2018 financial report

Municipal organizations prepare their financial report (FR) based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as established by the Public Sector Accounting Board (CCSP) of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). Among other things, they must include RF data from organizations that are part of their accounting scope in order to produce an overall account of their activities and financial resources. These organizations must have their RF adopted by their council and send it to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, on the forms provided for this purpose. Some local municipalities are called “central municipalities.” These municipalities are those whose territory was reduced in favor of municipalities reconstituted following the municipal reorganization on 1 January 2006. A central municipality and the reconstituted municipalities that surround it are the linked municipalities that form an agglomeration. Central municipalities must report on the activities of the agglomeration. They now use the same forms as any other municipal body, except for the form for the breakdown of mixed expenses that is dedicated to them. For the other documents, annexes relating to agglomeration competences and local competences are provided specifically for these municipalities where appropriate. These annexes are not consolidated, but the overall picture of central municipalities is consolidated.