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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey Prepared by:

Jong Huang Chief Economist

December 2003

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements Introduction ..........................................................................................................

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Summary ...............................................................................................................

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Part 1: Major Canadian Cities Residential Property Taxes .......................................................................................

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Total Property and Business Taxes Per Person......................................................3 Residential Utility Charges .......................................................................................

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Combined Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges..................................5

Part 2: Edmonton Region Residential Property Taxes .......................................................................................

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Total Property and Business Taxes Per Person ......................................................

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Residential Utility Charges .......................................................................................

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Combined Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges.................................. 8

Remarks ...............................................................................................................

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Charts and Tables ................................................................. 10-49

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Acknowledgements We would like to thank staff of the following cities, towns and counties who provided their property tax information for this survey " City of Edmonton *City of Calgaryn r SCity of Re SCity Deer of Red * City of Medicine Hat * City of Lethbridge * City of Grande Prairie * City of Vancouver * City of Burnaby * City of Surrey * City of Victoria * City of Regina * City of Saskatoon * City of Winnipeg * City of Toronto * City of Ottawa * City of Brampton * City of Hamilton * City of Kitchener * City of London * City of Montreal * City of Laval

9 Halifax Regional Municipality

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Service New Brunswick City of St. John's City of St. Albert City of Leduc City of Fort Saskatchewan City of Spruce Grove Town of Devon Town of Stony Plain

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Town of Morinville

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* Town of Beaumont * *

Leduc County Strathcona County

We would also like to thank staff of EPCOR water rates and wra power and provided power who tes who provided who Communications TELUS information; provided telephone rates information; and the City of Edmonton Asset Management and Public Works Department who provided sewer rates and land drainage fees information for all the cities, towns and counties surveyed.

Jeff Brasok, Planning Technician of our department assisted in compiling the information, and preparing the tables and charts presented in the report.

For more information, please call Jong Huang at (780) 496-6068 or email jong.huang@edmonton.ca

Disclaimer The City of Edmonton provides this information in good faith but it gives no warrantynor accepts liabilityfrom any incorrect, incomplete or misleading information, or its use for any purpose.

Copyright @ 2003 by the City of Edmonton Planningand Development Department 3rd Floor, City Hall c/o 1 Sir Winston ChurchillSquare Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Introduction The City of Edmonton conducts an annual survey of property taxes and utility charges for for an an average, average, single-detached single-detached house house in in relative the major Canadian cities to assess burdn onEdmntonhomewnes. burden on Edmonton homeowners. Sncemedian Since conducted been has 1997, a similar survey for municipalities in the Edmonton Region.

The sample single-detached house used in this year's survey for the major Canadian cities and for the municipalities in the Edmonton Region is similar to the house Edmonton is simlar Reion to the house used in 2002. It is defined as below: used It is in defined 2002. as below: Twenty-five to thirty-years-old, singledetached, three-bedroom bungalow

with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, having a double car garage and finished full basement, on a 6,000 square-foot lot located in an average neighbourhood of the city.

One of the main reasons that this house was chosen is that houses aged 25 to 30 years old account for the highest percentage of the total single-detached houses in the Edmonton Region, as compared to other age-group houses. Therefore, it is more suitable to represent a typical house in an average neighborhood for all cities. The use of the same sample house for both Canadian cities and Edmonton regional comparisons will also avoid confusion for readers.

This year, the City of Grande Prairie in Alberta participated in the survey while the City of Yellowknife and the Town of Markham were unable to participate. A total of twenty-five Canadian cities and eleven municipalities in the Edmonton Region were The City of Edmonton Planning and Development Department

surveyed for information on property taxes, land drainage and garbage collection charges. In addition, the survey also asked municipalities to provide total property and businessinformation taxes for on total property and business taxes for municipal, municipal, school school and and other other purposes purposes for for all all types of properties, and the average and the median property taxes of all single-detached property taxes of all single-detached houses in the city.

TELUS Communications, EPCOR and the City of Edmonton Asset Management and Public Works Department assisted in collecting collecting information on on utility charges.

This report consists of two parts. The first part discusses the survey results for the twenty-five Canadian cities surveyed; the second part deals with the survey results for the eleven municipalities in the Edmonton Region.

Summary Like the 2002 survey, three different measurements were used to compare property tax burden to taxpayers in Edmonton with the other twenty-four Canadian cities and the ten municipalities in the Edmonton Region. These measurements were: (1) property tax on a sample singledetached house, (2) average property tax of all single-detached houses, and (3) median property tax of all single-detached houses.

In all three comparisons, Edmonton ranked better than most of the Canadian cities and the municipalities in the Edmonton Region.

Edmonton's municipal property tax levy of $1,004 ranked the fourth lowest among the twenty-five Canadian cities and stood at the 1

2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey middle among the eleven municipalities in the Edmonton Region surveyed in 2003.

In terms of combined total property taxes and utility charges, Edmonton ranked the fifteenth lowest among all Canadian cities surveyed for the sample single-detached house. However, Edmonton's ranking moved up to the seventeenth lowest among the Canadian cities in the combined average tax and utility charge comparison.

Edmonton ranked the third lowest in terms of average property tax for all singledetached houses and the fifth lowest in the total property tax per person comparison in the Edmonton Region.

Edmonton's total property tax (including school taxes) of $1,700 for the sample single-detached house was 18% lower than the Canadian cities' average of $2,066 and 1% lower than the Edmonton Region average of $1,717 Edmonton's total annual utility charge of $1,919 was 32% higher than the Canadian cities' average of $1,452 and 2% higher than the Edmonton Region average of $1,882.

Edmonton's combined total property tax and utility charges of $3,619 for the sample single-detached house was 3% higher than the Canadian average of $3,518 and 1% higher than the Edmonton Region average of $3,599.

With the school tax excluded, Edmonton's total municipal tax and utility charges of $2,923 was 1% lower than the Canadian cities' average of $2,940, but 3% lower than the Region average of $2,998.

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Edmonton's combined average property tax and utility charges of $3,758 was 6% higher than the Canadian cities' average of $3,561, but 3% lower than the Edmonton Region average of $3,879.

Part 1: Major Canadian Cities Residential Property Taxes In this section, Edmonton's property taxes were compared to other Canadian cities' taxes using the following three different measurements: * * *

Property tax of the sample singledetached house, Average property tax of all singledetached houses, and Median property tax of all singledetached houses.

1. Property Tax of the Sample SingleDetached House Edmonton's total property tax of $1,700, including municipal and school taxes, for the sample single-detached house, ranked the tenth lowest among the twenty-five cities surveyed, as compared to the ninth position last year.

Medicine Hat had the lowest tax at $1,409 in 2003, followed by Red Deer at $1,462, while Montreal had the highest tax at $2,887, followed by Hamilton at $2,829.

Edmonton's total tax was 18% lower than the twenty-five cities' average of $2,066, but

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey it was 9% higher than Calgary's tax of $1,586 (Chart 1 and Table 1).

With the school tax excluded, Edmonton's municipal tax of $1,004 ranked the fourth lowest and was 33% lower than the twentyfive cities' average of $1,488. But it was 29% higher than Calgary's tax of $777 (Chart I A and Table 6)

2. Average Property Tax The average property tax for all singledetached houses in Edmonton was $1,839 and ranked the tenth lowest among the twenty-five cities in 2003. St. John's had the lowest average tax at $1,270, followed

by Medicine Hat at $1,427, while Toronto had the highest at $3,473, followed by

Edmonton's median tax was 15% lower than the sixteen cities' average of $2,005 and slightly lower than Calgary's median tax of $1,704 (Chart 2A and Table 2).

Total Property and Business Taxes

Per Person

In this section, cities were compared in terms of total property and business taxes per person. The property tax includes residential properties and non-residential properties for municipal, regional and school purposes. The official population data from the 2001 Census of Canada was used to calculate the per-person tax for all of the cities.

Ottawa at $3,263.

