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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 Papineau-Cameron'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.
A clear, checkable guide to Papineau-Cameron's budget, taxes and council decisions. A rural township near Mattawa in northeastern Ontario, with a mayor, a deputy mayor and three councillors. Every figure links back to the public record.
$150,000.00legal fees budgeted for 2026, up from $35,057.19 spent in 2023
Legal fees are what the Township pays lawyers. The budget shows $35,057.19 spent in 2023, $108,233.49 in 2024 and $62,525.01 in 2025. The 2025 budget was $100,000.00 and the 2026 budget is $150,000.00, about a quarter of the $604,612.53 budgeted for the whole administration section (worked out by us). The budget does not say what the legal work is.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$18,510.14spent on the audit in 2025; we found no audited statements posted
Audited financial statements are the Township's yearly accounts, checked by an outside accountant. The budget has a line for audit expense: $14,699.23 in 2023, $17,421.31 in 2024 and $18,510.14 in 2025, and $18,600.00 budgeted for 2026. We did not find the statements anywhere on the Township's website: not on its tax rates page, its municipal budget page, or its list of pages and posts. The only budget it posts is a scan of the tax by-law with the budget attached.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$257,761.05spent in 2024 on the landfill, consulting and survey project line
The budget has a project line, "New Landfill/Cnslt/Survey-(Gas Tax Funds)" under administration. It was $44,062.08 in 2023, $257,761.05 in 2024 and $65,832.74 in 2025, with $100,000.00 budgeted for 2025 and $64,321.25 for 2026. The Township has explained how it is paid for: the line is labelled as funded by gas tax money, and the revenue side shows gas tax grant lines for the landfill consultation, including $64,321.25 for each of 2025 and 2026. The 2024 spending was well above what came before and after it, and the budget does not say what was bought.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$181,320.00road projects in the 2026 capital budget that the summary page leaves out of its "Total Expenditures"
Capital projects are big, one-time jobs such as resurfacing a road. The 2026 capital budget lists four road projects: $85,000.00 for Richards Rd, $63,320.00 for Jodouin Rd, $8,000.00 for bridge hydrology work and $25,000.00 for Sturgeon Rd culverts. That adds to $181,320.00 (worked out by us). The summary page leaves the "Road - Capital Projects" row for 2026 empty, so its "Total Expenditures" of $2,987,664.32 is $181,320.00 lower than the "Total Expenses" of $3,168,984.32 two boxes below it. The 2026 levy of $1,957,526.00 equals $3,168,984.32 less revenues of $1,211,458.32, so the levy includes the projects.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$18,830.29spent on road capital projects in 2025, against a budget of $198,900.00
The 2025 budget planned $198,900.00 for road capital projects, including resurfacing Richards Rd and Jodouin Rd and bridge hydrology work. The 2025 actual was $18,830.29. The Township has partly answered this in its own budget: the 2025 columns carry "unused OCIF funds" of $100,000.00 set aside as deferred revenue, and the same project names return in the 2026 budget. Overall, the Township spent $2,755,018.49 in 2025 against a budget of $3,169,041.87.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$66,077.00taken from general reserves to balance the 2026 budget
Reserves are savings set aside from earlier years. The 2026 budget takes $66,077.00 from "General Reserves Required to Balance Budget", $15,000.00 from COVID funds reserves and $20,000.00 more from the same reserve for fire safety. That is $101,077.00 in all (worked out by us), which is about 5 per cent of the $1,957,526.00 levy. The 2025 budget planned $104,158.00 from general reserves; the 2025 actual column shows nothing taken. In 2023 the actual was $70,893.07 and in 2024 it was $33,858.44.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$16,001.92council donations in 2025, against a budget of $12,000.00
The council section of the budget has a donations line. It was $6,593.77 in 2023, $11,240.79 in 2024 and $16,001.92 in 2025, against a 2025 budget of $12,000.00. The 2026 budget is again $12,000.00. The budget does not say which groups or causes the money goes to.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 1 source
Papineau-Cameron spent about $506 per home on garbage, dump and recycling in 2025. The typical similar town spent $273. Only 1 of 31 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
Where your tax bill goes
A property tax bill in Papineau-Cameron pays for the town and schools. Only part of it goes to the town, and that part is what Papineau-Cameron council controls.
Tax bill split: Papineau-Cameron 77%, Schools 23%
$2.5Mraised in 2025
Papineau-Cameron77%
Schools23%
How Papineau-Cameron's share of the bill compares with similar towns
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