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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

The North Shore 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 The North Shore?

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

  • Partly
    Agendas and minutes

    Minutes are posted for 2026 meetings up to August 12, 2026, and archive pages go back to 2022. The Township says agendas with their backup papers stay on the website for four weeks after each meeting. The minutes and special-meeting agenda we opened are pictures of pages with no readable text, so we could not read them (and a screen reader could not either). Source

  • Partly
    Meeting videos

    The Township posts council meeting videos, and says that videos for four meetings (December 5, 2022; January 19, 2023; July 16, 2024; July 24, 2024) will not be added because of an error with the Zoom website. Source

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The finance page lists budget by-laws only for 2021, 2022 and 2023. We did not find a 2024, 2025 or 2026 budget there. The 2023 budget by-law is a scanned page we could not read. A 2025 special budget meeting agenda is posted on the 2025 agendas page but is also a picture of pages. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    The finance page posts statements for 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019. We did not find 2023 or 2025. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from KPMG LLP dated April 1, 2026. The 2022 statements are a scan with no readable text. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay statements (section 284)

    We did not find a statement of council remuneration and expenses on the finance page, the council page or the policies page. Source

  • Yes
    Integrity Commissioner reports

    Reports to Council and a yearly report for 2024 are posted on one page. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

The North Shore'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.

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Township has an outside Integrity Commissioner, a law firm. Its page posts reports to Council and a yearly report. Some of the reports on that page name members; we have not used them.