Property Assessments & Taxes

To request a Tax Certificate, please email jamie.collins@townoftrochu.ca or call the Office.

2025 Property Taxes & Assessments

 

The 2025 property assessments were mailed out on Wednesday, February 26th. If you haven’t received yours or need to update your mailing address, please contact the office at 403-442-3085 or email toni.nelson@townoftrochu.ca. Once received, please REVIEW your assessment and if you have any questions or concerns contact the Town’s Assessor, David Clark with Wild Rose Assessments, at 403-343-3357 or david@wildroseassmt.com.

The deadline to appeal your assessment is Monday, May 5th by 4PM. See further down the page for more information on the appeal process. As tax rates cannot be changed once set, this is the only opportunity you will have to affect your tax bill.

This year’s tax rates have not been determined yet but once they are, Tax Notices are expected to be sent out in late May or early June with a payment deadline of August 15th, 2025.

The Town of Trochu has a Tax Installment Payment Program for those who would like to make monthly payments for their property taxes. Payments from January to June are based on the previous year’s tax amount and may need to be recalculated after the current year’s taxes are determined. To stay on the program and avoid penalties accounts must be paid in full by December 31st of the current year.

If you are already on TIPPs and require assistance with determining payment amounts, please contact the office.

If you would like to join TIPPS please contact the office. You can pay by post-dated cheque or by setting up a monthly payment through your online banking account.

 

Assessment Appeals

 

The appeal deadline for 2025 is Monday, May 5th by 4PM.

If you have general questions about your assessment you can contact our Assessor using the information below.

If you believe that your assessed value is not accurate or you want to discuss how it was calculated, please contact the Town’s assessor, David Clark with Wild Rose Assessments, at 403-343-3357 or david@wildroseassmt.com. If you still disagree with your assessment, you or your agent may file a formal appeal by completing a Complaint form and an Agent Authorization Form (if an agent is being used), both of which can be found here at the Alberta Municipal Affairs website or at Trochu Town Office.


Once the required forms and the applicable fee ($50) have been given to Town Office (by mail to Box 340,  or by dropping off at 222 Northfield Road) we will forward your complaint to the Clerk of the Central Alberta Regional Assessment Review Board, the Town’s regional partner for assessment appeals, and the appeal hearing process will continue through them. To learn more about the appeal hearing process and the Central Alberta RARB please visit their website, contact them by phone at 403-342-8132, or email at regionalarb@reddeer.ca.

 

Access to Assessment Information

 

As per the Municipal Government Act Sections: 299/299.1 and300/300.1, property owners have the right to access information about how their assessment was prepared, including summaries of other property assessments within Trochu. To assist with this a list of assessments, called the Assessment Roll, is available for viewing year-round for information on comparable properties and can be seen at Town Office, 222 Northfield Road, during regular office hours.

You can also submit an Assessment Information Request form in person at Trochu Town Office or by email to admin@wildroseassmt.com or utilities@townoftrochu.ca. Request forms can be picked up at the office or downloaded here:

 

TAX ARREARS RECOVERY PROCESS

When are Taxes in Arrears?

Section 326(c) of the MGA defines “tax arrears” as “taxes that remain unpaid after December 31 of the year in which they are imposed.” Again, taxes are in arrears only if they are unpaid as of January 1 of the year following the year in which they are imposed.

 Prior to developing the tax arrears list, a municipality may consider sending a letter to each affected property owner advising them that the property is going to have a tax notification placed on it and that this can be avoided by paying the outstanding amount.

Understanding the Tax Recovery Process

Municipalities rely on the collection of property taxes to provide services to make improvements to their infrastructure and to meet their financial obligations. The Provincial Government recognizes municipalities’ reliance on property tax revenue, so to ensure that everyone who is required to pay municipal taxes does so, legislation has been passed that ensures the municipality can collect the taxes that are due.

Regardless of which process is used, it is important to understand that the tax recovery process is not simply an exercise in filling out forms, sending letters and holding auctions. Rather, the tax recovery process is an important means through which a municipality maintains its fiscal health. Similarly, it is important to recognize that the purpose of the tax recovery process is to provide a means through which the municipality receives the taxes to which it is entitled. The tax recovery process is not intended as a means by which municipalities acquire land or other property.

  • The tax recovery process begins with the preparation of a tax arrears list. Each year a municipality must, not later than March 31, prepare a list of all parcels of land that are more than one year in arrears.
  • Two sealed copies must be forwarded to the Registrar at the Land Titles Office no later than March 31 each year.
  • A copy of the arrears list must then be posted in a place in the municipal office that is accessible to the general public during regular business hours.
  • The municipality must also notify the persons who are liable to pay the tax arrears that a tax arrears list has been prepared and sent to the Registrar.
  • Once the tax recovery notification has been endorsed on the Certificate of Title for a parcel of  land, the person who is liable to pay the taxes must not remove any improvements for which taxes can be levied and for which that person is responsible (section 414) without the approval of the municipality.
  • Once the Registrar has endorsed the tax recovery notification he or she must, not later than August 1, send a notice to the owner of the parcel of land, to any person who has an interest registered against the parcel, and to each owner of an encumbrance as shown on the Certificate of Title. The notice must state that if the tax arrears are not paid by March 31 of the following year, the municipality will offer the parcel for sale at public auction, and the municipality may become the owner of the parcel if it is not sold at public auction.
  • Unless an agreement for the payment of tax arrears is reached between the municipality and the landowner, the municipality must offer for sale at a public auction any land shown on its tax arrears list. Properties that are offered for sale are those properties that received notification from the Registrar by August 1 of the previous year.
  • When the municipality receives payment of the tax arrears (and related costs, such as administrative cost, interest, or any other charges related to the parcel), the designated officer completes the “Discharge of Tax Recovery Notification” form and sends it to the appropriate Land Titles Office.