Calgarians will soon get a better of idea of just how much they will pay on their property taxes this year. On Wednesday, city council voted on an overall property tax increase of 3.61 per cent. That number is a combined rate of both municipal tax as well as the provincial education tax.

The provincial government increased how much it is requisitioning for the education tax from the City of Calgary by 1.7 per cent — or $12.8 million — this year.

“We have no control over the provincial requisition (and) we have no control over assessed values, so we really have to work with what we’re given,” said Ward 1 councillor Sonya Sharp, who chaired the meeting as deputy mayor because Mayor Jyoti Gondek is in Vancouver for a conference.