Expenditure Estimates for the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (2025–26)

The 2025–2026 Expenditure Estimates set out details of the operating and capital spending requirements of the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2025.

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Summary

Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is responsible for protection and conservation of our air, land, water, species at risk and their habitat, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, climate change adaptation planning, diverting waste to create valuable resources, and managing Ontario’s parks and conservation reserves.

The ministry’s work supports Ontario’s plan to create jobs, build resilient communities, and build a strong and stable economy, while achieving environmental goals to protect the natural beauty and resources across our province.

Ministry program summary

Operating expense
Vote	Program	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
1101	Ministry Administration Program	72,996,500	59,576,800	13,419,700	63,675,901
1112	Environmental Policy	27,905,100	27,584,100	321,000	22,529,664
1114	Environmental Sciences and Standards	48,588,700	46,250,300	2,338,400	41,211,765
1116	Environmental Compliance and Operations	106,886,900	113,147,200	(6,260,300)	113,698,072
1118	Environmental Assessment and Permissions	33,411,700	28,739,000	4,672,700	30,987,217
1119	Climate Change and Resiliency	15,708,900	14,920,000	788,900	12,754,458
1120	Land and Water	105,197,300	76,692,900	28,504,400	76,559,405
1121	Emissions Performance Standards Program	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	410,696,100	366,911,300	43,784,800	361,416,482
	Statutory Appropriations	25,230,914	31,264,014	(6,033,100)	288,768
	Ministry Total Operating expense	435,927,014	398,175,314	37,751,700	361,705,250
	Consolidation Adjustment - Ontario Clean Water Agency	309,275,900	292,764,000	16,511,900	284,325,637
	Consolidation Adjustment - Special Purpose Account for Ontario Parks	147,279,600	135,505,200	11,774,400	138,023,825
	Consolidation Adjustment - Algonquin Forest Authority	-	-	-	(376,085)
	Consolidation Adjustment - General Real Estate Portfolio	(14,478,300)	(14,243,700)	(234,600)	(13,244,508)
	Consolidation Adjustment – Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation	(1,266,700)	(1,266,700)	-	(5,077,927)
	Total Including Consolidation & Other Adjustments	876,737,514	810,934,114	65,803,400	765,356,192

Operating assets
Vote	Program	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
1121	Emissions Performance Standards Program	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Operating Assets to be Voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Statutory Appropriations	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Ministry Total Operating Assets	2,000	2,000	-	-

Capital expense
Vote	Program	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
1101	Ministry Administration Program	1,000	1,000	-	-
1114	Environmental Sciences and Standards	4,602,800	3,786,500	816,300	1,632,365
1116	Environmental Compliance and Operations	81,000	6,000	75,000	88,695,107
1118	Environmental Assessment and Permissions	1,141,400	1,169,300	(27,900)	670,383
1119	Climate Change and Resiliency	1,000	1,000	-	-
1120	Land and Water	46,878,200	28,377,700	18,500,500	25,532,044
1121	Emissions Performance Standards Program	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	52,706,400	33,342,500	19,363,900	116,529,899
	Statutory Appropriations	114,332,500	15,200,000	99,132,500	14,295,940
	Ministry Total Capital expense	167,038,900	48,542,500	118,496,400	130,825,839
	Consolidation Adjustment - Ontario Clean Water Agency	6,106,600	3,063,000	3,043,600	2,891,496
	Consolidation Adjustment - General Real Estate Portfolio	(5,100,000)	-	(5,100,000)	-
	Other Adjustment - Asset Retirement Obligation Revaluation	-	-	-	(5,374)
	Consolidation Adjustment - Ontario Infrastructure and Lands Corporation	(2,968,800)	(2,152,500)	(816,300)	-
	Total Including Consolidation & Other Adjustments	165,076,700	49,453,000	115,623,700	133,711,961

Capital assets
Vote	Program	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
1101	Ministry Administration Program	1,511,000	1,551,000	(40,000)	752,064
1114	Environmental Sciences and Standards	8,972,100	9,533,900	(561,800)	1,361,281
1116	Environmental Compliance and Operations	1,000	1,000	-	-
1118	Environmental Assessment and Permissions	1,000	1,000	-	-
1120	Land and Water	56,206,200	28,927,500	27,278,700	17,597,269
1121	Emissions Performance Standards Program	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	66,692,300	40,015,400	26,676,900	19,710,614
	Statutory Appropriations	2,000	2,000	-	-
	Ministry Total Capital assets	66,694,300	40,017,400	26,676,900	19,710,614

