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Are property taxes in Saskatoon higher or lower than the national average?

There is no single verified figure comparing Saskatoon's property tax burden to a national average, and the comparison is a weak one anyway, since the City of Saskatoon sets its own mill rate against an assessed value at 80 percent of value, and every municipality across Canada calculates its bill differently.

What actually varies city to city is the combination of assessed value and mill rate, not a single comparable rate you can rank nationally. A Saskatoon home near the current benchmark of $444,700 can carry a very different bill from a similarly priced home elsewhere in the country simply because the two cities weigh services and levies differently.

A more useful comparison for a Saskatoon owner or buyer is your own bill against comparable Saskatoon properties, since that is the number an appeal to the Board of Revision can actually act on, not a national ranking that has no bearing on your specific assessment.

If you are weighing a move based on carrying costs, comparing actual notices for similar homes beats a national average every time. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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