1. Total Property Tax Per Person

Edmonton's average tax was 13% lower than the twenty-five cities' average of thanwas $2,109. Calgary's average tax at $1,864 was 1% higher than Edmonton's (Chart 2 and 1%higher than Edmonton's (Chart 2 and Table 2).

Table 2).

Edmonton's total property tax per person $913 and ranked the seventh lowest in was $913 and ranked the seventh lowest in 2003. This was 22% lower than the twentyfive cities' average of $1,172 and 17% lower than Calgary's tax of $1,099.

3. Median Property Tax There were only sixteen Canadian cities providing the median tax information this year. The median property tax for all singledetached houses in Edmonton was $1,699 and ranked the seventh lowest among the sixteen cities. Medicine Hat had the lowest median tax at $1,315, followed by Saint John, New Brunswick at $1,434, while Ottawa had the highest at $2,980, followed

by Montreal at $2,820.

Vancouver had the lowest total property tax per person at $734, followed by St. John's at $742 and Medicine Hat at $796. Toronto had the highest tax per person at $1,886, followed by Victoria at $1,660 and Ottawa at $1,605 (Chart 3 and Table 3).

2. Total Property and Business Taxes Per Person Some of the cities surveyed collected both property taxes and business taxes, while the others collected only property taxes. The cities collecting business taxes could levy

The City of Edmonton Planning and Development Department

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey property taxes at a lower rate. Therefore, it is more comparable to use the combined property taxes and business taxes per person for comparison. for comparison and business tax Edmonton's total roperyiandbusiyssata Edmonon's otal property per person was $1,033 and ranked the ninth lowest in 2003. This was 18% lower than the twenty-five cities' average of $1,257 and 19% lower than Calgary's $1,270. . Medicine Hat had the lowest combined tax per person at $796, followed by Red Deer at $883 and St. John's at $904. Toronto had the highest combined tax per person at $1,886, followed

by Burnaby at $1,799 and Victoria at $1,660 (Chart 3A and Table 3).

3. Residential Share of Total Tax Levy assessment or high with high property Acity A city with high property assessment or high tax rates on commercial, industrial and other non-residential properties does not have to depend on high tax revenues from residential properties. In this section, the . . residential shares of total tax levy (including business tax) are compared aaEdmonton's among the twenty-four cities providing the detailed information. St. John's did not provide the detailed information.

The residential share of total tax levy in Edmonton accounted for 54.2%, as comaedton for accn 5% a r compared to 43.2% for the twenty-four cities' average and 49.2% for Calgary. the Edmonton ranked Edmonton the tenth ranked tenth lowest lowest in in this this lowest the had Burnaby comparison. comparison.

Burnaby had the lowest residential share at 34.1%, followed by 1%.

Toronto at 35.7% and Toronto andatVictoria Victoria 35.7% at at 45.

45.1%.

Saskatoon had the highest share L, at 67.6%, followed by Hamilton at 65.9% (Chart 3B and Table 3A). and Table 3A).

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Residential Utility Charges The land (storm) drainage charge was added to the list of utility charges this year as the City of Edmonton initiated this new charge in the year.

Edmonton's total utility charge for the ranked the single-detached average twenty-five cities second highest among thehouse second highest among the twenty-five cities the lowest total in 2003. Montrealbyhad Laval, while Grande charge, followed

by Laval, while Grande followed charge, charge. The Prairie had the highest total Prairie had the highest total charge. The power, total utility charge for telephones, n g r ge a at s water, sewer, land drainage and garbage collection for the average single-detached house in Edmonton was $160 per month or $1,919 per year. Edmonton's charge was 32% higher than the twenty-five cities' average of $121 per month or $1,452 per year (Chart 4 and Table 4).

Edmonton's charge of $23.86 per month for a touch-tone telephone was close to the twenty-five cities' average of $23.82. power rate of $73.59 per month for 600 kWh consumption was 28% 28% higher than the twenty-five cities' average average of of $57.70. The higher power rate in Edmonton was attributable to the deregulation of the e electricity industry in Alberta and the termination of the Provincial Government subsidy to power power users users in in 2002.

2002. subsidy to Edmonton's water rate of $26.29 and sewer rate of $22.06 per month for 20 cubic metres water consumption were 28% and 44% higher than the twenty-five cities' averages of of $20.52 $20.52 and and $15.33, $15.33, respectively. respectively. The The factors affecting higher water water and and sewer sewer rates in Edmonton included the application of the user pay concept, the higher costs of 4

2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey water and sewage treatment, and the lower financing assistance from other levels of government.

the highest cost at $4,303, followed by Hamilton at $4,216 (Chart 5 and Table 5).

2. Municipal Property Tax and Utility

Combined Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Since some cities finance utility costs (like water, sewer, land drainage and garbage water, sewer, land drainage and garbage collection) through property taxes, while h other cities finance the costs through separate utility charges, it is therefore more meaningful to compare the combined cost of property taxes and utility charges. Three different combinations were used here for compason. *

STcost Total property tax (including municipal

and school) and utility charges forC)the

Charges Excluding school taxes, Edmonton's tax and combined iretpropertylws ied cost of municipal utility charges ranked the thirteenth lowest.

The combined cost in Edmonton amounted The combined cost in Edmonton amounted to $2,923 in 2003. This was 1% lower than the twenty-five cities' average of $2,940 and 20% higher than Calgary's $2,438.

Medicine Hat had the lowest combined cost at $2,145, followed by Victoria at $2,168.

Grande Prairie had the highest combined at $3,666, followed by Hamilton at $3,643 (Chart 6 and Table 6).

$3,643 (Chart 6 and Table 6).

sample house,

* Municipal property tax and utility *

charges for the sample house, and Average property tax and utility charges.

1. Total Property Tax and Utility Charges Edmonton's combined cost of total property tax and utility charges for the sample singledetached house was $3,619 in 2003. This was 3% higher than the twenty-five cities' average of $3,518 and 11% higher than Calgary's combined cost of $3,247.

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Edmonton's combined property tax and utility charges ranked the fifteenth lowest

among the cities surveyed. Victoria had the lowest combined cost at $2,683, followed by Medicine Hat at $2,803. Grande Prairie had

The City , of Edmonton Planning and Development Department

3. Average Property Tax and Utility

Charges

The combined cost of average property tax and utility charges in Edmonton amounted to $3,758 in 2003. It ranked the seventeenth lowest among the twenty-five cities.

Edmonton's combined cost was 6% higher than the twenty-five cities' average of $3,561 and 7% higher than Calgary's $3,525.

St. John's had the lowest combined cost at $2,532, followed by Victoria at $2,787 and

Medicine Hat at $2,821. Toronto had the

highest cost at $4,941, followed by Ottawa at $4,582 and Grande Prairie at $4,417

(Chart 7 and Table 7).

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Part 2: Edmonton Region survey has been the aseventh This isyear This is the seventh year a survey has been in the municipalities selecteddmonon conducted forEdmotonRegin. ity90% Edmonton Region. Edmonton City Council's Property Tax Review Committee requested the survey in 1997. The following were the survey results for the eleven municipalities in the Edmonton Region.

Residential Property Taxes Similar to the Canadian cities' comparison, the following three different measurements were used in comparing Edmonton's property tax with other municipalities in the Edmonton Region.

Property tax of the sample singledetached house, * Average property tax of all singledetached houses, and * Median property tax of all singledetached houses. *

Edmonton's total tax was 1%lower than the Region average of $1,717 (Chart 8 and Table 8).

Excluding school taxes, Edmonton's municipal tax of $1,004 accounted forand only 90% of $1,116 and of $1,116 average of Region average the Region of the ranked the fifth lowest in the Region.

2. Average Property Tax There were only six municipalities in the Edmonton Region providing information on the average property tax of single-detached houses in 2003. The average property tax for all single-detached houses in Edmonton was $1,839 and ranked the third lowest among the six municipalities. Fort Saskatchewan had the lowest average tax at $1,664, followed by Devon at $1,674, while St. Albert had the highest tax at $$2,673, followed by the City of Leduc at $2,100.

