Conduct & ethics across Ontario

Codes of conduct and ethics policies.

58 of 444 municipalities in Ontario have an adopted policy on conduct & ethics on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.

MunicipalityAdopted documentKey factsVerified
Alfred and Plantagenet
Township
Code of Conduct for Members of Council 2026-06-10
Algonquin Highlands
Township
Respectful Conduct Policy 2026-06-10
Alnwick/Haldimand
Township
Council-Staff Relations Policy 2026-06-09
Assiginack
Township
Customer Feedback Policy 2026-06-09
Belleville
City
RZone Policy 2026-06-10
Billings
Township
Code of Conduct for Members of Council and Local Boards (By-Law 2023-07)
+1 more
adopted 2023-02-07
2026-06-10
Brighton
Municipality
Council Code of Conduct
adopted 2019-10-01
2026-06-09
Caledon
Town
Code of Conduct for Members of Council and Designated Boards 2026-06-09
Cambridge
City
Public Conduct Policy ADM 041
adopted 2024-10-09
2026-06-10
Chisholm
Township
Council Code of Conduct (Policy 8.15)
adopted 2024-08-13
2026-06-10
Deep River
Town
Workplace Conduct 2026-06-09
Dubreuilville
Township
Code of Conduct Policy – Council Members – C-20
adopted 2018-11-14
2026-06-10
Dutton/Dunwich
Municipality
Code of Conduct for Council and Local Boards 2026-06-09
Frontenac County
County
Code of Conduct 2026-06-09
Georgina
Town
Code of Conduct Policy (Bill 130)
adopted 2008-09-15
2026-06-10
Greater Madawaska
Township
Council Code of Conduct (Policy 1-02) 2026-06-09
Greater Sudbury
City
Diversity Policy 2026-06-10
Guelph/Eramosa
Township
Respect and Responsibility - The "Rzone" Policy 2026-06-10
Haldimand
City
Council Code of Conduct Policy
+2 more
2026-06-10
Hanover
Town
Employee Code of Conduct Policy HR-002
+1 more
adopted 2012-12-17
2026-06-09
Head, Clara and Maria
Township
Employee Code of Conduct Policy HR-04
+1 more
2026-06-09
Hearst
Town
Code of Conduct
adopted 2018-08-06
2026-06-10
Hilton
Township
Code of Conduct for Council and Local Boards
adopted 2019-02-06
2026-06-10
Huron County
County
County of Huron Code of Conduct
+1 more
2026-06-09
Innisfil
Town
Respectful Interactions Policy (CP.1.1.11)
adopted 2019-11-27
2026-06-10
Jocelyn
Township
By-Law 2024-1575 - Code of Conduct for Certain Volunteers and Committees
+1 more
2026-06-09
King
Township
Public Conduct Policy (COR-POL-158) 2026-06-10
Kingston
City
Vexatious Conduct Policy
+2 more
2026-06-10
Lanark Highlands
Township
Code of Conduct (CBO) Policy
+1 more
adopted 2005-06-28
2026-06-10
Malahide
Township
Code of Conduct Policy for Council and Local Boards (By-law 19-26)
+1 more
adopted 2019-02-21
2026-06-10
Manitouwadge
Township
Respectful Behaviour Policy (By-law 2021-20) 2026-06-10
McKellar
Township
Code of Conduct 2026-06-09
Nipigon
Township
Council Code of Conduct and Integrity Commissioner Procedure and Protocol (By-law No. 1950)
adopted 2024-11-05
2026-06-10
Norfolk
City
Respect and Responsibility Policy 2026-06-10
North Huron
Township
Code of Conduct Policy for Members of Council and Local Boards (By-law No. 23-2019)
adopted 2019-03-04
2026-06-10
North Kawartha
Township
Customer Conduct Policy (By-law 2024-0046)
adopted 2024-10-15
2026-06-10
O'Connor
Township
Code of Conduct for Council Members 2026-06-10
Orillia
City
Accountability and Transparency 2026-06-09
Pickering
City
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2026-06-10
Puslinch
Township
Code of Conduct for Members of Council and Committees
adopted 2018-03-07
2026-06-09
Quinte West
City
Code of Conduct for Members of Council and Local Boards By-law 19-016
adopted 2019-03-04
2026-06-10
Rainy River
Town
Code of Conduct - Members of Council (HR-8)
adopted 2016-10-11
2026-06-10
Schreiber
Township
Council, Committee & Local Board Code of Conduct Policy 2026-06-10
Shelburne
Town
Accountability and Transparency Policy 2026-06-09
Shuniah
Municipality
Code of Conduct
+1 more
adopted 2023-12-06
2026-06-09
South Stormont
Township
Code of Conduct Policy for Building Officials
+1 more
2026-06-10
Southgate
Township
Council, Committee & Local Boards Code of Conduct 2026-06-09
St. Catharines
City
Respectful Public Conduct Policy
adopted 2025-08-28
2026-06-10
Stratford
City
Public Conduct Policy 2026-06-09
Tarbutt
Township
Code of Conduct for Members of Council and Local Boards 2026-06-10
Temiskaming Shores
City
By-Law 2024-005 - RZone Policy - Respect and Responsibility
adopted 2024-01-16
2026-06-10
The Blue Mountains
Town
Code of Conduct for Members of Council, Local Boards and Advisory Committees Policy (POL-COR-21-06)
adopted 2021-11-22
2026-06-10
The Nation
Municipality
Code of Conduct for Members of Council (AD-2016-02) 2026-06-10
The North Shore
Township
Expected Conduct Policy 2026-06-10
Tyendinaga
Township
Code of Conduct for Council, Committees & Local Boards 2026-06-09
Waterloo
City
Employee Code of Conduct Policy (H-004)
+1 more
adopted 2004-12-13
2026-06-10
Wellesley
Township
Respectful Behaviour Policy (Admin Policy 41) 2026-06-10
Whitby
Town
Public Code of Conduct Policy (MS-470)
adopted 2016-01-18
2026-06-10

