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 hivi.

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 hivi makes it faster

1. Store your details once. Save your name, address, property details, and benefit information in hivi.
2. Autofill the application. Use the hivi Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside hivi.
3. Mail with supporting documents.
4. Reuse each year from the same saved profile.

Why do it in hivi

Annual applications repeat the same details. Stored once in hivi — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — each year's form starts mostly filled.