Edmonton's average tax was 8% lower than the six municipalities' average of $1,997 (Chart 9 and Table 9).

3. Median Property Tax

1. Property Tax of the Sample SingleDetached Houseonly

Similarly, only six municipalities in the

six mucipalities in the

Region provided information on the median Edmonton's total property tax of $1,700, including municipal and school taxes, for the sample single-detached house ranked the sixth lowest among the eleven st municipalities surveyed in 2003. This was worse than last year's fifth position. Leduc County had the lowest tax levy- at $1,389 followed by Stony Plain at $1,491, while St. Albert the highest tax at Albert had had the highest tax at $2,221, $2,221, followed by the City of Leduc at $1,954.

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property tax of single-detached houses in 2003. The median property tax for all single-detached houses in Edmonton was $1,699 and ranked the third lowest among the six municipalities. Fort Saskatchewan atcea t m ia the had the lowest median tax at $1,547, followed Devon at $1,613, Albert hadbythe highest median while tax at St. $2,516, at $2, ed the i led followed by the City of Leduc at $2,200.

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey Edmonton's median tax was 11% lower than the six municipalities' average of $1,919 (Chart 9A and Table 9).

Total Property and Business Taxes Per Person In this section, municipalities were compared in terms of total property and business taxes per person. The property tax includes residential properties and nonresidential properties for municipal, regional and school purposes. Like Canadian cities' comparison, the 2001 Census of Canada population was used for computing the percapita tax information.

business taxes in 2003. Some municipalities in the Region collected only property taxes while other municipalities collected property taxes, machinery and equipment tax and linear assessment tax. It is more useful to compare the combined property, business

and other taxes.

The ranking under this measurement is similar to the total property tax per person for all municipalities except Edmonton.

Edmonton's total property and business tax per person was $1,033 and ranked the sixth lowest in 2003. This was 5% lower than the Edmonton Region average of $1,088 (Chart 10A and Table 10).

3. Residential Share of Total Tax Levy 1. Total Property Tax Per Person Edmonton's total property tax per person was $913 and ranked the fifth lowest in 15% lower 2003. This was wasthan the 15%This 2003.

Edmonton Region average of $1,077.

Morinville had the lowest total property tax per person at $605, followed by Beaumont at $763 and Stony Plain at $782. Leduc County had the highest tax per person at $2,212, followed by Fort Saskatchewan at $1,486 and Strathcona County at $1,208 (Chart 10 and Table 10). The property tax in the last three municipalities includes machinery and equipment tax, and linear assessment tax.

2. Total Property and Business Taxes Per Person Edmonton was the only municipality in the Region levying both property taxes and

The residential share of total tax levy in for Edmonton Rg asa o 54.2%, te to accounted o compared to the Edmonton Region average of 56.5%. Edmonton ranked the third lowest. Leduc County had the lowest residential share at 26.6%, followed by Ft. Saskatchewan at 36.8%. Beaumont had the Saskatchewan at 36.8%. Beaumont had the highest share at 93.3%, followed by St. Albert at 84.3% (Chart O10B and Table 10A).

Residential Utility Charges Edmonton's total utility charge of $160 per month for the average single-detached house ranked the sixth lowest in the Edmonton Region in 2003, substantially different from the lowest position in 2002. This was mainly due to introduction of a new land drainage fee in Edmonton in 2003. Leduc County had the lowest total utility charge at $143, followed by St. Albert at $146.

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey Strathcona County had the highest total charge at $170, followed by the City of Leduc at $168.

The total utility charge for telephones, power, water, sewer, and garbage collection for the average single-detached house in Edmonton was $160 per month or $1,919 per year. This was 2% higher than the Edmonton Region average of $157 per month or $1,882 per year (Chart 11 and Table 11).

Edmonton's cost of $23.86 per month for a touch-tone telephone was 16.7% lower than the Region average of $28.63. Edmonton's power rate of $73.59 per month for 600 kWh consumption was the same as the Region average. Edmonton's water rate of $26.29 and sewer rate of $22.06 per month for 20

cubic metres water consumption were 3.5% and 18.7 % higher than the Region averages of $25.41 and $18.56, respectively.

Edmonton's charge of $10.45 per month for garbage collection was 13.7% higher than the Region average of $9.19.

Combined Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges

1. Total Property Tax and Utility Charges Edmonton's combined cost of total property tax and utility charges for the sample singledetached house was $3,619 in 2003. This was 0.6% higher than the Region average of $3,599.

Edmonton's combined cost of total property tax and utility charges ranked the fifth lowest among the eleven municipalities surveyed, worse than its second lowest position in 2002. Leduc County had the lowest combined cost at $3,106, while St. Albert had the highest at $3,971, closely followed by City of Leduc at $3,965 (Chart 12 and Table 12).

2. Municipal Property Tax and Utility Charges Edmonton's position improved to the fourth lowest, when municipalities were compared in terms of combined cost of municipal property tax and utility charges (that is, excluding school taxes). The combined cost for Edmonton homeowners amounted to $2,923 in 2003. This was 2.5% lower than

the Region average of $2,998.

Similar to the Canadian cities, three different

Leduc County had the lowest combined cost

comparison in this section.

at $2,494 and the City of Leduc had the highest at $3,334, followed by St. Albert at

regional were combinations combinations were used used for for regional

*

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Total property tax (including municipal and school) and utility charges for the

$3,274 (Chart 13 and Table 13).

sample house,

3. Average Property Tax and Utility

Municipal property tax and utility

Charges

charges for the sample house, and *

Average property tax and utility charges.

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The combined cost of average property tax and utility charges for Edmonton amounted 8

2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey to $3,758 in 2003 and ranked the third lowest among the six municipalities who provided the information. This was 3.1% lower than the six municipalities' average of $3,879. Fort Saskatchewan had the lowest combined cost at $3,477, while St. Albert had the highest at $4,423 (Chart 14 and Table 14).

Remarks It is inappropriate to use property tax information contained in this report to compare management efficiency among municipal governments. Property tax differences among municipalities are attributable to many factors. These factors include the structure and sources of

municipal governments' operating revenues, the levels and costs of services provided, the use of split mill rates, different ways for financing local improvements, and the extent the user pay policy is applied.

However, property tax differences are a useful measurement of the comparative tax burden to homeowners.

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Chart 1: Total Property Tax for a Single Detached House in 2003 Canadian Cities

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0 Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Figures include municipal, regional and school taxes, net of homeowner grants if applicable.

(2) The sample house is defined as a 25-30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement and a double car garage, on a 6,000 square foot lot.

(3) Information for Vancouver and Burnaby is based on an average-value single detached house which may not correspond to the sample house as described above.

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Chart 1A: Municipal Property Tax for a Single Detached House in 2003 Canadian Cities S~m/lll/lllln

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Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Figures include municipal and regional taxes, but exclude school tax, and are net of homeowner grants if applicable.

(2) The sample house is defined as a 25-30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement nd a double car garage, on a 6,000 square foot lot.

(3) Information for Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey and Brampton is based on an average-value single detached house which may not correspond to the sample house as described above.

