Calgary City Budget

• Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas reflects on first months in office

  Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas sat down with Global News for a year-end interview to reflect on his first few months in office.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2025
  
• Calgary’s new city council kickstarts 2026 budget talks with public hearing

  Calgary city council is making adjustments to the final year of a four-year budget approved by the previous city council, which includes a 3.6 per cent overall property tax hike.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2025
  
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• Property taxes going up in Calgary, but city says it has limited the increase

  The City of Calgary says the owner of an average single-family home will be paying an additional 3.6 per cent in property tax in 2025.

  Consumer

  Nov 5, 2024
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• Calgarians question event centre spending as council mulls proposed tax increase

  City officials said the money for Calgary's new event centre is already accounted for and is unrelated to the potential increase to property taxes.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2023
• Calgary city council caps property tax revenue increase for upcoming 4-year budget

  According to administration, the City of Calgary needs the average revenue generated by property taxes to increase 3.65 per cent annually over the next four years.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2022
• Advocates pleased with social spending in Calgary budget amid concerns of tax hike

  The adjustments to the 2022 budget includes more than $172 million in new spending across several departments within the City of Calgary.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2021
• ‘Just no way to absorb a cut’: Calgary police chief says cuts to city’s police budget would impact citizens

  Mayor Naheed Nenshi says council must consider what police budget cuts might bring.

  News

  Nov 26, 2019
• Calgary city council mulling 0% property tax increase in 2018

  City administration has developed a plan for a zero per cent tax increase for 2018.

  Politics

  Nov 17, 2017
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• Calgary council wants to see budget with 0 to 2% tax hike in November

  After several hours of debate, Calgary city council has asked administration to come back with a budget in November that allows for a property tax increase of between zero and two per cent.

  Economy

  May 15, 2017