Property Taxes

Tax Certificates

A tax certificate is a certifiable document, that can be purchased to verify the following information:

• Civic addresses
• Legal descriptions
• Current taxes
• Account balance
• Total assessment

Before ordering a Tax Certificate:

1. You must have a User ID and Password set up by the Tax department. To register an account, complete the online form.
2. This service requires prepayment. Once you have your User ID and Password set up, you can place a balance on your account through the tax certificate portal.  
3. All payments are non-refundable.

Ready to Order?

Property Tax Certificates are $35. 

Use the Tax Certificate link to purchase a tax certificate.

You can set up property tax payments through online banking. Use the online banking platform from your financial institution and select the County of Grande Prairie as a Bill Payee. A listing of the County's Bill Payee's names at local banks is below. The account number you reference is the tax Roll Number found on your tax notice. 

 For assistance, please contact 780-532-9722 or email us.

When paying by credit card through My Payments, you'll need your roll number and NEW access code from your property assessment and tax notice.

At the County of Grande Prairie Administration building at 10001 84 Ave., Clairmont, AB by debit, cash or cheque (dated on or before the last day of June).

• Credit card payments are now accepted in person. Please note there is a 2.2% fee for tax payments made with a credit card.

At your financial institution with a teller or bank machine

We are extending our regular hours to accept your tax payment in person:

On June 26, 27 and 28, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00p.m. including the lunch hour.

Mail your cheque to:

County of Grande Prairie
10001 84 Ave.
Clairmont, AB T8X 5B2

Mail should be postmarked on or before the last business day of June.

Cheques should be dated on or before the last business day of June.

Mailing a cheque is discouraged until more is known about the potential Canada Post strike action.

The tax rate set by County Council which is used to fund the services and operations that are provided by the County. For instance, road building and repair, maintaining recreation facilities and areas, and providing policing and fire services, just to name a few. The rate is set in the spring of the tax year. View the 2025 Property Tax Bylaw.

The school portion of the combined tax rate is set by Alberta Education.

Requisition amounts to the Grande Spirit Foundation are set by the Province of Alberta. 

Assessment is the process of valuing property for the purpose of fairly and equitably distributing a municipality's total property tax among property owners. It establishes the value of a property in relation to similar properties.

Property taxes are generated when the provincial school and municipal tax rates are multiplied by the assessed value of your property. The municipal tax rate is also known as the municipal tax mill rate.

The Municipal Government Act requires that all property in Alberta be assessed each year to ensure that changes in market value are captured regularly to protect taxpayers from large market-driven assessment changes.

A tax notice will be sent out to the property owner every year with an amount based on your taxable assessment and the applied mill rate set by council. this will include both the County portion and the requisition portion for schools and other purposes.

Property Assessment Notices are mailed to County of Grande Prairie No. 1 property owners by the end of May of each year. If you have not received your property notice by mid-June please contact Assessment Services at 780-513-3952.

Learn more about the County tax penalty.

Hythe residents can access the bylaw that applies to the hamlet of Hythe for the 2021 tax year.

Please note: Failure to receive your property tax notice is not sufficient reason for late payment