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Ontarios Big City Mayors Attend the 2025 AMO Conference Focused on Housing, Infrastructure, Homelessness, Public Safety and New Funding Models for Municipalities
OTTAWA - Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) were pleased to take part in this year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s (AMO) Conference in Ottawa along with municipal, regional, provincial and federal partners. We...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors Caucus Meet to Discuss Key Priorities for Ontario’s Largest Municipalities
BRAMPTON, ON - Ontario’s Big City Mayors came together on Friday in Brampton where housing, homelessness, infrastructure, tariffs and public safety were the focus of discussions. At the meeting two motions were passed - the...
OBCMs Statement on the 2025 Provincial Budget
May 16, 2025 With the release of the 2025 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect Ontario, Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) are encouraged to see investments in key priorities for Ontario’s largest cities. Municipalities are facing...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) Statement on the re-introduction of Municipal Code of Conduct Legislation
Burlington, ON - Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) is pleased that the provincial government has moved swiftly to re-introduce legislation on municipal codes of conduct that, if passed, will create higher levels of accountability...
Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) hold AGM & Conference focused on Tariffs
MARKHAM , ON - Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) gathered in Markham Thursday, April 10th and Friday April 11th to discuss the significant impact of tariffs on their local economies and residents. OBCM unanimously passed a motion...
Statement from Ontario’s Big City Mayors on the appointment of Prime Minister Mark Carney and the new Federal Cabinet
Statement from Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) on the appointment of Prime Minister Mark Carney and new Federal Cabinet March 14, 2025 Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) would like to congratulate the Right Honourable Mark...
OBCM in the News
Housing starts up in Ontario but towns say they’ve missed out on millions of dollars
Homelessness a ‘humanitarian crisis,’ big-city mayors say
Ontario announces more than $1.8B in new funding to help municipalities build homes
Meed Ward: Ontario's municipal taxpayers need a better deal from the province and the feds
Ontario’s smaller towns and cities wants New Deals, too. Can the Tories keep saying no?
Ontario's Big City Mayors
Mayor Shaun Collier
Town of Ajax
Mayor Alex Nuttall
City of Barrie
Mayor Patrick Brown
City of Brampton
Mayor Kevin Davis
City of Brantford
Mayor Marianne Meed Ward
City of Burlington
Mayor Jan Ligget
City of Cambridge
Mayor Darrin Canniff
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Deputy Mayor Willie Woo
Municipality of Clarington
Mayor Cam Guthrie
City of Guelph
Mayor Andrea Horwath
City of Hamilton
Mayor Bryan Paterson
City of Kingston
Mayor Berry Vrbanovic
City of Kitchener
Mayor Josh Morgan
City of London
Mayor Frank Scarpitti
City of Markham
Mayor Gordon Krantz
Town of Milton
Mayor Carolyn Parrish
City of Mississauga
Mayor Rob Burton
Town of Oakville
Mayor Dan Carter
City of Oshawa
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe
City of Ottawa
Mayor Kevin Ashe
City of Pickering
Mayor David West
City of Richmond Hill
Mayor Mat Siscoe
City of St. Catharines
Mayor Paul Lefebvre
City of Greater Sudbury
Mayor Ken Boshcoff
City of Thunder Bay
Mayor Olivia Chow
City of Toronto
Mayor Steven Del Duca
City of Vaughan
Mayor Dorothy McCabe
City of Waterloo
Mayor Elizabeth Roy
Town of Whitby
