LGPI Transparency Index 2010

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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 reportedGoods/contracted services separatesort descendingDepreciation Recorded (object)Expenditure line items definedHistorical trend statistics givenTotal score
Abbotsford3/40/00/08/82/41/10/01/12/20/017/33
Vaughan0/40/20/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/214/33
Newmarket1/40/26/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/221/33
Port Coquitlam3/42/24/88/82/41/10/11/10/22/223/33
Prince George2/40/24/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/220/33
Maple Ridge3/42/26/88/82/41/10/11/12/22/227/33
Saanich2/42/28/88/82/41/10/11/12/22/228/33
Kitchener3/40/20/88/82/41/10/11/10/22/217/33
Kawartha Lakes0/00/00/08/82/41/10/01/10/00/012/33
Halton Hills2/40/02/88/82/41/10/01/12/22/220/33
Oakville1/42/24/88/82/41/10/11/12/22/223/33
Greater Sudbury1/40/00/08/82/41/10/01/12/20/015/33
Fredericton3/40/20/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/217/33
St. John's0/40/22/88/82/40/10/10/12/20/214/33
Victoria3/42/28/88/82/40/10/11/12/22/228/33
Cambridge2/40/02/88/82/41/10/01/10/02/218/33
Winnipeg2/40/24/88/82/41/10/11/12/22/222/33
Windsor0/40/28/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/222/33
Brantford0/00/04/88/84/41/10/01/12/20/020/33
Welland0/40/20/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/214/33
Waterloo0/40/20/88/82/41/10/11/11/20/213/33
Caledon1/40/04/88/82/41/10/01/12/20/019/33
Cape Breton0/40/20/88/82/40/10/10/10/20/210/33
Chatham-Kent0/00/00/08/82/41/10/01/12/20/014/33
Chilliwack2/40/26/88/82/41/10/11/12/22/224/33
Oshawa1/40/20/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/215/33
Sault Ste. Marie2/40/00/08/84/41/11/11/12/20/019/33
Saskatoon1/42/24/88/82/41/11/11/10/02/222/33
Vancouver3/40/22/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/222/33
Strathcona County3/40/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
Richmond Hill0/40/20/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/217/33
Whitby1/40/20/88/82/41/11/11/10/20/214/33
St. Catharines1/40/08/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/024/33
Regina3/42/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/226/33
Red Deer3/40/22/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/222/33
Thunder Bay1/40/20/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/216/33
St. Albert3/42/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Pickering2/40/08/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/025/33
Peterborough2/40/06/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/225/33
Toronto1/42/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/224/33
Ottawa2/40/22/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/221/33
Richmond2/42/20/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/221/33
Montreal3/40/22/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/220/33
North Bay2/40/22/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/219/33
Hamilton2/40/08/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
Barrie0/00/00/08/82/41/11/11/12/20/015/33
Brampton2/42/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/225/33
Burlington1/40/00/08/82/41/11/11/12/20/016/33
Burnaby2/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/225/33
Calgary3/42/22/88/84/41/11/11/10/02/224/33
Clarington1/40/00/08/82/41/11/11/10/00/014/33
Coquitlam3/42/24/82/82/41/11/11/12/22/220/33
Delta2/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/225/33
Edmonton4/42/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
Grande Prairie3/40/00/08/82/41/11/11/10/00/016/33
Guelph2/40/06/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/225/33
Halifax1/40/20/88/82/41/11/11/10/20/214/33
Kamloops3/40/20/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/220/33
Norfolk County0/40/20/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/215/33
Kelowna2/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/231/33
Kingston2/40/22/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/219/33
Lethbridge3/42/25/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
London1/40/00/09/82/41/11/11/12/20/017/33
Markham2/42/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/225/33
Medicine Hat3/42/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/228/33
Milton2/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/225/33
Mississauga3/42/22/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/224/33
Ajax2/40/02/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/019/33
Nanaimo3/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/224/33
New Westminster2/40/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
Niagara Falls0/40/20/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/215/33
Wood Buffalo3/40/20/88/84/41/11/11/10/20/218/33