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Overview
This page lists the official websites of Ontario cities and towns from F to L, from Fort Erie and Fort Frances through Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener and London. Ontario's 444 municipalities operate under the Municipal Act, 2001, and each must hold open council meetings and publish its bylaws, and most post agendas, minutes, permits and planning applications online. Hamilton, London and Kitchener run open data portals with permits, licences and property information searchable by address.
Property values come from the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, and the assessment roll with the owner's name and the assessed value is open for inspection at the municipal office, while 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.
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What Ontario municipalities publish online
Ontario's municipal records law is the same for Guelph as for Toronto: council and committee meetings are open, and the agendas, minutes, staff reports and bylaws go online, with Hamilton, London and Kitchener posting video of every meeting. Permit and planning files, from a deck permit to a subdivision application, become public when the application is received, and most of the cities on this page show them on a map. Licences the municipality issues, for businesses, lotteries and marriages, sit in registers that the clerk keeps open. For property, the municipal office keeps the assessment roll open for inspection with the owner's name and the value, and the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation's AboutMyProperty tool gives an owner the comparable sales behind the number.
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Requesting records from Ontario municipalities
When the record is not online, the municipal clerk is the office to ask, and if the answer is no, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act gives a formal route: a 5 dollar fee, a 30 day clock for the answer and an appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. Title questions go beyond the municipality. The ownership history and the mortgages on a parcel are in the provincial land registry, searched through Teranet for a fee, and a planning fight that goes past council ends at the Ontario Land Tribunal, whose decisions are published.
- 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 A to EThe first page of the Ontario city directory
- Canadian Public Records DirectoryEvery province and territory and the national topic pages
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Official municipal websites
Each link opens the municipality's own website, where agendas, minutes, bylaws and permits are posted.
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Straight answers
Common questions about Ontario municipal records
Where are the Ontario cities from A to E?
On the first page of the Ontario city directory, linked above. This page covers F to L, and the Ontario provincial page covers the courts, vital records and land records.
Are Ontario building permits public?
Yes. Building permits, site plan and zoning applications are public once received, and the larger cities show them on a map or in an open data portal.
How do I request a record from an Ontario municipality?
Ask the municipal clerk first. The formal route is the same as on the A to E page: the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, a 5 dollar fee and an appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario if refused.