Take a deep dive into the City Budget

The City Budget guides how the City delivers services and invests in our community. To make it easier to understand how the Budget works, the City is launching two new budget communication tools: Budget 101 and Budget Highlights. These resources are designed to make budget information more accessible and easier to follow for all.

Budget 101

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, like:

• why tax rates don’t indicate how affordable a municipality is; as well as,
• what’s included in the 2025 Capital Budget; and,
• the 2025 Operating Budget.

View the Budget 101 video series on YouTube

Budget Highlights

Looking to better understand the 2025 City Budget? Check out Budget Highlights, the City’s new four-page guide that breaks down key priorities, clears up common myths, and helps you see where your property taxes were invested.

View the 2025 Budget Highlights

Share your 2026 Budget priorities

Don’t forget, residents and property owners can still:

• share their 2026 Budget priorities by designing their own City Budget at oshawa.ca/MyBudget; and,
• see how much City programs and services are costing them by entering their Oshawa address into the City’s Property Tax Calculator at oshawa.ca/PTC.

The Property Tax Calculator has been updated for 2025! This handy tool gives you a personalized estimate of how your property tax dollars are split up. As a two-tier municipality, the City collects taxes not just for itself, but also for the Region of Durham and local school boards on behalf of the Province. For every dollar collected in 2025, the City keeps about 40 cents, while 46 cents goes to the Region and 14 cents to the Province.

For more information and to stay up-to-date on the 2026 City Budget process, visit the Budget webpage.

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