Ontario City Directory: A to E

Ontario has 444 municipalities under the Municipal Act, 2001, from Toronto to single tier townships of a few hundred people, and this page lists the official websites of the cities and towns from A to E. Every Ontario municipality must hold open council meetings and publish its bylaws, and most post agendas, minutes, permits and planning applications online. Toronto, Ottawa, Brampton and the other large cities run open data portals with permits, licences and property information searchable by address.

Property values across Ontario come from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, and a property's assessed value and the owner's name are on the municipal assessment roll, which is open for inspection at the municipal office. The land title with the full ownership history is searched through the provincial land registry.

Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.

Council and committee meetings are open under the Municipal Act and municipalities post agendas, minutes, staff reports and bylaws, with the large cities posting video. Building permits, site plan and zoning applications are public once received. Business licences, lottery licences and marriage licences are issued by the municipality and the licence registers are public. The assessment roll, with the owner's name and the assessed value, is open at the municipal office, and the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation's AboutMyProperty tool shows an owner their own assessment and comparable sales.

• Municipal Property Assessment CorporationAssessed values for every Ontario property and the AboutMyProperty tool
• Ontario municipal directoryThe provincial list of all 444 municipalities with contacts
• Ontario Public Records and CourtsProvincial courts, vital records, land and business records

A record not on the website is requested from the municipal clerk, and a formal request goes under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, with a 5 dollar fee, a 30 day response time and an appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. The land title, with the ownership history and any mortgages, is searched through Teranet's Ontario land registry system for a fee, and the Ontario Land Tribunal hears planning appeals and publishes its decisions.

• Information and Privacy Commissioner of OntarioAppeals when a municipality refuses an access request
• OnLand, Ontario Land Registry Access (Province of Ontario land registration system)Province of Ontario land registry records; self searches carry a fee.
• Ontario Cities F to LThe next page of the Ontario city directory
• Canadian Public Records DirectoryEvery province and territory and the national topic pages

Each link opens the municipality's own website, where agendas, minutes, bylaws and permits are posted.

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