The City of St. Catharines is governed by a Mayor and 12 City Councillors, who are all elected every four years. There are six wards in St. Catharines - Merritton, St. Andrew's, St. George's, St. Patrick's, Grantham and Port Dalhousie. Each ward is represented by two City Councillors.
View the current St. Catharines Mayor and the duties of the Mayor's Office.
View the current St. Catharines ward councillors.
Council meetings
Upcoming Council meeting dates are available in our Meetings Calendar. Unless noted in the Meeting Calendar, Council Meetings begin at 6 p.m.
The proceedings of Council Meetings are regulated by By-law 2021-124 - A By-law to regulate the proceedings of Council of The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines.
Watching and Participating in Council Meetings
- Regular Council meetings are livestreamed to the City's YouTube channel, which is available at www.stcatharines.ca/YouTube. Regular Council meetings also air live on YourTV (formerly known as TV Cogeco)
- In-person and electronic delegations can be made at meetings of Council. Learn how to arrange to speak at a Council meeting.
Live stream archives of City Council meetings held after March 10, 2020 are available on the City's YouTube Channel.
For live stream archives of Council meetings held prior to March 10, 2020, please contact the Office of the City Clerk to arrange for a copy of the archive.
Council Minutes Council Agendas YouTube Livestream
Upper-tier government representatives
Learn about our area's upper-tier government representatives, including representatives for Niagara Region, the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada.
Accountability and transparency
View our accountability and transparency information page for elected officials, advisory committees, Board and task force members for more on:
- Code of Conduct
- Conflict of interest
- Closed (in-camera) meetings
- Freedom of Information requests
- Integrity Commissioner
- Ontario Ombudsman