Calgary City Council Raises Residential Property Taxes by 8.9 Percent, Criticizes Provincial Tax Hike

Calgary City Council Raises Residential Property Taxes by 8.9 Percent, Criticizes Provincial Tax Hike
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
Michael Wing
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The City of Calgary is hiking property taxes by 8.9 percent in 2025 after the provincial government in its recent budget announced plans to collect more in property taxes to cover rising education costs. 
At its council meeting on March 18, Calgary city council approved the increase following discussions on the yearly property taxes the city, like other municipalities in Alberta, must collect on behalf of the province in addition to its own municipal property taxes.
Michael Wing
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