Property Tax
Your property taxes support services like police, fire protection, garbage collection, transit, parks, recreation, social services and more.
The Government of Alberta defines taxation as the process of applying a tax rate to a property's assessed value to determine the taxes payable by the owner of that property.
Tax portals
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Click the button to go to the eTax portal.
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Click the button to go to the payment portal.
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Click the button to go to the Tax Certificate portal.
Access free property information such as assessment, building size, land title number, land use, legal description, LINC number, lot/building size, tax roll number and year built.
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| School declaration for tax purposes |
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The City of Medicine Hat is required by legislation to bill and collect taxes on behalf of the provincial government (Alberta Learning) and the Medicine Hat Catholic School District. While the City of Medicine Hat bills and collects school taxes, the municipality has no jurisdiction or control over school board budgets or operations. School support status is reflected on your property tax and assessment notice and is shown as undeclared unless you file a declaration of school support. A change to school support does not take effect until the following calendar year. To update your school declaration please:
School Support Declaration - Corporate School Support Declaration - Residential |
| Manufactured homes |
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The owner/operator of a manufactured home community is required to complete a monthly reporting form for each month. The first section of the form is for ownership changes or location changes of existing designated manufactured homes for each month. The second section is for designated manufactured homes, which have moved in or out of the manufactured home community for each month. In the event there are no changes within the manufactured home community, the owner/operator is requested to forward a copy of each notice indicating no change. The owner/operator of a manufactured home community shall provide the monthly reports by the 15th day of each month. Each monthly report shall include the information listed above covering the period from the tenth day of the previous month to the tenth day of the month in which the report is due. A person who contravenes this request is guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction to pay a fine not less than $250 and not more than $10,000 as indicated in Bylaw #3365. To complete the monthly reporting form, click the document below: |
Helpful resources
Learn more about tax regulations, tax exemptions, and City of Medicine Hat processes.
Use your property assessment to estimate your taxes and see current tax rates.
Find information on paying your taxes, discount and penalty rates and the Seniors Property Tax Deferral program.
Current Tax Rates
Bylaw 4816 to set the 2024 tax rates was read a third time and passed by City Council on April 22, 2024.
| 2024 Tax Rates | Municipal | Education | Cypress View | Total Rate (expressed in mills) |
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| Single Family and Vacant Residential | 6.7838 | 2.4940 | 0.1256 | 9.4034 |
| Multi-Family | 7.7542 | 2.4940 | 0.1256 | 10.3738 |
| Farm Land | 17.2889 | 2.4940 | 0.1256 | 19.9085 |
| Non-Residential | 16.1707 | 3.6122 | 0.1256 | 19.9085 |
Where do my tax dollars go?
Provincial Education Tax: $26.9M
The City of Medicine Hat is legislated to collect and remit a fixed Education Tax amount from its property owners on behalf of the Province of Alberta. As it is set by the Province of Alberta, the City has no control over the amount of the Education Tax.
Cypress View Foundation Levy: $1.3M
The Cypress View Foundation Levy is used to fund accommodations and operations for seniors at the Teeoda Lodge using requisitions collected annually from the City, the Town of Redcliff and Cypress County.
Municipal Property Tax: $89.6M
The City uses property taxes to assist in funding the following services such as Police and Fire Protection, road maintenance and snow clearing, parks and swimming pools, public transit and neighborhood infrastructure.
