Bill 233: The Municipal Assessment Amendment Act

This directly affects operators of seniors' residences, assisted living facilities, supportive housing, and similar care homes in Manitoba. If you run a residential care or support-services property and your land exceeds 0.81 hectares (roughly 2 acres), you previously owed school taxes on anything above that threshold — now properties up to 5 hectares (about 12 acres) qualify for the exemption. This is most relevant to mid-sized and larger care facilities, retirement communities, or non-profit housing providers whose campuses sit on larger parcels of land. Smaller single-building operators on compact lots are unlikely to notice a change, but growing or campus-style organizations in Manitoba stand to see meaningful reductions in their annual tax bills.