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 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Calgary repealed blanket rezoning on August 4, 2026, returning 99% of properties to their previous zoning.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 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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Alberta Continuing Care Capital Cost: What $365,000 Per Space Tells Developers
Alberta has, for the first time in this cycle, put a public number on what it costs the province to add a continuing care bed. The Alberta continuing care capital cost implied by the April 2026 funding round is roughly $365,000 per space. Almost everyone in the sector read that announcement as health policy. It..
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Alberta Construction Costs Rose 4% in 2026 While Toronto’s Fell
Alberta construction costs rose more than 4% in 2026. Over the same twelve months, Toronto’s fell. Same country, same tariff regime, opposite direction. That divergence is invisible in every national average published this year, and it is the reason most cross-border cost benchmarking produces a number nobody can build to. The comparison most people start..
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Calgary vs Edmonton Building Permits: The $128,000 Gap
The number nobody publishes The average Calgary building permit was worth $476,000 last year. In Edmonton, $348,000. Three hours up Highway 2. That figure is not published anywhere. It comes from dividing two numbers that are: total permit value, and permit count. Calgary recorded $7.4 billion across 15,559 permits in 2025. Edmonton recorded $4.9 billion..
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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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