The venture was initiated mainly to preserve the automotive history of Canada in Oshawa, and has been in operation since 1963 at the nearly century-old former car dealership building at 99 Simcoe St. The museum was founded in 1962 by a group of Oshawa businessmen through the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce. From 2015-2022, with the exception of a capital grant in 2017, the city has provided the Canadian Automotive Museum with a Partnership Grant in the amount of $5,000 a year.
The city did not provide any funding to the museum between 19 nor did CAM request funding from the city. The funding increased further to $25,000 from 1994–1997. In the 1970s, grants to CAM were approximately $10,000 a year growing to some $20,000 in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. They have concerns the museum may be won over by competing municipalities offering better facilities and funding. The report says throughout the month of January, the city received several pieces of correspondence focused on increasing funding support from the city to the museum citing its historical importance.Ĭampaigners on behalf of CAM have been requesting exemption from tax or a grant equalling the total annual tax. Any grant funding provided over and above the reductions that are already in place for the Canadian Automotive Museum, specific to property taxes, would effectively mean that the city is funding the tax levies from the Region of Durham and the Province.Īny consideration by council of providing additional grants to the Canadian Automotive Museum should be referred to the 2023 budget process.
The report said should Oshawa Council propose financial support to CAM for property taxes, it is important to note that in 2021, the amount of property taxes, after the application of the charity rebate and partnership grant, which was retained by the City from CAM amounted to less than $300. Property taxes billed by the City of Oshawa are apportioned, with 41 per cent retained by the City, 41 per cent remitted to the Region, and the remaining 18 per cent remitted to the Province. Oshawa Finance Committee has recommended that Canadian Automotive Museum (CAM) request reclassification to a tax exempt status, for the city portion of its property tax.Ī copy of the report obtained by Durham Post, and to be presented tomorrow (April 19), also recommended that CAM should contact the Region of Durham and School Boards that include Oshawa in their jurisdiction, requesting they provide a grant or other financial assistance to offset the property tax payable to them by the CAM.
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