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Ontario's Borrowing Program


Ontario's 2025–26 Borrowing Program and Medium-Term Outlook

($ Billions) 2025 Budget In-Year Change Current Outlook Medium-Term Outlook
2025–26 2026–27 2027–28
Deficit/(Surplus) 14.6  (1.1)  13.5  7.8  (0.2) 
Provincial Investment in Capital Assets 23.1  –  23.1  23.8  20.2 
Amortization of Capital Assets[1] (9.1) –  (9.1) (9.3)  (10.1) 
Non-Cash and Cash Timing Adjustments (3.1) –  (3.1) (3.4)  (4.3) 
Net Loans and Investments 1.2  1.3  2.5  2.4  1.4 
Debt Maturities and Redemptions 33.1  –  33.1  26.9  27.5 
Total Funding Requirement 59.8  0.2  60.0   48.2  34.5 
Decrease/(Increase) in Short-Term-Borrowing (5.0) (0.5)  (5.5) (5.5)  – 
Increase/(Decrease) in Year-End Cash and Cash Equivalents (12.0) –  (12.0) (2.0)  – 
Total Long-Term Public Borrowing 42.8  (0.3)  42.5  40.7  34.5 
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Footnotes

1 Starting in the 2025 Budget, Amortization of Capital Assets will be reflected in a separate line in this table to reflect the increasing impact of the capital plan on the borrowing program. ↵
Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding.
Source: Ontario Financing Authority.

2025–26 Borrowing Program Status

Total Long-Term Public Borrowing
$42.5B

Canadian Dollar Syndicated Bonds ($21.2B)

Canadian Dollar Green Bonds ($1.6B)

Canadian Dollar Green Bond Floating Rate Note ($1.5B)

U.S. Dollar Bonds ($9.7B)

Euro Bonds ($3.4B)

Swiss Franc Bond ($0.7B)

$38.1B Total Borrowed

As of

Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding.

Domestic and International Borrowing

As of

Weighted-Average Borrowing Term (Years) 12.1 8.6 8.1 12.8 13.0 12.4 13.6 14.1 14.2 13.9 12.1 12.9 14.5 12.0 14.5 15.0 15.2 14.1 14.1
Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding.
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Accessible description of chart: Domestic and International Borrowing

Short-Term Borrowing Capacity

($ Billions) C$ T-Bill Program U.S.$ Commercial Paper Program Total
Currency Canadian Dollars U.S. Dollars –
Maturity 1 day-3 years* 1-270 day(s) –
Authorized C$46.0 C$22.5 C$68.5
Outstanding C$22.9 C$10.3 C$33.2
Available C$23.1 C$12.2 C$35.3
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*Regular issuance of 3M, 6M and 1Y T-Bills
As of October 31, 2025.
Note: Numbers may not add due to rounding.