Ontario saw more than $38 billion in new construction and renovations in 2021
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This year, MPAC valued more than 86,680 new properties and improvements to existing properties totaling $38 billion. The assessed value of Ontario’s 5.5 million properties is now estimated to be more than $3.04 trillion.
These changes are summarized in the annual assessment rolls delivered to municipalities last week. To learn more about how Ontario’s property landscape changed this year, check out property insights from our 2022 Roll Return.
Last week, our municipal billing partners also received notice of their required 2022 levy payment to MPAC. MPAC’s Board of Directors approved a 2022 budget with no change to the total municipal levy, for the second year in a row. Learn more about how the levy is calculated.
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Celebrating municipal partnerships
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Our 2021 Municipal Partnerships Report, delivered to municipalities last week, showcases the ways we worked together to support the municipal sector during another extraordinary year.
This year’s digital report provides an overview of how we remained focused on delivering the services Ontario municipalities rely on, while also looking toward the future. Read it online.
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MPAC launches 2021-2025 Strategic Plan
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As with every organization, the last 20 months have brought many challenges for MPAC. But the pandemic also presented an opportunity to build on our 20 years of evolution and success, and reflect on our two greatest assets: a unique dataset that covers all properties in Ontario, and a skilled, dedicated workforce.
MPAC's strategic plan features four pillars that guide us in delivering on our commitments of accountability, transparency and customer focus. The strategic plan explores how we can make the most of our assets, for the benefit of Ontarians and the communities they live in. Learn more.
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Overview of MPAC’s New Strategic Plan and our 2022 Municipal Priorities
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Join Carmelo Lipsi, MPAC’s Vice-President and COO, and Chris Rickett, Director – Municipal and Stakeholder Relations, for an overview of MPAC’s 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, including how we will leverage it to continue elevating the property owner and municipal experience. Following the webinar a survey will be provided to obtain your feedback about our municipal areas of focus.
As always there will be time for your questions.
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Date: Thursday, January 13
Time: 1 to 2 p.m. EST
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View the schedule of upcoming municipal webinars on mpac.ca and view recordings of all past webinars on our YouTube channel.
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Possible IT Security Risk - Apache Log4j
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MPAC IT began assessing the impact of the Log4j vulnerability earlier this month and took all steps necessary to protect MPAC’s systems beginning December 10th. MPAC systems are secured by a “defense in depth” approach and follow ISO/IEC 27001/17 code of practice for information security controls, including monitoring and change management.
Log4j is very broadly used in a variety of consumer and enterprise services, websites, and applications, as well as in operational technology products, to log security and performance information. There is a current vulnerability in the software. To learn more click here.
This situation is still evolving and MPAC will continue to monitor and ensure that our systems remain safe. We encourage municipalities to consider their risk as well.
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MPAC again named a top employer
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With headquarters in Durham Region, we are proud to be named one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for the third year in a row! Our story includes personal reflections from Isabel Lee, a Property Inspector who joined MPAC during the pandemic. She discusses the unique experience new employees have in joining an organization remotely, and touches on how MPAC adapted throughout the pandemic to support its employees and their work. Learn more.
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Best wishes this holiday season
We wish you a safe and restful holiday season this year. Please note MPAC will close at noon on Friday, December 24, 2021 and will reopen on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.
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Earlier this year, led by Family Services Windsor Essex, the City of Windsor and interested organizations approached MPAC for help with a Housing Supply Challenge project. We are honoured to be working with a dedicated team on developing data solutions to bring more, and alternative, housing supply to the City.
The project group is one of 21 across Canada who were awarded $200,000 through a competitive process to develop a data-driven solution for the federal Housing Supply Challenge and to assist addressing data gaps in housing and help create better informed policy.
“The work of our project has been to build a proof of concept with two goals in mind,” says Sarah Cipkar, lead researcher for the project. “The first was to identify the feasibility of developing detached Additional Dwelling Units (ADUs) from the legal and financial perspective of a homeowner, and second, to assist municipal planning to identify areas within the city where this type of development could have the greatest impact.”
MPAC’s contribution included valuation expertise with respect to the assessment and classification of the proposed ADUs. Assessment data was then combined with open data, including zoning details, setbacks and road allowances, and analyzed with a GIS mapping tool, incorporating neighbourhood demographics, socio-economic data and specific requirements.
“Affordable, available housing is a clear challenge across the country and one that we are uniquely positioned to support in Ontario,” says Tracy Pringle, Account Manager, MPAC. “The innovative thinking happening as part of this project is a great example of how MPAC’s property data and valuation expertise can contribute to solutions to societal challenges like affordable housing.”
Late in November, the team learned that its prototype was one of 14 selected for additional funding and will share a pool of $22.5 million to implement their data-driven solution!
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As COVID-19 continues to impact communities across Ontario, our offices remain closed to the public and we have paused property inspections at this time. We continue to be available to take your calls and assist you online – please contact us.
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