Council proceedings are the official, legal record of the decisions the City of Toronto Council makes.
Proceedings are in hard copy only. You must visit the Archives to see them.
Minutes tell briefly what happened at a Council meeting. Committee reports offer much more detail about an issue, sometimes including maps, letters, historical overviews, budgets, and other information.
Volumes of proceedings usually contain indexes. The subjects used in the index are not the same from year to year.
including the name of the municipality (e.g., “Toronto Works Department” instead of just “Works Department”).
Proceedings are not a word-for-word transcription of the meeting (such a transcription does not exist).
The Archives also has DVDs, videotapes, and audiotapes of some Council meetings. Please ask Archives staff to help you find these in the Archives database.
Council proceedings for the current City of Toronto are available online.
The City of Toronto’s website also has more information on how City Council makes decisions.
By-laws are searchable through the online By-law Status Register.