Toronto City Council is set to provide an additional $238,249 for the city’s rain barrel subsidy program after demand exhausted the initial funding within hours of its launch.
The council made the decision on June 24 and 25, saying it would involve an increase to the 2026 Operating Budget for Environment, Climate and Forestry, fully funded by a recovery from Toronto Water.
An amendment to the program would limit the number of rain barrels to one per eligible address, to keep the cost to residents consistent throughout the program’s implementation, it said.
The decision comes about three weeks after Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow recommended expansion of the program to meet demand….