Property tax rates and bill calculation

Your property tax share is calculated annually, covering January 1 to December 31. Your property share amount owing is shown on your annual property tax bill, which is mailed in late May each year.

Your property tax bill:

Includes a property tax to the City portion to help fund local services Calgarians value and use every day.

  • The City tax rate is based on our yearly budget set or adjusted in November and the total of the assessed value of properties in Calgary.
  • Your portion of City property tax is calculated by multiplying your properties assessed value (shown on your Assessment Notice) by the municipal tax rate.
  • Get a complete breakdown of how your property tax dollars are used.
Determining your share of City services

Includes property tax we collect for the province, over one third of your property tax dollars go directly to the province.

  • The province calculates the local education or provincial tax rate for each municipality.
  • Your portion of provincial property tax is calculated by multiplying your property's assessed value (shown on your Assessment Notice) by the provincial tax rate.
  • You can learn more on how the provincial/education property tax is calculated, collected, and used on the Government of Alberta's website.
Education property tax

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The formulas used to determine your property tax bill:

Property tax bill = (Assessment x City's tax rate) + (Assessment x Province tax rate)

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Residential property tax breakdown 

63% funds City of Calgary service

37% goes to The Government of Alberta

Property tax rates

2025 property tax rates are set by Property Tax Bylaw 13M2025. Visit the Property tax calculator to see a breakdown of your 2025 Property Tax.

Assessment Class City Provincial Total
Residential 0.0038706 0.0023097 0.0061803
Non-Residential 0.0179731 0.0038555 0.02182860
Farm Land 0.0372838 0.0023097 0.0395935

Median property tax

The median property tax shows the middle of the range of property taxes. It's based on the median property assessment of a single detached residential home. It shows only the City portion, and is the amount they would pay if their year-to-year assessment change equals the typical change.   

Year Typical assessment Typical City tax
2025 $697,000  $2,697.82
2024 $610,000 $2,564.20
2023 $555,000 $2,404.20
2022 $485,000 $2,277.07
2021 $445,000 $2,147.13
2020 $455,000 $2,174.67
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