Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Municipal Performance and Accountability Branch

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Municipal Performance and Accountability Branch

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    • Municipal Performance and Accountability Branch

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      Dates of existence

      2002-2007

      History

      The Municipal Performance and Accountability Branch administers the Municipal Performance Measures Program (MPMP) and oversees financial reporting and performance, municipal procurement, and research on service delivery practices and innovation. The MPMP is a provincial program that was announced October 2000 and is mandatory for all municipalities in Ontario. Its objectives are to: improve service delivery; increase accountability to taxpayers; increase public awareness and citizen engagement; compare performance internally and against others; and identify best practices.

      A forerunner of MPMP was Ontario's Municipal Services Performance Measures Project, begun in 1995. Municipal participants proposed performance measures and tested them, then reached a consensus on recommended measures. The program provided extensive opportunities for municipalities to take a direct and active role in building performance measures.

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      The Municipal Performance and Accountability Branch (MPAB) develops and implements initiatives and policies which improve the capacity of local governments to deliver better services to taxpayers in a more accountable manner. MPAB is responsible for the Municipal Performance Measurement Program (MPMP) and the municipal Financial Information Return (FIR), initiatives aimed at improving municipal service delivery, municipal procurement policies and other municipal accountability measures.

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      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1995-2016) (1995-2016)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA96

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1995-2016) controls Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Municipal Performance and Accountability Branch

      Dates of relationship

      2002-2007

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      Authority record identifier

      CA2336

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Provincial Territorial Charrette on Municipal Performance and its Measurement, Report on Proceedings, May 2004; KWIK Index 2002

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Emily C