2025-26 Capital and Operating Budgets
We're preparing the next Capital and Operating Budgets, and we want to hear from you!
The City is seeking public input about projects or improvements that City staff should consider for the upcoming Capital and Operating Budgets. Share your thoughts here! The City aims to ensure that all public feedback is acknowledged, considered, and, where possible, incorporated into the budgets.
What we're asking:
Do you have a specific project or idea, big or small, that could positively impact our community? Share it with us!
We are seeking specific project ideas or service suggestions for Council’s consideration and potential integration into the future Capital or Operating Budgets. Submissions received before May 31 will be considered for the 2026-29 Capital Budget and the 2026-28 Operating Budget. Find more information about how the City's budget works below (under Budget Ideas).
How to get involved:
Share your thoughts below
Visit the Budget Ideas section and describe the project you want to see in Whitehorse, or what City services you want to see added or improved. Submissions posted here will be publicly viewable. You can also share your support of an existing submission.
Share your thoughts by email
You can also submit your ideas by email to budgetpublicinput@whitehorse.ca.
Share your thoughts at a Public Input Session
Every year after the Capital and Operating Budgets are presented to City Council, there is a Public Input Session held at City Hall during which residents can provide feedback on the proposed budget.
The Capital Budget is typically presented in November or December and the Operating Budget is typically presented in January or February.
Stay tuned to the City's social media channels (Facebook + Instagram) and check whitehorse.ca/meetings to find out when the next Budget Public Input Session will take place.
Our promise to you:
We will keep you informed on how public input influenced the budgets.
Submissions received will be reviewed by City administration and Council. Information on how public input was integrated into the budgets will be presented at a Council Committee meeting after the upcoming budget has been given first reading.
While all submissions will be reviewed and considered, the City will likely not be able to incorporate all ideas into the budget. The City is required to prepare a balanced budget and, therefore, cannot incur a deficit like other senior levels of government. To balance the budget, a careful analysis must be done regarding the level of service required to meet the expectations of the community, balanced with realistic revenue projections, based on taxation and user fee levels.
