2025 Budget
Niagara Region's 2025 Budget is focused on strategic infrastructure investments and supporting the core services residents rely on every day. It includes the:
- Operating budget for Regional departments
- Niagara Regional Police Service
- Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
- Niagara Regional Housing
- Court Services
- Consolidated Capital Budget
In total, Council approved the General Levy budget with an increase of $46 million in 2025 for an estimated 9.6 per cent increase on the Regional portion of the property tax bill. For the average home in Niagara, this is roughly an $191 increase.
Niagara Regional Police Services, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, Niagara Regional Housing and Court Services will increase by 5.13 per cent.
The 2025 Budget will also have a 2.5 per cent increase to support needed investment in Niagara's historically underfunded capital infrastructure assets. This includes our roads, facilities and equipment that are essential for our community and for the delivery of services.
General Levy highlights
- $5.4 million in development grants to support major industrial investments
- $1.5 million to support additional ambulance services
- $1.3 million for a new homeless shelter in South Niagara Falls
- $700,000 to to stabilize our Niagara Region Housing stock
- $1.8 million to support investments in social assistance
Capital Budget highlights
- $100 million for infrastructure upgrades to support major industrial investments, including the Eastside Pumping Station forcemain replacement and new Barrick Road watermain in Port Colborne
- $29 million for capacity improvements on Montrose Road - Lyons Creek to Chippawa Creek Road in Niagara Falls
- $13 million to resurface roads across Niagara
- $10 million for the rehabilitation of JR Stork Bridge in St. Catharines
Learn more about how the Niagara Region budget works.
Key dates
July 25, 2024 - completed
Budget Review Committee of the Whole
September 12, 2024 - completed
Budget Review Committee of the Whole: Capital Budget
October 17, 2024 - completed
Budget Review Committee of the Whole: Waste Management and Niagara Transit Commission Special Tax Levies
November 7, 2024 - completed
Budget Review Committee of the Whole: Water and Wastewater Rates
- 2025 Budget - Water and Wastewater Operating Budget, Rate Setting and Requisition Proposed Operating Budget and Special Levy Requisition
- A letter from M. Siscoe, Chair, Niagara Transit Commission about the 2025 Proposed Operating Budget and Special Levy Requisition
- Water and Wastewater Rate Methodology Review
- Niagara Transit Commission Additional Budget Information
- Councillor Information Request Related to Legal Obligations of Council regarding the Safe Drinking Water Act
- Budget Basics: Understanding Water Rates video
November 14, 2024 - completed
Budget Review Committee of the Whole: Agencies, Boards and Commissions
November 21, 2024 - Completed
Budget Review Committee of the Whole: Agencies, Boards and Commissions
November 21, 2024 - Completed
Regional Council: Water and Wastewater Rates and Special Levy By-Laws
December 5, 2024 - completed
Budget Review Committee of the Whole: General Tax Levy
- Proposed Building Permit Fee Increase (Sewage System Applications)
- 2025 Proposed Operating Budget - Niagara Regional Police Service and Police Service Board Response to Budget Reduction Request
- 2025 Consolidated General Levy Budget
- 2025 Schedule of Fees and Charges
- 2025 Operating Budget Reconciliation and Financial Disclosure O. Reg 284/09
- Council Information Requests
- Non-Union Compensation Review Phase 2 - Budget Impacts
December 12, 2024 - completed
- 2025 Consolidated General Levy Budget Update
- Niagara Regional Council: General Tax Levy, Capital and User Fee By-Laws
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