Montreal, Québec, Canada, Property Tax Evaluations, 1847-1987

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Montreal, Québec, Canada, Property Tax Evaluations, 1847-1987 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021.
Original data: Property Tax Evaluations - 1847-1987. Montreal, Québec, Canada: Archives of Montreal.

About Montreal, Québec, Canada, Property Tax Evaluations, 1847-1987

General Collection Information

This collection contains property tax evaluations between 1847 and 1987 for Montreal, Canada. Records are primarily written in French, but many forms have bilingual English translation. The registry information includes the following:

  • Name of owner
  • Name of municipality
  • Property address
  • Roll number
  • Property value
  • Property description
  • Property use

    • Using this Collection

    When using this collection, it’s necessary to have either a property’s address or its lot/roll number. If that information isn’t available to you, it may be useful to try searching a different category in Ancestry’s Montreal collection: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/catalog/?title=montreal&location=3243/

    Other records may include your ancestor’s address, parish, or municipality, which can aid you while searching this collection. However, please keep in mind that property tax evaluations don’t necessarily prove residency. Property taxes are collected where the property is located, while the property owner might have lived elsewhere.

    When using the “Browse this collection” function, you may come across blank pages in the registry. Click on the arrow to the right of the image to bring up the index images in alphabetical order.

    History of the Collection

    Tax records are an excellent tool for tracking down your ancestors. Unlike other types of records, taxes are usually collected yearly. Tax records often predate civil registration, allowing you to track your ancestors without vital records. In Montreal, tax rolls have been recorded as early as the late 1700’s. This collection offers us an inventory of property in all 16 of Montreal’s municipalities.

    Bibliography

    Ancestry.com. “Paying Taxes...Or Not.” Last modified April 15, 2014. https://www.ancestry.com/corporate/blog/paying-taxes-or-not.

    Montreal.ca. “Property Assessment Roll.” Last modified September 18, 2020. https://montreal.ca/en/topics/property-assessment-roll.

    Powell, Kimberly. “Canadian Land And Tax Records.” ThoughtCo. Last modified November 6, 2019. https://www.thoughtco.com/canadian-land-and-tax-records-1422119.