Nothing on file for conduct & ethics

Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.

Checked, nothing adopted (2) — Arnprior (2026-06-09), Blandford-Blenheim (2026-06-09).

Other policies on file, none on this topic (312) — Addington Highlands, Adelaide Metcalfe, Admaston/Bromley, Ajax, Alberton, Amherstburg, Armstrong, Asphodel–Norwood, Athens, Atikokan, Augusta, Aurora, Aylmer, Baldwin, Bancroft, Barrie, Beckwith, Black River-Matheson, Blind River, Bluewater, Bonnechere Valley, Bracebridge, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Brampton, Brant, Brantford, Brock, Brockton, Brockville, Brooke-Alvinston, Bruce Mines, Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan, Burk's Falls, Burlington, Burpee and Mills, Callander, Calvin, Carleton Place, Carling, Carlow/Mayo, Casey, Casselman, Cavan Monaghan, Central Frontenac, Centre Hastings, Centre Wellington, Chamberlain, Champlain, Chapple, Charlton and Dack, Chatham-Kent, Chatsworth, Clarence-Rockland, Clarington, Clearview, Cobalt, Cobourg, Cochrane, Cockburn Island, Coleman, Collingwood, Conmee, Dawn-Euphemia, Dawson, Deseronto, District Municipality of Muskoka, Dorion, Douro-Dummer, Drummond/North Elmsley, Dryden, Dufferin County, Ear Falls, East Ferris, East Gwillimbury, East Zorra-Tavistock, Elgin County, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Elliot Lake, Emo, Englehart, Enniskillen, Erin, Espanola, Essa, Essex, Evanturel, Faraday, Fauquier-Strickland, Fort Erie, Fort Frances, French River, Front of Yonge, Frontenac Islands, Gananoque, Gauthier, Georgian Bluffs, Gillies, Goderich, Gordon/Barrie Island, Grand Valley, Gravenhurst, Greater Napanee, Greenstone, Grey County, Grey Highlands, Grimsby, Guelph, Haliburton County, Hamilton, Harley, Harris, Hastings Highlands, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Hawkesbury, Hilliard, Hilton Beach, Hornepayne, Horton, Howick, Hudson, Huntsville, Huron Shores, Huron-Kinloss, Ignace, Ingersoll, James, Johnson, Joly, Kapuskasing, Kawartha Lakes, Kearney, Kenora, Kerns, Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, Kincardine, Kitchener, La Vallee, LaSalle, Laird, Lake of Bays, Lake of the Woods, Lambton County, Lanark County, Larder Lake, Latchford, Laurentian Hills, Laurentian Valley, Leamington, Lennox and Addington County, Limerick, Lincoln, London, Loyalist, Lucan Biddulph, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Machar, Machin, Madawaska Valley, Madoc, Magnetawan, Marathon, Markstay-Warren, Marmora and Lake, Matachewan, Mattawan, Mattice-Val Côté, McDougall, McGarry, McMurrich/Monteith, McNab/Braeside, Meaford, Melancthon, Merrickville–Wolford, Middlesex Centre, Middlesex County, Midland, Milton, Mississauga, Mississippi Mills, Mono, Montague, Moosonee, Morley, Mulmur, Neebing, New Tecumseth, Newmarket, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Nipissing, North Algona Wilberforce, North Bay, North Dumfries, North Dundas, North Frontenac, North Grenville, North