	Ministry Total Operating and Capital Including Consolidation and Other Adjustments (not including Assets)	1,041,814,214	860,387,114	181,427,100	899,068,153

Ministry Administration Program - Vote 1101

This vote includes overall ministry business management support, including the ministry’s corporate business and financial management and controllership, strategic human resources, facilities, emergency management and response, French language services, legal services and communications.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
1	Ministry Administration	72,996,500	59,576,800	13,419,700	63,675,901
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	72,996,500	59,576,800	13,419,700	63,675,901
S	Minister's Salary, the Executive Council Act	47,841	47,841	-	49,301
S	Parliamentary Assistant's Salary, the Executive Council Act	16,173	16,173	-	16,667
S	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,000	1,000	-	222,800
	Total Statutory Appropriations	65,014	65,014	-	288,768
	Total Operating expense	73,061,514	59,641,814	13,419,700	63,964,669

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
3	Ministry Administration - Capital	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	151,600	93,700	57,900	20,517
	Total Statutory Appropriations	151,600	93,700	57,900	20,517
	Total Capital expense	152,600	94,700	57,900	20,517

Capital assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
2	Ministry Administration Infrastructure	1,511,000	1,551,000	(40,000)	752,064
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	1,511,000	1,551,000	(40,000)	752,064
	Total Capital assets	1,511,000	1,551,000	(40,000)	752,064

Standard account by item and sub-Items

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $	Amount $
1101-1	Ministry Administration
	Salaries and wages		22,584,300
	Employee benefits		2,638,800
	Transportation and communication		573,500
	Services		30,178,700
	Supplies and equipment		6,537,500
	Transfer payments
	Ontario Clean Water Agency		10,517,700
	Subtotal		73,030,500
	Less: Recoveries		34,000
	Total Operating expense to be Voted		72,996,500
	Sub-Items:
	Main Office
	Salaries and wages	2,842,600
	Employee benefits	388,200
	Transportation and communication	64,700
	Services	22,500
	Supplies and equipment	70,800	3,388,800
	Financial and Administrative Services
	Salaries and wages	10,050,500
	Employee benefits	846,600
	Transportation and communication	73,400
	Services	11,630,200
	Supplies and equipment	6,028,500
	Transfer payments
	Ontario Clean Water Agency	10,517,700
	Subtotal	39,146,900
	Less: Recoveries	34,000	39,112,900
	Human Resources
	Salaries and wages	1,071,900
	Employee benefits	160,400
	Transportation and communication	8,400
	Services	153,500
	Supplies and equipment	13,100	1,407,300
	Communications Services
	Salaries and wages	4,572,900
	Employee benefits	638,200
	Transportation and communication	95,600
	Services	348,100
	Supplies and equipment	156,100	5,810,900
	Legal Services
	Transportation and communication	136,200
	Services	11,435,900
	Supplies and equipment	107,700	11,679,800
	Information Systems
	Salaries and wages	4,046,400
	Employee benefits	605,400
	Transportation and communication	195,200
	Services	6,588,500
	Supplies and equipment	161,300	11,596,800
	Total Operating expense to be Voted		72,996,500
	Statutory Appropriations
Statutory	Minister's Salary, the Executive Council Act		47,841
Statutory	Parliamentary Assistant's Salary, the Executive Council Act		16,173
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act		1,000
	Total Operating expense for Ministry Administration Program		73,061,514

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1101-3	Ministry Administration Capital
	Services	1,000
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	1,000
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	151,600
	Total Capital expense for Ministry Administration Program	152,600

Capital assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1101-2	Ministry Administration Infrastructure
	Machinery and equipment - asset costs	1,510,000
	Business application software - asset costs	1,000
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	1,511,000
	Total Capital assets for Ministry Administration Program	1,511,000

Environmental Policy - Vote 1112

This vote includes development of policy, regulations and legislation to support the ministry’s mandate of environmental protection; activities related to designing programs to protect the environment; and diversion of waste to create valuable resources. This vote also includes areas responsible for leading Intergovernmental and Indigenous relations as well as Cabinet liaison and the Environmental Bill of Rights program.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
3	Environmental Policy and Programs	27,905,100	27,584,100	321,000	22,529,664
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	27,905,100	27,584,100	321,000	22,529,664
S	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Statutory Appropriations	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Operating expense	27,906,100	27,585,100	321,000	22,529,664

