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At a special meeting on January 20, 2026, Pointe-Claire unveiled its 2026 budget, a budget that increased from $191.5 million in 2025 to $210.1 million in 2026, a difference of $18.6 million or 9.7 per cent. This can mainly be attributed to an increase in the charge levied by the Montreal Agglomeration, which increased by $15 million (17 per cent) and makes up $106 million of the city’s budget.

Despite the large increase, Pointe-Claire expects the tax increase on residential properties to average 3 per cent, corresponding to the level of inflation of the Montreal metropolitan area. This increase is expected to be approximately $140 for a home of average value.

With the average property valuation increase hovering around 7.5 per cent, the city lowered its mill rate from $0.6374 to $0.6112 to ensure the average increase to be approximately 3 per cent, below the consumer price index.

Explaining that the budgetary process is “complex,” Daniel Séguin, Treasurer and Director of Financial Services for the City of Pointe-Claire, laid out the different aspects that are considered before presenting a final budget. This year brought a new property assessment roll, which had large property value increases and a very high increase in the contribution to the Montreal Agglomeration. The city’s local budgetary increase will be 3.1 per cent, mainly made up of salary increases, contracts, and operational expenses.

For every dollar collected by the City of Pointe-Claire, $0.58 will be sent to the City of Montreal Agglomeration, an increase of $0.03 from last year and $0.09 from 2021, when less than half of the city’s budget was siphoned off by the Agglo.

Large spending projects planned for 2026 include work on the Aquatic Centre and Stewart Hall, the construction of the Terra Cotta Park retention basin, and road resurfacing and maintenance on Saint-Jean near both overpasses at highways 20 and 40.

In order to stabilize revenues, sub-categories of taxation were created in the commercial sector, differentiating between industries such as data centres, grocery stores, and smaller businesses, depending on fluctuations.

With no new borrowing needed to refinance Pointe-Claire’s long-term debt, the city was able to lower its debt again in 2025, dropping from $85.4 million to $55.4 million. For the fourth year in a row, Pointe-Claire has not had to borrow for its Capital Investment Program (CIP) but has again included a cautious plan to borrow 30 million.