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Land breaking ratesCentral Alberta
Typical charge in Central Alberta
$150.00/hour
Median of 152 surveyed charges, 2016–2018
Low (25th pct)
$120.00
High (75th pct)
$185.00
Surveyed: what people actually charged
Rates over time ($/hour)
Median charge per year, with the middle 50% of charges shaded.
These are surveyed rates: what Alberta producers and custom operators reported actually charging, by county (Alberta Custom Rates Survey, Government of Alberta). Some are “good neighbour” rates. Alberta hasn’t published a newer survey. How we source data
By county
$/hour, surveys 2014–2018. Click a column to sort.
| MD of Bighorn No. 8 | 41 | $150.00 | $265.00 |
| Mountain View County | 34 | $155.00 | $275.00 |
| Ponoka County | 32 | $160.00 | $285.00 |
| Rocky View County | 29 | $130.00 | $265.00 |
| Clearwater County | 26 | $150.00 | $265.00 |
| Red Deer County | 12 | $140.00 | $275.00 |
| Kneehill County | 7 | $165.00 | $275.00 |
| Lacombe County | 6 | $165.00 | $275.00 |
| County of Stettler No. 6 | 4 | $237.50 | $250.00 |
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Individual charges, 2014–2018
Each row is one operator’s reported charge (repeats from later surveys shown once), linked to its source PDF page.
| Ponoka County | $285.00 | or Ponoka D Wishek 30' 4wd 500 hp tractor $27.50/acre | |
| Kneehill County | $275.00 | Kneehill County DO Cat 627 motor scraper Plus trucking of equipment one way | |
| Lacombe County | $275.00 | Lacombe County DO Cat 627 motor scraper Plus trucking of equipment one way | |
| Mountain View County | $275.00 | Mountain View County DO Cat 627 motor scraper Plus trucking of equipment one way | |
| Ponoka County | $275.00 | Ponoka County DO Cat 627 motor scraper Plus trucking of equipment one way | |
| Red Deer County | $275.00 | Red Deer County DO Cat 627 motor scraper Plus trucking of equipment one way | |
| Clearwater County | $265.00 | Clearwater County DO/DR/LL Hitachi 450LC trackhoe excavator Plus trucking of equipment at | |
| MD of Bighorn No. 8 | $265.00 | MD of Bighorn No.8 DO/DR/LL Hitachi 450LC trackhoe excavator Plus trucking of equipment at |