The Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough administration has presented a proposed $73.3-million operating budget for 2027, alongside a nearly $90-million infrastructure program extending over the next decade.
The financial plans were placed before borough council during an extraordinary meeting called for October 6. Council members were asked to adopt the documents and transmit them to Montreal’s executive committee for inclusion in the citywide budget process.
The proposed operating budget totals $73,316,700. It covers recurring municipal responsibilities and services, including administration, recreation, permits, parks, road maintenance and local programming.
Documents prepared for the meeting show that $55,101,300 would come from the central City of Montreal allocation. Local taxation would provide another $13,833,900, while locally generated revenues are projected at $4,381,500.
The operating budget should not be confused with the borough’s capital program, which concerns longer-term infrastructure investments rather than ordinary annual operations.
Under the proposed 2027–2036 capital plan, VSP would invest a net total of $89,980,000—or $8,998,000 annually—across four principal categories.
Road reconstruction and resurfacing would receive the largest share, at $34,787,000 over 10 years. Another $33,263,000 would be directed toward protecting and upgrading municipal buildings.
Park redevelopment would account for $16,981,000, while $4,949,000 is identified for the Caroline-Dawson Library project.
For 2027 alone, the plan assigns $4.55 million to roadwork, $3.04 million to parks, $1.25 million to building protection and $158,000 to the library project.
Municipal documents say the investments are intended to continue projects already underway while allowing new work to proceed. The stated objectives include improving drainage and landscaping in parks, planting trees, expanding the canopy, creating green alleys and bringing pools, park chalets and community centres up to standard.
The road investments are expected to address both infrastructure condition and the safety and mobility of residents.
During the regular council meeting held the same evening, the administration also introduced draft changes to three borrowing bylaws. These would increase the authorized borrowing envelope for building protection to $34,889,000, for park development to $17,163,000 and for construction of the Caroline-Dawson Library to $9,171,000.
Those borrowing authorizations are financial tools and do not mean the entire amounts will be spent during 2027. Individual projects generally require their own approvals, contracts and implementation schedules.
The documents also show that the borough budget is only one step in Montreal’s broader financial process. The operating and capital plans are expected to be submitted to the executive committee in November, followed by consideration through the City’s special budget process in December.
For Parc-Extension residents, the figures establish the broad spending framework but do not yet identify every street, park or building that will receive work. Those details will emerge through individual contracts and project decisions brought before council during the coming years.
