Taxation: strong & repetitive increases for District-6 of Magog *1

Association Memphré-Rural

• 75% = percentage of property owners have suffered tax increases of more than 20% *2

• 35% = percentage of property owners have suffered tax increases of more than 30% *2

• 25% = percentage of property owners have suffered tax increases of 40 to 200% *2

• The average percentage of tax increases in Magog’s urban districts was only 3.9% *3

• For its part, District-6 alone - rural in fact - provides the city of Magog with 30% of the municipal residential tax revenues obtained from its eight districts. *4

• The city of Magog's property tax rate of 0.73 is 2.6 higher than the average 0.28 tax rate of surrounding municipalities, like Canton de Stanstead, Ogden, Austin, or Potton. *5

Services offered (or not) by Magog

• 75% are not available for a rural district (aqueduct, sewers, Hydro-Magog,) *6

• 20% are not adapted to a rural district (Fire, security, library, roads and urban lighting on a basic level. etc.)

• 5% can be used by a rural district (minimalist maintenance of mostly unpaved municipal roads)

• In the PTI 2024-2026 (Three-year Investment Program) of $67.9 million, Magog does not present any allocation for District-6 in infrastructure projects or investments.

Questions arise

• In 2001, Canton de Magog was annexed against its will by Magog.

• Since the tax rate was much lower, the Quebec Municipal Commission then recommended that the increases not exceed 5%...!

• Role after role, with indecent tax increases, out of proportion to the inflation rate, Magog considers us its main financier.

• It is increasingly clear that a rural district such as District-6 has nothing to gain from being attached to a central city like Magog.

• Is it reasonable and sustainable for us to contribute 30% of Magog's municipal tax revenue, and to compensate for the extravagant non-priority expenses of the urban city, all without benefiting from any local services?

• Should we accept without flinching the predictable economic eviction of a certain number of owners?

If you still think that - municipal taxation = services rendered - consult our FAQ section to better understand Magog municipal taxation

*1 Taxes 2022 (Assessment Role 2022/2025)

*2 MRC de Memphrémagog

*3 Ville de Magog

*4 Ville de Magog + MRC de Memphrémagog + J.P. Cadrin & Ass. Inc.

*5 Gouvernement du Québec

*6 The Quebec Municipal Commission (File CM-56 009, 2002) recalls that 75% of a municipality's budget is used to cover the front-line services it must provide, namely aqueduct, sewers, municipal roads, urban lighting, waste collection and public safety.