School Support Notice

All individuals who own property located in a municipality where both a public school district and a Roman Catholic separate school district exist, are required to file this notice when a property is acquired. 

An individual may file a notice at any subsequent time.

*Each property will require a separate School Support Notice (ie. parking stalls, multiple properties)

Consistent with the Constitution Act, 1982 (Canada),  the School Act provides:

1.    That individuals who are Roman Catholic must direct their taxes in support of schools to the Roman Catholic separate school district. A Roman Catholic is defined as an individual who recognizes the Pope as the head of the Church (ie. Roman Catholic, Greek Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic).

2.   That all other individuals must direct their taxes in support of schools to the public school district.

3.    Where 2 or more individuals (where 1 or more is Roman Catholic) own property, they must direct their taxes in support of schools to the public school district and the Roman Catholic separate school district in proportion to their ownership.  Joint owners are deemed to own the property in equal shares, e.g. two property owners, one Roman Catholic and the other one is not: 50% Public, 50% Separate; or three property owners all having equal shares, one Roman Catholic, and the other two are not: 66.7% Public, 33.3% Separate.

The personal information collected in this form is collected pursuant to the provisions of S.4(c) of Alberta's Protection of Privacy Act (POPA), RSA 2000, cF-25 and relevant provisions of the School Act, RSA cS-3 dealing with the assessment of property for the purposes of assessing property taxes accordingly. Should you have any questions regarding this activity, please contact the relevant Municipal official in your local Municipal office.

A School Support Notice filed by a property owner is effective in the taxation year following the year in which the School Support Notice is filed.