Assessment, Tax and Utility Information

Tax Certificates

If you require a tax certificate; they are available through written request submitted to our office. The fee for a tax certificate is $20 for a faxed and mailed copy or $15 for a mailed copy. Included in your request should be the legal and/or civic address of the property and a copy of the cheque for payment or a credit card number.

Please fax your written requests to 403-673-3895 attention Tax Clerk.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

2011 Assessment Roll Information

Below you will find links to the 2011 non-linear property assessment roll information, broken down into the 5 hamlets plus a separate file for non-hamlet property. The assessment of linear property is done by the Province and so is not included with this information.

How do I find a property?

1. Choose the right link. If you are looking for a property within one of our 5 hamlets, find its name on the list below and click on the link. All other property is contained in the non-hamlet file.

2. For hamlet property, you can search using the pdf search function or you can scroll through the document. Properties are listed by plan first, and then block, then lot. Any hamlet properties without a plan, block, lot, are listed at the bottom.

3. For non-hamlet property, you can also search using the pdf search function or you can scroll through the document. Properties are listed by range, then township, then section, then quarter. Any properties with a plan, block, lot, are listed at the bottom, in that order.

How do I read the information?

1. The roll number, civic address, legal description, assessment class, and the total assessment for the class are provided.

2. Some properties have more than one class so may have more than one line of information. To calculate the total assessment for the property, just add the totals for each class.

3. The classes are in number format. Below is a list of what each of these numbers mean:

Class Number	Description
125	Federal Government - Non-Residential
200	Federal Government - Residential
250	Commercial
275	Railway Spurlines
300	Farmland
350	Telecommunications
425	Processing and Manufacturing Machinery
475	Processing and Manufacturing - Buildings
500	Industrial Land
510	Industrial Park
525	Railway
550	CBC - Non-Residential
575	Electrical Distribution
580	Electrical Generation Line
600	Wells & Pipelines
610	Linear Property
625	Provincial
750	Residential
751	RAP Exemption
755	Sub-Residential - Bow Corridor
756	Sub-Residential - Sibbald
830	Hamlet - Vacant Land
840	Rural - Vacant Land
900	Exempt Properties

4. For questions about the class numbers assigned to a property or about the assessment itself, please contact our assessor, Frank Watson, directly at (403) 678-0972. Please see your assessment notice for information on how to file an appeal of your assessment.  The deadline for doing so is May 13th, 2011.

*Please Note*

The posted information does not include all of the information required by the Municipal Government Act of Alberta to be included on the assessment roll. The complete roll can be viewed in hardcopy format only, at the MD offices during regular business hours.

2011 Assessment: 

• Exshaw click here
• Lac des Arcs click here
• Dead Man's Flats click here
• Harvie Heights click here
• Benchlands click here
• Non-hamlet areas click here
• Detail list for the whole MD please click here

To view the 2011 Tax Bylaw please click here.

 

2010 Assessment

• Exshaw click here
• Lac des Arcs click here
• Dead Man's Flats click here
• Harvie Heights click here
• Benchlands click here
• Non-hamlet areas click here
• Detail list for the whole MD please click here

To view the 2010 Tax Bylaw please click here.

To view the 2009 Assessment Detail list please click here

To view the 2009 Tax Bylaw please click here

To view the 2008 Assessment Detail list please click here

To view the 2008 Tax Bylaw please click here

To download the School Support - Protestant Separate  Click here

To download the School Support - Roman Catholic Separate Click here

2010 Mill Rates                                                                                  Residential         4.4742 Non Residential     9.2492 Machinery & Equipment     5.3578

Penalties Taxes are due and payable on June 30th. Penalties are: 9%after June 30th  on unpaid current taxes. 9% on January 1st of each year thereafter on unpaid arrears. Reminder notices are mailed out to property owners who have outstanding taxes, in September of each year.

 Save Yourself a Stamp!

Your property taxes can be conveniently paid through your bank in person, or online.

If you want to pay online and you bank at Royal Bank, Bank of Montreal, CIBC or the Bow Valley Credit Union paying your property tax bill is easy! To add the “MD of Bighorn – Taxes” as one of your bills, all you need is your tax roll number. This can be found on the top right hand side of your Combined Tax and Assessment Notice; just leave off the first three digits (the “382”).

As always, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

 

Utility Rates:

The only utility offered in the M.D. of Bighorn is sewage collection/treatment; and only in the hamlets of Exshaw, Dead Man's Flats and the commercial properties in Harvie Heights. Commercial properties in Harvie Heights are currently the only properties with water service.

Contact the M.D. Office for more information on sewage rates.

Electronic Payment of Property Taxes and Utility Accounts:

For information on Direct Electronic Monthly Payment of Property Taxes and/or Utility Accounts, click here.

Authorization Form Property Tax and/or Utility Installment Payment Plan.

Assessment Review Board Complaint Form

For a copy of this form, click here.