The former Northland Pioneer Lodge building on Third Street West. (Image Credit: meadowlakeNOW)

By meadowlakeNOW staff

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Meadow Lake homeowners to keep paying $125 levy until about 2032 for long-term care project

Jun 28, 2026 | 12:13 PM

That $125 charge on Meadow Lake property tax bills isn’t going away yet.

Homeowners will continue paying the annual long-term care levy as the city works to pay off borrowing used to cover its share of the Northland Pioneer Lodge replacement project.

City council adopted a bylaw continuing the levy for the 2026 taxation year. The charge applies to each single-family residential property and to every unit in duplexes and multi-unit residential properties. The levy remains unchanged at $125 per dwelling unit, the same amount it has been since 2015.

The levy was first introduced in 2013 to help fund the City’s portion of the local share of the replacement project.

According to a report from City Treasurer Asma Qadri, the City has paid the Saskatchewan Health Authority a total of $4,164,434.34 toward the project. Of that amount, $3,015,020 has come from long-term care levies collected since the program began.

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The report says the City borrowed $1.6 million in 2022 because payments for the project came due before enough levy revenue had been collected. Levy revenue collected from 2023 onward is being used in part to meet the City’s commitment to the project and to make loan payments.

The report estimates the levy “shall continue to be collected until 2032,” when the total amount paid, along with any debt interest accrued, is expected to be fully recovered.

According to the report, $657,552.95 remains to be collected toward the amount already paid by the City, along with $254,981.61 in debt interest, leaving a total of $912,533.56 still to be recovered. The City estimates the 2026 levy will generate about $244,000.

The report says ending the levy in 2026 would reduce tax revenue, require the City to absorb current and future payments through operating revenues and leave the 2026 budget unbalanced.

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by meadowlakeNOW staff

Meadow Lake homeowners to keep paying $125 levy until about 2032 for long-term care project

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