Notice of Public
Meeting
Proposed Changes to User Fees
Toronto City Council will be considering recommendations to
pass by-laws to amend the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 441, Fees and
Charges, so as to adopt changes to existing user fees
and new user fees. Changes to existing
user fees and new user fees are proposed in the Prepared 2026 Rate and Tax-Supported
Budget. The Mayor's proposed 2026 Rate and Tax-Supported
Budget will be considered by City Council on February 10, 2026.
The changes to existing
user fees and new user fees that are proposed in the Prepared 2026 Rate and Tax-Supported
Operating Budget are noted in Appendix A and Appendix B in 2026 Budget
Briefing Note 12 – Summary of User Fee Adjustments in the Prepared Budget attached
as background documents to Item BU11.1 Capital
and Operating Budgets: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/#/committees/2562/27153
To obtain additional information or to ask questions about a recommended user
fee change, please contact the staff person identified in the Prepared Budget Notes.
The Prepared 2026 Rate and Tax-Supported Budget,
including the services, service levels and user fees upon which it is based, are
being considered by the Budget Committee for recommendation to the Mayor in accordance with the City of Toronto Act 2006, as
amended. Members of the public can register to speak to the Budget Committee at
one of the public meetings to be held on January 20 and 21, 2026.
Public Presentations - January 20, 2026
and January 21, 2026
In person as well as
live web conferences will be available. Connection instructions will be
provided to registered participants. Meetings will be streamed live and the
links to watch the livestreams will be available at toronto.ca/council.
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Location: City Hall, Committee Room 1, 2nd
Floor, 100 Queen Street West. and by Video Conference
Times: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m. onwards
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Location: North York Civic Centre, Council Chamber,
5100 Yonge Street, and by Video Conference
Times: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m. onwards
Date: Wednesday,
January 21, 2026
Location: Etobicoke Civic Centre, Council Chamber,
399 The West Mall, and by Video Conference
Times: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m. onwards
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
Location: Scarborough Civic Centre, Council
Chamber, 150 Borough Drive, and by Video Conference
Times: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m. onwards
Speak to the Committee
Register to speak to
the Budget Committee by emailing buc@toronto.ca or calling 416-392-4666.
Individuals may only make one presentation on either January 20 or January 21. Please
indicate your preferred date, meeting location and meeting time, listed above,
when you register to speak before 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 20. Registered
public speakers will be provided with instructions on how to appear at the
Committee meeting. The meeting will be streamed live online at toronto.ca/council.
Send your comments to the Budget Committee
Attention: Budget
Committee
Email: buc@toronto.ca
Mail: Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street West,
10th
floor, West Tower, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
Any comments received
after the Committee meetings will be forwarded to City Council.
Send a letter or email to Members of City Council
For contact
information: Call 311 or visit toronto.ca/council
For more information on
2026 Budget visit toronto.ca/budget
Notice: Committee meetings are broadcast live over the Internet
for the public to view. If you speak at the meeting, you will appear in the
video.
The Budget Committee
will make its final recommendations to the Mayor at
its meeting on January 23, 2026. The Mayor will
propose a budget on or before February 1, 2026, for consideration by City
Council at its special meeting on February 10, 2026.
While the Prepared 2026
Rate and Tax-Supported Budget include revenues from the recommended fees,
Toronto City Council may adopt rates that differ from them, including fees that
are higher or lower, and may adopt new fees not contemplated in the Prepared Budget.
Further information
If this matter is
postponed at the Committee meeting or Council meeting or considered at a
subsequent Committee meeting, no additional notice will be provided other than
the information on the subsequent Committee or Council agenda. Please contact the above noted City Official
or the Program Contact noted on the list of fees if you require notice in these
cases.
Notice to people writing or making presentations to the
Budget Committee
The City of Toronto Act, 2006 and the City of Toronto
Municipal Code authorize the City of Toronto to collect any personal
information in your communication or presentation to City Council or its Committees.
The City collects this information to enable it to make informed decisions on
the relevant issue(s). If you are submitting letters, faxes, e-mails,
presentations or other communications to the City, you
should be aware that your name and the fact that you communicated with the City will become part of the public record and will appear
on the City’s website. The City will also make your
communication and any personal information in it - such as your postal address,
telephone number or e-mail address - available to the public, unless you
expressly request the City to remove it.
Many Committee, Board, and Advisory Body meetings are
broadcast live over the internet for the public to view. If you speak at the
meeting you will appear in the video broadcast. Video broadcasts are archived
and continue to be publicly available.
If you want to learn more
about why and how the City collects your information,
write to the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto ON
M5H 2N2 or by calling 416-392-4666.
Closed Meeting Requirements: If
the Committee wants to meet in closed session (privately), a Committee
member must make a motion to do so and give the reason why the Committee has to meet privately (City of Toronto Act, 2006).
January 8, 2026
John D. Elvidge
City Clerk