The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has introduced the Municipal Performance Measurement Program. Council is required to report on the Municipal Performance Measurement Program annually.
The objectives of the program are:
This program requires all Ontario municipalities to collect data on efficiency and effectiveness performance measurers in several core service areas and submit the data to the Province through the Financial Information Return. The service areas include: general government, fire, police, roadways, transit, wastewater, water, solid waste and land-use planning.