Expenditure

Where the money goes · $85.6B voted appropriations · $98.8B consolidated

Health — Largest Sector

$36.1B

36.6% of total appropriations

Includes all transfers to health authorities and hospital societies · Grows to $38.4B by 2028/29

Debt Service — Fastest Growing

$3.8B

Growing to $5.4B by 2028/29 (+42%)

Interest on provincial debt rising from 4.9¢ to 8.2¢ per dollar of revenue over the plan

Social Services

Social Development + Children & Families

Second-largest programming envelope after health · Includes income assistance, disability support, and children's services

Ministry Appropriations by Sector

2026/27 Budget Estimate · Voted appropriations ($85.6B) · Figures in $billions · Italicised items are accounting/transfer votes

Note on figures: This chart shows voted appropriations ($85.6B) — what government allocates to each ministry, including grants and transfers to service delivery agencies (health authorities, school districts, universities). The consolidated total ($98.8B) is higher because service delivery agencies also earn their own revenues (tuition, clinical billings, etc.). Contingencies ($5.0B) is a reserve for unforeseen costs. The Capital Funding Vote ($6.2B) is a transfer into the capital spending plan — not direct program delivery. Both are shown here in italics for transparency but are accounting items rather than operational spending.