Richmond Hill provides a Senior Tax Assistance Grant to homeowners 65 years of age or older. The amount of the grant will be determined upon approval of the annual budget.

To qualify for the Senior Tax Assistance Grant you must:

• apply each year to receive this grant
• occupy the residential property in Richmond Hill and use it as your principal residence, and
• be the assessed owner (or spouse) of such property for at least one year immediately preceding the date of this application and,
• receive the Guaranteed Income Supplement as provided under the Old Age Security Program
• one application per household

If you don’t have a copy of the Guaranteed Income Supplement Entitlement letter, contact Service Canada at 1-800-277-9914.

Applications received by March 31 will be applied to the 2025 Final Tax Bill, if approved. Applications received between April 1 and September 30 each year will be processed; however, you will have to pay the total of your Final Tax Bill as billed to avoid penalty and interest charges. The grant, if approved, will be applied as a credit to your property tax account.

The deadline for a Senior Tax Assistance Grant is September 30th of the year of the application. Any applications received after the deadline will not be processed.

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Information Collection Notice

The personal information on this form is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25. The information will be used for the purposes of responding to and processing your requests for a Senior Tax Grant request. Questions about this collection can be directed to the Client Relations Analyst, Revenue Services, 225 East Beaver Creek Road, Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 3P4, by telephone at 905-771-8949 or by email to revenue@richmondhill.ca.

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