City of Kitchener 2025 Budget

In 2023 the City launched its 2023-2026 Strategic Plan. Unprecedented community consultation and collaboration led to the plan's development. The plan serves as the foundation for the city’s strategies, actions and initiatives. It also ensures the alignment of projects and work conducted across the corporation.

The strategic plan guides many of the investments that we will include in budgets from 2023 to 2026. We will make future investments under the five goal areas within the strategic plan:

• Building a Connected City Together
• Cultivating a Green City Together
• Creating an Economically-Thriving City Together
• Fostering a Caring City Together
• Stewarding a Better City Together

For example, the 2024 budget advanced key priorities from the 2023-2026 Strategic Plan. To find out more about these and other investments, read the 2024 budget.

As we look forward to the 2025 budget, we’d like to take a moment for a quick pulse check. Tell us how we’re doing in advancing our shared community priorities. Your feedback will help us continue the dialogue that began with the development of the 2023-2026 strategic goals.

Read the budget

The budget documents are now available. To learn about our financial situation going into the new year and about service delivery in 2025, check out our 2025 budget summary

You can also read these related documents:

• Operating budget presentation
• Capital budget presentation
• Appendix A – Glossary of Terms
• Appendix B – Operating Budget
• Appendix C – Capital Budget
• Get more details on capital projects – Kitchener’s OpenBook
• Appendix D – Reserves
• Appendix E – User Fees
• Appendix F – Final Budget Day (not yet available)
• Appendix G – Issue Papers

Please note: Appendix F – Final Budget Day, will be available in December.

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