Overview
On April 22, 2026, the Government of Ontario (the Province) tabled in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Volume 1 of the 2026-27 Expenditure Estimates (or Estimates). The Estimates sets out the fiscal year’s spending requirements for ministries and constitutes the government’s formal request to the Legislature for approval to spend the amounts as detailed in the Estimates.
This webpage allows users to review a ministry’s 2026-27 Expenditure Estimates to the standard account level of detail and compare 2026-27 requested spending against spending between 2021-22 and 2025-26. For 2026-27, the FAO has prepared information for five ministries, which account for 73 per cent of the Province’s 2026-27 spending plan in the 2026 Ontario Budget.
How to Use This Page:
- Select a ministry.
- Compare the 2026-27 Expenditure Estimates against the 2025-26 Expenditure Estimates or 2025-26 Unaudited Spending.
- Choose between two, three, four or five-year average annual growth rates.
- Choose a program from the table and/or use the search function.
- Click on an item to explore further details and historical comparisons.
- New for 2026-27: Click on any graph button to generate a spending chart for the selected item. The chart will be displayed below the table.
We welcome your feedback to improve this webpage’s functionality. Please send any comments to info@fao-on.org.
How to Use This Page:
- Select a ministry.
- Compare the 2026-27 Expenditure Estimates against the 2025-26 Expenditure Estimates or 2025-26 Unaudited Spending.
- Choose between two, three, four or five-year average annual growth rates.
- Choose a program from the table and/or use the search function.
- Click on an item to explore further details and historical comparisons.
- New for 2026-27: Click on any graph button to generate a spending chart for the selected item. The chart will be displayed below the table.
We welcome your feedback to improve this webpage’s functionality. Please send any comments to info@fao-on.org.
Notes: Excludes operating and capital assets. Historical values are not restated for program transfers or reclassifications, if any. 2025-26 Expenditure Estimates includes Volume 1 and Supplementary Estimates. 2025-26 Unaudited Spending is an FAO estimate based on analysis of transactions recorded in the Province’s Integrated Financial Information System (IFIS) as of April 22, 2026 and a projection for additional spending by broader public sector organizations and provincial agencies. 2025-26 Unaudited Spending may contain material differences from the final audited spending reported in the 2025-26 Public Accounts of Ontario.
Sources: Expenditure Estimates, Public Accounts of Ontario and FAO analysis of information provided by Treasury Board Secretariat.