Each year, the City Budget invests in the services you rely on every day and make life more affordable.
Your Toronto Houses
Close to 2,650 households moved from the Centralized Wait List into rent-geared-to-income homes in 2024.
Helped non-profit organizations convert 300 homes at risk of redevelopment into permanent affordable housing through Multi-Unit Residential Acquisition Program and funding.
Moved 3,263 people out of shelters into permanent housing.
Provided more than 2,200 loans and grants through Toronto Rent Bank to low-income households who needed help.
Unlocked over 7,000 new rental homes in the first phase of the rental housing incentives stream.
Implemented new processes to speed up construction timelines, reducing the average review time by about 80 per cent.
Your Toronto Cares
The addition of the Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS), the City’s fourth emergency service, led to a decrease of 4.5 per cent for person in crisis calls to Toronto Police Services.
TCCS received more than 19,000 calls and dispatched mobile teams more than 15,000 times to provide in-person mental health supports.
Toronto Fire welcomed 97 new Operations Firefighters who respond to thousands of medical emergencies, rescues and other emergencies.
Toronto Paramedic Services welcomed 55 new Paramedic and Communication Centre frontline recruits to ensure continuity of care and access to 24-hour pre-hospital emergency care.
Your Toronto Invests
Directly addressing food insecurity for 21,500 students (an increase of 48 new schools in 2025) by adding $6 million in funding to the School Food Program.
In total, 842 programs across 644 sites in Toronto are providing nutritious food to 243,685 students.
Supported 304 restaurant operator’s participation in CaféTO’s 2024 season, including 60 new operators and 244 returning.
Helped more than 29,600 small business with a 15 per cent property tax rate reduction.
Your Toronto Moves
Deployed traffic wardens achieved a 33 per cent reduction in travel time, a 96 per cent reduction in vehicles blocking intersections and a 25 per cent increase in cars safely travelling through intersections.
Froze transit fares and invested in more service, bringing service to 97 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.
Made a record investment of $28 million in the TTC’s Community Safety, Security and Well-Being program.
Fully funded the Scarborough RT busway with a $56 million investment.
Your Toronto Reads
Added Monday to Saturday hours to eight branches and added Sunday hours to eight branches. 67 library branches are now open on Sundays.
Expanded Youth Hubs to 28 locations, a 12 per cent increase, providing welcoming spaces for teens in or near priority neighbourhoods. Teens can drop-in to study, chat with friends, use technology or participate in programs and activities. Helpful staff are always available and nutritious snacks are offered daily.
Your Toronto Plays
The City is the largest provider of recreation programs in Toronto with about 17,000 registered courses and 162,000 spaces.
Launched new user-friendly online portal for recreation and cultural program registration that includes facility bookings such as museum rental spaces, ice rinks, fire pits and sports fields.
At the heart of your Toronto are hard working City of Toronto employees. Watch these behind-the-scenes, unscripted, personal stories that showcase services and shine a light on programs delivered everyday for Torontonians. These employees have a personal passion for public service and make Toronto a vibrant place to live and work.
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