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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Deep River is run by an elected council of 7 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 Deep River?

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

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The Town's Budget Reports page lists two budget reports: the 2024 Budget Report (Third Revision) and the 2025 Operating and Capital Budget (Draft 3). We did not find a 2026 budget on that page or on the Finance page on October 7, 2026. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    The Finance page posts audited statements for 2009 to 2024. The 2024 statements are posted as an image of a printed document, so we could not read them. The 2023 statements carry a qualified opinion (see the first finding). Source

  • Yes
    Council pay statements

    The Finance page posts the yearly statement of remuneration and expenses for 2023, 2024 and 2025. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes are on the Town's CivicWeb portal. Its robots.txt asks all automated readers to stay out, so we did not read it and could not check whether minutes are up to date. Source

  • Yes
    Conflict of interest registry

    A public registry is posted, with entries from August 16, 2023 to August 12, 2026. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Deep River'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

    Council has an Integrity Commissioner, appointed under By-law 06-2022, who looks into complaints about the Code of Conduct. The Town's page lists eight reports from 2017 to April 29, 2024. We did not use them in this pack.

  2. Ontario Ombudsman (closed meeting investigator)

    The Ombudsman is the Town's closed meeting investigator. The Town posts a letter dated October 19, 2023 that says council complied with the open meeting rules when it met in closed session on April 19, 2023.

  3. Public Registry of Pecuniary Interest

    The Town posts a table of the conflict-of-interest declarations council members have made, with the written forms. The latest entry we saw is dated August 12, 2026.