Residential Property Taxes
Property taxes help pay for civic services like police and fire protection, road maintenance and snow clearing, parks and swimming pools, public transit and neighborhood infrastructure.
All Edmonton residential property owners pay annual property taxes, which are due June 30 each year. Assessment notices are mailed early in January. Tax notices are mailed in late May.
Property taxes can be paid in full or in monthly payments.
Property taxes in 2012 account for about 54% of the City's spending on operations. When considering all other revenue sources (including capital funding from other orders of government), property taxes represent about 28% of the City's budgeted revenue in 2012.
Your property tax is made up of:
- A municipal portion – based on the budget City Council sets at the end of each year (about 65 per cent of your total residential bill)
- A provincial education portion – the Alberta Government sends the City an invoice for the education tax. The City of Edmonton is required to collect this tax from property owners on behalf of the province. (about 35 per cent of your total bill)
- Some residents (about 25 per cent of all Edmonton properties) also pay local improvement charges.
Your share of the municipal taxes is determined by your Property Assessment.
Mailing the assessment notices early in the year allow homeowners to estimate their taxes that are due June 30 and to help budget for any increases.
You may file a complaint about your assessed property value by March 12, 2012, but you cannot file a complaint about the amount of your May tax bill.
2012 Taxes
The City's 2012 budget increased municipal taxes by an average of 3.72 per cent for civic services and 1.5 per cent for the Neighbourhood Renewal Program.
For more information:
| Online | Contact 311 Online |
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| Telephone | In Edmonton: 311 Outside Edmonton: 780-442-5311 |
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| TTY | 780-944-5555 |
| 311@edmonton.ca |
