2025 Revaluation Year

The Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) conducts revaluations based on a four-year cycle, as per legislation. 2021 was the year of the last revaluation, and the 2025 Revaluation will see assessed values updated to reflect a new base date of January 1, 2023. The legislated base date means that 2025 values reflect a property’s value as of January 1, 2023.
For more information on Assessment Values, and how it affects your taxes, visit:
SAMA – to review revaluation property assessments on SAMA VIEW, you can go to www.sama.sk.ca and click on the SAMA VIEW link.
Government Website: www.saskatchewan.ca
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Notice of Assessment Roll - 2025 Open

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Arborfield No. 456 for the year 2025 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor during business hours from March 21, 2025 to May 20, 2025. 
A bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been mailed as required.
Any person wishing to discuss the notice of assessment or potential appeal may contact the assessor at the R.M. of Arborfield Office. 
A notice of appeal, accompanied with the $50.00 appeal fee (which will be returned if the appeal is successful) must be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Revision, Mike Ligtermoet, Nor-Sask Board Services, 642 Agnew St., Prince Albert, SK S6V 2P1 by the 6th day of May, 2024.

Dated this 20th day of March, 2025.

Andrea Bell, Assessor.

2025 Tax Rates

TBD
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The education property tax mill rates to be levied with respect to every school division and property class for the 2025 taxation year are as follows:
  • Agricultural Property: 1.07 mills (1.42 previously)
  • Residential Property: 4.27 mills (4.54 previously)
  • Commercial/Industrial Property: 6.37 mills (6.86 previously)
  • Resource Property: 7.49 mills (9.88 previously)

Municipal Assessment and Taxation

Property assessment is the process of determining a property's assessed value for tax purposes. The assessed value is not the market value; however, the assessed value will closely resemble a current market value for most properties. All properties are reassessed every four years, the latest one done in 2021. If there have been no changes to your property since the reassessed value change in 2021, there will be no changes until 2025.
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The RM of Arborfield uses the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) to calculate and update all assessments within the municipality. SAMA performs annual maintenance updates to properties showing an increase or decrease in assessment. 
SAMAView is an online search tool that allows general public access to property assessment information in municipalities, where assessment services are provided by SAMA. Using your Assessment ID number shown on your notice, you can search for your property. 
Should you wish to discuss your properties valuation, please contact SAMA directly and they will review your property profile with you. The phone number for the SAMA office is 306-752-6142.

Understanding Your Assessment Notice

For 2021 revaluation, the percentages of values are:
  • Non-arable (range or pasture) land at 45%
  • Other (cultivated) agricultural land at 55%
  • Residential, multi-unit residential and seasonal residential at 80%
  • Commercial, industrial, elevator, railway, resource and pipeline at 85%
What is the Relationship between Property Assessment and Taxes?
SAMA has been mandated the responsibility for determining assessment values for all properties, while the task of setting property taxes belongs to municipal governments. 
The relationship between assessment and taxes comes from the fact that municipal governments levy taxes as a "mill rate" that is charged as a proportion of a property's assessment value. 
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SAMA first determines the assessed value for the property. After than, a provincial government tax policy is applied. The policy multiplies a percentage formula against the assessed value, producing what is called the taxable value. 

Assessment Appeals

If you feel your assessment is in error you can appeal it if you have sufficient grounds for the appeal. For example, perhaps SAMA has rated the condition of your property 'average', but you feel it is in 'poor' condition, or they have assessed a deck on your property in 2002 and the deck has since been removed. 
The more information you can provide to back up your grounds for appeal the better. 
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Any person with an interest in the assessed value or the classification of property can appeal the property assessment. 
You can appeal if you believe there has been an error in:
  • the assessed value;
  • the classification;
  • the contents of the assessment roll; and
  • the assessment notice.
The SAMA website explains the property assessment appeal process. 

293 Exemption

Section 293 of The Municipalities Act allows for a tax adjustment to dwellings within the Rural Municipality outside of organized hamlets. The taxable assessment of the dwelling may be reduced by the taxable assessment of any land in this or in an adjoining municipality that is owned or leased by the occupant.
To have this exemption applied to your dwelling, you must complete and return this form to the municipal office by March 31st each year.
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Further information regarding Property Assessment and Taxation can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website. 
Box 280
​Arborfield, SK S0E 0A0
​(306) 769-8533