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Table 1 Comparative Property Tax Levy on a Sample House in 2003 [1] ( Selected Canadian Cities ) (dollars) Homeowner Grants or

Net Property Tax Levy

Other [4]

Total

Credits

(After Grants)

Property Tax Levy

City

Municipal

School

Rank

1,004

696

0

1,700

0

1,700

10

777

809

0

1,586

0

1,586

5

1,197

637

8

1,842

0

1,842

11

Red Deer

777

633

52

1,462

0

1,462

2

Medicine Hat

741

658

10

1,409

0

1,409

1

Lethbridge

1,010

608

19

1,637

0

1,637

6

Burnaby [3]

1,100

908

148

2,156

470 [2]

1,686

9

956

928

136

2,020

470 [2]

1,550

4

Vancouver [3]

1,244

1,142

207

2,593

470 [2]

2,123

15

Victoria

1,092

672

252

2,016

470 [2]

1,546

3

Regina

1,046

1,108

111

2,265

0

2,265

16

965

1,359

116

2,440

0

2,440

19

Winnipeg

1,240

1,276

0

2,516

400

2,116

14

Montreal

2,448

439

0

2,887

0

2,887

25

Laval

1,940

413

0

2,353

0

2,353

17

Toronto

1,701

868

0

2,569

0

2,569

21

Ottawa

2,126

616

0

2,742

0

2,742

23

921

707

1,096

2,724

0

2,724

22

2,256

573

0

2,829

0

2,829

24

759

546

1,175

2,480

0

2,480

20

London

1,796

489

104

2,389

0

2,389

18

Halifax

1,602

447

0

2,049

0

2,049

13

Saint John

1,660

0

0

1,660

0

1,660

7

Fredericton

1,670

0

0

1,670

0

1,670

8

St. John's

1,650

0

280

1,930

0

1,930

12

1,347

661

149

2,157

91

EDMONTON Calgary Grande Prairie

Surrey

Saskatoon

Brampton Hamilton Kitchener

Average

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2,066

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Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning and Policy Services Branch.

December 2003.

Notes: 1. Tthe sample house is changed to be a 25 to 30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement and a double car garage, on a 6,000 square foot lot.

2. Grant is $470 for school levy for homeowners with age 64 years or under and $745 for senior citizens or handicapped.

3. Based on an averaged value single-family house which may not correspond to the sample house described above.

4. Other includes regional and other tax levies.

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Chart 2: Average Property Tax for All Single Detached Houses in 2003 -

Canadian Cities

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l

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1,500

5

1427

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,

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1270

1,000

500

.

.

-

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(2)Figure shown is the average property tax levy for all single detached houses inthe city.

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Chart 2A: Median Property Tax for All Single Detached Houses in 2003 Canadian Cities Snnlllllll

3,500

2796

3,000 -

2820

2980 28

2627

2308

2,500

-

, 2,000 1699

2

0

" 1,500 0

1,

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Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Property taxes include municipal, regional and school taxes, but net of homeowner grants where is applicable.

(2) Figure shown is the median property tax levy for all single detached houses in the city.

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey Table 2 Average Property Tax and Median Property Tax for all Single Detached Houses in 2003 ( Selected Canadian Cities ) (dollars) Median Tax (1)

Average Tax (1) Tax Levy

Rank

Tax Levy

Rank

EDMONTON

1,839

10

1,699

7

Calgary

1,864

11

1,704

8

Grande Prairie

1,956

12

N/A

1,669

6

1,565

5

Medicine Hat

1,427

2

1,315

1

Lethbridge

1,708

9

1,593

6

Burnaby (2)

1,686

7

N/A

Surrey (2)

1,566

3

N/A

Vancouver (2)

2,123

17

N/A

Victoria (2)

1,650

5

N/A

Regina

2,099

16

N/A

Saskatoon

2,231

19

2,136

11

Winnipeg (2)

2,145

18

1,982

9

Montreal

3,198

23

2,820

15

Laval

2,082

15

N/A

Toronto

3,473

25

2,796

14

Ottawa

3,263

24

2,980

16

Brampton

2,788

21

2,091

10

Hamilton

2,797

22

2,627

13

Kitchener

2,048

13

N/A

London

2,550

20

2,308

12

Halifax

2,050

14

1,477

3

Saint John

1,559

4

1,434

2

Fredericton

1,693

8

1,552

4

St. John's

1,270

1

N//A

2,109

--

2,005

City

Red Deer

-

Average

--

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton. Planning and Development Department. Planning & Policy Services Branch, December 2003.

Note:

(1) Property tax levy includes municipal, regional and school taxes, but net of homeowner grants or credits.

The average property tax is the average property tax levy for all single detached houses in the city.

The median property tax is the median property tax levy for all single detached houses in the city.

(2) net of homeowner grants.

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Chart 3: Total Property Tax Levy Per Person in 2003 Canadian Cities

2,000 -186 1,800 -

1605 1660

1

1,600 1,400 -vv17

r I I

12511265 1280 129

1216125

1,200

1091 1099

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2

7

1012 1026

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847

O 796

809

-

800

-

600

-

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-

- -

400 -

200 200

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A

-

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Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Note: Total property tax levy includes municipal, regional and school taxes.

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Chart 3A: Total Property and Business Tax Levy Per Person in 2003 Canadian Cities

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I 2,000

1886 1799

1,800 1660

1605

1,600

1487

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Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Note: Total property tax levy includes municipal, regional and school taxes.

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Chart 3B: Residential Property Tax as Percent of Total Tax Levy in 2003 -

Canadian Cities

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20

.

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Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Note: Total tax levy includes property taxes for all properties, and business tax, machinery and equipment tax and others.

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey Table 3 Total Property and Business Tax Levy Per Person in 2003 (Selected Canadian Cities) City EDMONTON

Total Tax Levy Per Person Total Tax Levy Rank Total Levy Rank Property Levy Total Business Population [1] Property (dollars) (dollars) (thousands of dollars) 9 1,033 7 913 688,110 79,796 608,314 666,104 878,866

965,700

150,700

1,116,400

1,099

12

1,270

14

Grande Prairie

36,983

37,954

0

37,954

1,026

10

1,026

8

Red Deer

67,707

59,806

0

59,806

883

6

883

2

Medicine Hat

51,249

40,811

0

40,811

796

3

796

1

Lethbridge

67,374

68,180

0

68,180

1,012

9

1,012

6

Burnaby

193,954

248,314

100,531

348,845

1,280

16

1,799

24

Surrey

347,825

281,487

72,417

353,904

809

4

1,017

7

Vancouver

545,671

400,770

389,380

790,150

734

1

1,448

20

Victoria

74,125

123,057

0

123,057

1,660

24

1,660

23

Regina

178,225

225,447

0

225,447

1,265

15

1,265

13

Saskatoon

196,811

214,783

0

214,783

1,091

11

1,091

10

Winnipeg

619,544

800,255

60,581

860,836

1,292

17

1,389

18

0 2,204,800

1,216

13

1,216

11

318,000

927

8

927

2,481,494 4,679,894

0 4,679,894

1,886

25

1,886

25

0 1,242,339

1,605

23

1,605

22

Calgary

Montreal Laval Toronto

1,812,723 2,204,800 343,005

0

318,000

4

Ottawa

774,072

1,242,339

Brampton

325,428

455,586

0

455,586

1,400

21

1,400

19

Hamilton

490,268

675,163

0

675,163

1,377

20

1,377

17

Kitchener

190,399

238,193

0

238,193

1,251

14

1,251

12

London

336,539

451,820

0

451,820

1,343

18

1,343

15

Halifax

359,111

304,102

43,668

347,770

847

5

968

5

Saint John

69,661

94,900

193

95,093

1,362

19

1,365

16

Fredericton

47,560

70,324

416

70,740

1,479

22

1,487

21

St. John's Average

99,182 450,155

73,550 595,342

16,115 36,552

89,665 631,894

742 1,172

2

904 1,257

3 -

-

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning and Policy Services Branch.

December 2003.

Notes: (1)2001 Population figure from the 2001 Federal Census.

