Burlington's mayor and councillors will be sworn in for the 2026–2030 term on Monday, Nov. 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre, and the City says everyone is invited. The ceremony is free, but you need a ticket to get in, Mayor Marianne Meed Ward says.
The four-year term officially begins Sunday, Nov. 15, and runs to Nov. 14, 2030. Monday's ceremony is where members formally make their declarations of office, the public promise elected officials make before taking their seats. It is Meed Ward's third term as mayor.
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Turnout rose to 35.5 per cent from 27.6 per cent in 2022, the City says.
Tickets come from the Performing Arts Centre, known as BPAC. You can pick them up at the box office Tuesday to Saturday between noon and 4 p.m., which makes Saturday, Nov. 14, the last regular day before the ceremony, or in the hour before the meeting on Monday. You can also call 905-681-6000 or book at burlingtonpac.ca.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. BPAC lists the ceremony at about 90 minutes, and a reception follows. The agenda includes remarks from Chief Margaret Sault of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and City Clerk Mike de Rond is listed with the declarations of office. Sign language interpretation will be provided in the hall.
If you can't make it, the City will livestream the meeting with open captioning at burlington.ca/calendar, where future council meetings will also stream.
The new council gets to work the day after the ceremony: its first regular meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall.
Board and committee appointments aren't set yet: the mayor is taking requests from councillors, and the appointments will be shared at the Dec. 8 Committee of the Whole, where all of council meets as one committee to debate items before final votes, then finalized at the December council meeting. For ceremonial duties, Meed Ward will rotate the deputy mayor role monthly, starting with Councillor Bentivegna in December, with Councillor Galbraith as alternate.
