There’s nothing like the feeling of found money.
The Government of Alberta is reminding residents to check the unclaimed registry for potential claims on money that is lost, abandoned or forgotten.
According to a news release from the province, the registry currently contains millions of dollars in cash, cheques, money orders and other unclaimed items belonging to people who may be entitled to an unexpected payout.
Alberta’s unclaimed property registry returned $1.4 million to 650 people in 2023 alone.
Almost 350,000 individual items remain unclaimed in the registry, including one valued at more than $850,000.
Since its inception in 2008, Alberta’s unclaimed property registry has returned $13.8 million to more than 8,500 owners.
Sources of the unclaimed funds include unclaimed deposits, uncashed wages, loan overpayments and unclaimed funds from inactive investment accounts.
Alberta’s unclaimed property program is governed and managed by the province through the Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act.
Check the MissingMoney website to search Alberta’s unclaimed property register.