To meet the Provincial Government audit guidelines, and to assist in calculating fair assessments for all property, the assessment office must update recorded property characteristics at least once every five years. Assessors have various ways to collect information, one way is self-reporting by the property owner. The assessment department identifies specific areas each year to send a Residential Request for Information (RFI) to. 

If you were selected to complete the online Residential Request for Information, please have your roll and the survey key ready.

Residential request for information

As part of our commitment to ensuring the highest degree of accuracy for our annual assessments, we conduct ongoing market research which includes tenant/occupancy status of individual properties and the details relating to such. Accurately researching occupancy/tenancy, rental rates, operating costs and vacancy is a vital component in monitoring our local marketplace. The end goal is to provide our stakeholders with realistic, fair and equitable assessment valuations based upon market evidence. We are asking for your assistance in achieving this commitment. 

We are conducting our annual survey with the intent to verify our existing occupancy records and to accurately measure market parameters which affect value. The data we collect is vital to our analysis and forms an integral component within our valuation process. 

Even if the property or unit is owner occupied or vacant, you must provide information stating so.

As part of our commitment to ensuring the highest degree of accuracy for our annual assessments, we conduct ongoing market research which includes tenant/occupancy status of individual properties and the details relating to such. Accurately researching occupancy/tenancy, rental rates, operating costs, and vacancy is a vital component in monitoring our local marketplace. The end goal is to provide our stakeholders with realistic, fair and equitable assessment valuations based upon market evidence. We are asking for your assistance in achieving this commitment.

We are conducting our annual survey with the intent to verify our existing occupancy records and to accurately measure market parameters which affect value. The data we collect is vital to our analysis and forms an integral component within our valuation process. If the property or unit is owner occupied or vacant, please provide information stating so. 

Multi family request for information

Property owners have 60 days after the assessment notice date to make a complaint about their property assessment amount.

Property assessment amounts may be appealed, property tax amounts are not appealable.

This notice advises you of:

• Your new current assessed value
• Your tax classification and tax liability for Provincial Education, Green Acres, and Municipal taxes
• Your legal description (Plan;Block:Lot)
• Your declared school support
• Your complaint deadline

Property Assessment Notice explanation

For the 2022 tax year overall property assessments for single family dwellings increased about 5.9% on average, as of July 1, 2021 compared to the previous year's assessments. 

To view the average assessment change for single family dwellings in your neighbourhood from July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021. 

A supplementary property assessment is done when a new building, renovation or an addition to an existing building is completed in the current calendar year. The supplementary tax bill will reflect the number of months the building was completed or occupied during the year. Check the Supplementary Brochure for more information.

Provincial legislation requires that your City apply the same tax rates to supplementary assessments that were applied for annual property tax purposes. This includes both the Municipal tax rate and the Provincial Education tax rate.

Your assessment is an estimate of the price your property may have sold for on the open market by a willing seller to a willing buyer, as of July 1, of the previous year.

Municipalities are required to reassess all properties annually. Your current assessment is based on the market value as of July 1 of the previous year.

Assessed values are reviewed at three points in the valuation process:

1. By the City's internal checks and balances
2. By the Alberta Government's annual assessed audit process
3. By individual property owners' review of their notice

You may wish to use the Property Information WebMAP http://gis.lethbridge.ca/propertyinfo/ to compare your assessment to your neighbours and other similar properties that have recently sold. You can also contact your Assessment Department with any questions or for more details on your assessment. We would be happy to assist you and answer any inquiries.

All property assessments can be searched on the Property Information WebMAP.

OR

All assessed values included on the assessment roll are available at the Assessment and Taxation Office and include:

• The property roll number
• The type of property
• The property address
• The property legal description
• The tax classification and liability
• The assessed value

If you'd like detailed information on other properties, general property searches can be provided to you for $25, assessment summary reports for $30 for single family houses, and $50 on all other property types.

At your City's Assessment Department, we welcome any inquiries regarding your assessed value. If there are errors in the physical characteristics recorded, the appraiser will amend the assessment accordingly. 

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​To meet Provincial Government audit guidelines, and to assist in calculating fair assessments for all property, the assessment office must update recorded property characteristics at least once every five years. Assessors have various ways to collect information, they include:

• Completing physical inspections of homes
• Requesting property owners to complete self-reporting requests for information (RFI)
• Review of sale and listing information
• Review of permits
• Use of the City aerial photography
• Complete outside inspections