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One place to understand how service is performing, where it differs, who the network serves, and what the evidence can actually prove.
City of Ottawa · adopted operating budget
What the City budgeted for transit in 2026
These four City-published rows now reconcile exactly. They describe the adopted plan—not actual spending—and remain separate from Otranspo community estimates.
- Gross expenditure
- $937,808,000
- Less: recoveries & allocations
- -$33,048,000
- Less: revenue
- -$413,589,000
- Net requirement
- $491,171,000
Latest City result · January 1–March 31, 2026
Q1 transit actuals versus budget
The net requirement was $7,159,000 above the City’s calendarized Q1 budget. Transit spent $2,688,000 less than budgeted, but received $9,847,000 less revenue—mainly because ridership and fare revenue were below budget.
- Expenditure
- Actual through March 31$203,384,000
- Calendarized Q1 budget $206,072,000
- $2,688,000 under budget
- Revenue
- Actual through March 31$47,458,000
- Calendarized Q1 budget $57,305,000
- $9,847,000 shortfall
- Net requirement
- Actual through March 31$155,926,000
- Calendarized Q1 budget $148,767,000
- $7,159,000 deficit
Statistics Canada · Ottawa census subdivision
How Ottawa commuters usually got to work
Main mode of commuting among people with a usual place of work. Counts are randomly rounded and percentages may not sum to 100 because smaller modes are not shown here.
275,700
commuters in the published denominator
- Public transit31,015 · 11.2%
- Car, truck or van211,755 · 76.8%
- Walked19,395 · 7%
- Bicycle4,260 · 1.5%
Official feeds, calculated measures, civic data, and rider observations stay visibly separate. Missing evidence is unavailable, never zero.