Standard account by item and sub-Items

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $
1112-3	Environmental Policy and Programs
	Salaries and wages		14,142,200
	Employee benefits		2,000,400
	Transportation and communication		777,400
	Services		3,111,900
	Supplies and equipment		674,200
	Transfer payments
	Environmental Planning and Action	4,000,000
	Indigenous Engagement and Collaboration	200,000
	Walkerton Clean Water Centre	3,000,000	7,200,000
	Subtotal		27,906,100
	Less: Recoveries		1,000
	Total Operating expense to be Voted		27,905,100
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act		1,000
	Total Operating expense for Environmental Policy		27,906,100

Environmental Sciences and Standards - Vote 1114

This vote includes activities related to providing scientific, technical and laboratory expertise to support policy and operational decision making; observed results from monitoring; and, reporting information about Ontario's environment.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
1	Environmental Sciences and Standards	48,588,700	46,250,300	2,338,400	41,211,765
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	48,588,700	46,250,300	2,338,400	41,211,765
S	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Statutory Appropriations	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Operating expense	48,589,700	46,251,300	2,338,400	41,211,765

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
2	Environmental Sciences — Capital	4,602,800	3,786,500	816,300	1,632,365
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	4,602,800	3,786,500	816,300	1,632,365
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	1,614,700	1,614,700	-	2,828,925
	Total Statutory Appropriations	1,614,700	1,614,700	-	2,828,925
	Total Capital expense	6,217,500	5,401,200	816,300	4,461,290

Capital assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
3	Environmental Sciences and Laboratory Infrastructure	8,972,100	9,533,900	(561,800)	1,361,281
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	8,972,100	9,533,900	(561,800)	1,361,281
	Total Capital assets	8,972,100	9,533,900	(561,800)	1,361,281

Standard account by item and sub-Items

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1114-1	Environmental Sciences and Standards
	Salaries and wages	36,255,800
	Employee benefits	4,983,400
	Transportation and communication	1,069,600
	Services	4,758,500
	Supplies and equipment	1,428,600
	Transfer payments
	Environmental Science and Technical Research	92,800
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	48,588,700
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,000
	Total Operating expense for Environmental Sciences and Standards	48,589,700

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1114-2	Environmental Sciences — Capital
	Other transactions	4,602,800
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	4,602,800
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	1,614,700
	Total Capital expense for Environmental Sciences and Standards	6,217,500

Capital assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-items	Amount $
1114-3	Environmental Sciences and Laboratory Infrastructure
	Buildings – alternative financing and procurement	7,610,100
	Machinery and equipment - asset costs	1,361,000
	Land and marine fleet - asset costs	1,000
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	8,972,100
	Total Capital assets for Environmental Sciences and Standards	8,972,100

Environmental Compliance and Operations - Vote 1116

This vote includes provincial oversight of environmental compliance and enforcement and supports all communities in Ontario through the delivery of innovative programs that protect clean air, land and water, including safe drinking water.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
1	Environmental Compliance and Enforcement	105,626,500	111,908,400	(6,281,900)	112,531,909
3	Indigenous Drinking Water Program	1,260,400	1,238,800	21,600	1,166,163
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	106,886,900	113,147,200	(6,260,300)	113,698,072
S	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,300	1,300	-	-
S	Trust, the English and Wabigoon Rivers Remediation Funding Act, 2017	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Statutory Appropriations	2,300	2,300	-	-
	Total Operating expense	106,889,200	113,149,500	(6,260,300)	113,698,072

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
5	Environmental Remediation – Capital	3,000	3,000	-	87,928,200
7	Environmental Compliance and Enforcement– Capital	78,000	3,000	75,000	766,907
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	81,000	6,000	75,000	88,695,107
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	945,600	945,600	-	880,753
	Total Statutory Appropriations	945,600	945,600	-	880,753
	Total Capital expense	1,026,600	951,600	75,000	89,575,860

Capital assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
6	Environmental Compliance and Operations Infrastructure	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital assets	1,000	1,000	-	-

