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What is local government talking about?

Topic mentions across 10,561 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 use3,683
ON, BC, AB
Budget & taxes3,300
ON, BC, AB
Roads & transportation2,261
ON, BC, AB
Development & economy2,009
ON, BC, AB
Parks & recreation1,789
ON, BC, AB
Public safety1,580
ON, BC, AB
Housing1,481
ON, BC, AB
Water & utilities1,223
ON, BC, AB
Grants & funding1,081
ON, BC, AB
Environment & climate987
ON, BC, AB
Historic preservation880
ON, BC, AB
Contracts & procurement698
ON, BC, AB
Schools & libraries591
ON, AB, BC
Permits & licensing571
ON, BC, AB
Personnel & appointments460
ON, BC, AB
Elections434
ON, BC, AB
Homelessness158
ON, BC, AB
Short-term rentals111
BC, ON, AB
Cannabis30
BC, ON, AB
Data centers8
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.