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Table 3A Total Property and Business Tax Levy in 2003 (Selected Canadian Cities) (thousands of dollars ) Business Tax

Property Tax

City

Residential Non-Residential

Total

Residential

Rank

Tax Levy as % of Total

Total

EDMONTON

373,252

235,062

608,314

79,796

688,110

54.2

10

Calgary

549,400

416,300

965,700

150,700

1,116,400

49.2

6

24,330

13,624

37,954

0

37,954

64.1

19

- 37,502

22,304

59,806

0

59,806

62.7

17

Medicine Hat

26,447

14,364

40,811

0

40,811

64.8

21

Lethbridge

44,614

23,566

68,180

0

68,180

65.4

22

Burnaby

118,784

129,530

248,314

100,531

348,845

34.1

1

Surrey

187,325

94,162

281,487

72,417

353,904

52.9

9

Vancouver

370,539

30,231

400,770

389,380

790,150

46.9

5

Victoria

55,487

67,570

123,057

0

123,057

45.1

3

Regina

140,362

85,085

225,447

0

225,447

62.3

16

Saskatoon

145,195

69,588

214,783

0

214,783

67.6

24

Winnipeg

487,529

312,726

800,255

60,581

860,836

56.6

12

Montreal

1,123,200

1,081,600 2,204,800

0

2,204,800

50.9

7

318,000

0

318,000

63.0

18

Grande Prairie Red Deer

Laval

200,305

117,695

Toronto

1,669,844

3,010,050 4,679,894

0

4,679,894

35.7

2

Ottawa

633,683

608,656 1,242,339

0

1,242,339

51.0

8

Brampton

277,946

177,640

455,586

0

455,586

61.0

14

Hamilton

445,265

229,898

675,163

0

675,163

65.9

23

Kitchener

153,606

84,587

238,193

0

238,193

64.5

20

London

280,883

170,937

451,820

0

451,820

62.2

15

Halifax

192,772

111,330

304,102

43,668

347,770

55.4

11

Saint John

44,093

50,807

94,900

193

95,093

46.4

4

Fredericton

40,684

29,640

70,324

416

70,740

57.5

13

73,550 307,864

287,478

73.550 595,342

16,115 36,552

89,665 631,894

N/A 43.2

St. John's (1) Average

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning and Policy Services Branch.

December 2003.

Note: (1) Property tax figure for both residential and non-residential tax levies.

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey Table 3B Total Property Tax Levy By Purposes in 2003 (Selected Canadian Cities) (thousands of dollars)

Residential Property Municipal

School

Total

Non-residential Property Municipal

School

Tax (1)

Tax

Total

Tax (1)

Tax

EDMONTON

223,419

149,833

373,252

159,170

75,892

235,062

Calgary

269,700

279,700

549,400

276,900

139,400

416,300

Grande Prairie

16,275

8,055

24,330

13,663

4,909

18,572

Red Deer

21,499

16,003

37,502

14,052

8,252

22,304

Medicine Hat

14,225

12,222

26,447

9,385

4,979

14,364

Lethbridge

28,799

15,815

44,614

16,768

6,798

23,566

Burnaby

68,745

50,039

118,784

80,227

49,303

129,530

Surrey

101,374

85,951

187,325

48,629

45,533

94,162

Vancouver

207,301

163,238

370,539

17,932

12,299

30,231

Victoria

36,992

18,495

55,487

42,905

24,665

67,570

Regina

71,697

68,665

140,362

43,462

41,623

85,085

Saskatoon

65,359

79,836

145,195

30,648

38,940

69,588

Winnipeg

241,213

246,316

487,529

133,989

178,737

312,726

Montreal

1,123,200

0

1,123,200

1,081,600

0

1,081,600

200,305

0

200,305

117,695

0

117,695

Toronto

1,105,680

564,164

1,669,844

1,750,480

1,259,570

3,010,050

Ottawa

489,312

144,371

633,683

352,063

256,592

608,655

Brampton

206,689

71,257

277,946

71,293

106,347

177,640

Hamilton

362,031

83,234

445,265

133,462

96,436

229,898

Kitchener

123,311

30,295

153,606

42,538

42,050

84,588

London

227,023

53,860

280,883

80,789

90,148

170,937

Halifax

153,869

38,903

192,772

88,771

22,559

111,330

Saint John

44,093

0

44,093

50,807

0

50,807

Fredericton

40,684

0

40,684

29,640

0

29,640

St. John's (2)

73,550

0

73,550

0

0

0

220,654

87,210

307,864

187,475

100,201

287,676

City

Laval

Average

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning and Policy Services. December 2003.

Note: (1) Includes municipal, regional and other levies.

(2) Figure for both residential and non-residential levies.

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Chart 4: Total Monthly Utility Charge for Single Detached Houses in 2003 -

Canadian Cities Sllnl//lllIl

225 205

200

Z

175 160

138

150

3

104

.2

0

100 75 -

116 16 . . . . ., ,,~4 15 110

1 2 5

.

u121

105

0

- 2 - 122

132

13

138

139

,

140

8

30

7

710 iV.

_

63

50

.

-

25

0

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Note: Figures include charges for telephone, power, water, sewer, land drainage, and garbage collection.

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* Table 4 Average Monthly Utility Charges for a Single-Family House (Selected Canadian Cities) (as of September 2003) (dollars) City

Telephone [1]

Power [2]

Garbage

Land Drainage

Total

Rank

Water [3]

Sewer [3]

10.45

3.65

159.90

24

EDMONTON

23.86 [7]

73.59

26.29

22.06

Calgary

23.86 [7]

69.50

26.67

16.87

-

1.48

138.38

21

Grande Prairie

25.16 [7]

24.98

22.08

6.92

-

205.07

25

7.02

-

131.56

18

125.93 [9]

Red Deer

25.16 [7]

62.91

18.86

17.61

Medicine Hat

25.16 [7]

49.47

17.88

16.07

7.55

-

116.13

11

11.00

-

137.53

20

-

121.45

15

12.08

131.81

19

115.26

9

Lethbridge

25.16 [7]

65.45

14.93

20.99

Burnaby

27.50

38.08

30.34

25.53

-

Surrey

29.25

38.08

12.40

25.25

14.75

Vancouver

25.60

38.08

22.58

18.92

10.08

Victoria

23.80

38.08

16.24

4.17

12.50

94.79

3

-

4.20

138.85

22

3.40

114.15

8 12

-

Regina

22.00

60.86

34.05

17.74

Saskatoon

22.00

66.98

11.47

10.30

-

Winnipeg

25.00

38.30

33.95 [6]

19.28

-

-

116.53

Montreal

22.60

39.90

-

[5]

-

[5]

-

-

62.50

1

-

[5]

-

-

80.75

2

Laval

22.60

39.90

18.25

Toronto

22.60

63.58 [8]

23.20

12.96

-

-

122.34

16

Ottawa

21.80

55.42 [8]

12.30

20.42

-

-

109.94

7

-

-

104.14

4

-

115.57

10

Brampton

26.05

61.22 [8]

8.40

8.47

Hamilton

21.80

64.09 [8]

14.84

14.84

Kitchener

21.80

54.93 [8]

17.12

12.84

London

21.80

57.27 [8]

20.88

16.65

Halifax

25.00

62.49

13.82

15.66

-

106.69

6

6.08

122.68

17

-

116.97

13 23

-

Saint John

22.00

56.49

33.76

27.53

-

-

139.78

Fredericton

22.00

62.99

14.90

17.13

-

-

117.02

14

St. John's

21.95

58.88

24.30

-

-

105.13

5

23.82

57.70

20.52

15.33

121.00

--

Average

[5]

-

3.65

1.24

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning and Policy Services Branch.

December 2003.

Sources: EPCOR. TELUS and City of Edmonton Asset Management & Public Works Department.

Notes: (1)For a touch-tone phone.

(2) Based on 600 KWH/month power consumption. Rates shown exclude GST and/or PST. (3) Based on 20 cubic meter per month water consumption.

(4) This amount is for both water and sewer charges.

(5)Financed through property tax.

(6) Includes surcharges; for Winnipeg it includes water and sewer main charges of $138 a year in tax levy.

(7) Includes an $0.11 surcharge for Message Relay Service and toll-free calling to adjacent communities.

(8) The energy rate is the weighed average Spot Market Price of 4.30c/kWh, retroactive to May 1, 2002.

(9) The energy rate is a Residential Flow-Through Price of 7.8952c/kWh.

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Chart 5: Total Property Tax and Utility Charges for a Single Detached House in 2003 - Canadian Cities

5,000 42164

4,500

3619 3637

3,500

3 92 3132 3143 304 1 3074

3274

2683

0

2,500 -

2,000

-

.

