March 2022 - InTouch

March 2022

Record $40.4 billion in new assessment projected for 2022

Through the Revised New Assessment Forecast delivered to every municipality, MPAC has identified a target of $40.4 billion in available new construction, additions, and renovations across Ontario this year.

“Throughout the course of the pandemic, we have seen a large increase in activity, such as additions and renovations to residential homes,” commented Dan Devellis, Director, Valuation and Customer Relations and lead of MPAC’s New Assessment Project Team. “This makes 2022 a milestone year for MPAC.”

The annual New Assessment Forecast is based on the new construction MPAC expects will be available in the current year, analyzing building plans for new residential homes, condos, and commercial and industrial projects.

To learn more about your New Assessment Forecast, please contact your MPAC Account Manager.

Enumeration Outreach – Landlord and Student Associations

As part of MPAC’s strategy to promote VoterLookup.ca and create maximum awareness regarding enumeration for the upcoming municipal and school board elections, we have launched an outreach program for tenants and students. The goal of the campaign is to work with sector partners, such as landlord and student housing associations, and provide them with materials they can share through their existing networks to get tenants and students to confirm/update their information via VoterLookup.ca.

The campaign includes a variety of communication channels, including print, digital and social media to encourage eligible electors to confirm or add themselves to the Voters List through VoterLookup.ca.

Upcoming webinar

Digital e-permitting pilot: An innovative value-added solution to capturing new assessment for Ontario Municipalities

Last year, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) partnered with the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to work towards increasing knowledge of electronic permitting (e-permitting) technology with the goal of improving municipal administrative and operational efficiencies.

In this webinar, we will focus on:

An overview of the e-permitting pilot launched in February, including an evaluation and the benefits of e-permitting solutions for the municipal sector
A discussion with subject matter experts from MPAC and AMO (LAS) on this exciting venture, including how and why your municipality should join the many municipalities who have already committed to onboarding
A presentation from Cloudpermit on how building departments of all sizes benefit from an online building permit process.

Date: Thursday, April 7, 2022

Time: 1 to 2 p.m. EST

View the schedule of upcoming municipal webinars on mpac.ca and view recordings of all past webinars on our YouTube channel.

MPAC’s Zone 5 (Central Ontario) Municipal and Stakeholder Relations team recently hosted a Day With MPAC event that provided municipal staff the chance to connect with MPAC and one another to discuss the latest in business operations, as well as an opportunity to network.

Acknowledging the challenges social distancing created, Zone 5 took the initiative to modify their Day with MPAC to still provide the opportunity to connect, just virtually. In recreating this event online, the team saw an increase in attendance and engagement. The virtual event also gave the team more flexibility with timing, hosting the event over a week instead of one day, and provided different audience members more options to join in.

“Hosting our virtual Day with MPAC gave us the opportunity to explore new ways of information sharing and allowed us to provide our clients with different tools to facilitate discussions and engagements,” commented Sarah Groves, MPAC Account Manager. “The online platform also allowed us to reach a wider municipal audience and create broader awareness.”

The virtual Day with MPAC was hosted between March 2 and March 9, 2022, with attendance reaching upwards of 100 participants during some of the sessions.

“By being able to provide more information online, we gave our audience members the chance to pick and choose which content was most relevant to their work and more details on the topics they were interested in learning more about.” stated Rebecca Webb, Regional Manager. “Overall, the virtual event was a great learning opportunity on how to continue work with our municipal partners in different forums.”

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