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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Mississauga is run by an elected council of 12 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the city day to day.

Current council

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

What council is paid

Every year the city has to publish what each council member was paid, and what was spent on their benefits and expenses. These are the totals from those statements, 2024 to 2025.

In 2025, the whole council cost $2,162,743 in pay, benefits and expenses, about $8 per home.
Pay, and benefits and expenses, for each council member by year
Member20252024
Carolyn Parrish
Mayor		$156,171+ $118,335$78,726+ $54,957
Stephen Dasko
Councillor, Ward 1		$99,247+ $67,846$96,598+ $66,303
Alvin Tedjo
Councillor, Ward 2		$99,247+ $76,254$96,598+ $67,490
Chris Fonseca
Councillor, Ward 3		$99,247+ $67,357$96,598+ $73,948
John Kovac
Councillor and Deputy Mayor, Ward 4		$111,874+ $71,487$96,598+ $64,886
Natalie Hart
Councillor, Ward 5		$99,247+ $70,575$50,031+ $32,552
Joe Horneck
Councillor, Ward 6		$99,247+ $75,136$96,598+ $62,686
Dipika Damerla
Councillor, Ward 7		$99,247+ $75,445$96,598+ $55,481
Matt Mahoney
Councillor and Deputy Mayor, Ward 8		$113,969+ $72,909$103,964+ $53,585
Martin Reid
Councillor, Ward 9		$99,247+ $62,823$96,598+ $59,074
Sue McFadden
Councillor, Ward 10		$89,375+ $63,569$96,598+ $67,535
Brad Butt
Councillor, Ward 11		$99,247+ $75,642$96,598+ $67,281
Bonnie Crombie
Former Mayor (part of 2024)		–$5,760+ $12,195

Top number: pay. Second number: benefits and expenses together, such as health cover, mileage, conferences and training. Exactly what goes in it differs a little from city to city; the note below says what this city’s statement includes. Some members take the city’s health plan and some do not, so a higher second number is not a problem by itself. The statements give only totals; the receipts behind them can be requested from the clerk.

Each year links to the city's statement. Municipal Act s. 284 statements published by the city. "pay" is the salary column. "other" adds benefits, the car or vehicle allowance, any retiring allowance and the actual constituency expenses, as printed in each statement. In 2024 the Mayor’s seat and Ward 5 each changed hands, so one person can appear twice; amounts for each seat are shown as the city separated them. The statements also list citizen committee members and three representatives on the Alectra board paid by Alectra; those private individuals are left out.

How open is Mississauga?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 3, 2026.

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The adopted 2026 and 2025 budget books are posted as PDFs, with the four-year forecast. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2021 to 2025 are posted. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion from Deloitte LLP dated March 31, 2026. The statements say the 2024 statements were audited by another auditor, who gave an unmodified opinion on April 4, 2025. Source

  • Yes
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    Yearly statements are posted, the latest for 2025. Source

  • Yes
    Council gift declarations

    Quarterly signed declarations are posted, the latest dated August 3, 2026. The list shows none for August or November 2022. We did not read their contents. Source

  • Partly
    Meeting agendas, minutes and reports

    Agendas and staff reports sit in the eSCRIBE portal. The portal opens, but every document download returned an access-denied page to our automated reader, so we relied on the city’s own council recaps for decisions after 2024. Council meetings are livestreamed. Source

  • Partly
    Integrity Commissioner reports

    The city’s reports page lists nothing after March 14, 2023. Source

  • Unknown
    Lobbyist registry

    A search of mississauga.ca for "lobbyist" on October 3, 2026 returned no results. We did not find a registry. The Municipal Act lets a city set one up but does not require it. Source

  • Unknown
    Internal Audit reports

    Reports after 2020 are in eSCRIBE, which we could not open, so we do not report on them. Source

Where the city speaks for itself

Mississauga'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.

Ask for the records

Anyone can ask the city for its records under Ontario's Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). You do not have to say why. Here is how it works, and the wording for the records that would answer the questions on this site.

  1. Send the request in writing to the city clerk (the freedom of information coordinator), on the city’s form or in a letter, with the $5 application fee.
  2. Describe the records, not the answer you want. Dates, departments and the kind of record (a list, invoices, emails) make a request quicker and cheaper.
  3. The city has 45 business days to answer (the law changed in 2026; older guides say 30 days). It can charge for search time and copies, but must send an estimate first if the fees will be over $25.
  4. Some parts can be held back, such as legal advice or personal information about other people. The city must say which part of the law it relied on.
  5. If you are refused, or the fees seem too high, you can appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner within 30 business days of the city’s decision.

The city's request form (on its Forms page) · The law · Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

  • Cost of development charge incentives

    The city cut development charges on some housing, but its published documents we could open do not say how much money that gave up. Related question: Mississauga used $97,855,000 of development-charge money in 2025 and collected $20,067,000. How long can that continue?.

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide any report, memo or spreadsheet that estimates the development charge revenue the City did not collect in 2024, 2025 and 2026 because of council-approved development charge incentives or exemptions, and how that amount is being funded.

  • LRT operating cost estimates

    The budget names LRT operating costs as a pressure but prints no figure. Related question: What will the Hazel McCallion LRT cost the city to operate once it opens?.

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    I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the most recent estimate, and any correspondence with Metrolinx or the Province, of the City’s expected yearly cost to operate and maintain the Hazel McCallion Line, and the funding assumed for it in the 2027 to 2029 operating forecast.

  • Roads and waste transfer financial estimates

    The city says the transfer will save money but has not published the figures. Related question: Peel Region was to be dissolved in 2025 and was not. What will taking over regional roads and garbage collection cost Mississauga, and what will it save?.

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the financial analysis prepared for the City of Mississauga estimating the yearly operating and capital cost, and the expected savings, of taking over regional roads and waste collection from the Region of Peel.

  • Cost estimates for value-for-money audit options

    The staff report behind council’s March 2026 decision was not available to us. Related question: Why did council decide against an independent Auditor General, and how will residents know the city’s audits are independent enough?.

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the staff report on options for value-for-money audits considered at General Committee on March 4, 2026, including the cost estimate for each option.

The wording is a starting point, not legal advice. Narrow the dates if the city says a request is too broad or too costly.

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    Looks into complaints that a council member broke the Code of Conduct. The city names Principles Integrity as the contact. The city’s page of reports lists nothing after March 14, 2023; later reports may be in the council portal, which our reader could not open.

  2. Audit Committee and Internal Audit

    A standing committee of council that oversees accounting, reporting and ethics, with the city’s Internal Audit division reporting to it. In March 2026 council chose not to hire an independent Auditor General and to add two residents to the committee.

  3. Fraud and Waste Hotline (planned)

    The city’s employee whistleblower program is being opened to the public, with a launch expected in the first quarter of 2027.