Osaka, Japan is 5.7 times more dense than Calgary.
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July 11, 2018
2:53PM
San Francisco has a comparable land area to Vancouver but accommodates roughly 30 per cent more residents.
March 23, 2018
9:04AM
Once its net debt reaches $48 billion in 2020/21, Alberta will have burned through $83 billion in net assets in 13 years.
October 30, 2017
10:39AM
City hall should shorten approval timelines for building permits.
July 28, 2017
3:25PM
From 2004 to 2014, 270,926 more Canadians came to Alberta from other provinces than left the province.
March 16, 2017
3:10PM
By 2019/20, Alberta’s net debt will reach $45 billion or $10,000 for every man, woman and child.
February 20, 2017
8:12AM
According to new census data, population growth in Calgary has lagged behind the regional average.
December 6, 2014
6:00AM
Once again, Calgary city council has raised property taxes beyond the rate of inflation. No surprise. Over the past seven years, only once, in 2007, has council approved a tax increase below Calgary’s inflation rate.
October 5, 2013
2:00AM
It's not your imagination. Your property taxes really are shooting higher.
For those who haven't paid attention to their property tax bill until recently, let me offer some calculations: Had the city and province stuck to inflation-only increases starting in 2007, a homeowner with a $2,500 property tax bill in 2006 would see a $2,858 bill this year. Instead, the charge will be $3,430, or an extra $572. The cumulative effect over seven years is an extra $1,538.
June 8, 2013
2:00AM
If you live in Calgary and you check your property tax bill this month, rest assured you are not imagining things: property taxes really are on the rise and way above inflation.
Some background: Calgary's property tax bill has two components, with the city's share at 56 per cent and the province's at 44 per cent.
Since 2007, the earliest year for which I have statistics, the province has hiked its rate beyond inflation in five of seven years. But the provincial government also dropped its taxes twice, in 2011 and this year.