This article examines state and prospects of direct democracy forms’ development in local government and citizen’s participation in its operation in Canada. The regulation of appropriate forms is present both in the law of the provinces and municipalities. It is stated that these forms show a positive trend of development, however, there are a number of problems in this sphere, associated specifically with the lack of appropriate system’s development of legal guarantees and uncertainty of the constitutional and legal status of the local government as an institution. At the same time, certain experience in implementation of forms of direct democracy at the local level (in particular, organization of electronic voting in elections) deserves attention and further study.
forms of direct democracy, citizen participation, local government, experience of Canada.
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