Edmontonians to receive property taxes early due to possible Canada Post strike

Edmontonians are being informed many of them will be getting their tax notices from the city earlier than expected.

The City of Edmonton said Wednesday afternoon they sent out more than 430,000 property tax notices ahead of schedule due to a possible Canada Post strike.

“We started our mail out process as soon as we could to get tax notices into as many property owners’ hands as possible before a potential postal disruption,” said Stephen Leroux, the director of taxation operations.

“We encourage everyone to access their property tax information online through MyProperty, or use a code from a recent tax or assessment notice to sign up for an account if you don’t have one already.” 

Edmontonians will not be required to pay their taxes earlier, as the deadline will remain June 30.

While the tax notice is expected to come in the mail this week, before the potential strike date, the City of Edmonton is urging those who do not receive their notice in the mail to check online through their MyProperty account or by calling 311.

Edmontonians can pay their property taxes at most banks, by phone, or online. Normally the payment could be made through mail services, however, the city is suggesting not to pay in that manner due to the possible strike.

“We encourage property owners to sign up for the monthly payment plan as soon as they can — the application deadline is June 15 to start paying monthly in July,” said Leroux. “Over a third of all property owners pay monthly and around 200,000 property owners are signed up for MyProperty, so they will be able to access their tax information regardless of any mail delays.

“Council approved the tax rates at the end of April. The day after that approval, we were busy calculating each property’s balance, and it takes weeks to process, print, stuff and mail hundreds of thousands of notices. I want to thank our team for all their hard work to move things up a week earlier than usual.”