Total operating expenses: 10-year growth (nominal)
Compound annual growth in finance.expenses.total over approximately 10 years, in nominal dollars.
total · 2024
- Algonquin Highlands6.4% a year
- Minden Hills5.5% a year
- Dysart et al4.6% a year
- Highlands East4.3% a year
1.5× between the largest and the smallest.
What these figures carry
- That is not the 10 years the metric name implies. The Financial Information Return series ingested here begins in 2015, and the municipality may not have filed in every year.
- Nominal. Read alongside the constant-dollar version: Ontario CPI rose about 14% in the three years to 2024 alone.
Dysart et al
- Measured 2015 to 2024, a span of 9 years.
Minden Hills
- Measured 2015 to 2023, a span of 8 years.
Highlands East
- Measured 2015 to 2024, a span of 9 years.
Algonquin Highlands
- Measured 2015 to 2024, a span of 9 years.
Which way is better
Contested. Spending is thrift or neglect depending on what you think a municipality is for. A low figure may be efficiency or a deferred road that costs a later council more. Nothing on this page is ranked, and the bars are ordered by size rather than by merit.
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