A lawyer often requests a tax certificate during the sale of a property or when a mortgage is being refinanced for a property. Tax certificates show a history of any taxes owing on the property. Learn how to request a tax certificate for a property in the Town of Whitby.

NEW Request a tax certificate Online

To make your request you will be required to complete the online fillable form and make payment via credit card.  You will need the roll number, municipal address, vendor name, purchaser name and closing date.

The Lawyer's Office can contact us for verbal information about the property tax status after we've received your tax certificate request and full payment.

Fee

The Town of Whitby offers two tax certificate services. A rush service offers tax certificates within 2 business days of being received in our office, these certificates will be sent by email.  The fee for the rush service is $105.00 per roll number.

The fee for our regular service tax certificates is $78.75 per roll number and these tax certificates will be sent by Canada Post mail only.  These regular tax certificates will be issued within 7 business days of being received in our office.

Requests can also be made in writing and paid by cheque by mailing to:

Town of Whitby
575 Rossland Rd E
Whitby, ON L1N 2M8

The Lawyer's Office can contact us for verbal information about the property tax status after we've received your tax certificate request and full payment.

Please note:

It is not necessary for both sides of a purchase and sale transaction to request a tax certificate. We will provide verbal information to both sides if we've received a tax certificate request and payment from one party involved in the transaction.

The Tax Department will provide verbal updates to printed tax certificates for 60 days after the tax certificate was issued unless a billing has occurred.  A new tax certificate request will have to be ordered if a billing has taken place since the original request was printed.