Education Property Tax

• ‘Can’t run a deficit’: Calgary businesses prepare for incoming property tax hike

  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended the property tax increase, and noted it is meant to cover a third of the education operating budget this year.

  Economy

  Mar 5
  
• Province to boost funding for schools, freeze education property tax

  Manitoba is bumping up education funding and extending the education property tax freeze.

  Education

  Feb 4, 2022
  
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• Manitoba to start mailing rebate cheques for education property tax rebates

  The province said Friday it will be sending out around 700,000 education property tax rebate cheques in the mail in the next week, totaling almost $250 million.

  Money

  May 21, 2021
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• Manitoba’s new tax increment financing to support Portage Place redevelopment

  An upcoming redevelopment at Winnipeg's Portage Place mall will become the first project to receive tax relief in the form of incremental rebates.

  Money

  May 17, 2020
• Sask. Seniors Mechanism says tax deferral will allow more seniors to live at home longer

  Saskatchewan's seniors can now defer their education property taxes for up to a decade at a time as long as they meet a certain criteria.

  Canada

  May 2, 2018
• Outgoing public school board chair wants to end ‘education property tax designation illusion’

  The outgoing chair of the Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) wants Alberta to eliminate the designation of education property taxes.

  Education

  Feb 22, 2017
• Manitoba finance minister clarifies property tax promise

  The Manitoba government will eliminate the education property tax for seniors as promised by next year, Finance Minister Greg Dewar said Tuesday just hours after he appeared to hedge on a timeline.

  Politics

  Mar 17, 2015