Council Meetings

Council Meetings are held in person and may also be conducted electronically in accordance with Section 238 of the Municipal Act, 2001.

Members of the public are welcome to attend open session portions of meeting in the Council Chamber, meetings may also be livestreamed on the City of Orillia's YouTube Channel.

CIPs include information for Council’s consideration, such as staff memos about upcoming by-laws, public notices, tenders, resolutions from other municipalities, and other relevant items. Council members may request that any CIP item be added to the next Council agenda under "Correspondence for Council Direction."

Council Information Packages (CIPs) are distributed to Council every Friday and are available on the Orillia CivicWeb Portal.

Mayor McIsaac’s Land Acknowledgement Statement reads as follows:

“I would like to take this moment to respectfully acknowledge that the City of Orillia is situated on the traditional territory of the Anishnaabeg, specifically the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, a member of the Chippewa Tri-Council and Three Fires Confederacy, and that it continues to be home to many diverse First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples.

As a City, we honour and value the significant historical and contemporary contributions of Indigenous Peoples to the area, home to one of North America’s oldest human developments, the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs.

We acknowledge that this land is covered by the Williams Treaties and Upper Canada Treaties signed by our governments on behalf of the Anishinaabe and Canadian Peoples, and was once part of the Coldwater-Narrows Reserve.    

The City of Orillia is committed to building a welcoming, caring, inclusive and accessible community for all citizens, which includes helping the community understand, acknowledge, and take action toward real Truth and Reconciliation so that we can move forward together with respect, harmony and dignity for all Indigenous Peoples of the past, present and future.  

Thank you. Merci. Miigwech.”