Open meetings: Case digest

Welcome to the Ontario Ombudsman's open meeting case digest

Municipal meetings should always be open to the public, with a few narrow exceptions. Ontario municipalities are required to appoint an investigator for complaints about municipal meetings that are not open to the public; this can be the Ombudsman or another investigator of the municipality’s choosing.

This digest allows users to search the Ombudsman’s investigations of such complaints. You can filter by keyword (including by Municipal Act exception), municipality, or use our digest search to type in a word or phrase to search using your own words.

Keywords Municipalities and Local Boards Digest Search Find your municipality's closed meeting investigator

Other resources

The Ombudsman’s open meeting cases can also be found on our website and on the Canadian legal decision portal (CanLII) (external link) .
Read or download our handbook, Open Meeting – Guide for Municipalities.
For more information, read the Ombudsman’s reports on other types of investigations, the Annual Reports and other publications.

Information on this website should not be considered legal advice.