Standard account by item and sub-Items

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1116-1	Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
	Salaries and wages	85,383,300
	Employee benefits	11,699,600
	Transportation and communication	538,500
	Services	7,364,100
	Supplies and equipment	641,000
	Transfer payments
	Ontario Community Environment Fund	1,900,000
	Subtotal	107,526,500
	Less: Recoveries	1,900,000
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	105,626,500
1116-3	Indigenous Drinking Water Program
	Salaries and wages	252,100
	Employee benefits	34,000
	Transportation and communication	1,000
	Services	612,300
	Supplies and equipment	1,000
	Transfer payments
	Indigenous Community Drinking Water	360,000
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	1,260,400
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,300
	Statutory Appropriations
	Transfer payments
Statutory	Trust, the English and Wabigoon Rivers Remediation Funding Act, 2017	1,000
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Transfers from Designated Purpose Account Operating, Deep Well Disposal Security, Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990	1,000
	Less: Recoveries	1,000
	Total Operating expense for Environmental Compliance and Operations	106,889,200

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1116-5	Environmental Remediation – Capital
	Services	1,000
	Transfer payments
	Environmental Remediation - Capital	1,000
	Other transactions	1,000
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	3,000
1116-7	Environmental Compliance and Enforcement– Capital
	Services	1,000
	Supplies and equipment	76,000
	Other transactions	1,000
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	78,000
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	945,600
	Total Capital expense for Environmental Compliance and Operations	1,026,600

Capital assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1116-6	Environmental Compliance and Operations Infrastructure
	Business application software - asset costs	1,000
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	1,000
	Total Capital assets for Environmental Compliance and Operations	1,000

Environmental Assessment and Permissions - Vote 1118

This vote includes activities related to issuing and streamlining ministry permissions using risk-based approaches and customer service standards. It supports the delivery of approvals, licenses, permissions, and certificates and activities related to modernizing the environmental assessment program and undertaking comprehensive reviews of environmental assessments.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
1	Environmental Assessment and Permissions	33,411,700	28,739,000	4,672,700	30,987,217
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	33,411,700	28,739,000	4,672,700	30,987,217
	Total Operating expense	33,411,700	28,739,000	4,672,700	30,987,217

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
3	Environmental Assessment and Permissions – Capital	1,141,400	1,169,300	(27,900)	670,383
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	1,141,400	1,169,300	(27,900)	670,383
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	2,893,200	3,851,000	(957,800)	3,851,036
	Total Statutory Appropriations	2,893,200	3,851,000	(957,800)	3,851,036
	Total Capital expense	4,034,600	5,020,300	(985,700)	4,521,419

Capital assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025-26 $	Estimates 2024-25 $	Difference Between 2025-26 and 2024-25 $	Actual 2023-24 $
2	Environmental Assessment and Permissions Infrastructure	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital assets	1,000	1,000	-	-

Standard account by item and sub-Items

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1118-1	Environmental Assessment and Permissions
	Salaries and wages	25,335,700
	Employee benefits	3,433,600
	Transportation and communication	328,100
	Services	3,962,400
	Supplies and equipment	351,900
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	33,411,700
	Total Operating expense for Environmental Assessment and Permissions	33,411,700

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1118-3	Environmental Assessment and Permissions – Capital
	Services	1,140,400
	Other transactions	1,000
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	1,141,400
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	2,893,200
	Total Capital expense for Environmental Assessment and Permissions	4,034,600

Capital assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1118-2	Environmental Assessment and Permissions Infrastructure
	Business application software - asset costs	1,000
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	1,000
	Total Capital assets for Environmental Assessment and Permissions	1,000

Climate Change and Resiliency - Vote 1119

This vote includes activities related to developing and implementing climate change policies, regulations, legislation and programs, tracking climate change initiatives, and supporting actions related to fighting climate change, improving resiliency and adaptation, and facilitating low carbon economic development, including working with stakeholders, Indigenous communities and other governments.

