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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Selwyn 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 Selwyn?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 5, 2026.

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 budget is posted as one PDF for each Township department (26 departments), each with a short explanation and a budget worksheet showing 2023, 2024 and 2025 actuals and budgets next to the 2026 proposal. The page lists the budget meetings of November 21 and December 11, 2025 and February 5 and 24, 2026. We found no single combined budget book. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Consolidated statements for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are posted. All three carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly KDN LLP. The auditor's reports are dated December 19, 2025 (for 2023), May 1, 2026 (for 2024) and August 14, 2026 (for 2025). Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the council, finance or budget pages. Meeting reports sit on the Township's meeting portal, which refused our scripted request, so we could not look there. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas, reports and minutes are on the Township's meeting portal. It returned "Access to the requested resource has been blocked" (HTTP 403) to a plain scripted request, including for its robots.txt, so we did not read any minutes. Source

  • Partly
    Tender and bid results

    The bids page lists current opportunities (one request for proposal, with a deadline of October 13, 2026). We did not find results of past bids on that page. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

    The council page names the process but we did not find any reports. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Selwyn'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.

  • Selwyn Township on YouTube

    The Township links this channel from its home page. Its council page says all Township Council and Committee of Adjustment meetings are livestreamed there, and that videos of past meetings are on its Council Meeting Calendar page. We did not check the channel itself.

  • Selwyn Township on Facebook

    Linked from the Township's home page.

  • Selwyn Township on Instagram

    Linked from the Township's home page.

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The council page says the Township has the authority under section 223 of the Municipal Act, 2001 to appoint an Integrity Commissioner, who assesses and investigates complaints about the Code of Conduct and reports to Council. It lists a lawyer at a Kingston law firm in that role. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.

  2. Closed Meeting Investigator

    The council page says the Township has appointed a Closed Meeting Investigator, and links a request process and a request form. We did not find any investigator reports about Selwyn.