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Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you
Read by hand. We read Calvin's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.

Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Calvin is run by an elected council of 5 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

Names and official email addresses from the town's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

How open is Calvin?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 7, 2026.

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The Treasury page links the 2026, 2025 and 2024 budget highlights, a public draft budget and the adopted 2026 tax rates and budget. Only the 2024 Budget Highlights has a readable text layer. The 2026 and 2025 documents are pictures of pages, so we did not use any figure from them. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    The Treasury page links audited statements for 2024, 2023 and 2022. The 2024 report from BDO Canada LLP is signed October 31, 2025 and is a qualified opinion. The 2025 statements are posted among the council agenda packages only as an amended draft, with an auditor's report dated July 14, 2026. We did not use any figure from the draft. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    The Council page links pay and expense statements for 2024 and 2025. They are scans with no readable text, so we did not copy any pay figure from them. Source

  • Yes
    Council agendas and minutes

    The Meetings and Agendas page lists meetings by year back to 2016, with agendas, packages and approved minutes for the 2026 meetings we saw. We did not read the minutes. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting videos

    The Council page links a YouTube channel for recorded meetings. We did not check how many meetings are posted or kept. Source

  • No
    Conflict of interest declarations

    The page titled Declaration of Pecuniary or Conflict of Interest shows the words "No content entered". Declarations may still be recorded in the minutes, which we did not read. Source

  • Unknown
    Tender results

    The Bids, Tenders and Procurement page lists a 2026 request for quotation. We did not find a list of awarded bids on it. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Calvin's official channels, as linked from its own website. Council members may also post on their own pages; we link only to official municipal channels.

How to raise a concern

From the gentlest step to the most serious. Start at the top.

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Municipality's Code of Conduct page says it has retained an outside law firm as Integrity Commissioner from March 2, 2023 to the present, and gives a complaint form. In the pages we read we did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports.