Let’s talk Budget!
Region of Queens Municipality is beginning its budgeting process for the 2026-2027 fiscal year and this is your chance to be involved in helping to shape Council’s investments in your community!
Click here to be taken directly to the Budget Survey.
Click here to be taken directly to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document.
ABOUT THE BUDGET
Region of Queens Municipality’s annual budget is divided into two sections: the Capital Investment Plan (or Capital Budget) and the Operating Budget.
- The Capital Investment Plan is the part of the budget that focuses on larger and longer-term investments of built assets, including things like wastewater and water utility enhancements, and major improvements at municipally owned facilities and infrastructure. The Capital Investment Plan lists projects that are proposed to take place in the forthcoming budget year and in the following four years, estimated costs of each project, and how these initiatives will be funded. Items in the Capital Investment Plan may be funded by the tax rate, grants from other levels of government, municipal reserves, or long-term borrowing depending on the nature of the project.
Council approves the overall 5-year Capital Investment Plan annually. The plan is updated each year as projects are completed or extended and new projects are added. This provides both Council and the public with the ability to have a long-term understanding of the Region’s capital priorities and how they all fit together. - The Operating Budget is the normal day-to-day budget that provides services to the Region’s residents and businesses. It includes projects and programs that Council has identified as priorities, as well as mandatory payments to other levels of government or agencies for essential services such as education, policing, and other items.
To view the draft Capital Investment Plan, you can click here.
As the draft Operating Budget is developed in 2026, a link to the document will be added here for public viewing as well.
BUDGET SCHEDULE
The Budget Meeting schedule for both Capital Investment Plan and Operating Budgets is contained in the table below. Please note that times and dates are subject to change.
| December 19, 2025 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Preliminary Draft Capital Investment Plan (Special Council) |
| January 13, 2026 Morning Council | Anticipated approval of Draft Capital Investment Plan |
| February 24, 2026 Evening Council | Operating Budget Introduced at Regular Council Meeting, Budget Q&A Document Introduced. |
| March 3, 2026 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Review of Operating Budget/ Q&A Document (Special Council) |
| March 10, 2026 Morning Council | Operating Budget Discussion at Regular Council Meeting |
| March 17, 2026 (if required) 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Review of Operating Budget/ Q&A Document (Special Council) |
| March 24, 2026 Evening Council | Anticipated 2026-2027 Operating Budget adoption at Regular Council Meeting |
HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE
If you have comments, suggestions, or feedback that you would like to share with Council and staff to help inform this year’s budget process, you can do so by e-mailing Region of Queens Municipality at budget@regionofqueens.com.
You can also submit feedback by completing the budget survey here.
Budget Input Tracking
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and summary of Budget Survey public input
As part of Region of Queens Municipality’s budget engagement this year, we’re collecting questions about the budget and budget-related items of interest from our communities and sharing the answers here so that the same information is publicly available to all. The table that follows below contains questions that have been received via the budget survey, as well as comments from folks who have completed the budget survey.
As of January 6, 2026, a total of 52 budget surveys have been completed. A total of 52 (100%) self-identified Queens County residents. A total of 12 respondents have self-identified as business owners.
According to survey results as of this date, the average score for quality of life in the Region of Queens on a scale of 0 (low) to 10 (high) is 6.77.