This vote also includes activities related to supporting work by MECP with partner ministries to understand climate change impacts and how these affect the delivery of government objectives.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
1	Climate Change and Resiliency	15,708,900	14,920,000	788,900	12,754,458
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	15,708,900	14,920,000	788,900	12,754,458
	Total Operating expense	15,708,900	14,920,000	788,900	12,754,458

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
2	Climate Change and Resiliency – Capital	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital expense	1,000	1,000	-	-

Standard account by item and sub-Items

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1119-1	Climate Change and Resiliency
	Salaries and wages	12,187,200
	Employee benefits	2,253,200
	Transportation and communication	75,200
	Services	1,109,100
	Supplies and equipment	84,200
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	15,708,900
	Total Operating expense for Climate Change and Resiliency	15,708,900

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1119-2	Climate Change and Resiliency – Capital
	Services	1,000
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	1,000
	Total Capital expense for Climate Change and Resiliency	1,000

Land and Water - Vote 1120

This vote includes activities related to providing policy and program oversight, delivery and leadership for species at risk, provincial parks, conservation reserves, the protection of source water and the ecological health of the Great Lakes and inland waters.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
1	Ontario Parks	29,014,200	19,430,400	9,583,800	26,012,240
2	Conservation and Water Protection	76,183,100	57,262,500	18,920,600	50,547,165
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	105,197,300	76,692,900	28,504,400	76,559,405
S	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act	1,000	1,000	-	-
S	Transfers from Designated Purpose Account Operating, Species Conservation Account, Species Conservation Act, 2025	1,000	-	1,000	-
	Total Statutory Appropriations	2,000	1,000	1,000	-
	Total Operating expense	105,199,300	76,693,900	28,505,400	76,559,405

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
3	Ontario Parks Capital	11,067,700	8,677,700	2,390,000	18,860,500
5	Conservation and Water Protection – Capital	35,810,500	19,700,000	16,110,500	6,671,544
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	46,878,200	28,377,700	18,500,500	25,532,044
S	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act	8,621,900	8,303,400	318,500	6,714,709
	Total Statutory Appropriations	8,621,900	8,303,400	318,500	6,714,709
	Total Capital expense	55,500,100	36,681,100	18,819,000	32,246,753

Capital assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
4	Ontario Parks Infrastructure	56,206,200	28,927,500	27,278,700	17,597,269
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	56,206,200	28,927,500	27,278,700	17,597,269
	Total Capital assets	56,206,200	28,927,500	27,278,700	17,597,269

Standard account by item and sub-Items

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $	Amount $
1120-1	Ontario Parks
	Salaries and wages		90,189,800
	Employee benefits		11,220,400
	Transportation and communication		2,153,700
	Services		40,318,100
	Supplies and equipment		30,401,500
	Transfer payments
	Ontario Parks Resource Stewardship	105,000
	Conservation Partnership	5,000,000	5,105,000
	Subtotal		179,388,500
	Less: Recoveries		150,374,300
	Total Operating expense to be Voted		29,014,200
1120-2	Conservation and Water Protection
	Salaries and wages		17,394,600
	Employee benefits		2,349,400
	Transportation and communication		168,900
	Services		29,904,100
	Supplies and equipment		373,500
	Transfer payments
	Species at Risk in Ontario Stewardship	11,212,400
	Source Water Protection	7,169,800
	Great Lakes	6,360,400
	Lake Simcoe	1,250,000	25,992,600
	Total Operating expense to be Voted		76,183,100
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad Debt Expense, the Financial Administration Act		1,000
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Transfers from Designated Purpose Account Operating, Species Conservation Account, Species Conservation Act, 2025		1,000
	Total Operating expense for Land and Water		105,199,300

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $	Amount $
1120-3	Ontario Parks Capital
	Transportation and communication		104,800
	Services		9,446,000
	Supplies and equipment		1,516,900
	Total Capital expense to be Voted		11,067,700
1120-5	Conservation and Water Protection – Capital
	Transfer payments
	Evergreen Brick Works Recovery and Climate Resilience	7,000,000
	Improving Municipal Wastewater and Stormwater Management	12,500,000
	Lake Simcoe Phosphorus Reduction Project - Capital	12,000,000
	Supporting Agricultural Washwater Treatment	1,600,000
	Wetlands Conservation Partner Program	2,710,500	35,810,500
	Total Capital expense to be Voted		35,810,500
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Amortization, the Financial Administration Act		8,621,900
	Total Capital expense for Land and Water		55,500,100

