The Canadian Taxpayers Federation calls it a national crisis.  It estimates, on average, municipal property taxes have jumped by 24 per cent nationwide since 2000. The biggest increases are in cities — like Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa.

"It's a problem everywhere, right across Canada, but you know, no one is talking about it," said Garth Turner, Conservative MP for Halton, Ont. "It's very destructive for individual taxpayers and for many lives it ends up pretty much destroying them." Canada Property Tax article