Official Municipal Records / 2026

Alberta commercial
property tax rates.

Five cities. Current non-residential rate components. One calculation basis—with every exception kept visible.

Tax year2026Municipalities5Sources reviewedAugust 27, 2026
5official municipal rate records

What this comparison answers

Tax arithmetic—not market value.

Each example applies the municipality's stated ordinary non-residential components to a hypothetical $1,000,000 assessed value. It does not estimate a property's assessment, market value, purchase price, net operating income or final tax notice.

01 / Comparable calculation

Published 2026 non-residential rates.

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MunicipalityDecimal rateMill rateTax / $1M assessed
Calgary0.022148822.1488$22,148.80
Edmonton0.029266329.2663$29,266.30
Red Deer0.023077823.0778$23,077.80
Lethbridge0.02582125.8210$25,821.00
Airdrie0.0126387912.6388$12,638.79

The figures are arithmetically comparable only on the stated $1,000,000 assessed-value assumption. They are not a ranking of municipal affordability: assessment practices, service levels, property class, location-specific levies and the relationship between assessed value and a particular asset differ.

02 / Year-over-year rate evidence

What changed at the same assessed value.

This isolates the published rate movement. It is not the percentage change in a specific property's tax bill.

Municipality2025 total2026 totalSame-assessment change
Calgary21.8286 mills22.1488 mills+1.47%
Edmonton28.2724 mills29.2663 mills+3.52%
Red Deer21.6675 mills23.0778 mills+6.51%
Lethbridge25.2745 mills25.8210 mills+2.16%
Airdrie12.4217 mills12.6388 mills+1.75%

Calculation: (2026 published ordinary non-residential total ÷ 2025 published total − 1) × 100.

Do not call this the owner's tax increase. The actual bill also reflects the property's assessed value, assessment movement relative to its class, apportionment, exemptions, supplementary assessment and account-specific levies or charges.

03 / Common historical window

Three years of official rate evidence.

Every value below comes from an official municipal page or tax bylaw. The series begins in 2024 because that is the earliest year currently supported across all five municipalities on a consistent official-source basis.

Calculation: (2026 published ordinary non-residential total ÷ 2024 published total − 1) × 100, at an unchanged assessed value.

Coverage rule: No earlier value is inferred, reconstructed from a percentage, or sourced from an aggregator. Location-specific overlays and designated-industrial-property requisitions remain outside the ordinary-property comparison where stated.

04 / Component record

Inspect what sits inside each rate.

Municipalities label and publish components differently. Commercially preserves those labels and states what the comparison leaves out.

Calgary22.1488 mills

City17.9986

Provincial / education4.1502

The City publishes a 2026 non-residential City rate of 0.0179986 and provincial rate of 0.0041502, for a stated total of 0.0221488.

A property can have apportioned assessment classes or account-specific charges. The current assessment and tax notice control.Inspect 2026 official source ↗
Edmonton29.2663 mills

Municipal25.2216

Education3.9677

ASFF requisition allowance0.0770

Schedule A states the 2026 non-residential municipal, education and ASFF requisition-allowance rates used in this sum.

The sum excludes the additional designated industrial property requisition, community revitalization levies, legacy annexed-property rates, local improvements and account-specific charges.Inspect 2026 official source ↗Inspect official historical table ↗
Red Deer23.0778 mills

Municipal18.7828

Education4.2655

Bridges Community Living0.0295

The City's historical non-residential table states the three 2026 components used in this ordinary-property total.

The City's estimator says local improvements, the designated industrial property requisition and supplementary property taxes can apply in addition.Inspect 2026 official source ↗
Lethbridge25.8210 mills

Municipal21.5865

Provincial education4.0942

Green Acres Foundation0.1403

The City publishes a 2026 non-residential total mill rate of 25.8210, equal to the three components shown here.

The Downtown Business Improvement Area rate, local improvements, penalties, outstanding debt and other account charges are not included.Inspect 2026 official source ↗
Airdrie12.6388 mills

Municipal8.6971

Education3.8859

Other public requisitions0.0558

The City publishes a 2026 non-residential total rate of 0.01263879 and the component rates shown here.

The additional designated industrial property requisition and account-specific charges are not included.Inspect 2026 official source ↗

How to use the record

Rebuild.
Reconcile.
Then decide.

01

Use the actual assessment class

Commercial, industrial, mixed-use, multifamily, farmland and designated industrial property may not share one rate treatment. Start with the current notice.

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02

Add property-specific charges

Business improvement areas, community revitalization levies, local improvements, supplementary assessments and arrears can change the account result.

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03

Keep value questions separate

A lower tax rate does not establish a lower occupation cost, stronger investment, correct assessment or supportable transaction value.

Valuation framework →

Method and accountability

Every number has
an official source.

Commercially Research & Editorial transcribed the current municipal components shown above and reconciled each displayed total. The historical comparison uses the same ordinary non-residential scope for 2024, 2025 and 2026. Slav Loban provided commercial review. No rate was inferred from a listing, assessment sample, third-party aggregator or prior-year percentage change.

The official tax bylaw, municipal calculator and the property's current notice remain authoritative. Rate pages and account treatment can change; send corrections with the affected URL and supporting record to hello@commercially.ca.

Scope: Educational brokerage intelligence. Not tax, assessment, appraisal, accounting or legal advice, and not representation before an assessment review board.

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