,

-

-

-

-

-

-

--

-

-

-,-

1,500

1,000

-

3453 350631

,-

3,000 U)

3931 3974 - 40374061

370

4,000

0

1

-

-

-7

'"-

500

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Total property tax includes municipal, regional and school taxes, but is net of homeowner grants or credits if applicable.

(2) The sample house is defined as a 25-30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement and a double car garage, on a 6,000 square foot lot.

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey

Table 5 Total Property Tax and Utility Charges for a Single-Family House in 2003 (Selected Canadian Cities ) (dollars) Total (1) Property Tax 1,700

Utility (2) Charges 1,919

Total 3,619

Rank 15

Calgary

1,586

1,661

3,247

8

Grande Prairie

1,842

2,461

4,303

25

Red Deer

1,462

1,579

3,041

3

Medicine Hat

1,409

1,394

2,803

2

Lethbridge

1,637

1,650

3,287

9

Burnaby

1,686

1,457

3,143

6

Surrey

1,550

1,582

3,132

5

Vancouver

2,123

1,383

3,506

13

Victoria

1,546

1,137

2,683

1

Regina

2,265

1,666

3,931

20

Saskatoon

2,440

1,370

3,810

18

Winnipeg

2,116

1,398

3,514

14

Montreal

2,887

750

3,637

16

Laval

2,353

969

3,322

10

Toronto

2,569

1,468

4,037

22

Ottawa

2,742

1,319

4,061

23

Brampton

2,724

1,250

3,974

21

Hamilton

2,829

1,387

4,216

24

Kitchener

2,480

1,280

3,760

17

London

2,389

1,472

3,861

19

Halifax

2,049

1,404

3,453

12

Saint John

1,660

1,677

3,337

11

Fredericton

1,670

1,404

3,074

4

St. John's

1,930

1,262

2,066

1,452

3,192 3,518

7 --

City EDMONTON

Average

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning & Policy Services Branch. December 2003.

Notes: (1) Property tax shown includes municipal, regional and school taxes, but is net of homeowner grants or credits.

(2) Utility charges include telephones, power, water, sewers, land drainage and garbage collection.

Utility charges also include surcharges for water mains and sewer upgrading where applicable.

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Chart 6: Combined Municipal Property Tax

and Utility Charges for a Single Detached House in 2003 - Canadian Cities

7I

4,000 3,500

-334

3006 3,000 2,500

24ng

OI2674

3643 3666

3169743192 319832147 3267

-

-

II

_

2823 2834

792705 -

24382441 2451 2481

II 0

2,500-

-

-

-

, i

-

-

:

1,500I -

1,000

500

ijI

~'

C

0

'C

'

.C'

I

'

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Property taxes include both municipal and regional taxes, but exclude school taxes and is net of part of homeowner grants if applicable.

(2) The sample house is defined as a 25-30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement and a double car garage, on a 6.000 square foot lot.

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey Table 6 Municipal Property Tax and Utility Charges for a Single-Family House in 2003 (Selected Canadian Cities) (dollars) Municipal (1)

Utility (3)

Property Tax 1,004

Charges 1,919

Total 2,923

Total 13

Municipal Tax 4

777

1,661

2,438

3

2

1,205

2,461

3,666

25

10

829

1,579

2,408

2

3

751

1,394

2,145

1

1

Lethbridge

1,029

1,650

2,679

8

5

Burnaby

1,248

1,457

2,705

9

11

Surrey

1,092

1,582

2,674

7

8

Vancouver

1,451

1,383

2,834

11

13

Victoria

1,344

1,137

2,481

6

12

Regina

1,157

1,666

2,823

10

9

City EDMONTON Calgary

Grande Prairie Red Deer Medicine Hat

-

Rank

Saskatoon

1,081

1,370

2,451

5

7

Winnipeg (2)

1,043

1,398

2,441

4

6

Montreal

2,448

750

3,198

18

25

Laval

1,940

969

2,909

12

21

Toronto

1,701

1,468

3,169

16

17

Ottawa

2,126

1,319

3,445

23

23

Brampton

2,017

1,250

3,267

20

22

Hamilton

2,256

1,387

3,643

24

24

Kitchener

1,934

1,280

3,214

19

20

London

1,900

1,472

3,372

22

18

Halifax

1,602

1,404

3,006

14

14

Saint John

1,660

1,677

3,337

21

15

Fredericton

1,670

1,404

3,074

15

16

St. John's

1,930

1,262

3,192

.17

19

1,488

1,452

2,940

--

--

Average

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning & Policy Services December 2003.

Notes: (1) Property tax shown excludes school taxes and is net of homeowner grants or credits.

(2) Municipal tax is net of part of homeowner grants.

(3) Utility charges include telephones, power, water, sewer, land drainage and garbage collection.

Utility charges also include surcharges for water mains and sewer upgrading where applicable.

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Chart 7: Combined Average Property Tax and Utility Charges for Single Detached Houses in 2003 - Canadian Cities

.EMM

I

1IIII II

5,500 5,000 4582

4417

4,500 4,000

4184 3948 4022 4038

-

37s83765

i

06 3601

34 54 3525 3

--

----

2 3-

3,500 3148 3051 3097 3143

3,000

-

2787

-

---

2532

0

-

-

1,000 500

----

-

-

2,000

1,500

--

-

--

-

-

-

--

--

2,500

-

-

--

-

.

--

-

-

-" Aâ&#x20AC;˘l

j

P

0 "

Z'

e~

e0

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1)Average property tax is the average property tax levy for all single detached houses inthe city.

(2)Utility charges include telephones, power, water, sewer, land drainage, and garbage collection. Utility charges also include surcharges for water mains and sewer upgrading where applicable.

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Table 7 Average Property Tax and Utility Charges for Single-Detached Houses in 2003

( Selected Canadian Cities ) (dollars) Utility (2) Average (1)

Property Tax

Charges

Total

Rank

EDMONTON

1,839

1,919

3,758

17

Calgary

1,864

1,661

3,525

13

Grande Prairie

1,956

2,461

4,417

23

Red Deer

1,669

1,579

3,248

9

Medicine Hat

1,427

1,394

2,821

3

Lethbridge

1,708

1,650

3,358

11

Burnaby

1,686

1,457

3,143

6

Surrey

1,566

1,582

3,148

7

Vancouver

2,123

1,383

3,506

14

Victoria

1,650

1,137

2,787

2

Regina

2,099

1,666

3,765

18

Saskatoon

2,231

1,370

3,601

16

Winnipeg

2,145

1,398

3,543

15

Montreal

3,198

750

3,948

19

Laval

2,082

969

3,051

4

Toronto

3,473

1,468

4,941

25

Ottawa

3,263

1,319

4,582

24

Brampton

2,788

1,250

4,038

21

Hamilton

2,797

1,387

4,184

22

Kitchener

2,048

1,280

3,328

10

London

2,550

1,472

4,022

20

Halifax

2,050

1,404

3,454

12

Saint John

1,559

1,677

3,236

8

Fredericton

1,693

1,404

3,097

5

St. John's

1,270

1,262

2,532

1

2,109

1,452

3,561

--

City

Average

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning & Policy Services December 2003.

Notes: (1) Average property tax is the average property tax levy for all single detached houses in the city.

(2) Utility charges include telephones, power, water, sewer, land drainage and garbage collection.

Utility charges also include surcharges for water mains and sewer upgrading where applicable.

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Chart 8: Total Property Tax for a Single Detached House in 2003 Edmonton Region

2,500 2221

1954

-

2,000 1776 1700

1622 1491

1,500

M91

1713

1643

1549

-

49.

I

0

1,000

500

--

0'

(,

I

%A

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003

Notes: (1)Figures include municipal and school taxes.

(2)The sample house is defined as a 25-30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement and a double car garage, on a 6,000 square foot lot.

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Chart 8A: Municipal Property Tax for a Single Detached House in 2003 -

Edmonton Region

m.EhmmnIII

I 1,800

1524

1,500 1255 1187

1,200

I

1097

992

0983 3) = 0

900

1323 --

20

924

1004

-

777

600 go

ro

300 -

0

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Figures exclude school taxes.

