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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Whitby is run by an elected council of 9 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 Whitby?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 adopted budget, the 2025 to 2027 adopted budget and budget books back to 2020 are posted as PDFs, plus a Connect Whitby budget page. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2020 to 2024 are posted. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion from Deloitte LLP ("present fairly") dated November 14, 2025. On October 5, 2026 the Town's page did not list 2025 statements. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    The Town posts a quarterly Mayor and Councillor business expense summary (we read the one to June 2026). We did not find the yearly statement of council remuneration and expenses. The 2025 to 2027 budget says council pay follows By-law 6500-11, which ties it to pay in other Durham Region lakeshore municipalities. Source

  • Yes
    Meeting agendas, minutes and video

    Agendas and minutes are on the Town's meeting calendar, meetings are live-streamed from Council Chambers, and past meetings play from the HTML minutes. We did not read minutes. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner reports

    The accountability page explains how to complain but we did not find a list of reports. Source

  • Partly
    2022 election candidate financial statements

    The Town's page says to ask the Clerk (clerk@whitby.ca) for the 2022 statements. It posts 2026 statements as filed. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Whitby'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 (Principles Integrity)

    Looks into written complaints that a council member broke the Code of Conduct. The Town's page names Principles Integrity as Integrity Commissioner under By-law 7916-22 and links a complaint form. We did not find a list of past reports on that page.

  2. Closed meeting complaints (Ontario Ombudsman)

    A resident who thinks a meeting was closed improperly is directed to the Ontario Ombudsman complaint form. The Town says it will make any investigator's reports public.

  3. Conflicts of interest registry

    The Town says the registry of declarations made under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act is open to the public through its meeting calendar ('Conflicts Registry'). We did not open it.

  4. Mayoral decisions under the Municipal Act

    Whitby has had strong-mayor powers since July 1, 2023. The Town posts the Mayor's written decisions and directions as PDFs.