LGPI Transparency Index 2019

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Services provided by municipalities are very important, but unless they move cities, citizens can't source these services from a competitor. This is why it's essential that have access to the highest possible standard of reporting when it comes to the finances and the quality of services provided by municipalities. Residents can't shop around for a city like they can for a car, but if they know how their city's performing, then they can bring informed pressure on their elected representatives.

The LGPI Transparency Index rates the annual reports of municipalities by applying ten basic tests. The emphasis of these tests is on the generosity of detail provided - it is assumed that financial statements have been properly audited.

Transparency Index Data Table 

CityTimeliness of audit opinionReceipt of accounting awardAdditional commentary and statisticsCapital assets reportedCapital assets depreciated/fundedExpenditures by object reportedsort descendingGoods/contracted services separateDepreciation Recorded (object)Expenditure line items definedHistorical trend statistics givenTotal score
Charlottetown2/40/27/88/84/40/10/10/10/20/221/33
Chilliwack3/40/25/88/84/40/10/11/12/20/223/33
Saint John1/40/26/88/84/40/10/11/12/21/223/33
Windsor1/40/26/88/84/40/10/11/12/20/222/33
Whitby0/40/20/80/80/40/10/10/10/20/20/33
Niagara Falls0/40/20/80/80/40/10/10/10/20/20/33
Montreal3/40/26/88/84/40/10/11/12/20/224/33
St. Catharines0/40/20/80/80/40/10/10/10/20/20/33
Pickering0/40/20/80/80/40/10/10/10/20/20/33
Toronto0/40/20/80/80/40/10/10/10/20/20/33
Peterborough0/40/20/80/80/40/10/10/10/20/20/33
Chatham-Kent1/40/27/88/84/40/10/10/12/20/222/33
Prince George2/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
Port Coquitlam2/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/231/33
Abbotsford3/40/28/88/84/41/10/11/12/21/228/33
Ottawa2/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/229/33
Regina2/42/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/225/33
Oshawa2/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
Oakville2/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/229/33
North Bay0/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/225/33
Norfolk County1/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
Newmarket1/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/225/33
New Westminster2/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/228/33
Red Deer3/40/28/84/84/41/11/11/12/21/225/33
Saskatoon2/42/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Richmond2/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/231/33
Richmond Hill0/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/223/33
Saanich2/42/28/88/84/41/10/10/12/22/229/33
Sarnia0/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/223/33
St. Albert3/42/28/84/84/41/11/11/12/22/228/33
St. John's1/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/225/33
Strathcona County2/40/26/84/84/41/11/11/10/20/219/33
Thunder Bay1/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/224/33
Vancouver3/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Vaughan0/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/11/20/221/33
Victoria2/42/28/88/84/41/10/11/12/22/230/33
Waterloo1/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/11/20/222/33
Welland1/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/12/20/223/33
Winnipeg2/42/28/88/84/41/10/11/12/22/230/33
Wood Buffalo3/42/27/84/84/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
Nanaimo2/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/11/20/226/33
Mississauga3/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/232/33
Moncton3/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/12/22/227/33
Cambridge2/42/28/88/84/41/10/11/11/22/229/33
Fredericton3/40/26/86/84/41/10/11/12/21/224/33
Edmonton2/43/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/232/33
Delta2/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/227/33
Coquitlam3/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/232/33
Clarington0/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/10/20/222/33
Cape Breton0/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/12/20/222/33
Calgary3/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Greater Sudbury1/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/21/227/33
Caledon3/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/232/33
Burnaby2/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/231/33
Burlington0/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/21/225/33
Brantford1/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Brampton3/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/232/33
Barrie2/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
Aurora2/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
Grande Prairie2/40/27/84/84/41/11/11/12/20/222/33
Guelph1/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/21/226/33
Ajax0/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/223/33
Langley Township1/40/27/88/84/41/11/10/11/22/225/33
Milton1/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/228/33
Medicine Hat3/42/26/84/84/41/10/10/11/21/222/33
Markham3/42/29/89/84/41/11/11/12/22/234/33
Maple Ridge2/42/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
London0/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/21/225/33
Lethbridge3/42/27/84/84/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
Kitchener2/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/231/33
Halifax1/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/225/33
Kingston0/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/11/20/224/33
Kelowna1/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Kawartha Lakes0/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/11/20/224/33
Kamloops2/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/229/33
Iqaluit3/40/26/86/84/41/11/11/11/20/223/33
Hamilton2/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/11/22/228/33
Halton Hills2/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/21/227/33
Yellowknife3/40/27/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/229/33