Ottawa's Board of Health is requesting provincial funding it says is needed to maintain core programming, as it prepares to table a draft budget at City Council Wednesday.

The requests include $450,000 in one-time annual funding to address financial pressures and for the Ontario Ministry of Health to fulfil its portion of costs shared between the province and municipalities.

The province recommitted in 2023 to work towards funding 75 per cent of public health costs shared between the city and the province. But the Board of Health, which manages Ottawa Public Health, said only 56 per cent of OPH's costs will be covered by the ministry in the upcoming year.

The remainder of OPH costs will be covered by municipal taxes.

The shortfall in provincial funding means OPH has had to scale ba

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