Expenditure Estimates for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (2024-25)
The 2024-2025 Expenditure Estimates set out details of the operating and capital spending requirements of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2024.
Summary
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing provides leadership to help ensure communities are served by strong, efficient local governments and that all people in Ontario have access to housing that meets their needs.
To achieve these goals, the ministry develops, coordinates, and implements Ontario government policies, legislation, regulation, and programs that impact municipalities, housing, municipal service managers, and Indigenous program administrators. It also manages:
• intergovernmental relationships with federal, provincial, and municipal stakeholders
• provincial business relationships with key growth partners, and the
• implementation of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Memorandum of Understanding and the Toronto-Ontario Consultation and Collaboration Agreement.
The ministry also develops and administers policies and programs in support of:
• municipal administration, governance, and finance
• infrastructure improvement
• municipal and provincial land use planning
• growth management
• building regulation
• community and supportive housing
• market housing supply (including residential and commercial tenancy regulation)
• homelessness response and prevention programs, and
• disaster recovery.
Ministry program summary
| Vote | Program | Estimates | Estimates | Difference | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating expense | |||||
| 1901 | Ministry Administration Program | 23,712,000 | 20,326,900 | 3,385,100 | 20,901,729 |
| 1902 | Municipal services | 23,763,500 | 48,485,400 | (24,721,900) | 284,620,118 |
| 1903 | Local Government and Planning Policy | 22,047,200 | 21,442,200 | 605,000 | 16,581,909 |
| 1904 | Housing Program | 1,134,707,500 | 1,090,470,800 | 44,236,700 | 988,956,551 |
| Total operating expense to be voted | 1,204,230,200 | 1,180,725,300 | 23,504,900 | 1,311,060,307 | |
| Statutory appropriations | 792,592 | 1,459,992 | (667,400) | 2,512,804 | |
| Ministry total operating expense | 1,205,022,792 | 1,182,185,292 | 22,837,500 | 1,313,573,111 | |
| Operating expense adjustment - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | - | - | - | 796,655 | |
| Consolidation adjustment - Public Housing Debentures - Interest on Debt | (702,200) | (1,369,600) | 667,400 | (2,352,180) | |
| Consolidation adjustment - General Real Estate Portfolio | (34,400) | (47,300) | 12,900 | - | |
| Total including consolidation & other adjustments | 1,204,286,192 | 1,180,768,392 | 23,517,800 | 1,312,017,586 | |
Operating assets | |||||
| 1903 | Local Government and Planning Policy | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | - | - |
| Total operating assets to be voted | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | - | - | |
| Ministry total operating assets | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | - | - | |
Capital expense | |||||
| 1901 | Ministry Administration Program | 1,000 | 1,000 | - | - |
| 1902 | Municipal services | 2,000 | 2,000 | - | 6,599,000 |
| 1904 | Housing Program | 848,258,700 | 264,239,300 | 584,019,400 | 243,762,826 |
| Total capital expense to be voted | 848,261,700 | 264,242,300 | 584,019,400 | 250,361,826 | |
| Statutory appropriations | 636,500 | 636,500 | - | 604,398 | |
| Ministry total capital expense | 848,898,200 | 264,878,800 | 584,019,400 | 250,966,224 | |
| Ministry total operating and capital including consolidation and other adjustments (not including assets) | 2,053,184,392 | 1,445,647,192 | 607,537,200 | 1,562,983,810 | |
Reconciliation to previously published data
| Operating expense | Estimates | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Total operating expense previously published | 1,182,185,292 | 1,313,601,141 |
| Government reorganization | ||
Transfer of functions to other Ministries | - | (28,030) |
| Restated total operating expense | 1,182,185,292 | 1,313,573,111 |
Ministry Administration Program - vote 1901
The objectives of this program are to: provide leadership, direction, coordination and controllership for all central agency requirements (including statutory and regulatory compliance), as well as corporate programs and activities of the ministry; provide strategic communications and issues management support; provide efficient and effective strategic advice, legal advice and services, business and resources planning, corporate emergency and security management, risk management and service delivery management support to the ministry; establish controls and controllership mechanisms, reporting and management standards, service standards and performance measures; and provide oversight of the ministry's human, financial, information management and information technology resources, and physical assets. This program also provides management and operational support services to the ministry and its agencies.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item | Estimates | Estimates | Difference | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating expense | |||||
| 1 | Ministry administration | 23,712,000 | 20,326,900 | 3,385,100 | 20,901,729 |
| Total operating expense to be voted | 23,712,000 | 20,326,900 | 3,385,100 | 20,901,729 | |
