The total net impact of COVID-19 was nearly $354 million in cost pressures, including on transit, the Ottawa Police Service and Ottawa Public Health. The City applied more than $349 million in support funding from senior levels of government to pandemic-related expenditures in 2021.
The City anticipates it will receive an additional $4.75 million in 2022 to cover the 2021 funding shortfall of the Ottawa Paramedic Service.
