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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Red Lake 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 Red Lake?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 budget (a 69-page book, updated January 6, 2026), the 2025 budget and the 2024 budget are posted as PDFs, with older years back to 2012. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Statements are posted for 2013 to 2024. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from MNP LLP dated June 18, 2025. We did not find 2025 statements on the page we read on October 7, 2026. The 2023 PDF is a scan with no readable text, so we did not use it. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the pages we read, so no pay table is shown. Source

  • Partly
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Municipality says agendas and minutes from its previous provider are being converted. For Council and Committee of the Whole meetings from April 2022 to March 2026 it asks people to email the Municipality. We did not read any minutes. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

    The accountability page names the arrangements but we did not find any reports. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Red Lake'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.

  • Red Lake on YouTube

    The Municipality links this YouTube channel from its website. We did not check whether council meeting videos are posted there.

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Municipality says Council has appointed an Integrity Commissioner, and posts an inquiry protocol and a Code of Conduct. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.

  2. Closed meeting investigator: Ontario Ombudsman

    The Municipality says the Ontario Ombudsman is its closed meeting investigator, and links the complaint form. We did not find reports about Red Lake.

  3. Declared conflicts of interest

    The Municipality lists members' recorded declarations for the current term of Council on one page. It says the nature of a declaration is not disclosed for closed meetings.