Your Property Tax Notice

Your annual property tax notice identifies the taxing authorities that receive a portion of your tax dollar. These taxing authorities are also listed in the results when you conduct an online search of your property's assessment and taxation record.

Municipal property taxes

In this section, your property's class is identified as well as its taxable assessment. The taxable assessment is multiplied by the mill rate and mill rate factor to arrive at the municipal property taxes owing for the year. 

Library property taxes

In this section, your property's class is identified as well as the calculation used to determine your library taxes owning for the year.

Education property taxes (school taxes)

Provincial legislation specifies that the funds for schools are to be collected by municipalities. All property owners - whether they have children attending school or not - are required by provincial law to pay school tax. As a property owner, you choose which school board (Public or Catholic) receives your education taxes.

Which school board you support is indicated under education property taxes, as well as the calculation used to determine the education property taxes owing for the year. The Provincial Government has announced changes to the way education costs are funded by the province and to the way that education property taxes are calculated for 2009.

For further information on the educaion tax changes and 2011 education mill rates please contact the Province of Saskatchewan at www.education.gov.sk.ca/edpropertytax or call 1-866-984-8577. 

Note: While the City of Regina bills and collects school taxes, the municipality has no jurisdiction or control over School Board budgets or operations.

BID taxes

There are 2 business improvement districts in Regina:

• Regina Downtown
• Regina Warehouse District

If your property is located in one of these 2 areas, you will see a calculation used to determine the amount of BID taxes owed for the year.

Other charges

Under The Cities Act, 2003 and other legislation, the City can add other charges to your tax account, such as:

• Laneway Maintenance Gravel and paved alleys in Regina are maintained through a special tax charged to owners of properties that use them. Each year, the City does maintenance work on a priority basis by assessing the condition of all alleys.
• Local Improvements These include replacement of the City's infrastructure, such as watermains, sidewalks and curbs.
• Miscellaneous Overdue water and sewer balances can be transferred to your tax account. As well, if the City must do work on your property due to bylaw violations (e.g. untidy/unsightly land, noxious weeds, junked vehicles, or fire damage) the cost for this work can be added to your tax account.