Mixed reaction to City of Edmonton’s proposed 2027-2030 budgets
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“Those increases from 2023 to 2026 were some of the highest in more than a decade and people wanted to see us bring that back down, and so you’ll see a gradual reduction.” Alberta’s average inflation rate so far this year is 3.1 per cent.
The proposed budget means Edmontonians would pay about $68 per month in property taxes for every $100,000 of their assessed home value in 2027.
That means the owner of a $500,000 home would pay $340 per month in property taxes — an increase of about $18 per month.
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23, after which council will debate the fiscal plan, meaning the proposed property tax increases could change.
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Mixed reaction to City of Edmonton’s proposed 2027-2030 budgets
By Joel Gotlib Global News
Posted November 3, 2026 6:48 pm
We're getting a better idea of how some Edmontonians feel about the proposed 2027-2030 city budget. It was released Monday, promising more money for an array of services like policing and snow-clearing. But as Joel Gotlib reports, some critics have had enough of the rising property taxes.
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There’s no shortage of opinions on the City of Edmonton’s draft budgets for 2027-2030 that was released Monday.…
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