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The Municipal Information & Data Analysis System (MIDAS) is a web-based tool that provides access to raw municipal Financial Information Return (FIR) schedule data for all Ontario municipalities. The FIR is the main data collection tool used by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to collect financial and statistical information on municipalities. MIDAS converts FIR data into reports.

The chart illustrates the number of municipalities with different number of council seats. There is a minimum of five members of council, one of whom is the head of council. 45% or 195 of all 444 municipalities in Ontario have a council size of 5 members. 

How votes are cast continues to move to technology-based methods. 178 municipal governments will use internet/phone method, which is 84 more than the previous election. The use of mail-in ballots this election has dropped by 46% and likely reflects a move to a method that is safe from a postal strike. Chart 5 illustrates the predominant methods used.

 

This data set includes a list of all municipalities, by tier (Lower Tier, Separated, Single Tier and Upper Tier), size of council for the 2018-22 election year, including population (2016 Census)

The data set contains the youth population per municipality. Source: MPAC and Stats Can and 2019 FIRS.

Number of Municipalities by Population Range

Number of Municipalities by Tier

This technical documentation has been prepared by the Ministry of Natural Resources (the “Ministry”), representing Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario. Although every effort has been made to verify the information, this document is presented as is, and the Ministry makes no guarantees, representations or warranties with respect to the information contained within this document, either express or implied, arising by law or otherwise, including but not limited to, effectiveness, completeness, accuracy, or fitness for purpose.

This dataset contains Municipal post-election data, including (but not limited to): number of voters, voter turnout (%), alternative voting methods and other municipal election statistics.

This dataset contains Municipal post-election data, including (but not limited to): number of voters, voter turnout (%), alternative voting methods and other municipal election statistics.