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Property owners may receive a supplemental tax bill because the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)[1] has made a change to your property’s assessment value. This value is what is used to calculate your property taxes. This supplementary tax bill is in response to a Property Assessment Change Notice (PACN) you should have received from MPAC. 

Questions about your reassessment? 

If you disagree with the assessment increase, have questions, or did not receive your PACN, please contact MPAC directly at 1-866-296-6722. Township of Severn cannot respond on behalf of MPAC. 

What's a Property Assessment Change Notice?

If your new home was recently built or if you’ve completed renovations, you’ll receive a Property Assessment Change Notice (PACN).

MPAC sends these notices each month between April and November.

You may receive a PACN if:

  • there was a change to your property such as an addition, new construction, or renovation
  • MPAC assessed a structure like a pool, or a garage, for the first time
  • there was a change to your property’s classification (e.g., if you built a new structure on your property to run a business, that new structure may be classified as commercial)
  • your property, or part of it, no longer qualifies for a tax incentive for farmland, conservation land, or managed forest
  • your property, or part of it, no longer qualifies as tax exempt (e.g., you converted an old church into your dream home)

Your PACN includes the updated assessed value and classification as a result to any changes to your property. For more information on your assessment visit MPAC’s website review MPAC’s Supplementary and Omitted Property Assessment webpage.

Visit the MPAC website for resources

Visit MPAC'S online portal AboutMyProperty to:

Use your 19-digit roll number and the access key listed on your Property Assessment Notice (PAN) to log in to AboutMyProperty. If you haven't received your PAN or have lost it, contact MPAC at 1-866-296-6722, or TTY 1-877-889-6722.

Payment options

Credit card (Mastercard or Visa only)

You can pay your supplementary property tax bill on the E-Services portal or in person at our Administration Office located at 1024 Hurlwood Lane in Severn with Mastercard or Visa only (we do not accept credit cards other than Mastercard or Visa).

If you choose to pay using Mastercard or Visa, a two percent fee will be applied to your bill. The Township is required to pay a merchant fee (surcharge) to cover the cost of processing each credit card transaction. This fee is applied as a cost-recovery measure to only those transactions that are paid by credit card, and not to other forms of payment.

Online and telephone banking

You can pay your supplementary property taxes through online banking at most Canadian banks. You will need to add your property taxes to your online banking.

Please use the 19-digit roll number found on your tax bill (numbers only, no hyphens or spaces) and select Severn Township or Township of Severn as the payee. We recommend doing a keyword search for Severn.

By mail

You can pay your supplementary property taxes by mail.

Please make your cheque payable to Township of Severn and mail to:

Township of Severn
PO Box 159
Orillia, Ontario
L3V 6J3

We accept post-dated cheques for future payment due dates.

At your bank

Property taxes can be paid at your bank simply by visiting your bank with your property tax bill.

In person

You can pay your taxes in person at the Administration Office located at 1024 Hurlwood Lane in Severn. We are open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We accept payments by cash, credit card (Mastercard or Visa only), debit, or cheque. This includes post-dated cheques for future payment due dates. Please make your cheque payable to Township of Severn. 

If you choose to pay using Mastercard or Visa, a two percent fee will be applied to your bill. The Township is required to pay a merchant fee (surcharge) to cover the cost of processing each credit card transaction. This fee is applied as a cost-recovery measure to only those transactions that are paid by credit card, and not to other forms of payment.

After-hours payments

You can also place your property tax payment in the after-hours drop box located outside the front of the Administration Office.

Staff contact

Patti Detta
Taxation Officer
Phone: 705-325-2315 x225
Email Patti

[1] The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is Ontario’s property expert. MPAC creates and maintains a database of information for each of the more than five million properties in Ontario. MPAC IS responsible for delivering property values, insights and services to taxpayers, municipalities, governments, and businesses.