Middlesex, North Perth, Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Northumberland County, Norwich, Oakville, Orangeville, Oro-Medonte, Oshawa, Otonabee–South Monaghan, Owen Sound, Oxford County, Papineau-Cameron, Parry Sound, Pelee, Pembroke, Penetanguishene, Perry, Perth, Perth County, Perth East, Perth South, Peterborough, Peterborough County, Pickle Lake, Plummer Additional, Plympton–Wyoming, Point Edward, Port Colborne, Prescott, Prince, Prince Edward, Ramara, Red Rock, Regional Municipality of Durham, Regional Municipality of Halton, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Regional Municipality of Peel, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Regional Municipality of York, Renfrew, Richmond Hill, Rideau Lakes, Russell, Sables-Spanish Rivers, Saugeen Shores, Sault Ste. Marie, Scugog, Seguin, Selwyn, Severn, Simcoe County, Sioux Lookout, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Smiths Falls, Smooth Rock Falls, South Algonquin, South Bruce, South Bruce Peninsula, South Dundas, South Frontenac, South Glengarry, South Huron, South River, Southwest Middlesex, Southwold, St. Clair, St. Marys, St. Thomas, St.-Charles, Stirling-Rawdon, Strathroy-Caradoc, Strong, Sundridge, Tecumseh, Tehkummah, Temagami, Terrace Bay, Thames Centre, The Archipelago, Thessalon, Thunder Bay, Tillsonburg, Timmins, Tiny, Toronto, Trent Hills, Trent Lakes, Tudor and Cashel, Tweed, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Uxbridge, Val Rita-Harty, Vaughan, Wainfleet, Warwick, Wasaga Beach, Wawa, Wellington County, Wellington North, West Elgin, West Grey, West Lincoln, West Perth, Westport, Whitchurch-Stouffville, White River, Whitestone, Whitewater, Windsor, Wollaston, Woodstock, Woolwich, Zorra.

No policies published online (66, verified negatives) — Adjala-Tosorontio, Amaranth, Bayham, Bonfield, Brethour, Bruce County, Central Elgin, Central Huron, Central Manitoulin, Chapleau, Cornwall, Cramahe, Dysart et al, East Garafraxa, East Hawkesbury, Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Essex County, Georgian Bay, Gore Bay, Halton Hills, Hamilton, Hastings County, Highlands East, Huron East, Iroquois Falls, Killarney, Kingsville, Kirkland Lake, Lakeshore, Lambton Shores, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Mapleton, Markham, Mattawa, Minden Hills, Moonbeam, Morris-Turnberry, Muskoka Lakes, Nairn and Hyman, North Glengarry, North Stormont, Oil Springs, Oliver Paipoonge, Opasatika, Ottawa, Pelham, Petawawa, Petrolia, Port Hope, Powassan, Prescott and Russell, Red Lake, Ryerson, Sarnia, South-West Oxford, Spanish, Springwater, St. Joseph, Stone Mills, Tay, Tay Valley, Thornloe, Thorold, Welland, West Nipissing, Wilmot.

Unconfirmed (6, leads but nothing verified) — Armour, Arran–Elderslie, Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh, Minto, Newbury, Renfrew County.

Machine-readable: conduct-ethics.json · Conduct & ethics across every jurisdiction · All Ontario municipalities