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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Oil Springs 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 Oil Springs?

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

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The Budget page explains how the operating and capital budgets work, but the only budget it lists is the one for 2021. We did not find a budget for 2022 to 2026 on the pages we read. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Statements are posted for 2013 to 2024 (the 2022, 2023 and 2024 files are linked on the Financial Statements page). The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from MNP LLP dated June 3, 2025. We found no 2025 statements on the page we read on October 7, 2026. The 2023 statements are a PDF with no readable text layer, so we used nothing from them. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a council pay and expenses statement on the pages we read. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Agendas and Minutes page on the Village's own site had no documents listed in the text we read. The home page links a separate meeting portal that we did not open, so we do not know whether minutes are posted or kept up to date. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

    The Integrity Commissioner page explains the role and how to complain. We did not find any reports from the commissioner or a closed meeting investigator. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Oil Springs' 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 Village says it has the authority, under section 223 of the Municipal Act, 2001, to appoint an Integrity Commissioner, and names one on its Integrity Commissioner page. We did not find any reports from the commissioner on the pages we read.