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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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 Chatsworth'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

Chatsworth 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 Chatsworth?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 5, 2026.

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The adopted 2026 and 2025 budget by-laws and budgets back to 2019 are posted as PDFs on one page. The 2026 budget shows a single 2026 column with no prior-year column. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2015 to 2024 are posted. Both the 2023 and 2024 audit opinions are qualified. On October 5, 2026 we did not find 2025 statements on the page. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses statement (Municipal Act s. 284)

    We did not find a council remuneration statement on the budgets page, the council page or in the site's search results for "remuneration". It may be in a council agenda we did not open. Source

  • Partly
    Council agendas and minutes

    The Agendas and Minutes page lists council agendas and minutes only from January to June 2023 under "Past Meetings". We saw a council agenda for September 17, 2025 posted as a news item, so more recent meetings appear to be posted elsewhere on the site. We did not check minutes. Source

  • Yes
    Declarations of pecuniary interest registry

    The council page links a Declaration of Pecuniary Interest Registry and written statements from 2019 to the present. We did not open them. Source

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Township's page says it has an Integrity Commissioner (the firm Principles Integrity) who can investigate Code of Conduct complaints. We did not find any reports posted on the page we read.