| S | Minister's salary, the Executive Council Act | 47,841 | 47,841 | - | 49,301 |
| S | Minister without Portfolio’s Salary, the Executive Council Act | 22,378 | 22,378 | - | 17,219 |
| 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 | - | - |
| Total statutory appropriations | 87,392 | 87,392 | - | 83,187 | |
| Total operating expense | 23,799,392 | 20,414,292 | 3,385,100 | 20,984,916 | |
Capital expense | |||||
| 2 | Ministry Administration 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
| Vote- item number | Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount $ | Amount $ |
|---|---|---|---|
Operating expense | |||
| 1901-1 | Ministry administration | ||
Salaries and wages | 13,650,800 | ||
Employee benefits | 1,322,900 | ||
Transportation and communication | 250,400 | ||
Services | 8,440,000 | ||
Supplies and equipment | 47,900 | ||
| Total operating expense to be voted | 23,712,000 | ||
| Sub-items: | |||
| Main office | |||
Salaries and wages | 3,649,900 | ||
Employee benefits | 451,100 | ||
Transportation and communication | 82,300 | ||
Services | 243,900 | ||
Supplies and equipment | 7,400 | 4,434,600 | |
| Communications services | |||
Salaries and wages | 2,966,200 | ||
Employee benefits | 274,800 | ||
Transportation and communication | 17,700 | ||
Services | 233,100 | ||
Supplies and equipment | 2,500 | 3,494,300 | |
| Financial and Administrative Services | |||
Salaries and wages | 5,685,700 | ||
Employee benefits | 391,600 | ||
Transportation and communication | 92,700 | ||
Services | 991,200 | ||
Supplies and equipment | 17,900 | 7,179,100 | |
| Human resources | |||
Salaries and wages | 1,309,000 | ||
Employee benefits | 205,400 | ||
Transportation and communication | 33,900 | ||
Services | 233,000 | ||
Supplies and equipment | 6,200 | 1,787,500 | |
| Legal services | |||
Salaries and wages | 40,000 | ||
Transportation and communication | 23,800 | ||
Services | 5,872,300 | ||
Supplies and equipment | 13,900 | 5,950,000 | |
| Information systems | |||
Services | 866,500 | 866,500 | |
| Total operating expense to be voted | 23,712,000 | ||
| Statutory appropriations | |||
| Statutory | Minister's salary, the Executive Council Act | 47,841 | |
| Statutory | Minister without Portfolio’s Salary, the Executive Council Act | 22,378 | |
| 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 | 23,799,392 | ||
Capital expense | |||
| 1901-2 | Ministry Administration Capital | ||
Other transactions | 1,000 | ||
| Total capital expense to be voted | 1,000 | ||
| Total capital expense for Ministry Administration Program | 1,000 | ||
Municipal Services - vote 1902
The objectives of this program are to build strong local governments, promote well-planned, safe, complete, and thriving communities and increase the supply of housing through direct engagement with municipal clients. Its main priorities are to: oversee the implementation of the Municipal Act, the Planning Act, the Housing Services Act and related legislation, regulations, policies, and transfer payment programs; strengthen municipal capacity to deliver efficient services that meet local needs and achieve financial sustainability, prosperity and resiliency; and lead the province's one-window land-use planning system to support increased housing supply and economic development opportunities. In addition, this program provides provincial disaster recovery assistance, including the Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance, and Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians programs, and manages the ministry's Order-in-Council Emergency Management Program.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item | Estimates | Estimates | Difference | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating expense | |||||
| 4 | Municipal services | 23,763,500 | 48,485,400 | (24,721,900) | 284,620,118 |
| Total operating expense to be voted | 23,763,500 | 48,485,400 | (24,721,900) | 284,620,118 | |
| S | Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act | 1,000 | 1,000 | - | 77,437 |
| Total statutory appropriations | 1,000 | 1,000 | - | 77,437 | |
| Total operating expense | 23,764,500 | 48,486,400 | (24,721,900) | 284,697,555 | |
Capital expense | |||||
| 3 | Municipal services | 2,000 | 2,000 | - | 6,599,000 |
| Total capital expense to be voted | 2,000 | 2,000 | - | 6,599,000 | |
| Total capital expense | 2,000 | 2,000 | - | 6,599,000 | |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number | Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount $ | Amount $ |
|---|---|---|---|
Operating expense | |||
| 1902-4 | Municipal services | ||
Salaries and wages | 17,023,100 | ||
Employee benefits | 1,938,300 | ||
Transportation and communication | 442,600 | ||
Services | 2,245,000 | ||
Supplies and equipment | 77,400 | ||
Transfer payments | |||
Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians | 1,000 | ||
Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance | 1,000 | ||
Payments under the Municipal Tax Assistance Act | 85,179,000 | ||
Taxes on Tenanted Provincial Properties under the Municipal Tax Assistance Act | 9,181,000 | ||
Assistance to Moosonee | 1,684,100 | ||
Priority Projects for Municipalities and Municipal Organizations | 1,000 | ||
Assistance to Planning Boards | 350,000 | 96,397,100 | |
| Subtotal | 118,123,500 | ||
| Less: recoveries | 94,360,000 | ||
| Total operating expense to be voted | 23,763,500 | ||
| Statutory appropriations | |||
Other transactions | |||
