Preparing for and responding to wildfires

$8M net impact on the budgetary balance over five years, 2026-27 to 2030-31.

The cost line

… no change to existing funding or no fiscal implication · – a further extension will be considered later · 0* less than $0.5 million. Positive numbers cost the budget (spending or forgone revenue); negative numbers improve it.

What the budget says

“To help Canada better respond to the serious threat of wildfires, Budget 2026 proposes to provide: Up to $2.5 billion in financing to De Havilland Canada delivered by Export Development Canada to help the company increase its production capacity of waterbombers at its facilities in Alberta.”

Budget 2026, p. 280 (PDF p. 296)

Key facts

• Up to $2.5 billion in financing to De Havilland Canada to increase waterbomber production. Budget 2026, p. 280 (PDF p. 296)

Amounts named in the text

Stated amounts can cover different periods, cash or accrual bases, previously announced money and loans. They are not additive with the cost line above.

• $2.5 billion

Also in this section

• Strengthening emergency preparedness in First Nations communities$2.71BProgram spendingIndigenous communities
• Protecting against catastrophic earthquake risks−$154MSavings or revenue
• Enhancing the Memorial Grant Program for First Respondersno cost lineNo cost line