On November 29, 2023, City Council amended and adopted Guelph’s 2024-2027 Multi-Year Budget with investments that focus on maintaining City services while supporting existing and growth-enabling infrastructure, as well as housing and homelessness. The budget will help advance the Council-approved Future Guelph strategic plan.

Council had tough conversations and made difficult decisions as they worked with staff and listened to the community to create value while balancing the diverse needs of Guelphites.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the multi-year budget process your feedback from 2023 helped to prioritize various areas of the budget for approvals and will continue to inform future budget updates throughout the 2025-2027 Budget Cycle.

What happens next?

After a full four-year multi-year budget is adopted, in each subsequent year City Council must review, update and confirm the budget. We call this this a "budget update." This process is a pulse check that provides the City and Council with the opportunity to review what was planned and work in an agile and flexible way to adjust for the current environment, including new direction from the Mayor or Council.

The 2025 draft budget update will be released on October 17, 2024 when the public-facing part of the update process begins. Learn more and get involved at haveyoursay.guelph.ca/2025-budget-update.