Budget and Financial
Thank you to everyone who participated in Durham Region's 2025 Budget Town Hall! A recording of the event is available here.
Durham Region residents continue to be invited to share their feedback and input to help us shape priorities for the 2025 Budget by using the Have Your Say! tool or emailing budgets@durham.ca
2025 Business Plans and Budget Guideline
On September 25, 2024, Durham Regional Council approved a 2025 Property Tax Supported Business Plans and Budget Guideline which provides an overall property tax increase cap of 4.9 per cent for 2025. This tax levy guideline supports increased investments in critical frontline core service areas including police, transit, paramedics, housing and homelessness support programs, and maintenance and renewal of the Region’s road and bridge infrastructure.
The guideline is an important first step in the annual budget process providing guidance to finalize the 2025 Business Plans and Budget submission for Regional Council’s consideration in December.
The next critical part of this process is to invite residents to help shape the 2025 Budget. Join us for our Budget Town Hall on October 10 at 6:30 p.m. Learn more about the Region’s budget and share your ideas and priorities for the upcoming budget, register for the Town Hall, watch the event live and subscribe for updates at yourvoice.durham.ca/DurhamBudget.
2024 Approved Durham Budget
Interested in learning more about the latest Budget? Check out the Budget Spotlight below or watch this short video to learn how the budget supports important programs and services for our community.
Want to help shape priorities for the 2025 Budget?
Share your feedback and input by joining our Budget Town Hall on October 10th at 6:30 p.m.!
Region of Durham Business Plans and Budget Process
The Region of Durham provides a wide range of programs and services to a growing and diverse community of residents and businesses. The annual Business Plans and Budget outlines the cost of delivering these essential programs and services and ensures resource allocations are aligned with Regional Council’s strategic objectives and meet service, infrastructure and legislative requirements within a framework of financial stability and transparency.
The Region’s Business Plans and Budgets are a critical component of the Region’s annual business planning cycle which also includes strategic planning, economic and financial forecasting and performance measurement.
The Region prepares two budgets. The first is for services funded by property taxes, which presents the operating and capital funding requirements for the following Regional services:
- Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS)
- Durham Region Transit (DRT)
- Regional roads and bridges
- Solid waste management
- Social services including social housing, social assistance, children’s services, family services and long-term care and services for seniors
- Public health and paramedic services
- Planning and economic development
- Emergency management
- 9-1-1 services
The second is for water and sanitary sewer services which are billed on a consumption basis to customers who are connected to the municipal systems. These services are user rate supported and are not funded from Regional property taxes.
To learn more about how the Budget is prepared watch this short video.
For more information or questions about the budget, please contact us at budgets@durham.ca or by phone at 905-668-7711 extension 2302 or 1-800-372-1102 (toll-free).
Property Tax Supported Business Plans and Budgets
| 2025 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2018 |
| 2017 |
Long-Term Service and Financing Strategies
| Durham Region Transit Service and Financing Strategy |
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Paramedic Services Service and Financing Strategy |
Water Supply and Sanitary Sewage Systems Business Plans and Budgets
| 2019 |
| 2018 |
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2017 |
Region of Durham Water Financial Plan
| 2024 |
| 2019 |
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