Property Tax | City of Medicine Hat

Your property taxes support services like police, fire protection, roads, 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.

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Tax Certificates

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Tax Certificates

Property Information

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

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.

For more information about School Support, please view the School Support Facts Sheet.

To update your school declaration please:

Call Customer Service at 403-529-8111 to have a school declaration mailed to you
Email us to have a school declaration mailed to you
Complete the School Declaration Form below

School Support Declaration - Corporate

School Support Declaration - Residential

Manufactured Homes

Manufactured homes are not registered with the Province of Alberta Land Titles Office.

It is the owner’s responsibility to report ownership changes. In the event of ownership discrepancy, the City will make ownership changes from the most current bill of sale and in absence of that, directions from the manufactured home park.

If you are not using a lawyer for the purchase, you may want to purchase a Tax Certificate to be aware of the taxes that you will be assuming upon sale. Any outstanding balance on the account becomes your responsibility.
If you have recently purchased or sold a manufactured home, please fill out the Manufactured/Site Built Declaration form
If your mailing address has changed, please provide the updated information by email tax@medicinehat.ca or call 403-529-8111.
If you are the owner/operator of a manufactured home community, please submit your Community Monthly Report by the 15th of each month indicating any changes.

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Helpful resources

Learn more about tax regulations, tax exemptions, and where your tax dollars go.

Understanding your property taxes

Use your property assessment to estimate your taxes and see current tax rates.

Property Tax Calculator

Find information on paying your taxes, discount and penalty rates and the Seniors Property Tax Deferral program.

Payment plans and options

Current Tax Rates

Bylaw 4878-2026 to set the 2026 tax rates was read a third time and passed by City Council on April 20, 2026.

2026 Tax Rates	Municipal	Education	Cypress View	Total Rate (expressed in mills)
Single Family and Vacant Residential	6.7438	2.6937	0.1130	9.5505
Multi-Family	7.7460	2.6937	0.1130	10.5527
Farm Land	18.1196	2.6937	0.1130	20.9263
Non-Residential	16.6249	4.1884	0.1130	20.9263

Property Tax FAQ

Tax Incentives

Growing the assessment base spreads the tax burden. We offer tax relief through development incentives for infill development and industrial growth through:

Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Incentive
Non-Residential Tax Incentive

Go to the Incentives page

Tax Discount

The Tax Discount Bylaw 3198 provide incentives for people who pay their property taxes in advance and interest credits to those who overpay.

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Seniors Property Tax Deferral Program

The Seniors Property Tax Deferral program allows eligible senior homeowners to defer all or part of their property taxes through a low interest home equity loan with the Government of Alberta.

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Property Tax collection

The City of Medicine Hat follows the Municipal Government Act regarding tax recovery and must take action to collect overdue taxes.

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Please consider the Tax Arrears Payment Plan (TAPP) if you are behind on your property tax payments.

We recognize that land or property represents a significant investment for most Albertans. The Municipal Government Act (MGA) is drafted on the principal of protecting people's interests in their properties.

Tax Arrears Payment Plan

For more information, please visit: Tax Arrears Payment Plan.

Tax Recovery

In March of each year, the City prepares a list of all parcels of land and manufactured homes that are more than one year in arrears (overdue) on their property tax.

This list is sent to the Registrar at the Land Titles Office and a tax notification is registered on the Certificate of Title for the property. In the case of a manufactured home, a tax lien is registered.

Once a tax notification or tax lien is registered, the person who is liable to pay the taxes must not remove any improvements for which taxes can be levied and for which that person is responsible.

If the tax arrears are not paid by March 31 of the following year, the municipality can offer the parcel for sale at public auction. The City of Medicine Hat allows the maximum time allotted by the Municipal Government Act and holds the tax sale auction on the last business day of March (2 years after the tax notification or tax lien was registered).

Anyone can pay the tax arrears owing against the property and the municipality will remove the tax notification or tax lien. All property owners in arrears are encouraged to sign up for the Tax Arrears Payment Plan (TAPP). Payments under the plan will be calculated so that the property arrears are paid in full prior to being offered for tax sale auction.

Tax Sale Auction

Tax sale is a public auction of properties within a municipality which have outstanding property taxes for more than two years. The City of Medicine Hat follows the Municipal Government Act in regard to tax recovery, which allows for the recovery of unpaid property taxes by selling properties in tax arrears at a public tax sale auction.

The next scheduled tax sale is November 16 at 9 a.m., City Hall, Boardroom M-1.

*The reserve bid will be set by Council on November 2, 2026.
The reserve bid is the lowest amount for which a property may be sold.

View the Tax Sale Listing

The property owner has until 9 a.m. on the day of tax sale to pay the tax arrears on their property to avoid being auctioned at the tax sale. The highest bid above the reserve bid is declared the purchaser. If there is no bid, or no bid equal to the reserve bid, the municipality may become the owner of the property. The successful bidder must pay at time of auction a 10% non-refundable deposit with the balance of funds by cash, cheque or bank draft within 24 hours.

How to remove your property from the tax sale auction

Prior to the public auction of properties, the City follows an extensive notification process. If your property is included on the public auction listing, you must pay the full outstanding balance on your property tax account before the auction date to be removed from the sale.

For further information, please contact collections at 403-529-8113 or email us.

Where do my tax dollars go?

Find out how much of your tax is delivered back to the province and what services are funded with your municipal portion.

Where do my property tax dollars go?