relief investment to assist with the increase in 2025, allowing us to reduce the impact this year. Our police service levels in the community have remained excellent since the transition. For further details please review the police services section of the budget document, beginning on page 25. |
| What is assessment growth and is it factored into the budget? |
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Assessment growth is the amount of new residential taxpayers projected to move to Orangeville during the budget year. Although the Town of Orangeville continues to grow, it has done so much slower in recent years. For 2025, growth is projected at 0.53 per cent. This assessment growth does help with tax impacts on property taxpayers by sharing the cost of services over a larger tax base. Lower growth, like we are experiencing now, does not have much of an impact for property owners in Orangeville. |
| Why is my tax increase/tax bill higher than the average amount presented in the budget? |
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There are two reasons why your taxes might be higher than the average increase used as an example in the budget. Your home/property’s assessed value:
Who we collect for:
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| How were the projects chosen for this year’s proposed budget chosen? |
| This year’s budget was built around the idea of making investments rooted in community. Town staff prioritized investments to protect infrastructure, address climate impacts, and maintain or enhance community services. Some of those proposed projects included in this year’s draft budget can be viewed in the section above. |
Previous reports and financial documents
To request a copy of a previous year's budget document, please contact [email protected].
 Financial reports |
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