Capital and Operating Budget

We're preparing the next Capital and Operating Budgets, and we want to hear from you!

The City receives public feedback throughout the year regarding projects or improvements that City staff should consider for the budget. Through this platform, the City aims to ensure that all public feedback is acknowledged, considered, and incorporated into the budget, where possible.

What we're asking:

Do you have a specific project or idea, big or small, that could positively impact our community? Share it with us!

This ongoing engagement is focused on soliciting specific project ideas or service suggestions for Council’s consideration and potential integration into the future capital or operating budgets. Submissions received before May 31 of each year will be considered for the following year’s budget update.

How to get involved:

Submit your ideas by describing what project you want to see in Whitehorse, or what City services you want to see added or improved. Submissions will be publicly viewable; you can also submit in support of an existing submission.

Submissions received will be reviewed by City administration and Council. Information on how public input was integrated into the budgets will be presented at a Council committee meeting after the upcoming budget has been given first reading.

While all submissions will be reviewed, the City will likely not be able to incorporate all ideas into the budget. The City is required to prepare a balanced budget and, therefore, cannot incur a deficit like other senior levels of government. To balance the budget, a careful analysis must be done regarding the level of service required to meet the expectations of the community, balanced with realistic taxation and user fee levels.

Our promise to you:

We will keep you informed on how public input influenced the budgets.

Biathlon Yukon, recipients of a City of Whitehorse Recreation Grant
Photo: William LeBarge