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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Hilton 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 Hilton?

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

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The budgets page lists budget files for many years, including the 2025 budget, the 2026 budget and a 2026 fire budget. We could not pull any text out of those three files, which suggests they are pictures of pages. The 2024 budget file does have a readable text layer. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    The same page lists audited statements for 2018 through 2025. The 2025 statements have a readable text layer. The 2022, 2023 and 2024 files have none that we could read. Source

  • Partly
    Council minutes posted online

    The minutes page lists regular council minutes for each month of 2026 that we saw. We could not pull any text out of the nine council minutes files we opened, which suggests they are pictures of pages. Source

  • Yes
    Agendas and packages posted online

    The agendas page lists a package for each council meeting we saw. The June 2026 package has a readable text layer. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay statement (Municipal Act, section 284)

    We did not find a council remuneration and expenses statement on the pages we read. That does not mean it does not exist. Source

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Township posts its Code of Conduct, a complaint policy, an agreement with its Integrity Commissioner, and several Integrity Commissioner reports on one page. We did not use the contents of those reports in this pack.