2012–2026 · Ontario
Fourteen years of Ontario tax sales, read closely.
When a municipality can't collect property taxes, it sells the property by public tender — opening at just the arrears owed. 5,299 listings later, here’s where the bargains actually hide — and what it costs to find them.
Listings
5,299
2012–2026
Sell-through
52%
of lots that reach auction
Median open bid
$15,000
minimum tender
Sold / assessed
71%
of 2016 MPAC value
Uncontested
27%
sold on a single bid
Winning bid
2.1×
the opening minimum
The report
The full analysis — outcomes, entry cost, competition, and the county geography of the discount — with the charts that carry the argument.
Read the analysisThe data table
All 5,299 listings — sortable and filterable by year, county, and outcome. The source behind every figure in the report.
Explore the dataActive listings
Every currently-open sale, with deal-finding tools — opening bid as a share of assessed value, distance and price thresholds, and each county's historical outcomes.
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