(2) The sample house is defined as a 25-30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement and a double car garage, on a 6,000 square foot lot.

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Table 8 Conparative Property Tax Levy on a Sanple House in 2003

(Edmonton Capital Region) (dollars) IMknicipal

School

City

Tax

Tax

EDMONTON

1,004

696

St. Albert

1,524

Leduc

Rank

Total

MuVnicipal

Total

1,700

5

6

697

2,221

11

11

1,323

631

1,954

10

10

Fort Saskatchewan

924

625

1,549

2

3

Devon

1,187

526

1,713

7

7

983

508

1,491

3

2

Spruce Grove

1,255

573

1,828

9

9

Morinville

1,097

525

1,622

6

4

Beaurmont

1,209

567

1,776

8

8

Leduc County

777

612

1,389

1

1

Strathcona County

992

651

1,643

4

5

1,116

601

1,717

-

-

Stony Plain

Average

Prepared by. The Oty of Edn-onton, Planning and Development Department, Planning & Policy Services.

Decemter 2003.

Notes: The sarple house is defined as a 25 to 30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement and a double car garage, on a 6,000 square foot lot.

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Chart 9: Average Property Tax for Single Detached Houses in 2003Edmonton Region

3,000 2673

2,500 2100 2032

2,000

1664

1674

= 1,500 0

qr

500

I0

Ft Saskatchewan

Devon

EDMONTON

Strathcona County

Leduc

St. Albert

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003

Notes: (1)Property taxes include both municipal and school taxes.

(2)The average property tax is the average property tax levy for all single detached houses inthe city.

T epae Ci

Planning , and Development Department ofyEdmonton ty

, eeme320

Noes

Departient Developme and of Edonton Planning City The

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Chart 9A: Median Property Tax for Single Detached Houses in 2003 Edmonton Region

.EMhhhMIIIII 3,000 2516

2,500 -2 2200

2,000 -97 1699 1613 1546

=1,500

--

1,000 -

500 -

Ft. Saskatchewan

Devon

EDMONTON

Strathcona County

Leduc

St. Albert

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Property taxes include both municipal and school taxes.

(2) The median property tax is the median property tax levy for all single detached houses in the city.

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Table 9 Average Property Tax and Median Property Tax for all Single Detached Houses in 2003 (Edmonton Capital Region) (dollars) Average Tax (1)

Median Tax (1)

Tax Levy

Rank

Tax Levy

Rank

EDMONTON

1,839

3

1,699

3

St. Albert

2,673

6

2,516

6

Leduc

2,100

5

2,200

5

Ft. Saskatchewan

1,664

1

1,546

1

Devon

1,674

2

1,613

2

City -

Stony Plain

N/A

N/A

Spruce Grove

N/A

N/A

Morinville

N/A

N/A

Beaumont

N/A

N/A

Leduc County

N/A

N/A

Strathcona County Average

2,032 1,997

4

1,937

4

1,919

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning

& Policy Services Branch, December 2003.

Note: (1)Property taxes include both municipal and school taxes.

The average property tax isthe average property tax levy for all single detached houses in the city.

The median property tax is the median property tax levy for all single detached houses in the city.

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Chart 10: Total Property Tax Levy Per Person in 2003 Edmonton Region

ili/i/lllll

2,500 2212

2,000

1486

1,500 1208 0

1042 1,000

852 -

782

763

H9

1046

o

-".

605 500 -

0

'?

40

'

o,

'0

IO

,

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Note: Total property tax levy includes municipal and school taxes.

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Chart 10A: Total Property and Business Tax Levy Per Person in 2003 Edmonton Region

.EMhhhhIIII 2,500 2212

2,000

1486

1,500

IO

1208

0

1033

0

1,000

1046

852763

5 00

1042

782

I., -

--

-- -

9

,

-.

0 0

0

0

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Note: Total property tax levy includes municipal and school taxes.

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Chart 10B: Residential Property Tax as Percent of Total Tax Levy in 2003 Edmonton Region SnlMllllilll

100

9 93.3 84.3

82.9

80

74.3

74.8

66.9

59 8 60

iI

54.2

a 40

3.

26.6

20

NIS

--

0

,

0

oob'

4?+

dO ?+

o

o C,

II

,#:

C,

o

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Note: Total tax levy includes property taxes for all properties. and business tax, machinery and equipment tax and others.

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Tabe 10

Total Prqmrty ad Busies Tax Levy Per arm in2003

(E t mCaita egion) ty

Popation [1] Rpty Business Tot Levy Rv

(h

Tax Ly PrIPr

T

ToI_ Tax Levy

ty

ak Tot Levy a

(dollars)

doIlars) ofsan

(cdlars)

BiVDI

666,104

608,314

79,796

688,110

913

5

1,033

6

St.Albert

53,081

55,530

0

55,530

1,046

8

1,046

8

Leduc

15,(032

15,669

0

15,689

1,012

7

1,042

7

R.Satadwa2)

13121

19,495

0

19,495

1,486

10

1,486

10

4,236

0

4,236

852

4

852

4

9,589

7,502

0

7,502

782

3

782

3

15,983

14,936

0

14,936

934

6

934

5

IVbmrinville

6,540

3,956

0

3,956

605

1

605

1

Beamt

7,006

5,347

0

5,347

763

2

763

2

Ledu Cctrty (2)

12,28

27,717

0

27,717

2,212

11

2,212

11

SIahoa xr2)

71,986

86,992

0

86,9912

1,28

9

Aurage

79,631

77,245

7,254

8449

1,077

-

1,208 1,088

9 -

an4,99 Stony Plain e sruetGrof

Prepared tyl1e Oty of Edriton,Ramng and DEdorrent DepartJnt, Rarnng and Pdicy Semces Brarh Deoenter 2003 Notes:

(1)2001 PRoptiatia figue fromthe 2001 Federal Crs. irdudes rrm~ahnery &aequrmt ley, and linear assesst.

(2)PrFtperty tax lesvy

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Table 10A Total Property and Eiusiness Tax Lew in 2003 Edmonton Capital Ron) thousands of dollars (

(

Qty

)

Ilsiness

Property Tax _

limidetitial N3n-Fbsidei1ial

EDMONTON

373,252

Tctal

235,062 6C6,314

Tctal

R3Side,1ial Rank

Tax Levy as %of Total

Tax

79,796 688,110

54.2

3

S. /start

46,821

8,709

55,530

0

55,530

84.3

10

LedIC

10,481

5,1:i

15,669

0

15,6E9

66.9

5

R. Saskatchmank

7,167

12,328

19,495

0

19,495

36.8

2

Devon

3,167

1,069

4,236

0

4,236

74.8

7

Stony Rain

5,799

1,703

7,502

0

7,5Ce

77.3

8

11,101

3,835

14,936

0

14,926

74.3

6

Nbripville

3,2f9

677

3,6

0

3,956

829

9

Beaummt

4,989

358

5,347

0

5,347

93.3

11

LedX Ccunty*

7,374

20,343

27,717

0

27,717

26.6

1

51,978

35,014

86,992

0

86,992

59.8

4

47,764

29,481

77,245

7,254

84499

56.5

clruice Gram

Strathcona Canty* AtEm

REpared by. Re Oty of Ertl-Exton, Flaming and Developm3nt Cepertrrent, Flaming and Fblicy &I -vices Branch.

Decerrter 2033.

Nbte: ' Nco-resicisntial property tax levy incluies rrechinery & egLipirrent levy, and linear assessrrera.

