Property Assessment and Taxation
All municipal governments and the Government of Alberta rely on property taxes to fund public services. To help municipal officials be informed on how Alberta’s property assessment and taxation system works, we have created a guide called Property Assessment and Taxation: A Guide for Alberta’s Municipal Leaders.
The guide covers topics such as:
- How different types of property are assessed
- How municipal property tax rates are set
- How provincial property taxes are set and collected by municipalities
- Answers to common questions about property taxes
Materials to Communicate on Provincial Property Taxes
Polling shows that only about half of Albertans know their property tax bill includes a property tax levied by the Government of Alberta. To help municipalities communicate the difference between provincial and municipal property taxes to residents and businesses, ABmunis offers several materials that municipalities can use such as bill stuffer documents and customizable graphs and images for use in print, social media, or on your website.
Download the files. The files will download as be an extractable ZIP file that you should find in your downloads folder. If you are unable to access the files, please email advocacy [at] abmunis.ca (advocacy[at]abmunis[dot]ca).
- How assessment and taxation work by the City of Airdrie
- Property assessments explained by the City of Edmonton (multiple videos)
- Taxes 101 by the City of Lethbridge
Alberta Municipalities’ members often pass resolutions that seek changes to provincial legislation or policy related to property assessment or taxation. To learn about those resolutions, please visit our Resolutions Library and search for “tax” or “requisition”.
The Government of Alberta is exempt from paying municipal property taxes on its land and buildings. Municipal governments still provide services to provincially owned properties, so the Alberta government pays a grant in place of taxes (GIPOT) to municipal governments, but only for certain types of property. To help explain what properties and taxes are eligible for GIPOT funding, ABmunis has created this fact sheet.