How to Access Your City of Calgary Property Tax Statement

The City of Calgary mails your property tax statement in May, and payment is due on the last business day of June. If your paper copy hasn’t arrived by the third week of May, you can pull a replacement of your City of Calgary property tax statement through the myTax portal at mytax.calgary.ca or by calling 311.¹² A missing statement does not push back the deadline. You still owe the full amount on time.³

Get Your Statement Through myTax

myTax is the city’s online tax portal at mytax.calgary.ca. To set up an account and link your property, you need two things: your nine-digit roll number and the confidential access code printed on your mailed assessment notice.⁴ The access code stays the same all year, even if you later get a supplementary assessment.⁵

Once you’re in, you can view your current and past assessments, check your balance, request document copies, and switch to electronic delivery.⁶ Signing up for eNotice means the assessment and tax bill arrive electronically instead of by mail, which removes the risk of a lost or delayed paper copy. Lost your access code? Call 311 and they will reissue it.

What’s on the Statement

The nine-digit roll number at the top is your account identifier for every tax transaction, including online banking payments.⁵

Your total splits into two portions. Roughly 58 percent funds City of Calgary services such as police, fire, and transit. The remaining 42 percent is the provincial education levy, collected by the city on behalf of the Government of Alberta.⁷ The city has no discretion over the provincial rate, and the education portion applies whether or not you have children in school.

Some statements also carry local improvement charges. These pay for neighborhood-specific infrastructure like street paving, sidewalk replacement, and curb work, and the full cost is charged only to the properties that benefit.⁸

How the Amount Is Calculated

Two numbers drive your bill: your property’s assessed value and the tax rates set by the city and province. Your assessed value is multiplied by each rate, and the two results are added. For 2026, the combined residential rate is 0.0066499, made up of a city portion of 0.0038906 and a provincial portion of 0.0027593.⁹

For a home at the 2026 median assessed value of $706,000, the combined bill rose about $387 over the prior year. Most of that came from the provincial side, up roughly 21 percent ($338); the municipal portion increased about 1.8 percent ($49).⁷ A bigger change than that usually reflects a shift in your assessed value relative to other Calgary homes. The assessment itself is based on estimated market value as of July 1 the prior year.

If a Mortgage Lender or Supplementary Bill Is Involved

When your mortgage includes principal, interest, and taxes (PIT), your lender handles the payment. The lender must be registered with the city to receive the invoice. You still get the original bill for your records, and the lender’s name appears on it.¹⁰ If you pay PIT but your lender is not named on the bill, contact your mortgage company right away. A missed registration can mean nobody is paying on your behalf.

If you completed new construction or major improvements during the tax year that were not on the original assessment roll, expect a supplementary tax bill. The charge is prorated by the number of months the improvement was complete or occupied during the year.¹¹

Payment Options and the June Deadline

Property taxes are due on the last business day of June. For 2026, that is June 30.¹² Your options:

Online banking. Add “Calgary Property Tax” as a payee and use your nine-digit roll number as the account number.¹⁰
In person at the cashier on the third floor of the Calgary Municipal Building, 800 Macleod Trail S.E., Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cash, cheque, and Interac accepted.
The 24-hour deposit box at the east entrance, 801 3 Street S.E. Cheques only, no cash. Deposit before midnight on the due date.
Mail a cheque to the City of Calgary. Postal delays do not excuse late payment.

Online banking and third-party payments can take several business days to clear, so submit early.

Tax Instalment Payment Plan (TIPP)

TIPP replaces the single June payment with automatic monthly withdrawals on the first of each month. The annual total is the same, there is no fee to join, and enrollment carries over year to year.¹³ You can sign up through myTax or by submitting a TIPP agreement form. If a supplementary assessment changes your bill mid-year, your withdrawals adjust automatically.¹¹

What Happens If You Pay Late

Miss the June deadline and a 7 percent penalty applies to your unpaid balance on July 1. A second 7 percent penalty hits on October 1 if any current-year taxes are still owing. That is $70 per $1,000 owed, applied twice. After December 31, the balance becomes tax arrears and a 1 percent penalty is added on the first of each month going forward.³

When taxes remain in arrears more than a year, the city registers a tax recovery notification against your land title. If the balance still is not paid, the property is listed for the annual public auction. You can remove your property from the list any time up to auction day by paying the arrears in full, but if the property sells, you lose ownership.¹⁴

If Your Assessment Looks Wrong

Your bill is only as accurate as your assessed value, and the time to challenge that value is when the assessment notice arrives early in the year, not when the tax bill lands in May. The city runs a customer review period of 67 days after assessment notices are mailed. Call 311 or go to calgary.ca/assessment to discuss the valuation with a city assessor informally, with no paperwork or fee.¹⁵

If that does not resolve it, you can file a formal complaint with the Calgary Assessment Review Board before the review period ends. The 2026 deadline was March 23.¹⁶ A filing fee applies, printed on the front of your assessment notice.¹⁷ Miss the deadline and you are locked into that value for the tax year.

If You Cannot Afford the Bill

The city’s Property Tax Assistance Program may offset part of a year-over-year tax increase for owners on limited incomes. It is processed through Fair Entry. You must be an individual (not a company) listed on title for at least 365 consecutive days by year-end, and you cannot own other Calgary property. The program does not apply when the increase stems from renovations you made, a zoning change you initiated, or a supplementary assessment.¹⁸

If you or your spouse or partner is 65 or older, the provincial Seniors Property Tax Deferral Program lets you defer all or part of your residential taxes through a home equity loan with the Government of Alberta at 4.45 percent interest. Only one spouse needs to meet the age requirement. The deferred amount plus interest is repaid when the home is sold or ownership transfers.¹⁹ Interest accumulates over time, so run the numbers before committing.

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