Calgary city council finalizes 3.6% property tax rate increase

The province is also increasing the instruction tax, getting practically $13 million more from Calgary residence proprietors this yr.

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek was absent for Wednesday’s meeting, though representing the city at a convention in Vancouver.

Councillor Sonya Sharp chaired the assembly as this month’s deputy mayor. Sharp expects the full impression of the improves will not be well-known with Calgarians, but council can only control the municipal tax charge — not the complete bill.

“Quickly forward to what is taking place right now, with the province adding on, the evaluation values, which are outside of our command, I never feel that citizens are going to be happy about this at all,” she reported. 

With the provincial increase considered, council finalized a 3.6 per cent tax hike for this year. That’s a distinct picture from past year in 2021, when Calgarians ended up specified a .2 for each cent tax reduction. 

For the median-priced Calgary home, assessed at $485,000, the enhance in both equally the municipal and provincial house taxes will outcome in an total tax improve of $172 for this year.

Some varieties of organization qualities observed their assessments drop or stay flat past 12 months, so these landowners will see tax reductions.

Tax costs are set to be issued in May. For house house owners not on the city’s regular payment prepare, taxes will be due on June 30.