Budget and Financial

2023 Budget Town Hall

Thank you to everyone who participated in Durham Region's 2023 Budget Town Hall. A recording of the event is available at Your Voice Durham and you can view a copy of the presentation here.

 To learn more about how you can get involved go to Your Voice Durham, or to submit a question please email budgets@durham.ca.

Key Dates for the 2023 Business Plans and Budgets

Regional Committees and Council will review the:

2023 User Rate Supported Water Supply and Sanitary Sewerage Business Plans and Budgets on:

• Works Committee: December 7, 2022
• Finance and Administration Committee: December 13, 2022
• Regional Council: December 21, 2022

2023 Property Tax Supported Business Plans and Budgets on:

• Various Standing Committees: March 7 to 9, 2023
• Finance and Administration Committee: March 21, 2023
• Regional Council: March 29, 2023

To learn more about how you can get involved, or to submit a question please visit Your Voice Durham

Residents can speak as a delegation at any of these Committee and Council meetings – to make arrangements to be a delegation please contact: delegations@durham.ca.

2022 Approved Business Plans and Budget Highlights

The approved 2022 Business Plans and Budget supports targeted investments in key strategic priorities identified in the Region’s Strategic Plan that include:

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

Water Supply and Sanitary Sewage Systems Business Plans and Budgets

Region of Durham Water Financial Plan