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Originally Posted by yads
Just curious if density is such a big factor to keeping operating costs down, why Toronto, Victoria and Vancouver have significantly higher property taxes despite being much denser than Calgary?
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It's an interesting question. It's hard to compare apples to apples because different municipalities provide different services or levels of service. For example Montreal spends about $145 million on snow removal a year (even though they have fewer lane km than Calgary) we spend about $35 million. They have chosen to physically remove snow from most streets, we plough and sand/salt and mostly only on major roadways. Other municipalities also have much greater responsibility in social services and housing than us for instance.