Source Feed: City of Ottawa News Releases
Author: City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias
Publication Date: May 20, 2025 - 11:15
Have your say on Draft Budget 2026!
May 20, 2025
We want to hear from you on Budget 2026.
Draft Budget 2026 has many opportunities for you to get involved, including participating in Councillor-led consultations, a questionnaire, social media, and feedback tools on Engage Ottawa.
Your feedback is integral to the development of the City’s budget. It’s your city and your budget, so have your say.
Important dates and information
- Ongoing: Residents provide feedback and questions related to Draft Budget 2026 through your local Councillor, social media (using #OttBudget), 3-1-1, and feedback tools on Engage Ottawa
- Launching May 26: Residents share their budget priorities by completing the Engage Ottawa Draft Budget 2026 questionnaire
- May to November: Councillor-led budget consultations take place to receive input from residents. Exact dates for consultations will be communicated by Councillors, posted on ottawa.ca, Engage Ottawa and social media
- Wednesday, November 12: Draft Budget 2026 is tabled at Ottawa City Council
- Wednesday, November 12 to Monday, December 8: Residents can submit questions to City staff through Engage Ottawa and register to make public delegations to the various Standing Committees
- Wednesday, December 10: Draft Budget 2026 is considered for adoption at Ottawa City Council
- Every year, the City of Ottawa produces a municipal budget. One of the City’s most important documents, the budget is the blueprint that defines how money is received (revenue) and spent (expenses). There are two main components to the draft budget:
- The operating budget funds City programs and services that residents rely on every day
- The capital budget helps grow our city by paying for new infrastructure and assets under the City’s control and the rehabilitation of existing infrastructure and assets
- The draft budget is broken down by Standing Committee, department and service area as described in the Table of City Services and Standing Committee reporting structure. With direction from City Council, the budget is drafted and tabled for review by each Committee and adopted by Council. There are three Boards who make independent recommendations to Council regarding their draft budgets:
- Ottawa Police Services Board
- Ottawa Board of Health
- Ottawa Public Library Board
- Draft Budget 2026 will support Council’s commitment to fund ongoing operational needs and make investments that support an affordable, connected, prosperous and resilient city for all.
- For more information about the City’s budget, visit the Budget, finance and corporate planning page
Unpublished Newswire
A plane bound for London and carrying more than 200 people crashed on Thursday, Air India said.
— More to come
Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here.
June 12, 2025 - 06:59 | Anisha Dhiman | National Post
Good morning. The G7 returns to Canadian soil this weekend, and so does Donald Trump’s trademark chaos – more on that below, along with a dino discovery and Brian Wilson’s musical legacy. But first:Today’s headlinesCanada and the U.S. are exchanging potential terms on an economic and security dealCarney hires Hydro‑Québec CEO Michael Sabia to head the federal bureaucracyA Canadian was on board an Air India passenger plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on its way to London carrying more than 240 people
June 12, 2025 - 06:53 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
F or years, I resisted the idea of marriage the way I did any life outcome I was expected to deliver irrespective of want. If a piece of paper were the certifiable difference between calling a love true or false, then that love was rendered false by definition. I didn’t nurture any wedding fantasies in childhood—not the dress, not the party, not even the spouse—save for one: I stood up from the head table while the shape in a tux who sat next to me looked on in adoration. A mic appeared in my hand. Then, I gave a zingy, sexy speech that made the entire room laugh and blush...
June 12, 2025 - 06:30 | Tajja Isen | Walrus
Comments
Be the first to comment