| Statutory | Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act | 1,000 | |
| Total operating expense for municipal services | 23,764,500 | ||
Capital expense | |||
| 1902-3 | Municipal services | ||
Transfer payments | |||
Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance | 1,000 | ||
Priority Projects for Municipalities and Municipal Organizations | 1,000 | 2,000 | |
| Total capital expense to be voted | 2,000 | ||
| Total capital expense for municipal services | 2,000 | ||
Local Government and Planning Policy - vote 1903
The objectives of this program are to ensure Ontario's municipalities are well-planned, and effectively provide services to their residents and businesses. This program contributes to a long-term policy, program, administrative, and legislative framework that enhances the accountability, transparency and effectiveness of local government and democratic processes. The ministry works across government and in partnership with municipalities to advance shared priorities, such as long-term municipal sustainability and evidence-based decision-making. Activities include overseeing the Municipal Act, City of Toronto Act, Planning Act, Development Charges Act, Municipal Elections Act and Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.
Through this program, effective partnerships with municipalities, businesses, environmental, non-governmental organizations, Indigenous peoples, other ministries, and other governments are built and maintained. The program strengthens the province’s relationship with Ontario’s 444 municipalities through the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Toronto-Ontario Consultation and Collaboration Agreement.
The program also oversees the Provincial Policy Statement, Greenbelt Act, Ontario Planning and Development Act, Places to Grow Act and the Building Code Act. This includes overseeing geographic-specific regulatory policy such as the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the Greenbelt Plan, and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan. Additionally, the program supports environmental protection, preservation of agricultural land, and conservation of greenspace while also providing a legislative framework for land use planning and development approvals, including the administration of Ontario’s Building Code.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item | Estimates | Estimates | Difference | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating expense | |||||
| 7 | Local Government | 7,557,800 | 7,257,800 | 300,000 | 5,573,451 |
| 10 | Planning and Growth Policy | 14,489,400 | 14,184,400 | 305,000 | 11,008,458 |
| Total operating expense to be voted | 22,047,200 | 21,442,200 | 605,000 | 16,581,909 | |
| S | Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act | 1,000 | 1,000 | - | - |
| Total statutory appropriations | 1,000 | 1,000 | - | - | |
| Total operating expense | 22,048,200 | 21,443,200 | 605,000 | 16,581,909 | |
Operating assets | |||||
| 11 | Advances and recoverables | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | - | - |
| Total operating assets to be voted | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | - | - | |
| Total operating assets | 3,600,000 | 3,600,000 | - | - | |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number | Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount $ |
|---|---|---|
Operating expense | ||
| 1903-7 | Local Government | |
Salaries and wages | 6,132,900 | |
Employee benefits | 490,200 | |
Transportation and communication | 88,400 | |
Services | 837,800 | |
Supplies and equipment | 8,500 | |
| Total operating expense to be voted | 7,557,800 | |
| 1903-10 | Planning and Growth Policy | |
Salaries and wages | 9,204,100 | |
Employee benefits | 1,051,400 | |
Transportation and communication | 264,900 | |
Services | 3,883,600 | |
Supplies and equipment | 85,400 | |
| Total operating expense to be voted | 14,489,400 | |
| Statutory appropriations | ||
Other transactions | ||
| Statutory | Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act | 1,000 |
| Total operating expense for Local Government and Planning Policy | 22,048,200 | |
Operating assets | ||
| 1903-11 | Advances and recoverables | |
Advances and recoverable amounts | 3,600,000 | |
| Total operating assets to be voted | 3,600,000 | |
| Total operating assets for Local Government and Planning Policy | 3,600,000 | |
Housing Program - vote 1904
The objectives of this program are to deliver on community and supportive housing; homelessness response, prevention and reduction; and market housing supply. This includes: engaging with stakeholders on opportunities to improve housing; working horizontally to lead policy and legislative changes to increase and maintain both affordable and market housing supply and improve overall housing affordability; supporting housing development on surplus government properties, including attainable housing; supporting innovative approaches to increase housing supply, including modular housing; maintaining a regulatory framework that protects tenants and landlords and encourages maintenance and investment in new rental housing; supporting municipalities, municipal service managers, housing providers, Indigenous program administrators and other external stakeholders, to help them meet their housing responsibilities; and to continue supporting vulnerable populations through homelessness prevention and portable housing benefit programs.
