Budget 2026 breakdowns tailored for different Canadians.
Federal Budget 2026 for Alberta: up to $2.5 billion in EDC financing for De Havilland, and a Pacific Link pipeline listing with no federal cost line.
De Havilland waterbomber financing through Export Development Canada
Up to $2.5 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for Atlantic Canada: $1.3 billion for Eastern ferries, 14,000 MW at Churchill Falls and Gull Island, and no new money for ACOA.
Ferry Services Contribution Program renewal
$1.3 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for auto and steel workers: $170 million in new retraining money for 2027-28, beside $11,324 million in tariff support announced earlier.
Tariff support for workers and businesses, five-year net cost
$11,324 million, 2026-27 to 2030-31
Federal Budget 2026 for British Columbia: up to $3 billion for the George Massey Crossing, $1.2 billion for West Coast oceans and six B.C. major projects.
George Massey Crossing maximum federal envelope
$3 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for charities and non-profits: $11.2 billion to end homelessness, but no new money for community groups before 2027-28.
Homelessness plan
$11.2 billion over four years from 2027-28
Federal Budget 2026 for EI claimants and job seekers: tariff supports re-booked, 18 EI weeks for apprentices, and a $1.64 premium rate in 2027.
Employment Insurance benefits, 2026-27
$32.9 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for energy workers: $8,747 million for electricity from 2027-28 and clean credits to 2040, but no training or transition money.
Powering Canada Strong
$8,747 million over five years
Federal Budget 2026 for families: a one-time grocery benefit supplement of up to $679 for a couple with two children in early 2027, and no change to the CCB.
2027 Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit Supplement, couple with two children
up to $679
Federal Budget 2026 for farmers: permanent full write-offs for tractors, barns and silos, no new business risk money, and diesel relief ends April 1, 2027.
Tax rate on new agriculture and fishing investment
-6.0%
Federal Budget 2026 for First Nations: $32 billion over 10 years for on-reserve housing and infrastructure, but almost none of it flows before April 2027.
First Nations housing and infrastructure
$32 billion over 10 years
Federal Budget 2026 for first-time homebuyers: optional mortgage insurance rises to a $1.5 million price limit with 30-year amortisations, and little new money.
Optional mortgage insurance price limit
$1.5 million
Federal Budget 2026 for fishers: vessels, nets and winches get permanent full write-offs, but there is no new money for small craft harbours or seasonal EI.
Federal Budget 2026 gives homeowners a heat pump rebate worth more than $2 billion over eight years, announced in October, and mortgage rule changes.
National Heat Pump Rebate Program
$2 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for Indigenous Peoples: $26,649 million over five years for reconciliation, but only $180 million of it arrives in 2026-27.
Reconciliation package (Chapter 4, s. 4.3), five years
$26,649 million
Federal Budget 2026 for Inuit: $575 million over five years for Inuit Child First and Pirutsiagutiit, but no Inuit share of the $32 billion housing commitment.
Inuit Child First Initiative and Pirutsiagutiit
$575 million over five years
Federal Budget 2026 for investors and savers: deposit insurance rises to $250,000, RRSPs can stay open past 71, and Canada Strong Notes arrive in 2027.
Deposit insurance limit
$250,000
Federal Budget 2026 for Métis: the only money that names Métis is $806.7 million over five years for child and family services, shared with others.
Child and family services law implementation, shared with First Nations and Inuit
$806.7 million over five years
Federal Budget 2026 for municipalities: the Community Stream rises only to $2.8 billion by 2030-31 and the Housing Accelerator Fund ends after 2027-28.
Build Communities Strong Fund, Community Stream
$2.5 billion in 2026-27
Federal Budget 2026 for Ottawa-Gatineau: $400 million in new operating cuts tied to early retirements, and $387 million for the 2028 Francophonie Summit.
Federal public service, August 2026
About 332,000 employees
Federal Budget 2026 holds permanent resident admissions at 380,000 a year and lets up to 200,000 temporary residents become permanent by the end of 2027.
Permanent resident admissions target
380,000
Federal Budget 2026 for official language minority communities: $300 million more for CBC/Radio-Canada over two years, and nothing for the Action Plan.
Additional funding for CBC/Radio-Canada
$300 million over two years from 2026-27
Federal Budget 2026 for Ontario: $6.1 billion for steel, autos and critical minerals announced before tabling, and nearly $12 billion for child care.
Support for Ontario's steel, automotive and critical minerals industries
$6.1 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for parents of young children: a $5.4 billion child care top-up that ends after 2027-28, and no new Canada Child Benefit measure.
Child care top-up to provinces and territories
$5.4 billion over two years
Federal Budget 2026 for persons with disabilities: a refundable caregiver credit worth up to $1,260 from 2027 and no change to the Canada Disability Benefit.
Refundable Canada Caregiver Credit, cost
$845 million
Federal Budget 2026 for public servants: a further $400 million operating cut from 2027-28, with $1.8 billion a year in savings still to find.
Public service size, August 2026
About 332,000
Federal Budget 2026 for Quebec: the Quebec Abatement recovers $8.5 billion in 2026-27, and Chantier Davie builds six Coast Guard icebreakers.
Quebec Abatement recovery from transfers, 2026-27
$8.5 billion
Federal Budget 2026 renews the Canada Housing Benefit for renters for 10 years, with $1.7 billion that starts flowing only in 2028-29.
Canada Housing Benefit renewal
$1.7 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for rural and remote Canada: $610.3 million for Nutrition North from 2027-28, while fuel tax relief ends April 1, 2027.
Nutrition North Canada
$610.3 million
Federal Budget 2026 for Saskatchewan and Manitoba: over $1 billion in Build Canada Homes capital for Winnipeg, and no new money for Churchill or canola.
New Build Canada Homes capital for Winnipeg
Over $1 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for seniors: no change to OAS or the GIS, a one-time grocery payment of up to $339 for a single person, and home care funding to March 2028.
Old Age Security program, 2026-27
$89.4 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for small business owners: no rate cut, but 185,000 small corporations stop paying tax instalments from the 2028 taxation year.
Productivity Mega Deduction, five-year cost
$36,055 million
Federal Budget 2026 for students: a one-time grocery top-up of up to $339 in early 2027, and no word on the $4,200 Canada Student Grant after 2026-27.
Grocery benefit supplement, single person
$339
Federal Budget 2026 for taxpayers: no rate cuts, a one-time $4.1 billion groceries supplement, fuel tax back April 1, 2027, and a May 15 filing date.
Personal income tax revenue, 2026-27
$258.7 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for tech workers and founders: a $15 million capital gains exemption on startup shares issued from November 5, 2026, held 36 months.
Canada Growth Incentive capital gains exemption
$15 million
Federal Budget 2026 for the North: $3.1 billion to fully fund the Mackenzie Valley Highway and $1.6 billion for northern power, but no dollars for Grays Bay.
Mackenzie Valley Highway
$3.1 billion
Federal Budget 2026 for tradespeople: apprentices in full-time training get 18 weeks of EI, and a $1,500 flat Labour Mobility Deduction starts in 2027.
Minimum EI regular benefit weeks for apprentices in full-time training
18 weeks
Federal Budget 2026 for veterans and CAF members: $110 million for veterans case management from 2027-28, and no new pay or housing money.
Veterans case management (VAC and RCMP)
$110 million
Federal Budget 2026 for young workers: the Build Canada Workers Benefit pays up to $675 more to the lowest earners from 2027, but advance payments end in 2028.
Build Canada Workers Benefit maximum, single worker
$1,859