May 21, 2025
The City of Edmonton sent out over 430,000 property tax notices early in anticipation of a potential Canada Post service disruption, and completed the mailing process for all paper notices by May 20. While most Edmonton property owners will receive their 2025 tax notice this week, the City is encouraging those who do not receive their notice in the mail to use online options to access their tax information and ensure they pay their balance by June 30.
“We started our mail out process as soon as we could to get tax notices into as many property owners’ hands as possible before a potential postal disruption,” said Stephen Leroux, Director, Taxation Operations. “We encourage everyone to access their property tax information online through MyProperty, or use a code from a recent tax or assessment notice to sign up for an account if you don’t have one already.”
If you do not receive your notice, there are several ways to check your balance:
- Access your MyProperty account online to see your assessment value, tax history and track payments. You can also opt to receive assessment and tax notices by email only, saving money and the environment.
- Call 311 to get your tax balance; please call as early as possible to allow time to pay your balance.
Property owners have a variety of ways to pay their taxes. The payment deadline is June 30, 2025. Payment can be made at most banks, by phone or online banking. Please do not pay by mail during the postal service disruption, as you may incur penalties for late payment if your payment does not reach us in time. The City also offers a monthly payment plan, and over 150,000 property owners participate in the plan already.
“We encourage property owners to sign up for the monthly payment plan as soon as they can — the application deadline is June 15 to start paying monthly in July,” said Leroux. “Over a third of all property owners pay monthly and around 200,000 property owners are signed up for MyProperty, so they will be able to access their tax information regardless of any mail delays.”
This year, the municipal property tax increase is 5.7 per cent. The provincial education tax, which funds education in Alberta, will go up by 6.9 per cent overall for residential property in Edmonton.
“Council approved the tax rates at the end of April,” said Leroux. “The day after that approval, we were busy calculating each property’s balance, and it takes weeks to process, print, stuff and mail hundreds of thousands of notices. I want to thank our team for all their hard work to move things up a week earlier than usual.”
A typical detached home, assessed at $465,500, will pay $394 per month in property taxes in 2025. Roughly 75 per cent of this amount — or $296 — will help pay for City services, and the remaining 25 per cent — or $98 — will go to the Government of Alberta to support education.
It is important to note that not all property owners will see a 5.7 per cent increase in their municipal taxes. The tax increase for each individual property can be higher or lower than the 5.7 per cent overall tax increase, depending on whether the property’s assessment value change was higher or lower than the overall market change in its assessment category. For example, if a residential property’s value went up by more than the overall residential market, then its tax increase will also be higher. Through property taxes, Edmontonians help fund 70 City services — from fire rescue to parks and roadway maintenance. Please see the City’s video for more information on the assessment and taxation process.
