The Education Act and Ontario Regulation 20/98 provides school boards, across the province of Ontario, with the authority to impose Education Development Charges (EDCs).
EDCs provide a source of funding for growth-related education land costs which are not funded by capital grant allocations under the provincial capital funding model.
EDCs are imposed on all development and redevelopment of lands as outlined in the EDC By-law.
Notice of Passing of an Education Development Charges By-Law by the Durham Catholic District School Board
TAKE NOTICE that the Durham Catholic District School Board passed an Education Development Charges By-law on the 22nd day of April, 2024, under Section 257.54 of the Education Act. The By-law is Education Development Charges By-law No. 7 (2024).
AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or organization may appeal the By-law to the Ontario Land Tribunal under Section 257.65 of the Act by filing with the Secretary of the Durham Catholic District School Board on or before the 3rd day of June, 2024, a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the By-law and the reasons supporting the objection together with the prescribed appeal filing fee.
The By-law comes into force on May 1, 2024, and has a term of five years. The By-law imposes education development charges in the following amounts for the periods set out below:
| Type of Development |
May 1, 2024 to
April 30, 2025
|
May 1, 2025 to
April 30, 2026
|
May 1, 2026 to
April 30, 2027
|
May 1, 2027 to
April 30, 2028
|
May 1, 2028 to
April 30, 202
|
|
Residential
Per Dwelling Unit
|
$2,586 |
$2,886 |
$3,186 |
$3,486 |
$3,514 |
|
Non-Residential
Per Square Foot. of Gross Floor Area
|
$0.10 |
$0.20 |
$0.30 |
$0.40 |
$0.50 |
The education development charges are imposed on all residential and non-residential development of lands in the Region of Durham excluding the Municipality of Clarington. Accordingly, a key map showing the location of the lands subject to the By-law is not provided as part of this notice.
A copy of the complete By-law is available for examination in the offices of the Board located at 650 Rossland Road West, Oshawa, Ontario, L1J 7C4, during regular office hours or on the Board’s website at www.dcdsb.ca.
Notice of a proposed by-law amending the education development charges by-law or the passage of such an amending by-law is not required to be given to any person or organization, other than to certain clerks of municipalities or secretaries of school boards, unless the person or organization gives the secretary of the Board a written request for notice of any amendments to the education development charges by-law and has provided a return address.
Dated at the City of Oshawa this the 22nd of April, 2024.
Tracy Barill
Director of Education / Secretary to the Board
Durham Catholic District School Board
View the Education Development Charges Background Study and Review of Education Development Charges Policies document (February 2024).
Notice of Public Meetings
- First Meeting: Policy Review Public Meeting held at 7:00 p.m. on February 28, 2024, at the Durham Catholic District School Board
- Second Meeting: Successor By-Law Public Meeting held at 7:30 p.m. on February 28, 2024, at the Durham Catholic District School Board
- Third Meeting: In Consideration of By-Law Adoption & Enactment Public Meeting held at 7:30 p.m. on April 24, 2024, at the Durham Catholic District School Board
Please click here to view the PDF version of the Notice of Public Meetings.
Background and Study
To read the full background study and review, click here.