Capital assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1120-4	Ontario Parks Infrastructure
	Land	1,000
	Buildings - salaries and wages	145,000
	Buildings - employee benefits	20,000
	Buildings - asset costs	33,754,000
	Transportation infrastructure - salaries and wages	50,000
	Transportation infrastructure - employee benefits	6,000
	Transportation infrastructure - asset costs	10,856,900
	Dams and engineering structures - salaries and wages	106,000
	Dams and engineering structures - employee benefits	10,000
	Dams and engineering structures - asset costs	7,081,300
	Machinery and equipment - asset costs	3,936,000
	Land and marine fleet - asset costs	240,000
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	56,206,200
	Total Capital assets for Land and Water	56,206,200

Emissions Performance Standards Program - Vote 1121

This vote includes the administration of the Emissions Performance Standards Program and carrying out or supporting greenhouse gas reduction initiatives.

Vote summary

Operating expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
1	Emissions Performance Standards Program	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
S	Bad Debt Expense - Emissions Performance Standards Program, the Financial Administration Act	1,000	1,000	-	-
S	Transfers from Designated Purpose Account Operating, Emissions Performance Standards Program, Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990	25,158,600	31,192,700	(6,034,100)	-
	Total Statutory Appropriations	25,159,600	31,193,700	(6,034,100)	-
	Total Operating expense	25,160,600	31,194,700	(6,034,100)	-

Operating Assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
2	Emissions Performance Standards Program - Accounts Receivable	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Operating Assets to be Voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
S	Loans and Investments, Emissions Performance Standards Program, Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Statutory Appropriations	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Operating Assets	2,000	2,000	-	-

Capital expense
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
3	Emissions Performance Standards Program	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
S	Transfers from Designated Purpose Account Capital, Emissions Performance Standards Program, Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990	100,105,500	391,600	99,713,900	-
	Total Statutory Appropriations	100,105,500	391,600	99,713,900	-
	Total Capital expense	100,106,500	392,600	99,713,900	-

Capital assets
Item number	Item	Estimates 2025–26 $	Estimates 2024–25 $	Difference Between 2025–26 and 2024–25 $	Actual 2023–24 $
4	Emissions Performance Standards Program Infrastructure	1,000	1,000	-	-
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	1,000	1,000	-	-
S	Investments in Tangible Capital assets, Emissions Performance Standards Program, Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990	2,000	2,000	-	-
	Total Statutory Appropriations	2,000	2,000	-	-
	Total Capital assets	3,000	3,000	-	-

Standard account by item and sub-Items

Operating expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1121-1	Emissions Performance Standards Program
	Services	250,900
	Transfer payments
	Emissions Performance Program	24,907,700
	Subtotal	25,158,600
	Less: Recoveries	25,157,600
	Total Operating expense to be Voted	1,000
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Bad Debt Expense - Emissions Performance Standards Program, the Financial Administration Act	1,000
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Transfers from Designated Purpose Account Operating, Emissions Performance Standards Program, Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990	25,158,600
	Total Operating expense for Emissions Performance Standards Program	25,160,600

Operating Assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1121-2	Emissions Performance Standards Program Accounts Receivable
	Loans and Investments	1,000
	Total Operating Assets to be Voted	1,000
	Statutory Appropriations
	Loans and Investments
Statutory	Loans and Investments, Emissions Performance Standards Program, Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990	1,000
	Total Operating Assets for Emissions Performance Standards Program	2,000

Capital expense
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1121-3	Emissions Performance Standards Program
	Services	477,800
	Transfer payments
	Emissions Performance Program - Capital	99,627,700
	Subtotal	100,105,500
	Less: Recoveries	100,104,500
	Total Capital expense to be Voted	1,000
	Statutory Appropriations
	Other transactions
Statutory	Transfers from Designated Purpose Account Capital, Emissions Performance Standards Program, Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990	100,105,500
	Total Capital expense for Emissions Performance Standards Program	100,106,500

Capital assets
Vote- item number	Standard account by item and sub-Items	Amount $
1121-4	Emissions Performance Standards Program Infrastructure
	Business application software - asset costs	2,000
	Less: Recoveries	1,000
	Total Capital assets to be Voted	1,000
	Statutory Appropriations
	Investments in Tangible Capital Asset
Statutory	Investments in Tangible Capital assets, Emissions Performance Standards Program, Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990	2,000
	Total Capital assets for Emissions Performance Standards Program	3,000

Updated: June 04, 2025

Published: June 04, 2025