Education Development Charges

Phone: 905-890-1221
Toll Free: 1-800-387-9501
Fax: 905-890-7610

Education Development Charges (EDC) are used to fund the acquisition of school sites, and site related costs to accommodate growth-related pupil places. Education Development Charges are collected by local municipalities on behalf of the Boards. There are residential and non-residential education development charge rates on development of all lands within the Region of Peel, unless otherwise stated in the by-law. The current EDC rates for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and the Peel District School Board (effective July 1, 2019 as per the By-law) are as follows:

Residential	Current Rate
Board	Rate/Unit
DPCDSB	$1,096.00
PDSB	$3,476.00
Total Residential	$4,572.00

Non-Residential	Current Rate
Board	Rate/sq. m. of gross floor area	Rate / sq. ft of gross floor area
DPCDSB	$4.74	$0.44
PDSB	$4.95	$0.46
Total Non-Residential	$9.69	$0.90