Budget Impact Calculator

A 1% property tax change is $25.1 million citywide and $38.13 a year on the typical home.

This is
$
Enter the full project cost. The tool shows the yearly debt payment at 6.75 per cent.
The amount is
– of the 2026 City tax levy
Typical homePer person
Per day––
Per month––
Per year––
Four years––

The Four years row is the yearly cost multiplied by four. It is not a one time payment.

Your property
$
– this item, on your bill per year
How the numbers are worked out

For a new cost, the tool divides the amount by the 2026 City tax levy of $2,509 million and applies that percentage to the bill. A new cost paid from property tax raises the levy by the full amount, so $20 million adds about $30 a year to the typical home's City tax.

For an existing service, the tool divides the amount by the 2026 City operating budget of $3,959 million, which is the method the City uses on its Where Your Taxes Go page. The Public Library's $74.7 million budget is 1.9 per cent of City spending and about $72 a year on the typical home, which is the figure the City publishes.

Your property

City tax is the assessed value multiplied by the 2026 rate in Bylaw 21442, which is 0.0077419 for a house and 0.0252216 for non-residential property. Your assessed value is on your assessment notice. The default is the typical Edmonton home at $492,500. The non-residential default of $1,000,000 is a placeholder and not a published average.

Capital projects are usually paid for by borrowing. When you choose Capital, enter the full project price and the tool shows the yearly debt payment at 6.75 per cent of the amount borrowed, which is the payment on a 25 year loan at 4.5 per cent. $100 million borrowed is $6.75 million a year, or about $10 a year on the typical home, until it is repaid.

One year or four

The City budgets four years at a time. A number in the news can be a cost for one year or a total for the whole cycle, and the buttons tell the tool which one you have entered. The Four years row is the yearly cost multiplied by four. It is not a one time payment.

Starting from a tax bill

Enter a dollar amount from a bill and the tool gives the citywide amount it represents. Choose An existing service for a line from Where Your Taxes Go, and A new cost for the cost of a tax increase.

The list

The Add it up tab keeps a running list. Every item is converted to a yearly cost first, so different kinds of item can sit together. The list is stored in your own browser and nothing is sent anywhere. Export CSV writes a file that opens in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets. Copy puts the same data on your clipboard.

Per person

The Per person column divides the citywide amount by 1,284,000 people and is there for scale. Property tax is paid by property owners and reaches renters through rent.

Change the assumptions

The tax rates are fixed at the 2026 bylaw values and the typical home is $492,500. Shorthand such as 25m or 1.2b works in every amount field.

Figures used: the 2026 City tax levy is $2,509 million, the 2026 City operating budget is $3,959 million, and the typical home, assessed at $492,500, pays $3,813 in City tax.

About these numbers. These are estimates for perspective and not an official tax calculation. Only the City portion of the bill is shown. The provincial education tax is set by the Province and does not change with City decisions. Your own bill will differ if your assessment changed by more or less than the city average. Tax rates, assessment and levy are from Bylaw 21442, Schedule A, passed April 28, 2026. The operating budget total is from the City of Edmonton 2026 Approved Operating Budget. The debt servicing rate is from the 2026 Waste Services Utility Rate Filing. Nothing you enter here is collected or sent anywhere. The list on the Add it up tab is kept only in your own browser.