In 2025, the Alberta government increased its tax on homes and property by 14 per cent. Another 10 per cent increase is planned in 2026. The increase is part of the Alberta government’s new plan for provincial property taxes to cover one-third of the cost to run Alberta’s K-12 schools.
Innisfail’s tax rates are lower than other comparable communities. Coupled with favourable assessments, Innisfail residents pay less tax than many similar-sized communities in Alberta.
This page serves as a way to understand where your property taxes are going and what goes towards your community.
For more information about how municipalities are affected by the increase of provincial taxes, click here to vist the Alberta Municipalities Property Tax page.
The answer is both. It might seem like property tax is only a local tax because your municipal government sends you the bill, but part of your property tax bill is a tax by the Alberta government.
No. Innisfail Town Council has no control over the provincial property tax; no municipality does. Each year, the Alberta government decides how much provincial property tax needs to be collected from homes and businesses in Innisfail. The Town of Innisfail is required to collect the money and send it to the Alberta government.
On average, almost one-third of property taxes on homes in Alberta is a tax by the Alberta government. The other two-thirds is the municipal property tax that is set by Town council to pay for services in Innisfail, like roads, recreation, fire, and policing. This is the average across Alberta so the amount of property tax you pay to each government might be different depending on:
- The value of homes in your area compared to other parts of Alberta
- How your municipal property taxes compare to other communities
The best way to know is to check your property tax bill. On your bill, the provincial property tax might be called “Alberta School Foundation Fund”, “ASFF”, “education tax”, or another name.
1 Alberta Municipalities’ calculations using Alberta’s 2023 Municipal Financial Information Returns. Figures are solely based on residential property taxes. When residential and non-residential property taxes are combined, 76% of property taxes go municipal governments, 23% to the Alberta government, and 1% to other local agencies such as seniors housing.
It helps cover some of the Alberta government’s costs to run K-12 schools. In 2024-25, provincial property taxes paid for 30 per cent of school costs. The rest of the money comes from other sources, like provincial income taxes. At any time, the Alberta government can decide what tax they want to use to pay for schools.
Provincial property taxes do not pay for building new schools. The tax is only used to cover part of the day-to-day costs like teacher salaries, books, and classroom supplies.