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Table 10B Total Property Tax Levy By Purposes in 2003 (Edmonton Capital Region) (thousands of dollars)

Residential Property

Non-residential Property Total

Municipal

School

Tax (1)

Tax

373,252

159,170

75,892

235,062

14,689

46,821

5,793

2,916

8,709

7,151

3,330

10,481

3,795

1,393

5,188

Fort Saskatchewan (2)

4,822

2,345

7,167

9,754

2,574

12,328

Devon

2,195

972

3,167

673

396

1,069

Stony Plain

3,822

1,977

5,799

1,062

641

1,703

Spruce Grove

7,655

3,446

11,101

2,598

1,237

3,835

Morinville

2,218

1,061

3,279

393

284

677

Beaumont

3,395

1,594

4,989

198

160

358

N/A

N/A

7,374

N/A

N/A

20,343

Strathcona County (2)

31,256

20,722

51,978

27,031

7,983

35,014

Average

31,807

19,997

47,764

21,047

9,348

29,481

Municipal

School

Tax (1)

Tax

223,419

149,833

St. Albert

32,132

Leduc

City

EDMONTON

-

Leduc County (2)

Total

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning and Policy Services. December 2003.

Note: (1) Includes municipal, regional and other levies.

(2) Non-residential property tax levy includes machinery & equipment levy, and linear assessment.

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Chart 11: Total Monthly Utility Charge for Single Detached Houses in 2003 Edmonton Region Slll/lllllll

175 170

170

168

1653

162

!

162

160

160

0

i

155 150

151

151

150 146

145

140

143

--

135 ,A

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Note: Figures include charges for telephone, power, water, sewer, land drainage, and garbage collection.

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Table 11 Average Monthly Utility Charges for a Single-Family House (Edmonton Capital Region) (as of September 2003) (dollars) Telephone [1]

Power [2]

Land Water [3] Sewer [3] Garbage Drainage

Total

Rank

EDMONTON

23.86

73.59

26.29

22.06

10.45

3.65

159.90

6

St. Albert

23.86

73.22

19.92

17.86

8.75

2.25

145.86

2

Leduc

30.01

76.11

24.32

20.11

12.00

5.00

167.55

10

Ft. Saskatchewan

30.01

72.54

24.22

13.11

11.22

-

151.10

5

Devon

30.01

73.09

25.32

26.29

7.15

-

161.86

8

Stony Plain

30.01

73.18

26.35

11.27

9.83

-

150.64

4

Spruce Grove

30.01

73.03

35.49 [4]

-

11.25

-

149.78

3

Morinville

29.91

73.12

30.43

19.80

8.33

-

161.59

7

Beaumont

27.26

73.09

22.90

30.79

9.62

-

163.66

9

Leduc County

30.01

75.72

19.72

17.60

-

-

143.05

1

Strathcona County

30.01

72.77

24.56

25.50

12.50

4.60

169.94

11

Average

28.63

73.59

25.41

18.58

9.19

3.88

156.81

-

[5]

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning & Policy Services Branch.

December 2003.

Sources: EPCOR, TELUS and City of Edmonton Asset Management & Public Works Department.

Notes: (1) For a touch-tone phone; includes an $0.11 surcharge for Message Relay Service and toll-free calling to adjacent communities.

(2)Based on 600 KWH/month power consumption; Rates shown include Balancing Pool Credit, exclude GST. (3)Based on 20 cubic meter/month water consumption. For Beaumont the charge includes Sewer Improvement Levy.

(4)Includes water and sewer charges.

(5)The energy rate is a Residential Flow-Through Price of 7.8952c/kWh.

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Chart 12: Total Property Tax and Utility Charges for a Single Detached House in 2003 Edmonton Region

4,200 4,100 '9 71

4 ,0 0 0 -

3,900 3,800 38700 -_

682 3619

0

3740

.5

3625

3,600 -377

0 3,500

" an

by

3,400

De

nc

3299

.

3,300 3,200

3106

3,100

-

3,000

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Total property tax includes municipal and school taxes.

(2) The sample house is defined as a 25-30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement and a double car garage, on a 6,000 square foot lot.

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Table 12 Total Property Tax and Utility Charges for a Single-Family House in 2003 (Edmonton Capital Region) (dollars) Total (1) Property Tax

Utility (2) Charges

Total

Rank

1,700

1,919

3,619

5

St. Albert

2,221

1,750

3,971

11

Leduc

1,954

2,011

3,965

10

Ft. Saskatchewan

1,549

1,813

3,362

3

Devon

1,713

1,942

3,655

7

Stony Plain

1,491

1,808

3,299

2

Spruce Grove

1,828

1,797

3,625

6

Morinville

1,622

1,939

3,561

4

Beaumont

1,776

1,964

3,740

9

Leduc County

1,389

1,717

3,106

1

Strathcona County

1,643

2,039

3,682

8

1,717

1,882

3,599

-

EDMONTON

Average

-

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning & Policy Services.

December 2003.

Notes: (1) Property tax shown includes municipal and school taxes.

(2) Utility charges include telephones, power, water, sewer, land drainage and garbage collection.

Utility charges also include surcharges for water mains and sewer upgrading where applicable.

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Chart 13: Combined Municipal Property Tax and Utility Charges for a Single Detached

House in 2003 - Edmonton Region 111I

MMMEM

4,000 3,500

MI 0I

2923

3,000

2737

2,500 o

2,000

3274 -3031

3036

3052

3129

-

J

4

3173 3 .

2791

2494

--

1,500., 1,000

I

500 0

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Property tax figures exclude school taxes.

(2) The sample house is defined as a 25-30 year-old detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a main floor area of 1,200 square feet, finished full basement and a double car garage, on a 6,000 square foot lot.

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Table 13 Municipal Property Tax and Utility Charges for a Single-Family House in 2003 (Edmonton Capital Region) (d ollars) Municipal (1)

Utility (2)

Property Tax

Charges

Total

Rank

1,004

1,919

2,923

4

St. Albert

1,524

1,750

3,274

10

Leduc

1,323

2,011

3,334

11

924

1,813

2,737

2

1,187

1,942

3,129

8

983

1,808

2,791

3

Spruce Grove

1,255

1,797

3,052

7

Morinville

1,097

1,939

3,036

6

Beaumont

1,209

1,964

3,173

9

Leduc County

777

1,717

2,494

1

Strathcona County

992

2,039

3,031

5

1,116

1,882

2,998

-

EDMONTON

-

Ft. Saskatchewan Devon Stony Plain

Average

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning & Policy Services.

December 2003.

Notes: (1) Property tax shown exclude,; school taxes.

(2) Utility charges include telephones, power, water, sewer, land drainage and garbage collection.

Utility charges also include surcharges for water mains and sewer upgrading where applicable.

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey

Chart 14: Combined Average Property Tax and Utility Charges for Single Detached Houses in 2003 - Edmonton Region

5,000 4423

4,500 4071

4111

4,000 3616 3477

3,500

1

3,000 2,500

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500 -0 Ft.

Devon

EDMONTON

Saskatchewan

Strathcona

Leduc

St. Albert

County

Prepared by: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department. December 2003 Notes: (1) Average property tax is the average property tax levy forall single detached houses in the city.

(2) Utility charges include telephones, power, water, sewer and garbage collection. Utility charges also include water mains and sewer upgrading where applicable. surcharges for

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2003 Residential Property Taxes and Utility Charges Survey

Table 14 Average Property Tax and Utility Charges

for Single-Detached Houses in 2003 (Edmonton Capital Region) (dollars) Average (1) Property Tax

Utility (2) Charges

Total

Rank

EDMONTON

1,839

1,919

3,758

3

St. Albert

2,673

1,750

4,423

6

Leduc

2,100

2,011

4,111

5

Ft. Saskatchewan

1,664

1,813

3,477

1

Devon

1,674

1,942

3,616

2

Stony Plain

N/A

1,808

N/A

Spruce Grove

N/A

1,797

N/A

Morinville

N/A

1,939

N/A

Beaumont

N/A

1,964

N/A

Leduc County

N/A

1,717

N/A

2,032

2,039

4,071

4

1,997

1,882

3,879

-

Strathcona County

Average

Prepared by: The City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, Planning & Policy Services.

December 2003.

Notes: (1) Average property tax is the average property tax levy for all single detached houses in the city.

(2) Utility charges include telephones, power, water, sewer, land drainage and garbage collection.

Utility charges also include surcharges for water mains and sewer upgrading where applicable.

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