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last updated · 2026-05-08

Where the tax bill comes from.

Calgary’s 2026 property-tax revenue, computed parcel-by-parcel from the City’s open assessment roll multiplied by the published mill rates. Aggregated two ways — by ward (14 wards plus an “unallocated” bucket) and by community (315 neighbourhoods).

property-taxes · case file2026 estimated tax revenue
$4.75B
city + provincial
Computed parcel-by-parcel from the City's 2026 assessment roll multiplied by the published 2026 mill rates, summed across every parcel in Calgary.(all 607,905 parcels)
city share
$3.31B
The municipal portion — funds City services, set by Council each budget cycle.(69.7% of total)
provincial share
$1.44B
The Alberta education-property-tax portion — collected by the City, remitted to the province.(30.3% of total)
residential vs non-res
value
78%
22%
tax
51%
49%
Homes hold 78% of assessed value but only 51% of tax revenue — non-residential pays a higher mill rate.(value → tax shift)
Skip the choropleth — go to the ranked totals →
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Where the 2026 tax money comes from, by ward

Each ward shaded by what kind of property pays the tax there. Dark navy means almost all the revenue comes from non-residential property — office towers, shops, industrial buildings. Bright yellow means almost all of it comes from homes. Ward 7 covers downtown — the navy patch there stands out against the residential ring around it. The chart below pairs with this map to show how much revenue each ward generates; this map shows who pays. Hover any ward for the breakdown.

Geometry is the City’s 14-ward map drawn for the October 2021 general election and still in force for the 2026 council.

Choropleth of Calgary’s 14 wards coloured by residential share of 2026 property-tax revenueA flat plan of Calgary divided into the 14 wards drawn for the October 2021 general election. Each ward is shaded by its residential share of 2026 estimated property-tax revenue using the cividis ramp: bright yellow for wards where almost all revenue comes from residential parcels, deep navy where almost all comes from non-residential property. Ward 7 covers downtown — its navy patch stands out against the residential ring around it. Ward numbers are labelled at each polygon’s centre. Hover any ward in the visual rendering for the residential and non-residential breakdown. A sorted bar chart of the same totals follows this figure.Ward 1 — $264M total Residential $174M · Non-residential $90M 40,052 parcelsWard 2 — $235M total Residential $176M · Non-residential $59M 42,132 parcelsWard 3 — $202M total Residential $146M · Non-residential $56M 39,833 parcelsWard 4 — $228M total Residential $149M · Non-residential $79M 34,895 parcelsWard 5 — $301M total Residential $146M · Non-residential $154M 44,024 parcelsWard 6 — $294M total Residential $227M · Non-residential $67M 45,386 parcelsWard 7 — $783M total Residential $192M · Non-residential $591M 46,317 parcelsWard 8 — $443M total Residential $247M · Non-residential $195M 59,015 parcelsWard 9 — $477M total Residential $121M · Non-residential $357M 40,159 parcelsWard 10 — $277M total Residential $97M · Non-residential $180M 29,916 parcelsWard 11 — $364M total Residential $196M · Non-residential $168M 42,356 parcelsWard 12 — $444M total Residential $203M · Non-residential $240M 56,409 parcelsWard 13 — $213M total Residential $173M · Non-residential $40M 46,513 parcelsWard 14 — $225M total Residential $170M · Non-residential $55M 40,693 parcels1234567891011121314
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Ward boundaries from the City’s open data. Shading is each ward’s residential share of 2026 tax revenue — light = mostly homes, dark = mostly commercial. Ward numbers are labelled at each polygon’s centre.
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2026 estimated tax revenue, ranked

The same totals, ranked. Ward 7 tops the list at $783M — about 3.9× the lowest ward (Ward 3, $202M) — mostly because of how much commercial and industrial property sits inside its boundary.

The unallocated bar covers about 205 parcels (0.03% of the city) the City’s ward table can’t place cleanly. Keeping them as a separate bar means the citywide total still adds up.

Each bar is the city + provincial property tax owed by every parcel in the ward, computed from the 2026 assessment roll multiplied by the published 2026 mill rates. Hover for the residential / non-residential breakdown.