The Canada Brief

Canada · 6 d ago

Queen's Park, the Ontario legislature, Toronto

Benson Kua from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Ontario's finance minister tables the fall economic statement Thursday

Oct

29

Thursday

Queen's Park, Toronto

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is to update the province's finances on Thursday.

2025-26 deficit

13 $ billion

Ontario closed 2025-26 with a $13-billion deficit, and this year's is projected to be higher, in line with the spring budget's $13.8 billion.

Ontario is matching Ottawa's tax break for businesses' capital investments. Premier Doug Ford also announced more than $8 billion in joint funding for tariff-hit industries.