The FF School Division held their Public Budget meeting on Tuesday at their office at 9 Terrace Avenue. Their total operations increased for 2025/26 by 9 % compared to the 2024/25 budget. Wage assistance decreased by 24 % and Nutrition funding decreased slightly at .4 %.

Student enrolment was slightly down from 857 in 2023 to 843 in 2024. Equalization support is up by 18 % due to an increase in unsupported expenses, mostly due to the fact that Hudbay moved the majority of their mine operations to Snow Lake as well as a shrinking tax base so there isn’t as much revenue.

The FFSD will not be increasing the Mill Rate and were able to reduce the Municipal revenue by $282,416.00 in order to keep the Mill Rate the same. Overall the School Division’s budgeted expenses for 2025/26 compared to last year are only increasing by 2.48 %.

The surplus as of June 2026 is forecast to be 3.25 % which is below the 4 % that the government allows.

The full Flin Flon School Division Budget can be seen online at www.ffsd.mb.ca.