Taxes : Rates, Due Dates & Payments

Mailing of tax bills

Municipal tax bills are sent out towards the end of January of each year and cover the period from January 1 to December 31 of each year.

Please remember to notify us of any change of address either by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone at 819-465-2323 ext. 121. If you receive an invoice for a property you no longer own, please send it back to us with the name and address of the new owner. 

Account payments

The annual tax bill is payable in four installments:

1st instalment March 31
2nd installment May 31
3rd installment July 31
4th installment October 31
Any tax bill or municipal services compensation account that does not total $300.00 must be paid in one installment by March 31 of the taxation year.

IMPORTANT: Where an installment is not paid when due, only the amount of the overdue installment shall be charged and subject to interest at the rate of 15%.

Receipts are issued for over-the-counter payments only.

How to pay your bill

There are several ways to pay your municipal tax bill 

• IN PERSON AT THE MUNICIPAL OFFICE COUNTER located at 70 Rue Principale. We accept cash, cheque or direct payment (Interac);

• ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS: ATM and automated service from your financial institution. When you choose to pay through the ATM or on the web, it is essential that you enter the roll number that appears on the remittance slip. This number is entered on the tax account as follows:

  Example: F 3333 33 3333 00 0000

  ► However, you only need to enter 3333 33 3333, thus the ten (10) digits representing your roll number.
  ► PLEASE NOTE: if you own more than one property, you will need to create a supplier file by matricule and make your payments individually.

• PAYMENT AT YOUR BANKING INSTITUTION: You can make your payments at the counters of most financial institutions with your bill in hand.

• AUTOMATIC BANK DEPOSIT is a fast and secure way to pay your property taxes. Complete and return the form provided.

  Download the application form here

• BY MAIL using the coupons attached to your account and sending us your cheque. You can also send us a series of post-dated cheques for each installment.

Municipalité de Messines
70, rue Principale
Messines, Québec, J0X 2J0

Current tax rates

The assessment role

The property assessment serves as the tax base for the annual billing of the tax bill at both the municipal and school levels.  

Prepared by the MRC's assessor, the property assessment roll contains information on each of the properties located on the municipality's territory. In effect for three municipal fiscal years, the assessment roll is primarily an instrument for sharing the tax burden among property owners. The property assessment roll has three official functions, which are : 
 ...to identify the information required for municipal and school property taxation purposes;
 ...to ensure the transparency of Quebec's property taxation system by providing access to this information to any interested person;
 ...to allow any taxpayer to compare the entries for his or her property with those for other similar properties.

We have tabled the new 2022-2023-2024 assessment roll for all properties located on our territory. These values will be in effect for the next three years, unless your property changes.

The actual property values on the 2022 roll have been established based on market conditions as of July 1, 2020.

 For more information on the assessment roll, please consult the document prepared by the Government of Quebec

Online assessment rôle