MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

MP office expense budget increases by $5-million this fiscal year compared to 2024-25.
Newly elected Members of Parliament attend an orientation session put on by House of Commons staff on May 21.

Members of Parliament are getting a little bit of extra cash to cover their office expenses this year.

The basic limit for the Members Office Budget (MOB) for 2025-26 has increased marginally from $422,800 per MP last year to $429,600 this year. 

Some MPs get a top-up if their riding is densely populated, geographically large, or has poor access to transport and communication facilities. Including these supplements, the total MOB for all 343 MPs this fiscal year stands at over $159-million. In 2024-25, with 338 constituencies, this figure was $154-million.

The annual MOB includes cash for employee salaries, service contracts, wireless devices, and some operating and travel costs. It does not cover the expenses of their constituency offices, professional training of staff members, relocation expenses, or their health insurance plans. 

For constituency offices, they are being provided with an average of an additional $3,322 per month in 2025-26— slightly higher than $3,269 per month last year. MPs are allowed to carry forward any cash under the MOB limit not used last year. The carry-forward amounts are calculated in June of each year after the end of a fiscal year. 

The House Speaker’s office told The Hill Times that on June 12, the Board of Internal Economy approved to carry forward the amount of $7.3-million into the fiscal year 2025-26 for MPs and House officers combined.

A version of this piece first appeared in Politics This Morning, your go-to source for insider news, analysis, and updates on where all the key political players are that day. Get more insider coverage directly to your inbox from The Hill Times’ editor Peter Mazereeuw and reporter Riddhi Kachhela in this subscriber-only daily newsletter. Sign up here.

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Riddhi Kachhela is a news reporter covering all things politics for The Hill Times' daily subscriber newsletter, Politics This Morning. She studied journalism at Goldsmiths University of London, U.K., and worked as a reporter for local papers in London before moving to Canada. She has also previously dabbled in screenwriting and film production, and is a qualified chartered accountant. See all stories BY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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