Paying your property taxes

You can pay your property taxes at Town Hall on 160 Livingston Ave. We accept cash, debit, cheques, bank drafts, or money orders. We do not accept credit card payments at Town Hall. To make a credit card payment, please see the credit card option.

Limited Coin Acceptance

According to the Canadian Currency Act (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-52/page-1.html#s-8.) , Section 8 (2) acceptance of coin as payment is limited as follows:

(2) A tender of payment in coins referred to in subsection (1) is a legal tender for no more than the following amounts for the following denominations of coins:

• (a) forty dollars if the denomination is two dollars or greater but does not exceed ten dollars;
• (b) twenty-five dollars if the denomination is one dollar;
• (c) ten dollars if the denomination is ten cents or greater but less than one dollar;
• (d) five dollars if the denomination is five cents; and
• (e) twenty-five cents if the denomination is one cent.

Town staff are not required to accept coin in denominations greater than these.  Please be mindful that if paying with coin, you will be required to utilize other payment methods (Canadian cash notes, debit or cheque) to complete payment if your coin values exceed the prescribed maximums.

Hours of operation

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding holidays.

Mail your cheque for property tax payments to:

Town of Grimsby

Attention: Tax Dept.

160 Livingston Avenue

Grimsby, ON L3M 0J5

Cheque

Make your cheque payable to the Town of Grimsby. Please write your property’s roll number on the front of the cheque and include the applicable tax stub. Cheques may be post-dated to the installment date. No cash payments please. We do not mail out receipts; your cheque is considered your receipt for payment.

There is an after-hours drop box located at the front entrance of Town Hall.

Cheque

Make your cheque payable to the Town of Grimsby. Please write your property’s roll number on the front of the cheque and include the applicable tax stub. Cheques may be post-dated to the installment date. No cash payments please. We do not mail out receipts; your cheque is considered your receipt for payment.

We accept post-dated cheques corresponding with the amounts and due dates printed on your tax stubs. Please include the tax stubs with your cheques. Post-dated cheques can be mailed, dropped off in person, or deposited in the after-hours drop box.

 We offer two pre-authorized payment plans:

• A ten-month plan, withdrawing payments on the 15^th day of the month from January to October
• An installment date plan, withdrawing payments on the regular installment due dates

Complete a pre-authorized payment plan application

How is your monthly payment plan amount calculated?

Payments may be paid at any branch or ATM of all major banks or other financial institutions. Payments may also be made by telephone or online banking. You will need your 19-digit tax roll number from your tax bill to setup electronic banking.

When entering the roll number, do not include spaces, periods or hyphens.

Payments made through your financial institution can take up to 3-5 days to reach us which may result in payments not being received until after the due date. In such cases, late penalties will apply. 

Paymentus, a third -party payment service provider, allows you to use your Visa or MasterCard to make payments more conveniently through their secure online system. To make a property tax payment, please visit Paymentus, or call 1-877-755-6386.

Services charges will apply to payments made through this system.

Service fee

A service fee of 2.50% of the amount paid is levied by Paymentus for each transaction. Please note, the Town of Grimsby does not receive any part of the service fee.