Your property taxes go to support services such as fire, peace officer, parks, streets and roads, corporate services, and many other programs necessary to maintain the high level of municipal services enjoyed by the people of Raymond. All of Raymond’s property owners pay annual property taxes, which are due on July 15th of each year. Your share of the municipal revenue required from property taxes is determined by your property assessment.
Tax rates are finalized once the Government of Alberta confirms the education property tax requisition and Town Council sets the current year’s property tax rates. The annual assessment and tax notices for residential properties and the tax notices for income producing properties are mailed in May. Property taxes are due on July 15th each year to avoid late payment penalties.
In Person
At the Town Hall
Mon - Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (closed 12 - 1 p.m. for lunch hour)
Cash, cheque or debit cards
Credit cards are not accepted
Online Banking
Check with your financial institution
E-transfer to contact@raymond.ca
Please include roll number in the notes.
By Mail
Cheque or money order payable to the Town of Raymond:
Town of Raymond
Corporate Services Department
Box 629
Raymond, AB, T0K 2S0
Pay Simply (online credit card)
There is a 2.5% fee to use this option.
Tax Installment Payment Plan
Residents may enroll in the program at any time during the year. Any taxes owing at the time of enrollment must be paid in full before installment payments can begin. The withdrawal period runs from January 15, 2026, to December 15, 2026. Once enrolled in the program, residents do not need to reapply each year, as enrollment will continue until a cancellation form is submitted. For more information, please contact the Town Office at 403-732-3322.
The Alberta Government has implemented the Seniors Property Tax Deferral Program. This voluntary program allows eligible seniors to defer their residential property taxes through a low-interest home equity loan with Alberta Health. If a senior is eligible, the Province will pay your property taxes to the Town and the loan will be payable when the senior sells the home or the loan is paid in full. For more information on this new program, click here.
In its budget, Town Council approves the amount of money required to support Town services and programs. From this amount sources of revenue other than property taxes, such as provincial grants, license fees, and user fees, are subtracted. The balance is the amount to be raised from property taxes. Then the assessed property values, as compared to other homes at the same date each year (July 1), are used to determine each property owner’s share of the total property tax revenue required.
Property taxes are affected by four factors:
Local improvement charges
The Town of Raymond collects taxes on behalf of the Government of Alberta and the Ridge County Housing Board. This is not additional Town revenue. The Town’s role is strictly billing and collection, with no control over their budgets, allocations or operations.
Alberta Education
Education tax supports the public and separate school boards. The Government of Alberta determines the budget and amount of education tax each municipality in Alberta will pay.
Policing
As of 2026, policing is now reflected as a line item on resident tax bills. This tax is sent to the Alberta Government to fund RCMP services.
Ridge County Housing
Ridge County Housing is a local housing management body. This tax funds the operations of their senior facilities and support services.
Education taxes are not subject to control or review by the Town of Raymond. Under Provincial legislation the Town is required to administer and collect the education tax on behalf of the Province for public and separate school boards.
Each year, the Alberta Government determines the total amount of revenue that will be required for education purposes through the property taxation system across the province.
The total assessment of all property in a municipality is used as the basis to calculate that municipality’s share of the total provincial amount. Every municipality’s share of the total provincial amount is called the education property tax requisition. Annually, the Province sends out these requisitions to all municipalities in the province. The municipality is then required by Provincial legislation to collect the revenue required to pay the requisition through the property assessment and tax system.
Your property assessment is used to calculate your share of the revenue required to pay the requisition for Raymond. This part of your total property tax bill is collected by the Town and sent to the Alberta Government. This is not additional revenue for the Town.
Who pays
All property owners in Raymond, residential and non-residential, are required to pay education property taxes including those without children in school and senior citizens.
For more information visit: Government of Alberta Education Property Tax
Use of the education tax
The following information is provided by the Government of Alberta: “Education property taxes support public and separate school students in grades 1 to 12. Education property taxes are pooled and then distributed to all Alberta school boards on an equal per-student basis. The majority of these funds are for instruction, including teacher salaries, textbooks, and other classroom resources.”
The Town of Raymond’s source of information for mailing assessment notices and tax bills is the Province of Alberta Land Titles Office.
It is the property owner’s responsibility to keep the Land Titles record accurate. Under the Municipal Government Act Section 337, once mailed, a tax bill is considered to have been received after seven days.
Contact Alberta Land Titles at 403-297-6511 regarding any changes to your mailing address. You will need the legal description of your property, as shown on your tax bill, in order to make the change. You can also visit the Alberta Land Titles website for more information.
To change your address with the Town, just call, email or stop by in person and update our records with your current information.
