Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Rates and Billing Information
The City of Vaughan charges for water, wastewater and stormwater services, maintenance and initiatives. These charges are billed by Alectra, on behalf of the City of Vaughan, and appear on your hydro bill.
Vaughan’s water and wastewater rates cover the costs to:
- deliver safe, clean water to homes and businesses
- collect wastewater for treatment
- take approximately, 4,000 water samples every year to meet regulatory requirements
- develop leak-detection, inflow and infiltration programs
- manage infrastructure
- provide customer support to residents
The stormwater charge has helped to fund more than 300 programs and initiatives across the City, including:
- Annual cleaning and clearing of the City’s approximately 22,000 catch basins
- Routine camera inspection of more than 1,000 kilometres of stormwater pipes
- Annual inspection of the City’s 150 stormwater management ponds and clean-out of critical ponds
- Prevention of erosion and degradation of more than 150 kilometres of the City’s natural creek system
- Proactive improvement and preventative repair of stormwater infrastructure
Additional utility bill inquiries
For any questions or comments about your utility bill, please contact Alectra Utilities at 1-833-253-2872 or visit alectrautilities.com. Alectra has advised that it will work with customers to provide flexible payment terms and will not disconnect customers during this time of uncertainty caused by COVID-19.
- Moving, Opening & Closing Residential Accounts - Residential, Lawyer, Landlord
- Legal Representative's Residential Service Request - Purchaser’s Representative or Vendor’s Representative to open or close an account
- Permanent Service Removal - Water Meter Removal
- General Account Inquiry - Bill, Rates, Water Reading, Water Certificates, Payment Inquiry
Water and Wastewater Rates
| Water and Wastewater Rates Metered accounts | 2021 April 1, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2022 | 2022 Effective April 1, 2022 | 2023 Effective April 1, 2023 | 2024 Effective April 1, 2024 | 2025 Effective April 1, 2025 |
Water rate per cubic metre | $2.0103 | $2.1654 | $2.2847 | $2.4332 | $2.5257 |
| Minimum invoice charge for water per month | $17 per month By-Law 197-2020 (PDF) | $17 per month By-Law 155-2021 (PDF) | $18 per month By-Law 010-2023 (PDF) | $19 per month By-law 224-2023 (PDF) | $18 per month By-law 251-2024 (PDF) |
Wastewater Rate per cubic metre | $2.6904 | $2.6904 | $2.7313 | $2.7791 | $2.8586 |
| Minimum invoice charge for wastewater per month | $23 per month By-Law 198-2020 (PDF) | $23 per month By-Law 156-2021 (PDF) | $23 per month By-Law 010-2023 (PDF) | $24 per month By-law 224-2023 (PDF) | $21 per month By-law 251-2024 (PDF) |
Combined Water/Wastewater Rate (per cubic metre) | $4.7007 | $4.8558 | $5.016 | $5.2123 | $5.3843 |
Stormwater Rates
(charged once per year)
| Property Type | Criteria | 2021 Charge
| 2022 Charge By-Law 157-2021 (PDF) | 2023 Charge By-Law 025-2023 (PDF)
| 2024 Charge By-law 224-2023 (PDF) | 2025 Charge By-law 251-2024 (PDF) |
| Non-residential (small) | Less than 1 acre | $48.15 | $50.44 | $53.16 | $58.21 | $62.28 |
| Non-residential (medium) | 1 to 10 acres | $1,244.11 | $1,303.49 | $1,373.66 | $1,504.16 | $1,699.70 |
| Non-residential (large) | More than 10 acres | $19,001.37 | $19,908.32 | $20,980.04 | $22,973.14 | $25,959.65 |
| Agricultural/vacant | $669.07 | $699.48 | $736.78 | $806.77 | $883.42 | |
| Residential (low density) | $53.46 | $55.76 | $58.63 | $64.20 | $67.73 | |
| Residential (medium density) | $34.58 | $35.93 | $37.63 | $41.20 | $43.47 | |
| Residential (high density) | $210.41 | $219.96 | $231.62 | $253.62 | $286.60 |