MUNISCOPE is Canada’s national resource on municipal issues, an online service of the Secretariat of the Table of Provincial and Territorial Ministers Responsible for Local Government (SMLG). With a dedicated team of professional researchers backed by the largest circulating library of its kind in Canada, Muniscope is your best source for information to support local government policies, practices and service delivery.

 

REPORTS

Federal Budget 2025–2026: HighlightsFederal Budget 2025–2026: Highlights

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PTOC Strategic Plan 2020-2025Strategic Plan 2020–2025 of the Provincial-Territorial Officials Committee on Local Government

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NEW BOOKS

10 new trends for smarter communities10 new trends for smarter communities

/ Hume, Gordon. — Union, ON : Municipal World, 2026.

 The politics of land and value case studies from across the globeThe politics of land and value case studies from across the globe

/ Shih, Mi & Newman, Kathe. — (Eds.). — Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.

Rethinking parking : planning and urban design perspectivesRethinking parking : planning and urban design perspectives

/ Mepham, David. — New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2024.