Land clearing ratesAlberta
Typical charge in Alberta
$195.00/hour
Median of 190 surveyed charges, 2016–2018
Low (25th pct)
$160.00
High (75th pct)
$200.00
Surveyed: what people actually charged
Rates over time ($/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 | 31 | $185.00 | $235.00 |
| County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 | 30 | $185.00 | $235.00 |
| Mountain View County | 25 | $185.00 | $235.00 |
| Ponoka County | 25 | $185.00 | $235.00 |
| Clearwater County | 21 | $185.00 | $235.00 |
| Rocky View County | 21 | $185.00 | $235.00 |
| County of Barrhead No. 11 | 12 | $187.50 | $300.00 |
| Westlock County | 8 | $165.00 | $200.00 |
| Lacombe County | 7 | $175.00 | $200.00 |
| Red Deer County | 7 | $160.00 | $175.00 |
| Camrose County | 7 | $200.00 | $340.00 |
| County of Stettler No. 6 | 6 | $200.00 | $225.00 |
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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.
| Beaver County | $340.00 | Plus trucking of equipment at on 16- Beaver County $250.00/hour BP/RP Cat D8 crawler tractor with dozer blade heel flatbed trailer and 8 wheel jeep | |
| Camrose County | $340.00 | Plus trucking of equipment at on 16- Camrose County $250.00/hour BP/RP Cat D8 crawler tractor with dozer blade heel flatbed trailer and 8 wheel jeep | |
| Lamont County | $340.00 | Plus trucking of equipment at on 16- Lamont County $250.00/hour BP/RP Cat D8 crawler tractor with dozer blade heel flatbed trailer and 8 wheel jeep | |
| Leduc County | $340.00 | Plus trucking of equipment at on 16- Leduc County $250.00/hour BP/RP Cat D8 crawler tractor with dozer blade heel flatbed trailer and 8 wheel jeep | |
| County of Barrhead No. 11 | $300.00 | Subsoiling/ County of Barrhead No. 11 F926 FAE 250 Mulcher mulching | |
| Lamont County | $250.00 | Lamont County BP/RP Cat D7G dozer Plus trucking of equipment at | |
| Lamont County | $250.00 | Lamont County BP/RP Cat D8K dozer Plus trucking of equipment at | |
| Lamont County | $250.00 | Lamont County R Cat D8K dozer with 1 point ripper Plus trucking of equipment at |