Calgary

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Calgary is a city in southern Alberta, situated on the traditional territories of the Treaty 7 region, on land where the Bow and Elbow Rivers meet. The City describes Calgary as Canada's third-largest city, and its municipal history begins in the late 1800s at the confluence of the two rivers.

Source: City of Calgary — City of Calgary, Better Every Day: City Manager's Quarterly Report — The Climate Change Issue.

Combined chart

Calgary property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2026

Bars: City of Calgary existing-property tax revenue annual increase, as approved in the City's budget.

Lines: Canada inflation (Canada CPI annual average, Statistics Canada) and Canadian dollar Real CEER (Bank of Canada). CEER is on the separate right axis and is not a percentage.

Bars — Calgary existing-property tax revenue increase
Line — Canada inflation (Statistics Canada CPI annual average)
Line — Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)

Scope notes

All figures are the municipal portion only. The provincial education tax, which the municipality collects for the Province of Alberta and which forms a large part of an Alberta tax bill, is a separate levy with its own changes; it is not part of this series and is never added to the municipal figure.

Calgary publishes several different 2026 figures, and they measure different things; they are never merged. The chart uses only the existing-property tax revenue increase (1.6% for 2026). For 2026 the City also reports a typical single-detached municipal portion increase of 1.8% (+$49 per year, median assessment $706,000) and a median single-detached municipal tax of $2,752, up 2.0%. Those are different scopes from the revenue increase and are recorded in the trend notes and the separate note below, not in the chart.

A year shown as No data means no approved figure on this same revenue scope was verified in the City's published budget documents for that year. Calgary's median single-detached municipal tax series (2023 $2,404, +5.6%; 2024 $2,564, +6.7%; 2025 $2,698, +5.2%; 2026 $2,752, +2.0%) is a separate scope again and is shown in the separate note below; its 2026 value is a preliminary assessment-base estimate, with the final assessment roll at December 31.

A year shown as “No data” has no bar for property tax and no line point for that series. A missing year breaks a line: no line segment crosses a gap, and no value is interpolated. Inflation for 2026 is not yet published as an annual average. Each Canadian dollar Real CEER value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values from the Bank of Canada (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value). CEER is an index on a separate right axis and is not a percentage. CEER for 2026 is No data because the year is incomplete.

Data behind the chart

The data table below carries one row per year, in year order, with the tax increase, the inflation value and the CEER value for that year, or “No data” where a series has no verified figure.

Year	City of Calgary existing-property tax revenue increase	Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual average	Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2015	No data	1.1%	110.0
2016	No data	1.4%	108.4
2017	No data	1.6%	110.0
2018	No data	2.3%	109.3
2019	2.45%	1.9%	108.6
2020	No data	0.7%	108.0

Year	City of Calgary existing-property tax revenue increase	Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual average	Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2021	No data	3.4%	113.0
2022	No data	6.8%	113.0
2023	No data	3.9%	108.4
2024	No data	2.4%	107.6
2025	3.6%	2.1%	104.9
2026	1.6%	No data	No data

Sources for this chart:

City of Calgary property tax increase, 2019: City of Calgary Newsroom, City Council finalizes the One Calgary 2019-2022 Service Plans and Budgets
City of Calgary property tax increase, 2025: City of Calgary Newsroom, Keeping Calgary affordable while delivering the services that matter most
City of Calgary property tax increase, 2026: City of Calgary Newsroom, Council approves 2026 budget focused on affordability and priorities
Canada inflation, 2015–2025: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01, CPI annual average. The 2026 annual average is not yet published.
Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2025: Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM, total index (1999=100), source file; explainer, Canadian effective exchange rates. Each value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value). CEER for 2026 is No data because the year is incomplete.

Housing property-tax historical trend

The trend uses one measure only: the existing-property tax revenue increase approved in the City's budget. Each row is the figure for that year on that one measure. A year with no verified figure on that measure is shown as No data.

Year	Figure
2015	No data
2016	No data
2017	No data
2018	No data
2019	2.45%
2020	No data

Year	Figure
2021	No data
2022	No data
2023	No data
2024	No data
2025	3.6%
2026	1.6%

For 2025, two further Calgary figures exist on different scopes and are not in the table above: a typical residential municipal portion increase of 5.3% (+$134) in the City's comparison material, and a median single-detached municipal tax of $2,698 (+5.2%). The 2025 bar in the chart is the revenue-scope figure of 3.6% on the same scope as 2026.

Separate note — tax rates, not the trend

This note is separate from the trend above and is not part of it. A residential tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value can move even when the levy increase is small, because the assessment base changes. Rate figures are therefore not used as the trend and are not mixed into the increase chart.

This section presents the median single-detached municipal tax series (dollar amounts) verified from the City's official budget documents — it is a separate series from the main trend table above, is not a per-$1,000 rate, and is not charted with the main trend. No City-published residential rate-per-$1,000 series is recorded here.

Year	Median municipal tax	Scope	Source
2023	$2,404	median municipal property tax on a single-detached home; +5.6% vs prior year, as published by the City	City of Calgary, approved budget documents — see Notes and gaps on this citation
2024	$2,564	median municipal property tax on a single-detached home; +6.7% vs prior year, as published by the City	City of Calgary, approved budget documents — see Notes and gaps on this citation
2025	$2,698	median municipal property tax on a single-detached home; +5.2% vs prior year, as published by the City	City of Calgary, approved budget documents — see Notes and gaps on this citation
2026	$2,752	median municipal property tax on a single-detached home; +2.0% vs prior year, as published by the City	City of Calgary, approved budget documents — see Notes and gaps on this citation

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the existing-property tax revenue increase approved in the City's budget.

Where a city publishes an increase as components, the components are recorded in the scope notes; a total is used only where the city itself publishes it.

Canada inflation is Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01, CPI annual average. Canadian dollar Real CEER is Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM, total index (1999=100); each value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value).

How to read this page

Bars are the Calgary existing-property tax revenue increase. Lines are Canada inflation and Canadian dollar Real CEER.

The left axis is a percentage axis shared by the bars and the inflation line. The right axis is a separate index axis for Canadian dollar Real CEER only. CEER is an index and is not a percentage.

A year shown as “No data” has no bar for property tax and no line point for that series, and a missing year breaks a line.

Tax rates per $1,000 are separate from the trend and are not charted.

Sources

City of Calgary introduction: City of Calgary, Better Every Day: City Manager's Quarterly Report — The Climate Change Issue
City of Calgary: City of Calgary Newsroom, City Council finalizes the One Calgary 2019-2022 Service Plans and Budgets
City of Calgary: City of Calgary Newsroom, Keeping Calgary affordable while delivering the services that matter most
City of Calgary: City of Calgary Newsroom, Council approves 2026 budget focused on affordability and priorities
Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01: CPI annual average
Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM: Real CEER source file

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This page is an independent guide. It is not a government site and it is not an official site. It is general information only and is not tax advice. Check the official City of Calgary source before relying on a figure.