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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

  • MayorJody Wildman
  • CouncillorSteven Adams
  • CouncillorAshley Irwin
  • CouncillorCameron Ross
  • CouncillorGreg Senecal

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 Joseph?

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

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The budget page links an "Approved Budget 2026", but the link goes to a SharePoint address (not the Township's own site) whose robots.txt asks all automated readers to stay out. We did not open it. We found no earlier budget on the page. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2018 to 2025 are posted on one page. The 2025 statements carry an opinion that they "present fairly", dated June 18, 2026. Some pages in the 2025 file have no readable text (see the question about the file). The 2024 file is a scan and we used nothing from it. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a council pay and expenses statement on the budget, accountability, bylaws or council pages. Source

  • Partly
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes are posted by year for 2020 to 2025 as scanned PDFs. The page says meetings after April 2026 are reached through a calendar instead, and the 2026 folder is empty. We did not read minutes for conflict declarations or closed sessions because the text layer is unreliable. Source

  • Yes
    2026 election information

    The election page lists a certified candidates notice dated August 24, 2026 and says candidate and third-party financial reports are due March 30, 2027, at 2:00pm. Source

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Council Code of Conduct

    The Township's accountability page posts the Council Code of Conduct. We did not find a named Integrity Commissioner, a closed meeting investigator or any reports from either on that page.