Budget | City of Oshawa

The City’s budget is aligned with the goals of the Oshawa Strategic Plan, Financial Strategy and Council’s guiding principles of sustainability and financial stewardship, and provides a foundation to:

meet the public service needs of our residents; and,
make decisions on City infrastructure.

This page also includes the 2026 Budget Engagement and new 2025 Budget communications, Budget Highlights and the Budget 101 series.

The City budget determines priorities for City services and infrastructure.

Learn how the City Budget works

See how the City raises funds through taxes and other sources of revenue to keep Oshawa’s infrastructure in good condition and key services running.

Learn how the City gets money

How the City keeps infrastructure like roads, bridges and buildings in good condition and maintains services like parks, roads and fire services.

Learn how the City spends money

Person working at a desk with binders in front of them

Review current and past budget documents, a budget glossary and F.A.Q.s.

Review Budget Documents

2026 Budget

Budget process

The 2026 City Budget was delivered to Council on Friday, October 31 and is available for public review on the Budget Documents webpage along with a Budget Overview publication.

At this time, two special meetings of Council are scheduled for the 2025 City Budget:

Friday, November 14 at 9:30 a.m. - Public delegations will be heard on the budget.
Friday, November 28 at 9:30 a.m. - Council may propose Budget amendments.

The meetings are open to the public, and community members are welcome to attend in-person or online via webstream. Please note that delegations will only be heard at the November 14 meeting.

For the November 14 meeting:

In-person delegations do not require advance registration.
Virtual delegations and written submissions must be requested in writing to clerks@oshawa.ca by the following deadlines:
- Virtual delegation requests: by 12 p.m. (noon) on Thursday, November 13
- Written correspondence submissions: by 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 13

View the Budget Overview

Budget engagement

The City invited residents and property owners to share their budget priorities and learn more about how their taxes are used in its Budget Simulator. Priorities could be shared online or on paper at Service Oshawa and were accepted until June 9. All individual responses were anonymous and only used to summarize overall feedback received from the public. Feedback was shared with members of Council and considered in the development of the 2026 Mayor's Budget.

Budget 101 video series

Take a walk through City facilities with Stephanie Sinnott, the City’s Commissioner of Corporate and Finance Services and City Treasurer, as she breaks down budget essentials and shines a light on elements of municipal budgeting.

Watch our videos

Tax rates versus taxes paid

Take a walk through City Hall with Stephanie as she explains why tax rates are not a reliable factor to compare taxes.

Operating budget

Go behind the scenes at the City's Consolidated Operations Depot with Stephanie as she breaks down the Operating Budget.

Capital budget

See another side of City Hall as Stephanie breaks down the Capital Budget.