To meet its objectives, the program provides a full range of services: policy and legislative development, research, coordination, and implementation; data analytics and reporting; program design and delivery; complaints resolution and enforcement; residential and commercial tenancy regulation; and program funding.
Vote summary
| Item number | Item | Estimates | Estimates | Difference | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating expense | |||||
| 2 | Community and Market Housing | 1,132,888,900 | 1,088,652,200 | 44,236,700 | 987,455,370 |
| 3 | Residential Tenancy | 1,818,600 | 1,818,600 | - | 1,501,181 |
| Total operating expense to be voted | 1,134,707,500 | 1,090,470,800 | 44,236,700 | 988,956,551 | |
| S | Interest on debt, the Financial Administration Act | 702,200 | 1,369,600 | (667,400) | 2,352,180 |
| S | Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act | 1,000 | 1,000 | - | - |
| Total statutory appropriations | 703,200 | 1,370,600 | (667,400) | 2,352,180 | |
| Total operating expense | 1,135,410,700 | 1,091,841,400 | 43,569,300 | 991,308,731 | |
Capital expense | |||||
| 4 | Community and Market Housing Capital | 848,257,700 | 264,238,300 | 584,019,400 | 243,762,826 |
| 5 | Community and Market Housing Capital, Expense related to Capital Assets | 1,000 | 1,000 | - | - |
| Total capital expense to be voted | 848,258,700 | 264,239,300 | 584,019,400 | 243,762,826 | |
| S | Amortization, the Financial Administration Act | 636,500 | 636,500 | - | 604,398 |
| Total statutory appropriations | 636,500 | 636,500 | - | 604,398 | |
| Total capital expense | 848,895,200 | 264,875,800 | 584,019,400 | 244,367,224 | |
Standard account by item and sub-items
| Vote- item number | Standard account by item and sub-items | Amount $ | Amount $ |
|---|---|---|---|
Operating expense | |||
| 1904-2 | Community and Market Housing | ||
Salaries and wages | 20,494,100 | ||
Employee benefits | 2,428,000 | ||
Transportation and communication | 194,700 | ||
Services | 3,797,600 | ||
Supplies and equipment | 33,000 | ||
Transfer payments | |||
Community Housing Programs | 168,755,000 | ||
Indigenous and Community Housing Initiatives | 8,473,300 | ||
National Housing Strategy Programs | 275,887,000 | ||
Building Faster Fund | 1,000 | ||
Homelessness Programs | 670,730,200 | 1,123,846,500 | |
Other transactions | 7,481,500 | ||
| Subtotal | 1,158,275,400 | ||
| Less: recoveries | 25,386,500 | ||
| Total operating expense to be voted | 1,132,888,900 | ||
| 1904-3 | Residential Tenancy | ||
Salaries and wages | 1,573,800 | ||
Employee benefits | 133,500 | ||
Transportation and communication | 24,700 | ||
Services | 83,600 | ||
Supplies and equipment | 3,000 | ||
| Total operating expense to be voted | 1,818,600 | ||
| Statutory appropriations | |||
Other transactions | |||
| Statutory | Interest on debt, the Financial Administration Act | 702,200 | |
| Statutory appropriations | |||
Other transactions | |||
| Statutory | Bad debt expense, the Financial Administration Act | 1,000 | |
| Total operating expense for Housing Program | 1,135,410,700 | ||
Capital expense | |||
| 1904-4 | Community and Market Housing Capital | ||
Transfer payments | |||
Homelessness Programs | 36,954,100 | ||
Community Housing Programs | 18,300,000 | ||
National Housing Strategy Programs | 243,001,600 | ||
Building Faster Fund | 550,000,000 | ||
Housing Lands - Sale | 1,000 | ||
Housing Lands - Lease | 1,000 | 848,257,700 | |
| Total capital expense to be voted | 848,257,700 | ||
| 1904-5 | Community and Market Housing Capital, Expense related to Capital Assets | ||
Other transactions | 1,000 | ||
| Total capital expense to be voted | 1,000 | ||
| Statutory appropriations | |||
Other transactions | |||
| Statutory | Amortization, the Financial Administration Act | 636,500 | |
| Total capital expense for Housing Program | 848,895,200 | ||
Footnotes
- footnote[1] Back to paragraph Total operating expense includes statutory appropriations, special warrants and total operating expense to be voted.