Starting January 10, the City of Edmonton began sending property assessment notices to property owners. This blog provides some additional information on understanding your assessment.


Property assessments are a key part of the property tax process because they determine each property owner’s fair share of taxes to support the City’s 70 services, such as fire rescue, transit, police and road maintenance.
Many residents in Ward Métis are seeing significant increases and are asking questions around what this means for their property taxes.
Seeing your property value rise by tens or even hundreds of thousands can be shocking.
With more than 100,000 people moving to Edmonton over the last two years, property values have been growing dramatically, substantially faster than any period over the last decade.
Here’s what you need to know about your assessment.
This is not your property tax bill. Tax bills are sent in May. The change in your property tax depends on:
How your property value changed compared to the city-wide average
Changes in the city budget
How property taxes are calculated
City Council determines the total tax dollars needed for services like Edmonton Fire Rescue, the Edmonton Police Service, Edmonton Transit Service, snow removal, Edmonton Public Library, and Recreation Centres, infrastructure like the Yellowhead Freeway Expansion, Valley Line LRT, maintenance, and Neighbourhood Renewal. For 2025, this budgeted increase is 6.1%. Think of this total property tax levy as a pie that is 6.1% larger than last year’s pie.
Property assessments determine how this total is divided. If all properties increased in value in equal proportion, everyone’s taxes would rise by 6.1%. However, properties appreciating faster than the average (6.7% city-wide for 2025) will see above-average changes. Similarly, properties appreciating or depreciating below average will see below average changes (as we will see happened in 2024 in Ward Métis).
Ward Métis property trends:
In 2024, most Ward Métis neighbourhoods saw significant assessment decreases, well below the city-wide average of 0%.
In 2025, assessments increased dramatically, with many neighbourhoods exceeding the city-wide median change of 8.4% for single detached houses.
Clarifying misunderstandings:
If your assessment increased by 6.7%, your tax bill will likely rise by around 6.1%. I have seen a number of misunderstandings online arguing that the numbers 6.1% (tax increase) and 8.4% (assessment increase) are added for a 14.5% tax increase. This is not correct. If you experience an 8.4% increase in assessment your tax increase will be approximately 7.9%
Only properties with assessments growing faster than 6.7% will see increases greater than 6.1%.
The City does not tell its assessors to overassess properties to raise additional revenues. This would not be legal, and critically it would not work.
Review Your Assessment
It's important to review your updated property assessment for accuracy. Here’s what you should do when you receive your notice:
Review the details: Ensure the information on your assessment notice is accurate (# of Bedrooms, fireplaces, land & building size, overall condition, etc). This ensures you’re only paying your fair share of property taxes.
Compare with similar properties: Visit myproperty.edmonton.ca to see how your home’s assessment aligns with others in your neighbourhood. The my property portal provides you a report on every land sale in your neighbourhood for the past 5 years.
Ask questions: If you notice anything that doesn’t seem right, reach out to the City by calling 311 or emailing assessment@edmonton.ca to speak with a Tax Service Advisor.
Dispute if necessary: If you still believe your assessment is inaccurate, you can file a formal complaint with the Assessment Review Board before March 19, 2024.
For more tools and information, visit edmonton.ca/assessment.
FAQs
Q: Is the City assessing properties higher to increase the revenue generated?
A: No, the City first budgets to determine the amount of tax it will collect, before dividing the property tax levy among all property owners. Only property owners whose properties assessments increase more than the average property will see an increase greater than the 6.1% increase budgeted this year. This also means that hypothetically if every property in Edmonton’s assessment doubled or halved tomorrow, the tax collected would remain the same. Your taxes would not double or halve as the amount collected by the City will remain the same as budgeted.
Q: Who makes the rules for property assessment?
A: There is an assessment methodology the city (and all municipalities) are required to follow by provincial law, which the provincial government audits annually. The city outlines this methodology on their website.
Q: What are my options to appeal my assessment?
A: Follow the steps outlined above. Step 4 is to appeal to the Assessment Review Board before March 19, 2024. The Assessment Review Board is a final check and balance on the municipality that every property owner has a right to appeal to. The property owner does need to make their case as to why (with examples) to the Assessment Review Board.
Q: How do I arrange for a re-inspection of my property to ensure that the information used to calculate my assessment is correct?
A: Please contact the city by calling 311 or emailing assessment@edmonton.ca and they will arrange for an assessor to re-inspect your property.
Q: What should I do if I have not received my assessment notice?
A: The City starts mailing assessment notices to all property owners on January 10. If you have not received your notice by early February, please contact the city by calling 311 or emailing assessment@edmonton.ca to fill out and submit the Request for Copy of Assessment Notice or Access Code Form. All 2025 assessments for all properties in the city are publicly available at maps.edmonton.ca now.
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