The City’s Budget is about working together to build a great city. Your feedback is an important part of the process.

2025 Budget Timeline

Complete: Public Consultation: Online Survey
10/01 to 10/31/2024 – Complete

An online survey was available in 12 languages.

Complete: Fall Budget Consultations
10/19 to 10/30/2024 – Complete

Consultations were held in Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Toronto and virtually.

Current: Interim Rate Approvals
12/10/2024 – Next up.

Executive Committee meeting to consider interim rate approvals.

Incomplete: Interim Rate Approvals
12/17 to 12/19/2024 – Upcoming

City Council meeting to consider interim rate approvals.

Incomplete: 2025 Budget Launch
01/13/2025 – Upcoming

First Budget Committee meeting for 2025 budget.

Incomplete: Public Consultation: Telephone Townhalls
January 2025 – Upcoming

Participate in a townhall to hear more about the 2025 Budget and ask your questions.

Incomplete: Service Area Presentations
01/15 to 01/17/2025 – Upcoming

Budget Committee meeting to review service area staff budgets.

Incomplete: Budget Committee Public Presentations
01/21 to 01/22/2025- Upcoming

Your chance to speak directly to members of the Budget Committee at City Hall or a local Civic Centre.

Incomplete: Budget Committee Wrap Up
01/24/2025 – Upcoming

Final Budget Committee meeting for the 2025 Budget.

Incomplete: Mayor’s Proposed Budget
By February 1, 2025 – Upcoming

Mayor Olivia Chow releases her proposed 2025 Budget for City Council consideration.

Incomplete: Special City Council Meeting
02/11/2025 – Upcoming

A special meeting of Toronto City Council to discuss the 2025 Budget.

Join Mayor Olivia Chow and Budget Committee Chair Councillor Shelley Carroll at a telephone town hall in January 2025. Dates to be released in January.

Speak to Budget Committee on January 21 and 22, 2025 in person or by video conference.

The meetings will stream live on the City Council YouTube channel.

Times, locations and registration information will be released in January.

In addition to participating in the consultations, you can submit your comments and feedback to Budget Committee. Details will be made available in January.

Note, written submissions to the Budget Committee become part of the public record. More information is available on the Have Your Say at Committees webpage.

You can also provide your comments and feedback to Members of Council.

City Council and Committee meetings are streamed live.

For more information visit Council & Committee Meetings.

Mayor Olivia Chow and Budget Committee Chair Shelley Carroll held consultations October 1 to 31 to hear your ideas about the City’s 2025 Budget. An online survey was available in 12 languages (English, French, Chinese-simplified, Chinese-traditional, Farsi, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil and Urdu) and consultations were held in Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Toronto and virtually.

The City engaged Albion Neighbourhood Services and other community partners, as well as the Toronto Youth Cabinet and the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council, to facilitate community-led consultations with Black, Indigenous and equity-deserving communities and youth city-wide. A community discussion guide was also provided to encourage neighbourhood budget discussions.

The results of the consultations will be presented to the Budget Committee on Monday, January 13, 2025, and will accompany the committee’s recommendations to inform the Mayor’s proposed budget which will be released by Saturday, February 1, 2025.