Municipal finance – Overview

Overview

The Municipal Government Act (MGA) requires that each municipality and regional services commission prepare statistical and financial information returns.

These reports, including the annual municipal auditor's reports, should be submitted to Municipal Affairs by the dates specified in the MGA.

The following links provide detailed information regarding reporting requirements.

• Municipal statistical returns
• Annual financial reporting for municipalities
• Reporting for Regional Service Commissions

Tools and resources

• Municipal corporate planning guide
• Municipal corporate planning templates
• Municipal asset management
• Example Tax Rate Bylaw (DOC, 109 KB)
• Property Tax Bylaw Workbook (XLSX, 23 KB)

Milenet

Milenet is the online portal which provides access to financial reporting forms and the Municipal Financial Indicator Graphs. For information on interpreting the graphs or to inquire about access to the Milenet site, please contact a Municipal Advisor via the contact information below.

Municipal financial and statistical information

Recent and archived financial and statistical data for all Alberta municipalities can be found on the Government of Alberta’s Open Government Portal.

The archived financial data and statistics compressed files (.zip format) contain individual spreadsheets for each schedule required for the financial reporting year.

If assistance is required on the interpretation of these files, please contact a Municipal Advisor via the contact information below.

Municipal financial data and statistics from prior to 1994 are not available at this time.

Contact

Connect with the Municipal Advisory team at Alberta Municipal Affairs:

Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-427-2225
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Email: [email protected]