Aurora runs from established streets and heritage properties near its historic core to newer subdivisions further out, and the two bring different questions to a closing. We act on purchases and sales across the town.
Our Thornhill office is a direct drive south on Yonge Street or the 404. In-person signing is available there, and remote identity verification and document signing are also available if you prefer.
Aurora buyers pay Ontario land transfer tax without Toronto's additional municipal tax.
Aurora has no municipal land transfer tax, so a buyer here pays the provincial tax only. Against a comparably priced Toronto purchase, that difference is substantial and worth factoring in early.
Older neighbourhoods near the historic core sit alongside newer development further from downtown, and lot sizes vary widely between them.
Areas like Aurora Village and Aurora Heights carry older, larger lots close to the historic core, while newer development toward the town's edges brings smaller lots and, in some cases, a builder agreement still under Tarion coverage. The searches and questions differ enough between the two that it is worth telling us which kind of property you are buying.
Properties within the Northeast Old Aurora Heritage Conservation District can be subject to heritage controls affecting exterior changes.
Aurora's designated Northeast Old Aurora Heritage Conservation District includes properties where exterior alterations, additions, new construction, and demolition can be subject to municipal heritage approval. Individually designated properties can also carry heritage controls. If you are buying with renovation plans, confirm the specific property's heritage status before conditions come off.
Ontario tax only
There is no additional Aurora municipal land transfer tax.
Aurora buyers pay the Ontario land transfer tax and nothing municipal on top of it. Toronto remains the only Ontario municipality that charges its own land transfer tax in addition to the provincial one.
The provincial tax is calculated on the purchase price using a graduated structure and is payable on closing. First-time buyers may claim a provincial rebate up to a set maximum, applied at registration so it reduces what you need to bring to closing.
We review your agreement before the conditions come off, search title, and carry the file through to the day you get the keys.
We answer the buyer's requisitions, arrange the discharge of your existing mortgage, and account for every dollar leaving the transaction.
Whether you are moving lenders, taking equity out, or adding a second charge, we handle the registration and the discharge that follows it.
Adding a spouse, removing a name, transferring to family, or updating title after a death. Each one carries tax and mortgage consequences worth understanding first.
Builder agreements are written for the builder. We read yours as early as we can, and where a statutory rescission right applies, inside that window, while there is still something you can do about it.
In-person signing at our Thornhill office is our standard approach, and remote identity verification and document signing are available if you prefer. Remote signing changes how you meet with us, not the lawyer-led legal work performed on your closing.
We review the transaction and tell you what we need.
Searches, lender work and closing documents are handled by our team.
Sign at our Thornhill office, or remotely if you prefer. We confirm when the transaction closes.
We act throughout Aurora, including:
No. Aurora buyers pay Ontario land transfer tax, with no additional Aurora municipal land transfer tax. Toronto purchases are different because Toronto also charges a municipal land transfer tax, so an Aurora closing costs meaningfully less than a Toronto closing at the same price.
Confirm whether the property is individually designated or sits within the Northeast Old Aurora Heritage Conservation District, and what that means for any exterior changes you plan to make. Heritage approval requirements can survive the sale, so if your plans depend on renovating or adding on, that question belongs inside the conditional period.
Newer subdivisions more often involve a builder agreement, Tarion coverage, and a closing date that can shift, while older streets near the historic core raise the survey and title questions that come with age. Neither is more complicated, but the searches and the review differ, so it helps to tell us early which kind of property you are buying.
Our Thornhill office is available for in-person signing, or if you prefer, we can complete identity verification and document signing remotely. Remote signing changes how you meet with us, not the lawyer-led legal work performed on your closing.
Send us the agreement and we will confirm the tax, the searches, and what the file needs before closing.
