The City of St. Catharines is governed by a Mayor and 12 councillors, who are elected every four years.
Mayor's Office and ward councillors
All citizens eligible to vote can choose from the same mayoral candidates when casting a ballot, and councillors are elected to represent one of six wards in the community, including Merritton, St. Andrew's, St. George's, St. Patrick's, Grantham and Port Dalhousie. Voters within a specific ward elect two councillors.
View the current St. Catharines Mayor and the duties of the Mayor's Office.
View the current St. Catharines ward councillors.
Council meetings
Discover upcoming Council meeting dates on our Meetings Calendar. Unless noted in the Meeting Calendar, Council Meetings begin at 6 p.m.
Learn how to arrange to speak at a Council meeting.
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.
Live stream archives of City Council meetings held after March 10, 2020 are available on the City's YouTube Channel.
- Archives of the following meetings are not available on the City's YouTube Channel: June 3, 2020; July 13, 2020; July 27, 2020; October 19, 2020; November 2, 2020; November 9, 2020; and November 16, 2020. Please contact the Office of the City Clerk to arrange for a copy of the archives.
- 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 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