Calgary Non-Residential Tax Ratio Hits 4.63. Edmonton Is Just Over 3.
Calgary businesses pay $4.63 in municipal property tax for every $1 a homeowner pays on the same assessed value. In Edmonton it is just over $3. Why the non-residential tax ratio belongs in every commercial pro forma.
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Office Vacancy in Calgary vs Edmonton: Same Province, Two Markets in Q3 2026
Calgary posted its second-strongest downtown office absorption quarter since 2014, with sublease space down 19.2%. Edmonton office vacancy is still 17.4%, yet quality space is scarce. Why the headline vacancy rate is not enough.
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Calgary Industrial Market Q2 2026: 3.24% Vacancy and a Pre-Leased Pipeline
Calgary industrial vacancy fell to 3.24% in Q2 2026 while space under construction rose 49% to 3.8M sq ft, much of it pre-leased. The feasibility risk has moved from leasing to delivery.
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Calgary Rezoning Repeal and Edmonton Rollback: Who Carries the Risk
Calgary repealed blanket rezoning on August 4, 2026, returning 99% of properties to their previous zoning. On October 8 the province ordered Edmonton to roll back its own bylaw. Here is what it means for infill feasibility and land value.
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Alberta Building Permits Jump 54.8% in Non-Residential While Canada Falls: What the August 2026 Data Really Says
Alberta building permits told a completely different story from the rest of Canada in August 2026. Nationally, non-residential building permits slipped 0.6%. In Alberta, they jumped 54.8%. Same country, same month, same release from Statistics Canada. That is not a small regional variation. It is a different construction pipeline. And if you plan capacity, price..
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Alberta Labour Market: 5 Critical Signals for Construction
The Alberta labour market moved against Canada’s national trend in September 2026, highlighting why local employment conditions matter for construction and business planning. While Canadian employment declined by approximately 68,000, Alberta recorded a net increase of 23,100 employed people. Quebec’s employment fell by 49,400, while British Columbia recorded a decline of 20,200. These provincial figures..
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Calgary vs Edmonton construction costs: 2026 Data
If you’re comparing Calgary vs Edmonton construction costs in 2026, the headline number depends entirely on which type of building you’re asking about. According to Statistics Canada’s Building Construction Price Index for the first quarter of 2026, residential and non-residential construction costs in Alberta’s two largest cities are moving in opposite directions — sometimes by..
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Calgary’s Housing Supply Gap: What the Airdrie, Chestermere and Cochrane Numbers Actually Show
Population in Calgary’s satellite communities is growing faster than almost anywhere else in Canada. But a closer look at the region’s building permit and housing start data reveals a Calgary’s housing supply gap that most market commentary is missing — and it matters directly for anyone running feasibility studies, site selection, or development underwriting in..
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Calgary vs Edmonton: What Two Opposite Zoning Bets Mean for Alberta Feasibility Studies
In 2024, Calgary vs Edmonton made the same regulatory bet: citywide upzoning, pitched as the fix for the same problem — a population growing faster than housing supply could keep up. Two years later, the two cities are running opposite plays, and the split has real consequences for anyone underwriting a construction or development project..
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Calgary Construction Costs vs Toronto: What the 2026 Data Actually Shows
For fifteen years the pitch has been the same in every boardroom west of Winnipeg: build in Alberta, it costs less than Toronto. In 2026 that sentence stopped being reliably true. Calgary construction costs now run above Greater Toronto on retail, warehousing and mid-rise residential, while remaining dramatically below the GTA on institutional, educational and..
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Eros belotti
Construction project manager with over 20 years of experience in Europe and the Canary Islands. Specialized in modular housing, container construction, real estate development and international project management. Founder of Reforma Vivienda Tenerife and Donkey Lab.
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