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Intro + networks | Ontario's Communities | Organizers Guide

Community Action Across Ontario

This section lists contacts and environmental programs in many of the 445 municipalities across Ontario. 

This is very much a work in progress.  

First, many smaller municipalities have only recently developed a website, and we're always finding new links.

Second, environmental planning at the municipal and community level is still in its infancy.  Not all municipalities have environmental plans, and very few have organized community-wide networks and campaigns in support of its environmental goals.

We've searched the internet to come up with a preliminary list of municipal and community sites. Please let us know of any changes and additions (cco@web.ca).  

For background information on municipal government, go to www.yourlocalgovernment.com, which is an information service of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

   

 

   

In this section you'll find Quick Links to Ontario Municipalities and details on individual municipalities, including:

  • environmental plans;
  • community action plans;
  • community coordinators;
  • community funding programs;
  • green community contacts;
  • local campaigns;

 

Ontario Municipalities:
Links to municipal web sites and details of environmental programs
A - F G - M N - R S - Z
Aurora
Barrie   
    (
details)
Belleville  
Blind River
Bracebridge
Brampton  
Brant County
Brantford  
Brighton
Brockville
Bruce County
Burlington  
   
(details)
Caledonia
Cambridge
   
(details)
Central Elgin
Central Frontenac
Chapple
Chatham
Chatham-Kent 
Clarington
Cobourg
Collingwood 
  
   
(details)
Cornwall  
   
(details)
Cumberland
Deep River
Delhi
Dryden  
Durham (Region)
Durham (Town)
Dymond
Ear Falls
East Gwillimbury
Elk Lake
Elliot Lake  
Emo
Flamborough

Gananoque
Georgina
Gloucester  
Goderich
Goulbourn
Gravenhurst
Grey County
Grimsby
Guelph  
   
(details)
Haileybury

Haldimand-Norfolk Region
Halton Hills
Halton Region 
Hamilton (City)
  
Hamilton-Wentworth Region  
    (details)
Hanover
Hawkesbury
Hilton Beach
Huntsville
Ingersoll
Innisfil
Kanata  
Kingston  
Kirkland Lake  
   
(details)
Kitchener  
Larder Lake
LaSalle
Lindsay
London  
   
(details)
Longlac
Markham  
Marmora and Lake

Meaford
Merrickville - Wolford
Middlesex
Midland  
Milton
Mississauga
Mono
Nepean
Newmarket
Niagara Region
Niagara Falls
North Bay
North Dorchester
North Frontenac
North Grenville
North Shore
Oakville  

Orangeville  
Orillia  
Oshawa  
   
(details)
Ottawa
Ottawa - Carleton Region
   
(details)
Owen Sound
Oxford County
Paisley
Parry Sound
Peel Region
   
(details)
Pembroke
Percy
Peterborough (City)
   
(details)
Peterborough County
Pickering
Port Colborne
Port Elgin
Port Hope
Quinte West
Renfrew County
Renfrew (Town)
Richmond Hill
Rideau
Schreiber
St. Catharines
   
(details)
St. Marys
St. Thomas
Sarnia
Sault Ste. Marie
   
(details)
Shedden  (Spanish)
Simcoe County
Smiths Falls
Smithville
Southampton
South Frontenac
Springwater
Stoney Creek
Stratford
Sudbury (City)
Sudbury Region
Sundridge
Tecumseh
Temagami
Thorold
Thunder Bay
   
(details)
Tillsonburg
Timmins
Toronto
   
(details)
Valley East
Vaughan
Victoria County
Walden
Wasaga Beach
Waterloo (City)
Waterloo Region
Wawa
Welland
West Lincoln
West Nissouri
Whitby
Wiarton
Windsor  
   
(details)
Woodstock
York Region

Some Communities That Are Now Part of Larger Municipalities

Ancaster Elora
 
(details)
   

 

Details on Ontario Communities

This is the standard chart for each community. The format used is taken from the checklist in the community organizer's manual, Community Action for the Environment. Additional categories have been added for the major networks (Green Communities and Healthy Communities) and other significant local projects.

To update the information, simply send an e-mail to cco@web.net

Note: "Local Funding" is for special funds available only within that community. See also the Funding section of this site for information on community-oriented funding.

