How thousands of people don't pay a dime in property tax | CBC News

NLMore than 50,000 people living in Newfoundland and Labrador aren't paying anything in property taxes, because of a municipal system that lets unincorporated places grow to sizes that exceed actual towns.Hundreds of communities don't have property taxesCBC News · Posted: Sep 17, 2013 4:10 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 17, 2013Living tax-free11 years agoDuration 5:0450,000 people in N.L. reside in areas that are not incorporated, with no property taxesMore than 50,000 people living in Newfoundland and Labrador aren't paying anything in property taxes, because of a municipal system that lets unincorporated places grow to sizes that exceed actual towns.Port de Grave is one of about 300 communities in the province where people are living tax-free. The area has about 950 residents. It's not a municipality, but an unincorporated area, where there is no council and no property tax.There are two types of unincorporated areas: local service districts, where residents pay a small fee to neig...