How to apply for the Ontario provincial land tax deferral for low-income seniors — and autofill it with my-id.ca
Apply for the provincial land tax deferral without retyping your details each year
Low-income seniors and persons with disabilities in Northern Ontario may defer part of their provincial land tax increase — and the annual application repeats your name, address, and benefit details. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Provincial Land Tax deferral program — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for a Deferral of Property Taxes for Low-Income Seniors or Low-Income Persons with Disabilities — 013-0257
What this form is about
The application defers the year's provincial land tax increase for eligible Northern Ontario residents in their principal residence, based on income and benefit status.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your name, address, and property details.
- Your GIS or ODSP benefit confirmation.
This application applies to Northern Ontario provincial land tax — confirm eligibility and the annual deadline on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store your details once. Save your name, address, property details, and benefit information in my-id.ca.
- Autofill the application. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Mail with supporting documents.
- Reuse each year from the same saved profile.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Annual applications repeat the same details. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — each year's form starts mostly filled.
Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for the provincial land tax deferral?
- Low-income seniors (65+) who receive the Guaranteed Income Supplement, and low-income persons with disabilities who receive ODSP, for properties in Northern Ontario used as principal residences. The application asks for your name, property, address, and benefit details. my-id.ca can store your details for autofill.
- Why does my-id.ca help especially here?
- This application must be re-submitted each year. Storing your details in my-id.ca means each annual application starts mostly filled.
- Does my-id.ca submit it?
- No. my-id.ca autofills your information; you mail the application to the provincial land tax office yourself. Confirm current deadlines on ontario.ca.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.