Tax help and affordability: Highlights from the Manitoba budget

  • Canadian Press

Manitoba Finance Minister Adrien Sala speaks to the media about Budget 2026 at the legislature in Winnipeg, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Finance Minister Adrien Sala tabled on Tuesday the provincial budget for 2026-27. Here are some highlights:

-- The provincial sales tax is to be removed, as of July, on all food at grocery stores. Basic groceries are already exempt.

-- The annual homeowners credit on education property taxes is to increase next year by $100, to $1,700.

-- The homeowners tax credit will be reduced for people with homes assessed at over $1 million and eliminated for owners of homes above $1.5 million.

-- The province will talk with municipalities and aim to make public transit free for students up to Grade 12.

-- Families receiving the biggest child care subsidies will see their $2 per day fee eliminated.

-- New money for health care, including $22.1 million for a cardiac care clinic at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg.

-- $16.2 million toward a new road and airport at Wasagamack, a remote First Nation community.

-- The provincial tax credit for renters is to increase $50, to $625.

-- A projected deficit of $498 million on total spending of $27.3 billion.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 24, 2026.