Edmonton

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta, located on the North Saskatchewan River. The City's own symbols reflect that role: its crest marks Edmonton's status as Alberta's capital, the wavy ribbon represents the North Saskatchewan River, and the Mayor's Chain of Office rests on a beaver pelt recognizing the city's origins as a Hudson's Bay Company trading post. Edmonton passed the one-million mark in the 2021 Census, when the City recorded a population of 1,010,899 (Statistics Canada figure, as listed in the City's population history).

Source: City of Edmonton — City of Edmonton, Edmonton Facts and Figures.

Combined chart

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

Bars: City of Edmonton approved property tax annual increase (final approved value for each year).

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 — Edmonton approved property tax 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.

Edmonton's four-year budget cycle revises each year's tax increase several times before it is final. Only the final approved value is recorded: for 2026 the figure moved through 4.39%, 4.7%, 6.3%, 6.8% and 6.4% during the cycle before the Fall 2025 supplementary adjustment set it at 6.9%. The intermediate values are version history only and are never charted. The final approved values are 8.9% for 2024, 6.1% for 2025 and 6.9% for 2026, as listed in the City's Spring 2026 Budget Highlights.

One later City record for 2025 is disclosed here in full: the City's Fall 2025 media backgrounder and the history table in the 2025 Budget Highlights record that the Spring 2025 Tax Levy Confirmation (April 22, 2025) approved 5.7% for 2025, 0.4 points below the Fall 2024 figure of 6.1%. This page uses the approved-budget figure of 6.1% for 2025. A later City confirmation document gives 5.7%; that figure is recorded here so the difference is visible rather than hidden.

For 2021, City sources differ: a Fall 2025 backgrounder retrospectively gives −0.3%, while the City's tax-breakdown page and the 2022 budget material give 0%; 0% is recorded. For 2018 no final approved percentage was found in City documents (an amount for a typical home is published, and a percentage appears only in a councillor's blog), so 2018 is No data.

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 Edmonton approved property tax 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	5.7%	1.1%	110.0
2016	3.4%	1.4%	108.4
2017	2.9%	1.6%	110.0
2018	No data	2.3%	109.3
2019	2.6%	1.9%	108.6
2020	1.3%	0.7%	108.0

Year	City of Edmonton approved property tax 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	0% (disputed — see scope notes)	3.4%	113.0
2022	1.9%	6.8%	113.0
2023	4.96%	3.9%	108.4
2024	8.9%	2.4%	107.6
2025	6.1%	2.1%	104.9
2026	6.9%	No data	No data

Sources for this chart:

City of Edmonton property tax increase, 2015: City of Edmonton, Financial Report to Citizens 2015
City of Edmonton property tax increase, 2016: City of Edmonton news release, Council approves 'restraint' budget that continues city building
City of Edmonton property tax increase, 2017: City of Edmonton news release, Council approves lowest tax increase in 10 years (December 13, 2016)
City of Edmonton property tax increase, 2019–2022: City of Edmonton, City releases proposed 2023-2026 operating budget and first carbon budget (Transforming Edmonton)
City of Edmonton property tax increase, 2023–2025: City of Edmonton, 2025 Budget Highlights (Approved Tax Increases table)
City of Edmonton property tax increase, 2026: City of Edmonton, Spring 2026 Budget Highlights
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 property tax increase finally approved by Council for each year. 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	5.7%
2016	3.4%
2017	2.9%
2018	No data
2019	2.6%
2020	1.3%

Year	Figure
2021	0%
2022	1.9%
2023	4.96%
2024	8.9%
2025	6.1%
2026	6.9%

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.

Residential/Farmland class, from the City's published 2026 tax-rate table. The City publishes rates as decimals; they are shown here per $1,000 of assessed value (decimal × 1,000):

Year	Rate per $1,000	Scope	Source
2026	7.7419	City of Edmonton (municipal) portion only (published as 0.0077419)	City of Edmonton, Property Taxes — 2026 Tax Rates, http://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/property-taxes
2026	10.3637	total residential rate, all authorities (municipal 0.0077419 + education 0.0025409 + education requisition allowance 0.0000809, as published)	City of Edmonton, Property Taxes — 2026 Tax Rates, http://www.edmonton.ca/residential_neighbourhoods/property-taxes

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the property tax increase finally approved by Council for each year.

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 Edmonton approved property tax 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. A 0% increase sits at the zero line; the 2021 figure is marked “0% (disputed — see scope notes)” because City sources differ on that year.

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

Sources

City of Edmonton introduction: City of Edmonton, Edmonton Facts and Figures
City of Edmonton: City of Edmonton, Financial Report to Citizens 2015
City of Edmonton: City of Edmonton news release, Council approves 'restraint' budget that continues city building
City of Edmonton: City of Edmonton news release, Council approves lowest tax increase in 10 years (December 13, 2016)
City of Edmonton: City of Edmonton, City releases proposed 2023-2026 operating budget and first carbon budget (Transforming Edmonton)
City of Edmonton: City of Edmonton, 2025 Budget Highlights (Approved Tax Increases table)
City of Edmonton: City of Edmonton, Spring 2026 Budget Highlights
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 Edmonton source before relying on a figure.