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Showing all 15 municipalities with a page on this site, grouped by province.
All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.
Alberta municipalities each set their own municipal tax rate bylaw, and each publishes its tax change in its own wording — there is no single provincial calibre for a municipal increase. The provincial education property tax is a separate requisition, set by the Province of Alberta and collected on the same bill; it is never part of a municipal figure on this page.
This page compares the verified 2026 figures for the 15 Alberta municipalities in this guide, grouped by metro region, each figure in the calibre its municipality publishes. Each municipality's own page shows its verified history, the exact calibre of its figures and its sources. The City of Grande Prairie and the County of Grande Prairie are two different municipalities and are never combined.
At a glance — 2026
- Municipalities compared: 15
- Metro region groups: 3
- Scope: each figure in its own published calibre — figures are not standardized, never merged, and the provincial education tax is never added in
No single Alberta calibre
One city can publish several different figures for the same year, all official, measuring different things. Calgary's 2026 budget gives an existing-property tax revenue increase of 1.6%, a typical single-detached municipal increase of 1.8% and a median single-detached municipal tax change of 2.0%. This guide records them separately and never merges them.
How to read a figure
The “What it measures” column states each figure's scope in short form. A tax rate is not a bill increase: Chestermere publishes a residential rate rather than an increase headline, and Leduc's residential rate fell in 2026 while its tax revenue requirement rose, because the assessment base changed.
Regions in this comparison
Calgary metro, Edmonton metro, Other.
2026 verified figures, grouped by metro region
Calgary metro
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Existing-property tax revenue +1.6%; typical single-detached municipal +1.8% (+$49, median assessment $706,000); median single-detached municipal tax $2,752, +2.0% | Existing-property tax revenue increase — the City publishes two further, different 2026 figures (typical single-detached +1.8%; median single-detached tax +2.0%); they are recorded on the Calgary page and never merged |
| Cochrane | Median single-detached municipal bill about +2.61% ($2,520 to $2,585, assessed $674,800) | Median single-detached municipal bill increase |
| Okotoks | Municipal +4.0% | Municipal property tax increase |
| Chestermere | Residential rate 3.248 to 3.573; rate-derived about +10.0% | Residential tax rate, not an increase headline — the change derived from the two published rates is not an official figure; table only |
Edmonton metro
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Edmonton | 2026 FINAL approved 6.9% | Final approved property tax increase (the final value of the 2026 budget cycle) |
| St. Albert | Average per $100,000 assessment +3.9% (+$29/year per $100,000) | Average property tax increase per $100,000 of assessment (excluding the provincial education tax) |
| Spruce Grove | Tax increase 4.68% | Tax increase in the City's budget wording (not split municipal / whole-bill) |
| Strathcona County (including Sherwood Park) | Municipal revenue +4.88% | Municipal tax revenue increase, including the recreation infrastructure tax (year 3) |
| Leduc | Tax revenue requirement +3.8% | Tax revenue requirement increase — the residential tax rate moved the other way and is never mixed into this figure |
| Beaumont | Approved tax revenue +4.79% | Approved tax revenue increase |
Other
| Municipality | 2026 figure | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Lethbridge | 2026 execution: average single-detached municipal +$147; average whole bill +$267 | 2026 execution under the 2023–2026 four-year plan (plan average 5.1% per year) — average single-detached amounts, not a measured single-year increase |
| Red Deer | Municipal operating budget +3.97% | Municipal operating budget increase — the City's own wording; the City does not word it as a direct tax increase |
| Medicine Hat | 2025 +5.6% and 2026 +5.6% property tax increase | Property tax increase approved in the 2025–2026 budget (the same figure was approved for both years) |
| City of Grande Prairie | Total tax increase +4.34% | Total tax increase — municipal operations +2.42% and police tax +1.92%; the components are always shown separately |
| County of Grande Prairie | Municipal tax rate +2.9% | Municipal tax rate increase — a separate municipality from the City of Grande Prairie |
No data — not zero
A municipality with no verified figure is shown as No data, never as 0%. An adopted 0% increase is a real figure and is shown as 0%.
Gaps, recorded openly
Three further Alberta municipalities were checked but have no page, because no official 2026 headline figure could be verified for them: Airdrie, Fort Saskatchewan and Stony Plain. Third-party figures for them exist but are not used. Sherwood Park is a community inside Strathcona County, not a separate municipality, and appears under the County.
Sources
Every figure comes from an official municipal source (adopted budgets, tax rate bylaws, budget releases and official property tax pages), listed on each municipality page. Proposed and draft figures are never used. Ptax.ca is an independent guide; it is not affiliated with the Government of Alberta or any municipality. Check the municipality for the latest official information before relying on a figure.