Welcome to the Assessment and Taxation Department
About Us
The Assessment and Taxation Department is responsible for the valuation and classification of all real property, personal property and business occupancies within the City of Winnipeg for the purpose of distributing taxes fairly to the City's citizens.
Our Mission
To provide fair, open, understandable and defensible property valuations and classifications for the equitable distribution of taxation.
The City Assessor
The powers and responsibilities of the City Assessor are detailed in the Municipal Assessment and City of Winnipeg Charter Acts. The City Assessor is a legislative officer and as such adheres to provincial legislation when performing the assessment function. Administratively the Assessment and Taxation Department reports through the Chief Financial Officer to the Chief Administrative Officer and politically to the Standing Committee on Fiscal Issues.
What We Do
| Assessment Services | Taxation Services |
1. Property Assessment Information
2. Business Assessment Information
3. Self Service Information
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1. Property Tax Information
2. Business Tax Information
3. Tax Instalment Payment Plan (TIPP)
4. Payment Information
5. Other Taxes Information
6. Self Services Information
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| Link to a sample Property Assessment Notice Link to a sample Business Assessment Notice |
Link to a sample Property Tax Bill Link to a sample Business Tax Bill |
FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about assessment and taxation.
Taxes not Administered by the Assessment and Taxation Department
There are forms of taxation levied by other levels of government that are not administered by the Assessment and Taxation Department. Examples of these types of taxes include, but are not limited to, the following:
Personal Income Tax
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Provincial Sales Tax (PST)
For more information on these and other forms of taxes that are administered by the Province of Manitoba or the Government of Canada, please click on the following links:
Link to Province of Manitoba taxes
Link to Government of Canada taxes
How we are Organized
The Assessment and Taxation Department is organized into three divisions, each headed by a manager who reports to the City Assessor. The three divisions are:
- Taxation and Finance
- Support Services and Strategic Planning
- Field Operations
The Assessment and Taxation department will be mailing out the formal request for income and expense information for commercial, hotel, and multifamily properties on Friday April 9, 2010. The due date for completing the questionnaires and returning them to the department will be Monday May 3, 2010. For more information about the importance of this information please click here : 2009 Income and Expense Data.
General AssessmentThe 2010 Assessment Roll was issued June 5, 2009 with Property Assessment Notices being mailed to the owners of more than 200,000 properties in the City of Winnipeg. Included with the 2010 Property Assessment Notice is an insert with key information regarding the notice. Click here to view the 2010 Property Assessment Notice insert.
The 2010 Business Assessment Notices were mailed out to all businesses in the City of Winnipeg on Friday, November 13, 2009 with a deadline of December 4, 2009 to file an appeal with the Board of Revision. The total number of notices mailed out is 12,528 which are for the 12,043 businesses in the City of Winnipeg. Click here to view the 2010 Business Assessment Notice insert.
To enter your information online:
Simply click on the Secure Login link in “My Properties” and then create an account, filling in your private user ID# and roll number, found on your letter.
If you have already used our Secure Login link and have an existing User ID# and password, you can use your existing User ID# and password to enter the new Online Data Collection system. Creating a new account will not be necessary.
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