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What is local government talking about?

Topic mentions across 9,643 AI-briefed Canadian meetings since 2026-04. A meeting counts once per topic it touches, based on the tags our briefs assign. Coverage varies by city and platform, so read these as directional — mentions across tracked meetings, not a census of local government.

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bar = total mentions · sparkline = monthly, 2026-04 to 2026-10 · top provinces at right
Zoning & land use3,374
ON, BC, AB
Budget & taxes2,949
ON, BC, AB
Roads & transportation2,102
ON, BC, AB
Development & economy1,863
ON, BC, AB
Parks & recreation1,677
ON, BC, AB
Public safety1,435
ON, BC, AB
Housing1,391
ON, BC, AB
Water & utilities1,139
ON, BC, AB
Grants & funding990
ON, BC, AB
Environment & climate931
ON, BC, AB
Historic preservation839
ON, BC, AB
Contracts & procurement659
ON, BC, AB
Schools & libraries537
ON, AB, BC
Permits & licensing528
ON, BC, AB
Elections397
ON, BC, AB
Personnel & appointments377
ON, BC, AB
Homelessness152
ON, BC, AB
Short-term rentals102
BC, ON, AB
Cannabis25
BC, ON, AB
Data centers7
AB, BC, ON

Want the underlying meetings? City pages link each agenda back to the official source the government posted (95% of the meetings we hold carry a document URL; the rest are listings the portal published without one). These are counts of meetings that mention a topic across the places we cover, not a census of what every government discussed.