2025 New Brunswick Budget Highlights

New Brunswick Finance and Treasury Board Minister René Legacy tabled the province’s 2025 budget on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. This year’s budget, titled Driving change, delivering progress, is focused on investments in healthcare, education, housing, and economic resilience.

Budget highlights: 

• Establishment of a $112 million tariff response package to support affected businesses and workers — including a business support program offered through Opportunities New Brunswick;
• An additional $50 million in contingency funding to respond to tariffs as needed; and 
• Plans to introduce legislation for a fiscal reform funding model to provide local governments greater diversification of revenue sources, enhancing sustainability and predictability. 

Full details of the 2025 New Brunswick budget can be found here.