The election was to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one-year term), five trustees for the public school division and four trustees for the separate school division.
Voter turnout figures for the December 1896 municipal election are no longer available.
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) John Alexander McDougall was acclaimed as mayor.
Thomas Bellamy, John Cameron, J Lauder, Matthew McCauley, and Hedley C. Taylor were elected.
N D Beck, Sandy Larue, Antonio Prince, and Georges Roy were elected.