Assessment

Property Assessment

The assessment of your property is shown on the assessment notice which is sent out by March of each year. Property assessment is the estimated market value of your property, which is then used to calculate property taxes.

Receiving Assessment Notices and Tax Notices via Email

Residents can choose to receive their assessment notices and tax notices electronically via email instead of through mail, as per Sections 608 and 608.1 of the Municipal Government Act.

To sign up for email notices, please fill in the Electronic Tax and Assessment Notification Form and return it taxation@wetaskiwin.ca. If you have any questions, please contact us at 780.361.4400.

Assessment Disputes

If you disagree with the assessment of your property, you have the right to dispute it. Please contact Accurate Assessment Group Ltd. toll free at 1.877.438.2305.

If, after speaking with an assessor, you still do not agree with your assessment, please speak with the assessor about the assessment appeal process. The assessment appeal deadline will be indicated on the front of the assessment and tax notices. It is important to note Section 460(6) of the Municipal Government Act, Chapter M-26, RSA 2000 states "a complaint may be made about a designated officer’s refusal to grant an exemption or deferral under a bylaw under section 364.1."

For a complaint to be heard by an Assessment Review Board, the complaint form must be completed and filed with the Assessment Review Board clerk along with the appropriate fee established by Council. If an assessment complaint is to be handled by an Agent, the Assessment Complaints Agent Authorization form must also be filed.

Property Owner Mailing Address or Change of Name

Land Titles: Tax Bills and Assessment Notices

It is the property owner's responsibility to keep the land titles record accurate. The City’s source of property ownership and mailing address information for assessment notices and tax bills is a property’s Certificate of Title as registered with the Province of Alberta Land Titles Office.

Under the Municipal Government Act Section 337, once mailed, a tax bill is considered to have been received after seven (7) days. Non-receipt of your property tax bill does not exempt you from late payment penalties.

Property Owner Mailing Address Changes

Mailing address changes must be made in writing with the Province of Alberta Land Titles Office using the Notice of Change of Address for Service form. Changes made to your land title are received electronically by the City of Wetaskiwin from the Province of Alberta Land Titles Office.

Note: Province of Alberta Land Titles Office will not take change requests over the phone.

Property Owner Name Changes

All ownership changes to a title, including changes due to marriage, divorce, death, legal name change, spelling corrections, or adding/removing an owner must be made in writing using the appropriate forms with the Province of Alberta Land Titles Office. Changes made to your land title are received electronically by the City of Wetaskiwin from the Province of Alberta Land Titles Office.