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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Magnetawan 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 Magnetawan?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The Treasury page links the final 2026 budget and the 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 budgets as PDFs. The 2026 budget is a printout of account lines, not a plain-language book. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Consolidated statements are posted for 2004 to 2025. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly SNT LLP dated August 19, 2026. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion dated June 25, 2025. One page of the 2025 statements (the statement of financial position) has no text we could read, so we did not use it. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    Yearly PDFs are linked for 2020 to 2025. The 2024 and 2025 PDFs are scans with no text we could read, so we did not copy any pay figures from them. Source

  • Yes
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas and agenda packages for each council meeting are posted on the Municipality's own website, including the October 7, 2026 meeting. The September 9, 2026 minutes are posted as a draft. Source

  • Unknown
    Tender and proposal results

    The site has a page for each year of tenders and proposals, from 2019 to 2026. We did not open them. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Magnetawan'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 page says Council has appointed an Integrity Commissioner to advise Council and look into Code of Conduct complaints. The page links a complaint form and the 2014 code of ethics. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the page.

  2. Ontario Ombudsman

    The Municipality's page gives the Ontario Ombudsman's address and phone numbers for general complaints. We did not find any Ombudsman reports about Magnetawan on the page.

  3. Declarations of pecuniary interest

    The Municipality posts one yearly PDF of declarations for each year from 2019 to 2026. We did not read the PDFs.