2023 Property Tax Information
Property Tax Notices were mailed on May 25th, 2023. The Town of Fairview Property Tax consists of municipal taxes, education taxes, North Peace Housing Foundation levy and local improvement taxes where applicable.
Yearly, Council approves the budget based on the expenditures required to provide necessary services. From this total amount, taxes are levied to support the budget. This amount makes up the municipal portion of your taxes. Other taxes are levied by the Alberta school systems and the North Peace Housing Foundation. These amounts are collected by the Town and forwarded to those organizations.
Taxes are due on June 30th, 2023, with penalties applied on the current amount after June 30th, 2023, at the rate of 15% with exception of the property owners who are currently enrolled in the Tax Installment Payment Plan.
Failure to receive a tax notice is not considered sufficient reason for non-payment of property taxes. If you have NOT received your notice, please contact the Town of Fairview office at 780-835-5461 or email reception@fairview.ca to request your tax notice.
We accept cash, cheque, debit, online payments and payments made at the bank.
DID YOU KNOW PROPERTY TAX INVOICES AND PAYMENT OPTIONS ARE NOW ON THE CUSTOMER PORTAL? All information to sign up for eservices is on the back of your property tax notice.
Notice to the owners of the mobile homes in the mobile home park, Fairview Estates, your mobile home is taxable by the Town of Fairview, you do pay property tax to the Town of Fairview on the mobile home, if you do not receive a property tax notice please contact the tax department.
The Town of Fairview acts as a school tax collector on behalf of the province and the separate school board. School taxes are not subject to control or review by the Town of Fairview.
Municipal taxes are levied by an adopted tax rate to provide municipal services. The tax is calculated by multiplying the tax rate by the assessed value of property.
Alberta Land Titles office is 90+ days behind in registration, please notify us immediately by phone or email (taxes@fairview.ca) if you have bought new property and have NOT received a tax notice.
Daryl Greenhill, CLGM
CAO; Town of Fairview
2023 Residential Tax Rates
| Municipal tax rate (set by the Town of Fairview) | 0.00975 |
| Education tax rate | 0.0025779 |
| North Peace Housing Foundation | 0.0005581 |
2023 Non-residential Tax Rates
| Municipal tax rate (set by the Town of Fairview) | 0.01445 |
| Education tax rate | 0.0036229 |
| North Peace Housing Foundation | 0.0005581 |
How are my municipal taxes calculated?
Once the Town has set the budget, the amount required from taxes is divided by the total assessed values of all properties. This gives us a Tax Rate. The amount each property owner pays is determined by their property assessment value multiplied by this Tax Rate. Using this method, the amount required to operate the town for one year is split among all property owners in Town based on the assessed value of their property.
How are my other (Education & NPHF) taxes calculated?
The organizations determine the amount they require from each municipality (we call this a requisition). Once we know that amount, we follow the same process of calculating a Tax Rate and then using that Tax Rate to determine the taxes for each property. These taxes collected are not subject to control or review by the Town. Under provincial legislation, the Town is required to collect these taxes on behalf of the organizations.
2023 Assessment Notice Information
The assessment notices were mailed early February, 2023. Tax notices will be mailed out in May. If you did not receive your assessment notice, please call the Town Office and request a notice.
All non-linear assessment complaints for the Town of Fairview along with the applicable fees are due by April 11th, 2023. An assessment complaint must be filled out using the Government of Alberta Assessment Review Board Complaint Form (LGS1402). This form can be provided to you by the Town of Fairview office or you can download it from the Municipal Affairs website at www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca.
Assessments are based on market value as of July 1, 2022. You may appeal the assessed value of your property, but not the tax rate.
For information about your assessment, please contact the Town’s assessors: KCL Consulting Inc online at www.kcl-consulting.com/inquiry-form/
PRE-AUTHORIZED TAX
INSTALLMENT PAYMENT PLAN
Persons owning property in the town of Fairview wishing to pay their current 2023 property taxes by monthly installments under the Town’s Preauthorized Tax Installment Payment Plan may do so by making arrangements at the Town Office by January 10th, 2023. Further information pertaining to new participants for the plan, contact the Town Office by calling 780-835-5461, emailing taxes@fairview.ca or stop by the office.
Tax notices are sent out in May of each year and are due payable in full on June 30th of each tax year. Failure to receive a tax notice is not considered sufficient reason for non-payment of property taxes. If you have not received your tax notice please call the office at 780-835-5461.
If you wish to pay your taxes monthly, please enroll in the Pre-Authorized Tax Installment Payment Plan. Arrangements to enroll may be made when you first purchase a property or before January 10th.