City of St. John's Tables 'Steady' Budget for 2026 with No Cuts to Programs

City of St. John's tables 'steady' budget for 2026 with no cuts to programs

The City of St. John's has tabled what it's calling a "steady" budget for 2026 with increases in spending for new capital projects, snow clearing and the St. John's Regional Fire Department and no movement on residential or commercial mill rates.

No Mil Rate Increases in Capital City, Council Seeks Out Alternate Sources of Revenue

The City of St. John’s brought down its budget for 2026 this afternoon, with no increase in property taxes. The balanced budget comes in at a cool $366 million, a nearly five per cent increase – the largest in several years. But the growth is a double-edged sword for the city as it seeks other sources of revenue beyond water and property tax, noting that’s “unsustainable.” The city is pressing the province to share its take of HST, and bump up m…

No mil rate increase or cuts to services in St. John’s Budget 2026

The City of St. John’s has tabled its 2026 budget.  Finance lead and Deputy Mayor Ron Ellsworth presented today’s balanced budget for $365,997,790.  There will be no mil rate increase for residents or commercial properties next year, with residential remaining at 9.1 and commercial remaining at 29.5 There will a slight increase in the water tax of $10 per unit and an increase of 1.4% for commercial.  New investments in this year’s budget include…