The City of Winnipeg has released its 2024-27 Multi-Year Budget. The multi-year budget will be considered by each of the City’s Standing Policy Committees throughout March and will be considered by Council on March 20^th.

Highlights of the City’s Budget include:

• Property and Development adding 10 full time employees (FTEs) each year over the next four years (well short of the 77 recommended by the department last year); and
• No increase or changes to the permit reserve fund.

The City of Winnipeg’s 2024-27 Multi-Year Budget documents can be found here.

In 2021, Winnipeg City Council approved the Winnipeg Transit Master Plan. It proposes changes and improvements to our service and infrastructure.

It includes a broad, conceptual vision of the next 25 years and a more detailed path for the first five years.

The Primary Transit Network and its feeder routes

We are in the final stages of designing a new bus network for the City of Winnipeg. Winnipeggers have waited a long time for better bus service, and we’re excited to share our plans. They are the result of years of design work and public engagement. Now, our timeline will see the new network go into service in June 2025.

Winnipeggers want a transit system that is more frequent, efficient, reliable, and accessible. The proposed Primary Transit Network and its feeder network is designed with those goals in mind.

How to learn more?

• Visit the project page at winnipeg.ca/primarytransitnetwork
• Attend a public information event with the project team in late February or early March

We invite you to take transit and choose a public information session that works best for you:

Tuesday, February 27

Transcona Library (1 Transcona Blvd.)

Session 1: 3:00 - 4:30pm

Session 2: 6:00 - 7:30pm 

Wednesday, February 28

Sir William Stephenson Library (785 Keewatin St.)

Session 1: 3:00 - 4:30pm

Session 2: 6:00 - 7:30pm

Thursday, February 9

Millennium Library (251 Donald St.)

Session 1: 11:00am - 1:00pm

Session 2: 4:00 - 6:30pm

Saturday, March 2

St. James Civic Centre (2055 Ness Ave.)

Session: 4:30 - 7:30pm

At the 2023 MHBA Housing Forum, Rohit Verma from Statistics Canada outlined StatsCan’s vision for a New Homes Market Intelligence Report that will be launched in 2024. This publication is strategically designed to provide builders and developers with data, analysis and insight that will inform decision-makers within our industry, elevate awareness about new home construction among Canadians, and enable policymakers to swiftly adapt to evolving housing needs. Statistics Canada has begun reaching out to Manitoba home builders and developers this month to begin collecting data for this new report and is asking for your assistance.

The following message is from Statistics Canada:

Statistics Canada is working to develop a BOLD and VISIONARY new housing market intelligence report on a quarterly basis. The insights will help builders/developers to make better decisions (spot the trends), raise awareness about the new home market for Canadians. These will be published in the future on a quarterly basis for a wide range of cities across all provinces in Canada, and will enable industry to compare cities and highlight strengths/challenges in each market.

We are asking builders/developers like you to share basic housing information with StatCan – such as homes listed or sold (pre-sale, etc.) each quarter, and its characteristics sq. ft, no. of bed and bath.

• In Scope: any new dwelling listed or sold in Canada. Dwelling types: detached, semi, town houses, customs, low-rise and high-rise apartments, modular, stacked townhomes, etc.
• Out of Scope: Rental and re-sale homes.

In his annual State of the City address, Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham has challenged the city administration to have 8,000 housing units approved by Nov. 30 of this year, and he’s calling on all city departments to work on it.

“From this point on, Public Works needs to see itself as a housing department. Water (and) Waste needs to see itself as a housing department. Transit, Community Services, city clerks all are housing departments, because every department in the City of Winnipeg has a part to play in getting housing improved,” Mayor Gillingham said in his speech. MHBA applauds the Mayor for setting an aggressive target for housing and development approvals for 2024 and for directing all City departments to prioritize development and housing unit approvals in order to meet the 8,000 unit target.

To see more about Mayor Gillingham’s address:

More housing, transit safety officers highlighted in Gillingham's State of the City | CTV News

Winnipeg Mayor’s State of City Address looks to tackle affordable housing crisis - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

The City of Brandon’s housing accelerator fund action plan is approved. The Housing Accelerator FUND (HAF) is a federal program administered by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) that provides funding to local authorities (including municipalities) to incentivize and support initiatives that accelerate the development of housing. Growth is measured by the number of new dwelling units created, with funding provided for completing the action plan and meeting growth targets. Click here for information on the City of Brandon’s submission to the housing accelerator fund and actions.

Administration is moving forward quickly on the actions, including zoning amendments, downtown market housing incentive, and affordable housing incentives. If you are interested in a specific topic please reach out to the below contact!

• Zoning Amendments – Sonikile Tembo at s.tembo@brandon.ca
• Affordable Housing – Amanda Dupuis at a.dupuis@brandon.ca
• Market Housing – Emmanuel Ahaneku at e.ahaneku@brandon.ca

Teranet Manitoba takes their role in protecting your data and advancing security seriously. In an ongoing effort to enhance your registry experience, they have announced the upcoming launch of a new login process in February 2024.

What You Need to Know

Effective Monday, February 26, 2024, accessing your account will become more intuitive – you’ll log in using your email address and current password through a streamlined login menu.

This login method replaces the requirement for a User ID, aligning Manitoba’s Land Titles Registry and Personal Property Registry with standard security practices.

You can learn more about these changes by visiting the Training Materials HERE.

Watch the 'New Login Process' tutorial video HERE.

Winnipeg’s new Park Development Guidelines and Park Design Standards have been posted on the City of Winnipeg website.

The documents have been developed to guide City staff, land developers, consultants and contractors through the planning, design and construction of Winnipeg’s parks and open space lands.

You can find the documents HERE under 'Park Development

Manitoba Municipal Board public hearing notices can be found here.