York Region approves $1.5 billion capital budget for 2026

December 01, 2025

Newmarket – York Regional Council approved $1.5 billion in capital spending for 2026. Aligned to deliver on the Strategic Plan, this capital spending is part of a record-level $14 billion 10-year capital plan to fund growth-related priority infrastructure projects and maintain assets in a state of good repair.

Organized under the three priority themes guiding York Region’s 2026 Budget, capital highlights over the next 10-years include:

Investing in Safer Communities

  • Providing York Regional Police additional fleet and equipment to improve community safety
  • Building seven paramedic response stations
  • Adding 287 new emergency and transitional housing beds 

Enabling Growth in our Communities

  • Expanding new water and wastewater infrastructure capacity to 150,000 housing units to help local municipalities meet their provincial housing targets
  • Adding 96 new lane kilometres of roads and improving 150 intersections
  • Building over 580 new community housing units across four Housing York Inc. projects

Keeping People, Goods and Information Moving

  • Investing in 79 additional kilometres of active transportation, including bike lanes and walking trails  
  • Expanding York Region Transit fleet with 315 electric buses, advancing design of priority bus rapidways and continuing to support Yonge North Subway Extension construction
  • Adding over 190 kilometres of fibre network, bringing the total to more than 1,500 kilometres, enabling greater connectivity, especially in rural and underserved areas

For additional information, please visit york.ca/Budget

The Regional Municipality of York consists of nine local cities and towns and provides a variety of programs and services to 1.29 million residents and 57,000 businesses with approximately 624,000 employees. More information about York Region’s key service areas is available at york.ca/RegionalServices

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Media Contact:

Ava Baccari, Corporate Communications, The Regional Municipality of York
Phone: 289-716-9605
Email: @email