record-level municipal revenue sharing - an increase of $22 million
$172 million
to support municipalities and industry to invest in infrastructure, programs and transportation
285
Saskatchewan Housing Corporation units to be repaired and renovated in Prince Albert, Regina and Saskatoon through a new multi-year funding agreement
Approx. 100
municipal police positions funded through the 2025-26 Budget
$32 million
for interpersonal violence programs and services
$285 million
in targeted funding for First Nations and Métis organizations
Investing in our communities to support all Saskatchewan residents
The 2025-26 Budget delivers for communities by prioritizing investments to improve infrastructure, programs and services for all Saskatchewan residents. This year’s budget includes record-level funding for municipal revenue sharing, ensuring access to predictable, unconditional funding for cities, towns, villages and rural areas across Saskatchewan. The 2025-26 Budget delivers funding to strengthen community safety and deliver safer communities and neighbourhoods, and invests in key priority areas to support Saskatchewan people, families and children in need.
The 2025-26 Budget delivers safer communities across the province by enhancing the presence of law enforcement in Saskatchewan. Increases to the Municipal Police Grant Program will help frontline officers respond to more calls for service, while increased funding for the RCMP will support operations in the province and the RCMP First Nations Policing Program. To complement the increased presence of law enforcement personnel, the 2025-26 Budget includes funding to improve safety for correctional staff, offenders and the public, as well as address capacity concerns at correctional facilities.
2025-26 Budget highlights:
Over the last two years, the Government of Saskatchewan has invested $2.0 billion into community safety.
For the upcoming fiscal year, the 2025-26 Budget will invest the following in community safety:
Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety – $784 million, an increase of $109 million, or 16.2 per cent, including $119 million for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency, an increase of $41 million, or 51.7 per cent;
Saskatchewan Firearms Office - $9 million, an increase of $2 million, or 24.7 per cent; and
Ministry of Justice and Attorney General – $271 million, an increase of $24 million, or 9.8 per cent.
Increased funding of $8 million for RCMP operations (total: $261 million), including a $2 million increase for the RCMP First Nations Policing Programs (total: $24 million).
Additional law enforcement officers:
$6 million (of $12 million commitment) towards hiring approximately 100 new municipal police officers;
$3 million to hire 14 new SCAN personnel; and
Additional $4 million towards the hiring of 50 new positions for the Saskatchewan Marshals Service.
$12 million to support the opening of the expansion of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre.
The 2025-26 Budget delivers funding to create a more accessible court system for municipal bylaw offences and ensuring cases are complete and ready to move to trial more quickly. The budget also supports initiatives that reduce the amount of time police need to spend in court, which will allow them to spend more time on delivering core policing duties in their communities.
This enhanced law enforcement presence extends to our border with the United States. The government introduced the Saskatchewan Border Security Plan in January 2025 to mobilize Provincial Protective Services officers to work in partnership with provincial policing services and federal agencies to boost law enforcement's presence near the border.
The Government of Saskatchewan will also continue to enhance partnerships with other provinces by collaborating on contraband tobacco, resulting in open and frequent communication on known traffickers across borders.
The 2025-26 Budget increases the availability of safe and appropriate housing to meet the needs of Saskatchewan individuals and families.
2025-26 Budget highlights:
$9 million in new funding to start multi-year repair and renovation projects for 285 Saskatchewan Housing Corporation owned units in Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert; and
$5 million for the Rental Development Program to partner with housing providers to develop new supportive housing units for people who need additional support to live independently.
Along with commitments to create more supportive housing and increase funding to partners delivering emergency shelter services, this budget continues funding for expanded homelessness services developed through the Provincial Approach to Homelessness. Over the past two years, funding has created 120 new emergency shelter spaces, 155 new supportive housing spaces, new street outreach services and an expanded income assistance mobile workforce serving clients on-site at more than 30 community-based organization locations.
The Saskatchewan Housing Benefit helps eligible Saskatchewan renters whose households spend 35 to 45 per cent or more of their income on rent and utilities. The federal government, through the National Housing Strategy, matches the Saskatchewan Housing Benefit.
Ensuring the safety and well-being of vulnerable children and families continues to be a priority for the Government of Saskatchewan. This year’s budget provides a $1.5 million increase to support keeping families together by establishing 24/7 intensive family preservation services to two new communities and expanding the Family Respite Services Program to Regina. A $430,000 investment will develop a 12-space semi-independent living home for youth in Regina, as recommended by the Youth Advisory Team, to support youth in successfully transitioning from care into independent adult life.
This budget also increases funding to enhance and expand supports for people with disabilities.
Ten new group homes and an assessment and stabilization home are in various stages of development, supported by an additional $1.7 million capital investment; and
A $10 million increase supports the changing needs of current clients and the delivery of new services for adults with intellectual disabilities attending day programs and living in group homes.
