Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026Details
This is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 youRead by hand. We read St-Charles'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
St-Charles 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
- MayorPaul Branconnier
- Deputy MayorJulie Laframboise
- CouncillorMonica Loftus
- CouncillorMathieu Pothier
- CouncillorJoshua Lachance
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 St-Charles?
What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 7, 2026.
- YesBudgets posted online
The page posts the approved budgets for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 as PDFs. They are long lists of every line with one amount each. We did not find a plain-language summary or a comparison of the budget with what was actually spent. Source
- PartlyAudited financial statements
Statements for 2022, 2023 and 2024 are posted, each with the auditor's presentation to Council. The 2023 and 2024 opinions are clean ("present fairly"), from KPMG LLP. The 2024 statements carry an auditor's report dated April 1, 2026. When we read the page on October 7, 2026, the 2025 statements were not posted. Source
- UnknownCouncil pay and expenses (s. 284)
We did not find the yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the Budget & Audit Statements page, the Council page, or the Municipality's own website search. It may be filed as a report on the meeting portal, which we could not search. Source
- YesMeeting agendas and minutes
Agendas and minutes are on an eSCRIBE meeting portal. The portal lists meetings up to the Committee of the Whole meeting of October 7, 2026 and a Regular Meeting of Council on October 21, 2026. The portal's documents sit behind a browser check that refused our scripted downloads (we did not get around it), so we did not read any report or minutes from it. Agendas and minutes before June 21, 2023 are on the Municipality's own site. Source
- PartlyMeeting video
Meetings are streamed live on YouTube. The Municipality says recordings do not stay online and that an audio recording can be requested in writing. Source
- YesTender and proposal notices
The Municipality lists open requests for proposals on one page, with a tender package for each. We did not find a list of who won past tenders or for how much. Source
Where the town speaks for itself
St-Charles' official channels, as linked from its own website. Council members may also post on their own pages; we link only to official municipal channels.
- St.-Charles Council on YouTube
The Municipality says council meetings are broadcast live here. It also says the video recordings do not stay online, and that the public can ask the Municipality in writing for an audio recording. We did not check the channel itself.
- Municipality of St.-Charles on Facebook
The Municipality links this Facebook page from its home page. We did not read it.
How to raise a concern
From the gentlest step to the most serious. Start at the top.
Integrity Commissioner
The Municipality says Council has appointed a law firm, Cunningham, Swan LLP, as its Integrity Commissioner, who looks into Code of Conduct complaints and conflict of interest questions. It posts the Code of Conduct and complaint forms. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the page we read.
Conflicts registry on the meeting portal
The meeting portal has a Conflicts Registry link and a filter for conflict declarations by member. We did not read the registry.