Boston Mayor Michelle Wu used more than $11,000 in taxpayer dollars to fund her trip to Canada last month, according to documents provided by the city.

Wu traveled to Nova Scotia with her husband, three children, and a few staff members from Nov. 9 to 12. The trip was meant to highlight and strengthen the ties between Boston and Nova Scotia. Wu met with local leaders in Halifax and wielded a chainsaw to help cut down Boston’s Christmas tree, which the Canadian province sends as a gift to Boston every year.

Taxpayer money did not cover the travel expenses of Wu’s family, except for the hotel room that they shared. The Fund for Parks and Recreation in Boston, which is privately funded, covered the expenses of Cathy Baker-Eclipse, Boston’s interim parks commissioner.

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