The City of Lloydminster is absent from Saskatchewan’s 2026–27 provincial budget, with no direct mention of the border city anywhere in the government’s fiscal plan.
A full review of the budget document shows no references to Lloydminster in any section, including infrastructure, health care, education or municipal funding.
Instead, the province highlights a number of other communities by name when outlining specific projects and investments.
Named communities receiving specific mentions
Several Saskatchewan communities are identified directly in the budget for projects or targeted funding, including:
- Regina and Saskatoon for hospital expansions, urgent care centres and post-secondary investments
- Prince Albert for a new acute care tower and a complex needs facility
- North Battleford for mental health and addictions infrastructure
- Moose Jaw as a future location for an urgent care centre
- Martensville and Warman for a new joint-use school project
- Shellbrook and Esterhazy for school construction and renovation projects
Those project-specific mentions stand in contrast to Lloydminster, which does not appear in the document.
Province-wide funding instead of local projects
The budget leans heavily on province-wide funding commitments rather than naming projects in every community.
That includes hundreds of millions of dollars in municipal revenue sharing, along with broad investments in infrastructure, health care, education, policing and social services across Saskatchewan.
A multi-year capital plan also outlines billions in spending on highways, health facilities, schools and municipal infrastructure, but does not identify any projects tied specifically to Lloydminster.
Health care remains the largest area of spending, with investments focused on expanding capacity in larger centres and adding new urgent care facilities in selected communities.
While the budget includes increased funding for policing, addictions treatment, housing and education, those investments are broadly allocated and not broken down by individual municipalities.
What it means locally
For Lloydminster, the absence of direct mention does not mean the city receives no funding, but it does mean there are no clearly identified projects, timelines or commitments tied specifically to the community in this year’s provincial plan.
In contrast, several other Saskatchewan communities can point to specific projects or expansions outlined in the budget.
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