Paperback, Thomson Reuters
Ontario Municipal Law: A User’s Manual is a comprehensive, easy-to-use resource of municipal law and practice – including essential statutes, regulations, caselaw, commentary, and 31 practical checklists on a wide range of municipal practice and administration issues. The text provides answers to complex questions for municipalities, including councils and council members, clerks and other municipal officers, municipal and personal injury lawyers, policymakers and adjudicators, academics and students, and anyone interested in the powers and responsibilities of Ontario municipalities.
Included in the 2026 Edition
• Thirty-one procedural Checklists setting out practical guides to key procedures, timelines, and restrictions on topics ranging from Tax Sales to Bonusing, Quashing By-Laws, Priority Lien Status, Limitation Periods, Local Board Powers and Duties, Sources of Municipal and Personal Liability and Immunity and Public and Council Meetings
• The full text of the Municipal Act, 2001, Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, and Municipal Elections Act
• Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act with updated commentary and case digests
Updates in the 2026 Edition Commentary on significant court decisions address such issues as:
• Whether title to municipal parkland may be subject to adverse possession (Supreme Court of Canada)
• Test for municipal liability relating to the “untraveled portion of a highway” under s. 44(8) of the Municipal Act, 2001
• Whether the 15-year ultimate limitation period applies to limit municipal liability in relation to a building permit left open for decades
• Whether a pilot study to license residential rental housing improperly targeted student housing
• Whether criminal record checks vis-à-vis landlords encroached on federal criminal law power
• The authority to require that residential rental businesses operate with a license
• Whether liability for tax reassessment existed before business went bankrupt