Resource Revenue Sharing for Rural Municipalities
Res #: 3-25A
Number: 3
Year: 2025
Midterm: No
Expired: No
Responses Received: Yes
Departments: Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 255 of The Cities Act, cities in Saskatchewan are given the power and authority to set mill rates for subclasses of property.
WHEREAS rural municipalities within the Province of Saskatchewan are not given the same legislated authority to set mill rates for subclasses of property (for example between commercial and industrial).
WHEREAS previous SARM resolutions have passed advocating for the ability of rural municipalities to use tax tools in order set mill rates for subclasses of property, but the provincial government has refused to accede to these requests.
BE IT RESOLVED that SARM lobby the provincial government to pay a percentage (not less than 10%) of the royalty from industrial resources collected by the provincial government to the RMs from which the natural resource(s) are extracted from.
Responses From: Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources
May 20, 2025
Saskatchewan’s resource revenue supports programs and services that benefit all people of Saskatchewan. RMs receive significant funding from the Government of Saskatchewan through the Municipal Revenue Sharing Program (MRSP). MRSP is nation leading. It is a predictable source of funding to help municipal governments. In 2025-26, the Government of Saskatchewan will distribute more than $361 million (M) to municipalities, including over $102M to RMs, through MRSP in support of local priorities across the province. This is the equivalent of 0.75 of one full point of Provincial Sales Tax (from 2023-24 Public Accounts). This commitment represents an increase of more than $234M, 184 per cent, over 2007-08.
Hon. Colleen Young – Minister of Energy and Resources, Government of Saskatchewan
