Co-hosting the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup in Canada will cost slightly over $1 billion, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).
Canada will host 13 of the 104 soccer games played across North America, Mexico, and Canada between June 11 and July 19. Six will be played in Toronto, and seven in Vancouver.
Around $473 million in funding will come from the federal government, while $593 million will come from other levels of government, according to a PBO report published May 20.
The funding from the federal government includes $220 million from the department of Canadian heritage, $145 million from Public Safety Canada, and $79 million from the RCMP.
B.C. Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger said in April that the province would receive $100 million from the federal government for World Cup security, but that the final amount would evolve as security arrangements were finalized….