Your Budget, Your Innisfil - 2025/2026

Every two years, the Town of Innisfil develops a budget that identifies the cost of providing the municipal services you rely on every day. This includes roads, traffic signals, streetlights, libraries, parks, emergency services and snow removal—just to name a few. 

Within the overall budget, there is an operating budget and a capital budget. The operating budget addresses the day-to-day cost of providing services to residents and businesses. The capital budget looks ahead to identify the infrastructure that we need to build and maintain.

The 2025-2026 Budget

The Town of Innisfil's 2025/2026 Budget was adopted on January 29, 2025. Thank you to everyone who participated in the budget development process!

Town Council and staff worked hard to deliver a budget that maximizes every efficiency to account for rising costs, infrastructure needs, and continued delivery of the services you rely on daily. Staff presented the proposed 2025-2026 Budget on November 13, 2024. Council held public deliberation sessions on December 4 (Day 1) and 6 (Day 2), 2024 and discussed the budget once again during the January 15, 2025 Council Meeting. Explore the budget and deliberation process in detail at innisfil.ca/Budget.

What goes into making the Town's Budget?

We use various tools to help inform our decision-making, including:

• User Fees and Charges - These fees account for services we provide that people pay for beyond their tax dollars such as marriage ceremonies, building permits, and facility rentals. 
• Community Engagement - This is where you come in to tell us your priorities for the Town's budget!
• Strategic and Master Plans - Many plans set the long-term vision for what Innisfil needs, such as new parks, roads and facilities or improvements to water and sewer servicing. 
• Guiding financial policies - Various financial policies help guide how we spend and invest money, such as how we pay off municipal debt, fund capital projects, or use OLG revenue.

Give us your two cents!

Thanks to everyone who completed our Budget Survey. Your input is crucial in helping us create a Town budget that reflects the priorities and needs of our community. The survey summary report of what your fellow residents said is now available.