For those that think municipalities’ main financial accountability should be to the people who pay for municipal services, the absorption of administrative capacity to report on provincial programs is alarming.

Here’s how the 350 provincial reports required per year break down by requisitioning Ministry and program.

This timeline of changes in local authority to generate revenue, as well as the provincial political parties from which additions and subtractions came, contextualize movements in Ontario municipalities’ actual revenue results, 1990-2020.

An historical lens on municipalities’ current budget pressures, these tables, charts and animations can help you paint a picture fit for the most digital budget on record.