City of Regina Property Tax Assessment and Appeals

If you think the City of Regina has overvalued your property, you can file a Regina property tax assessment appeal with the Board of Revision within 60 days of your assessment notice in a revaluation year, or within 30 days in other years. The appeal must identify a specific error in how your property was valued, classified, or recorded — a feeling that your taxes are too high is not enough.

What Counts as a Valid Ground for Appeal

The Board of Revision will only hear appeals that point to a concrete problem in one of three areas: the valuation itself, the property’s classification, or the underlying property data the city used to produce the number. In practice that means you need to be able to say something like: the recorded square footage is wrong, the house is coded as commercial when it is residential, a feature the city thinks exists does not, or comparable homes on your block are assessed for noticeably less.

Classification errors are the costliest kind. The Province sets a percentage of value for each property class that gets applied before the mill rate: 80 percent for residential and condominium, 85 percent for commercial and industrial, 55 percent for agricultural.¹ A home mistakenly flagged as commercial is taxed on a larger share of its value before any other calculation runs.

One thing worth knowing before you start: a higher assessed value this cycle does not automatically mean a higher tax bill. The city adjusts its mill rate after each revaluation so that total revenue stays roughly flat, which means your taxes only rise if your value went up by more than the citywide average.² If your appeal is really about the size of your bill rather than a factual error, the Board of Revision is not the venue.

Check Your Notice Before You File

Assessment notices for the current 2025–2028 cycle were mailed in January 2025, and the values on them reflect what your property would have sold for on a base date of January 1, 2023 — not today’s market.² When yours arrives, work through the physical details first. Square footage, year of construction, lot dimensions, finished basement, detached garage, property class. If you pulled permits for renovations in recent years, confirm those improvements are shown accurately.

Then compare. The Assessment Roll is the public record of every property in the city, and you can use it to look at similar homes nearby — comparable lot sizes, ages, conditions, and features.³ If your assessment stands out noticeably from near-identical properties on the same block, that comparison becomes concrete evidence you can bring to a hearing.

Talk to an Assessor First

Before filing anything formal, call a city assessor and ask them to walk through how your value was calculated. Straightforward data errors — wrong square footage, a feature that was removed, an incorrect finish — can often be corrected on the spot without a hearing. If the conversation does not resolve things, you will at least leave with a clearer picture of what the city believes about your property and what evidence you need to counter it. Start gathering photographs, inspection reports, and comparable property data from the roll.

How to File the Appeal

The Notice of Appeal form is included with your assessment notice.⁴ On the form you must state the specific grounds — the particular error in valuation, classification, or data. Vague complaints will not meet the threshold.

The filing fee depends on the property type and value:

Single-family residential: $30 per property
Residential condominium: $30 per unit
Other properties assessed up to $499,999: $150
Other properties assessed $500,000 to $1,000,000: $500
Other properties assessed over $1,000,000: $750

Submit the completed form and fee to the Secretary of the Board of Revision at City Hall, 15th floor. You can mail it, deliver it in person, or use the city’s online Assessment Appeal Form portal.⁵ The 60-day window in a revaluation year (30 days otherwise) runs from when the notice is mailed or the roll is advertised, and missing it ends your appeal regardless of its merits.⁶

If your form is missing something, the secretary will tell you exactly what and give you up to 14 days to fix it. Fail to correct it in time and the appeal can be refused without a hearing.⁶

What Happens at the Hearing

Once your appeal is accepted, the secretary will send written notice of the hearing date, time, and location at least 30 days in advance.⁴

The evidence deadlines are strict and this is where many homeowners stumble. Written materials you intend to rely on must go to the board secretary and the other parties at least 20 days before the hearing. The assessor’s materials are due at least 10 days before. Any reply materials from you are due at least five days before.⁶ Evidence that was never disclosed can be refused.

For single-family residential appeals, or any property assessed at $750,000 or less, you can request a simplified, less formal process.⁶ Most homeowners take this route. The board looks at whether the assessment was carried out properly under provincial law and whether the data behind your value is accurate. A written decision must be issued within 180 days of publication of the assessment notice.⁷

If the Board Rules Against You

You have 30 days from receiving the Board of Revision’s written decision to file a further appeal with the Assessment Appeal Committee of the Saskatchewan Municipal Board.⁸

What you are arguing changes at this level. You are no longer challenging the assessed value directly; you have to show that the Board of Revision itself made a specific error of fact or law.⁹ SAMA takes part in these hearings alongside the city.

Filing fees at the Saskatchewan Municipal Board are based on taxable assessment, ranging from $50 for properties with a taxable value of $100,000 or less up to $600 for properties over $1,100,000. A separate form and fee are required for each property.⁸

Keep Paying While You Appeal

An open appeal does not pause your tax bill. Regina mails property tax notices in late May with payment due by June 30. Miss that date and a late penalty of 1.5 percent per month applies to the unpaid balance. Balances still unpaid after December 31 are declared in arrears, at which point the monthly penalty rises to 1.75 percent.¹⁰

If your appeal eventually succeeds, your assessment and bill will be adjusted, but penalties accrued in the meantime are a separate problem. The city’s Tax Installment Payment Plan (TIPPS) spreads the annual bill across monthly installments, and accounts enrolled in TIPPS are not subject to late penalties.¹⁰ Pay on time, appeal in parallel, and sort out any refund after the board rules.

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City of Regina. 2025 Taxable Assessment and Provincial Percentage
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City of Regina. Revaluation
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City of Regina. Property Assessment Roll 2026
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City of Regina. Assessment Appeal Process
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City of Regina. City of Regina Property Assessment
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Government of Saskatchewan. Assessment Appeals Guide for Municipalities and Boards of Revision
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Government of Saskatchewan. 2025 Assessment Appeals Guide in Saskatchewan for Citizens
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Government of Saskatchewan. Appeal a Board of Revision Decision
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SAMA – Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency. Appeals
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City of Regina. Understanding Property Taxes