How this actually works
Written for someone who has just opened an assessment notice and thinks the number looks wrong. No sales pitch in these pages.
How Calgary property assessment works
What the City is actually measuring, when it measures it, and why your assessment is not last week's market price.
The customer review period
The cheapest route there is, and the one most people skip. What to say to the assessor and what to have in front of you.
Filing a complaint with the Assessment Review Board
The form, the fee, the matters, the issues, and the one mistake that ends a complaint before it is heard.
Assessment value and market value
Why your assessment does not match what your neighbour sold for, and when that difference is actually an argument.
What the board can and cannot do
It can lower your assessment. It can also raise it. Here is the rest of what it is allowed to consider.
Deadlines for the 2027 cycle
What is published, what is not, and why you should read the date off your own notice rather than trust any website, including this one.