Building and protective inspection expenses
Ontario Financial Information Return, Schedule 40 lines 0440 and 0445 (column 01, after adjustments), summed.
per permanent resident · 2023
- Algonquin Highlands$167.51
- Highlands East$127.49
- Dysart et al$99.47
- Minden Hills$51.74
3.2× between the largest and the smallest.
per person-year · 2023
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Highlands East$82.31
- Algonquin Highlands$80.01
- Dysart et al$69.35
- Minden Hills$40.82
2.0× between the largest and the smallest.
per peak resident · 2023
Divided by the 2021 population, the nearest published to this figure.
- Highlands East$42.16
- Dysart et al$37.42
- Algonquin Highlands$34.52
- Minden Hills$24.27
1.7× between the largest and the smallest.
What these figures carry
- An upper bound on the building department. Line 0440 also carries by-law enforcement and animal control where a municipality files them there, and which general ledger accounts feed either line is not published.
Dysart et al
- Both lines carry an amount: $112,710 on 0440 protective inspection and control, $672,502 on 0445 building permit and inspection.
Minden Hills
- Filed entirely on 0445 building permit and inspection. The other line is blank, which is where this municipality is not filing rather than what it is not spending.
Highlands East
- Both lines carry an amount: $520,748 on 0440 protective inspection and control, $11,773 on 0445 building permit and inspection.
Algonquin Highlands
- Both lines carry an amount: $142,926 on 0440 protective inspection and control, $332,981 on 0445 building permit and inspection.
The order changes with the basis. Which of these populations is the right divisor is not a technical detail: the tax base is properties, the services are used by whoever is present, and roughly 54% of the dwellings in this county are not occupied by permanent residents. No source states how much of the year a seasonal dwelling is occupied, so this atlas will not choose for you.
Which way is better
Contested. Spending is thrift or neglect depending on what you think a municipality is for. A low figure may be efficiency or a deferred road that costs a later council more. Nothing on this page is ranked, and the bars are ordered by size rather than by merit.
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