The government will increase program spending by $4.2 billion in 2024/25 and $3.5 billion in 2025/26.

From 1968 to 2023, Ontario ran 48 deficits—or deficits 87 per cent of the time.

On a per-person basis, government spending will increase to $19,238, the highest of any province in Canada.

The province's program spending this year will increase by 6.2 per cent, a rate faster than population growth plus inflation.