LGPI Transparency Index 2012

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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/fundedsort descendingExpenditures by object reportedGoods/contracted services separateDepreciation Recorded (object)Expenditure line items definedHistorical trend statistics givenTotal score
Saint-Jerome0/40/20/80/80/40/10/10/10/20/20/33
Niagara Falls0/40/20/80/80/40/10/10/10/20/20/33
Yellowknife2/42/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/229/33
Ajax2/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/223/33
Kamloops3/40/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
Kingston2/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/223/33
Langley Township2/40/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
Lethbridge3/42/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
London1/40/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/220/33
Sarnia2/40/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/221/33
Maple Ridge3/42/26/88/82/41/10/11/12/22/227/33
Medicine Hat3/42/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Milton2/42/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/229/33
Moncton2/42/28/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/226/33
Nanaimo3/40/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
St. Catharines0/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/221/33
New Westminster2/40/28/88/82/41/10/11/11/20/223/33
Newmarket2/40/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/221/33
Norfolk County1/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/222/33
North Bay1/40/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/220/33
Saint John0/40/22/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/216/33
Peterborough1/40/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/222/33
Pickering2/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/223/33
Port Coquitlam2/42/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/229/33
Prince George2/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/223/33
Saanich2/42/28/88/82/41/10/11/12/22/228/33
Red Deer3/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/226/33
St. Albert3/42/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Kawartha Lakes2/40/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/225/33
Halton Hills1/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/222/33
Victoria3/42/28/88/82/41/10/11/12/22/229/33
Cambridge2/40/20/08/82/41/10/11/12/22/218/33
Charlottetown2/40/24/88/82/41/10/10/10/20/217/33
Chatham-Kent0/40/24/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/218/33
Chilliwack3/40/28/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/225/33
Welland1/40/26/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/221/33
Clarington1/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/222/33
Coquitlam3/42/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Delta2/40/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/225/33
Toronto1/42/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/228/33
Fredericton3/40/24/88/82/41/10/11/12/20/221/33
Whitby2/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/223/33
Thunder Bay2/40/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/221/33
Whitehorse2/42/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
Winnipeg2/40/28/88/82/41/10/11/10/02/224/33
Grande Prairie3/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/224/33
Wood Buffalo3/40/26/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/224/33
Aurora2/40/24/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/221/33
Strathcona County3/40/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
Guelph2/40/28/88/82/41/11/11/12/20/225/33
Waterloo2/40/26/88/82/41/10/11/12/22/224/33
Saguenay3/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/223/33
Windsor1/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/224/33
Saint-Hyacinthe2/40/26/88/84/41/10/10/00/20/221/33
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu2/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/222/33
Vaughan2/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/12/20/224/33
Vancouver3/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/21/227/33
St. John's0/40/24/88/84/40/10/10/10/20/216/33
Trois-Rivieres2/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/222/33
Saskatoon1/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/228/33
Sault Ste. Marie1/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/224/33
Terrebonne1/40/24/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/219/33
Shawinigan2/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/222/33
Sherbrooke2/40/24/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/220/33
Richmond2/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/231/33
Richmond Hill1/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/224/33
Abbotsford3/42/28/88/84/41/10/11/12/22/231/33
Repentigny3/40/24/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/221/33
Granby3/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/223/33
Barrie2/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/227/33
Blainville2/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/222/33
Brampton2/42/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/229/33
Brantford2/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/225/33
Brossard2/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/222/33
Burlington1/40/24/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/222/33
Burnaby3/40/28/88/84/41/10/11/12/20/227/33
Caledon2/42/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/229/33
Calgary3/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/230/33
Cape Breton1/40/22/88/84/40/10/10/10/20/215/33
Drummondville2/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/222/33
Edmonton3/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/232/33
Gatineau3/40/28/88/84/41/10/11/12/20/227/33
Greater Sudbury1/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/226/33
Regina2/42/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/229/33
Halifax4/40/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/229/33
Hamilton2/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
Iqaluit3/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/226/33
Kelowna2/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/231/33
Kitchener2/42/28/88/84/41/10/11/10/22/228/33
Laval3/40/28/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/225/33
Levis3/40/24/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/221/33
Longueuil2/40/26/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/222/33
Markham3/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/232/33
Mississauga3/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/232/33
Oakville2/42/28/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/231/33
Oshawa2/40/22/88/84/41/10/11/11/20/219/33
Ottawa2/40/26/88/84/41/11/11/12/22/227/33
Quebec2/40/24/88/84/41/10/11/10/20/220/33
Montreal3/40/24/88/84/41/11/11/12/20/224/33