Summer Village of
South View
Mailing Address:
Box 8, Alberta Beach, Alberta T0E 0A0
New Office/Courier Location:
2317 Township Road 545
Division No. 13
Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta T0E 1V0
p: 780-967-0271 f: 780-967-0431
w: www.summervillageofsouthview.com
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Fire Advisory has been issued.
PROVINCIAL PROPERTY TAXES
Each year municipalities in Alberta levy property taxes for all properties within their boundaries. For the municipality, these taxes pay for various services and infrastructure within and directly for the municipality. Services like grass cutting, road maintenance, snow clearing, libraries, recreation, to name a few. In addition to municipal taxes, there are also provincial property taxes. These taxes are determined by the province. The municipality includes them on our tax bill and then sends them directly to the Government of Alberta.
There are two different provincial property taxes:
- Education Property Tax
- Provincial Policing Requisition
While the province is asking municipalities to reduce their property taxes, Alberta is drastically increasing it's property taxes. In 2025, Alberta increased it's total education property tax by 12% and in 2026 it was increased again by an additional 15%.
For the Summer Village of South View:
- Provincial Education Property Tax dollars collected increased 23% from 2025 to 2026.
- Provincial Policing Costs increased 40% from 2025 to 2026.
- Overall Municipal Property Tax dollars collected increased 9% from 2025 to 2026.
- Due to increasing assessment, this correlates to a municipal mill rate increase of 5.4%.
- 23% of all taxes collected by South View go directly to the provincial government.
In addition to increasing Education Property Tax, Municipalities continue to face additional burdens and downloading from the provincial government. Examples include new and expanded Access to Information legislation, new and expanded protection of privacy rules, reduced infrastructure funding, increasing regulatory burdens, changing financial audit requirements, emergency management and disaster response, MAP reviews, OH&S reviews, and increasing election costs due to new election rules, to name a few.
To learn more about provincial Property Taxes go to:
- Alberta Municipalities Tax Brochure
- Property Taxes Reimagined (Alberta Municipalities)
- Property Assessment and Taxation Guide (Alberta Municipalities)
- Education Property Tax (Government of Alberta)
- Education Property Tax Fact Sheet (Government of Alberta)
- Police Funding Model Fact Sheet (Government of Alberta)