In the 2025-26 Budget, community-based organizations across government will receive a $20 million increase in funding. For the Ministry of Social Services, this represents an increase of $14.8 million for third-party service providers who work with persons with intellectual disabilities, support at-risk children, youth and families, and provide emergency shelter services. Foster care and extended family care providers will receive a three per cent increase.
This budget delivers on a key government commitment to make life more affordable for seniors, families and people with disabilities. This includes funding to increase monthly income assistance benefits and reduce personal income tax, including an increase of two per cent for Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS) and Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID) clients.
To learn more about how the 2025-26 Budget delivers on affordability, visit the Delivering Affordability page on this website.
The 2025-26 Budget delivers support for arts and culture, sport and recreation, as well as our rich history. We are passionate about this province and foster that passion in others.
2025-26 Budget highlights:
A new program to fund school playgrounds will launch with $4 million annually. It is expected that up to 75 projects will be eligible to receive up to $50,000 in matched funding each year.
The Community Rink Affordability Grant, which helps communities buy equipment and pay operational costs, will increase from $2,500 to $5,000 per ice surface this upcoming winter. Approximately 581 grants are provided to communities each year.
$12.5 million investment for capital projects and infrastructure upgrades for provincial parks across Saskatchewan. The projects going forward include:
A new visitor centre at Candle Lake Provincial Park;
New backcountry camping sites at Moose Mountain Provincial Park;
Boat launch and trailer parking improvements at Makwa Provincial Park and Bronson Forest Recreation Site;
Potable water distribution and treatment system upgrades at Makwa Provincial Park,
New playgrounds at Greenwater and Danielson Provincial Parks;
Road improvements in Cypress Hills and other locations;
The final phase of major water system upgrades at Narrow Hills Provincial Park;
Completion of a new service centre in Lac La Ronge Provincial Park; and
Work will also begin this year to revitalize the chalet at Moose Mountain Provincial Park, a provincial heritage property that is home to the park's visitor centre.
$1 million will be provided to the Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association to build new seasonal campsites at regional parks in the province. These are sites that are leased for the year and open for the entire summer season.
All Saskatchewan communities and their residents share in the economic success of Saskatchewan through Municipal Revenue Sharing, which will be a record $362 million this year. This is an increase of $22 million, or 6.3 per cent, from the 2024-25 Budget.
Municipal Revenue Sharing delivers predictable, unconditional funding to Saskatchewan cities, towns, villages and rural municipalities based on three-quarters of one point of provincial sales tax revenue from two years prior. More than $4.6 billion in provincial funding has been allocated to support municipalities through this program since 2007-08.
In addition to a record-setting Municipal Revenue Sharing, the 2025-26 Budget includes $172 million in municipal investments, including:
$77 million for the provincial portion of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (Government Relations);
$29 million in policing grants (Corrections, Policing and Public Safety);
$18 million for the Rural Integrated Roads for Growth (Highways);
$12 million grant for provincial libraries (Education); and
$9 million for the Urban Connector Program (Highways).
Saskatchewan's Crown corporations will spend approximately $2.8 billion on capital projects this year to support economic growth and maintain and improve utility infrastructure. This includes:
Approximately $1.7 billion investment in SaskPower’s electricity system;
$510 million through SaskEnergy for the province's natural gas transmission and distribution system; and
$591 million through other Crowns, including SaskTel, SGI Canada and Auto Fund, SaskWater, SaskGaming and Crown Investments Corporation.
The 2025-26 Budget will continue to deliver priority programs and services for communities throughout Saskatchewan with $285 million invested in First Nations and Métis people and organizations, an increase of $30 million from last year.
2025-26 Budget highlights:
This year's budget includes an estimated $107 million expected in gaming payments, which will be provided to the First Nations Trust, Métis Development Fund and community development corporations to support Indigenous-led social and economic initiatives in communities throughout Saskatchewan. This is an increase of $16 million over the 2024-25 Budget.
Guided by Building the Workforce for a Growing Economy: the Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy, this year’s budget invests $28 million in labour market programming, targeting Indigenous learners to ensure they have every opportunity to benefit from the high-quality jobs being created by Saskatchewan's economy.
Provincial investments continue to focus on economic reconciliation, community safety and family-focused services, including:
$24 million for First Nations on-reserve policing and enhanced policing (Corrections, Policing and Public Safety);
$6 million focused on improving education outcomes for Indigenous students (Education);
$4 million to First Nations and Métis community-based organizations delivering reintegration and programming supports to clients (Corrections, Policing and Public Safety); and
$1 million for the First Nation and Métis Consultation Participation Fund (Government Relations).
$362 million
$172 million
285
Approx. 100
$32 million
$285 million
Investing in our communities to support all Saskatchewan residents
