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Ontario: where to find the budget
Ontario runs the largest provincial budget in Canada. Its spending plan is spread across several documents: the budget in the spring, the Expenditure Estimates that ask the legislature for money ministry by ministry, a fall update, quarterly reports and, each September, the Public Accounts. Here is where each one lives, and what it tells you.
The plan: the Ontario Budget
The budget sets out what the province expects to raise, spend and borrow in the year ahead. It is a plan, not a record.
The spending request: Expenditure Estimates
The budget gives the big picture. The Expenditure Estimates are where the government asks the legislature for money, ministry by ministry and program by program.
The record: what was actually spent
The Public Accounts compare what actually happened with what the budget planned. The consolidated financial statements inside them are audited by the Auditor General of Ontario.
- The Public Accounts of Ontario 2025–26 The most recent edition, covering the year ended 31 March 2026.
- Public Accounts 2025–26: Annual report Released 24 September 2026. A readable summary of the year's deficit, revenue, expense and financial position.
- Public Accounts of Ontario: past editions Earlier years, for comparison.
Between budgets
- 2026 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review The fall economic statement, released 29 October 2026. Updates the budget's projections.
- 2026–27 First Quarter Finances The latest quarterly update on revenue, spending and the deficit.
- Ontario Quarterly Finances Every quarterly report, listed by fiscal year.
The independent checks
Two offices report to the legislature rather than to the government of the day. Both are worth reading alongside the government's own numbers.
- Financial Accountability Office of Ontario Independent analysis of the province's finances and economy, including reviews of budgets and ministry spending plans.
- Office of the Auditor General of Ontario Audits the province's financial statements and publishes annual and special reports on government programs.
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Finding the documents is step one.
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