Item - 2025.EX26.3

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on October 8 and 9, 2025 without amendments.
  • This item was considered by the Executive Committee on September 29, 2025 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on October 8 and 9, 2025.

EX26.3 - Capital Variance Report for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on October 8 and 9, 2025, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council approve in-year budget adjustments to Previously Approved Capital Budget and Plan, as detailed in Appendices 2a and 2b to the report (September 15, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Background Information (Committee)

(September 15, 2025) Report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on Capital Variance Report for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258542.pdf
Appendix 1 - 2025 Capital Variance Summary for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258543.pdf
Appendix 2a - In-Year Adjustments for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258544.pdf
Appendix 2b - In-Year Funding Cleanup Entries for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258545.pdf
Appendix 3 - 2025 Six Month Capital Variance Dashboard by Program and Agency
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258546.pdf

Communications (Committee)

(September 29, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (EX.New)

Motions (City Council)

Motion to Adopt Item (Carried)

EX26.3 - Capital Variance Report for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Executive Committee recommends that:

 

1. City Council approve in-year budget adjustments to Previously Approved Capital Budget and Plan, as detailed in Appendices 2a and 2b to the report (September 15, 2025) from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

Origin

(September 15, 2025) Report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Summary

The purpose of this report is to provide City Council with the City of Toronto capital spending for the six-month period ended June 30, 2025, as well as the projected 2025 year-end expenditures. Furthermore, this report seeks Council's approval for in-year budget adjustments to the previously approved Capital Budget and Plan as outlined in Appendix 2a and Appendix 2b of this report.

                                        

Table 1 below summarizes the City's 2025 actual capital expenditures compared with the 2025 Approved Capital Budget for the six-month period ended June 30, 2025, and the projected expenditures by year-end, December 31, 2025.

 

Table 1: Capital Variance Summary

 

Table 1

Corporate Capital Variance Summary

for the Period Ended June 30, 2025

 

2025 Budget*

2025 Q2 Year-to-Date
Expenditures

2025 Projected
Year-End Expenditures

 

$M

$M

%

$M

%

City Operations

2,783.4

821.8

29.5%

2,337.6

84.0%

Agencies

2,106.8

742.0

35.2%

1,845.2

87.6%

Tax Supported:

4,890.2

1,563.8

32.0%

4,182.8

85.5%

Rate Supported:

1,354.8

286.1

21.1%

1,055.5

77.9%

TOTAL

6,245.0

1,849.9

29.6%

5,238.3

83.9%

*Note: Includes carry forward funding

 

The City's actual capital spending for the first six months of 2025 totals $1.850 billion, or 29.6% of the 2025 Approved Capital Budget. This marks an improvement in spending rate compared to the historical average for the same six-month period, which has typically remained below 27%. Capital spending will continue to be monitored, with updates provided in future variance reports.

Background Information

(September 15, 2025) Report from the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on Capital Variance Report for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258542.pdf
Appendix 1 - 2025 Capital Variance Summary for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258543.pdf
Appendix 2a - In-Year Adjustments for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258544.pdf
Appendix 2b - In-Year Funding Cleanup Entries for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258545.pdf
Appendix 3 - 2025 Six Month Capital Variance Dashboard by Program and Agency
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-258546.pdf

Communications

(September 29, 2025) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (EX.New)

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Shelley Carroll (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council