COMMUNITY Municipal Web Site  
Community Environmental Plan  
Contact / Coordinator  
Coordinating Committee  
Community Network  
Campaigns or Major Projects  
Local Funding  
Green Community or
Healthy Community
 
Other Projects  

 

Barrie

Municipal Web Site

http://www.city.barrie.on.ca/home.htm

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Environmental Action Barrie (Be Green)
email: eab-bg@bconnex.net

Other Projects

 

 

Burlington

Municipal Web Site

www.city.burlington.on.ca/ 

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

Burlington Sustainable Development Committee

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

 

Other Projects

 

 

Cambridge

Municipal Web Site

http://www.city.cambridge.on.ca/index.html

Community Environmental Plan

City Green Strategy

Contact / Coordinator

Lumina Rodrigues: rodriguesl@city.cambridge.on.ca 

Coordinating Committee

An annual community plan is organized through the Planning Department in cooperation with Citizens Environmental Advisory Committee

Community Network

Yes, but not available on the website 

Campaigns or Major Projects

A planning meeting is held each spring to identify priorities and projects

Local Funding

None identified.

Provincial Networks

The Community Action Plan was started through the Conservation Council's Community Action Plan network. 

Other Projects

 

 

Collingwood

Municipal Web Site

http://www.town.collingwood.on.ca/ 

Community Environmental Plan

Remedial Action Plan for Collingwood harbour

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Environment Network of Collingwood
email: envnetwk@georgian.net

Other Projects

 

 

Cornwall

Municipal Web Site

http://www.city.cornwall.on.ca/

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Cornwall's Energy Efficiency Team
email: ceet@web.net

Other Projects

 

 

Elora

Municipal Web Site

part of the Township of Wellington

Community Environmental Plan

developed in 1992 and lead to the development of the Elora Centre for Environmental Excellence.

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

Green Community -- home green-ups.

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Elora Centre for Environmental Excellence is a founding member of the Green Communities Association.

Other Projects

 

 

Guelph

Municipal Web Site

www.city.guelph.on.ca/

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Green Triangle (Guelph 2000)

Other Projects

 

 

Hamilton-
Wentworth

Municipal Web Site

www.hamilton-went.on.ca

See also the community of Ancaster, now amalgameted into the region.

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Hamilton-Wentworth Green Venture

Other Projects

 

 

Kirkland Lake

Municipal Web Site

http://www.town.kirklandlake.on.ca/ 

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

Lists contact information for Social Groups 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

 

Other Projects

 

 

London

Municipal Web Site

www.city.london.on.ca/

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

TREA
www.trea.ca   

Other Projects

 

 

Oshawa

Municipal Web Site

www.city.oshawa.on.ca

Community Environmental Plan

Environmental section:
http://www.city.oshawa.on.ca/com_res/nat_env.html 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Green CAP (no link)

Other Projects

 

 

Ottawa

Municipal Web Site

http://city.ottawa.on.ca/ 

Environment Page:  factsheets on waste reduction and water. 

Community Environmental Plan

none

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

The Community Environmental Projects Grants Program is designed to help Ottawa meet its objectives in the areas on solid waste diversion, water efficiency, wastewater, and the water environment. The program provides funding for small scale community-based initiatives that are managed by non-profit organizations interested in the environmental betterment of Ottawa.

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:EnviroCentre
email: EnviroCentre@city.ottawa.on.ca 

Other Projects

 

 

Peel Region

Municipal Web Site

http://www.region.peel.on.ca/ 

environmental issues:
http://www.region.peel.on.ca/enviro/index.htm
   

Official Plan

http://www.region.peel.on.ca/
planning/rop.htm

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

 

Other Projects

State of the Environment reports:
http://www.region.peel.on.ca/planning/
soe/index.htm
 

 

Peterborough

Municipal Web Site

www.city.peterborough.on.ca

Official Plan

 

Community Environmental Plan  

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Peterborough Green-Up

Other Projects

 

 

Sault Ste Marie

Municipal Web Site

www.sault-canada.com/

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Sault Ste Marie Naturally Green
email: cleannor@web.net

Other Projects

 

 

St Catharines

Municipal Web Site

www.st.catharines.com/ 

Community Environmental Plan

City of St. Catharines Green Plan
http://www.brocku.ca/epi/greenpln.htm 

Approved 1995.  No information available on current status.

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

There is no reference found to the Green Community, "EnviroAct". It may have folded.
old email: enviroac@mergetel.com 

Other Projects

 

 

Thunder Bay

Municipal Web Site

www.city.thunder-bay.on.ca

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Thunder Bay 2002

Other Projects

 

 

Toronto

Municipal Web Site

www.city.toronto.on.ca/

Municipal Environmental Plan

Clean, Green and Healthy: A Plan for an Environmentally Sustainable Toronto was approved by the Environmental Task Force January 11, 2000. 

Community Environmental Plan A Community Action Plan was developed in 1992 by the City of Toronto, the Toronto Community Foundation, Conservation Council of Ontario Toronto Environment Alliance, Pollution Probe and others. No update is planned.

Contact / Coordinator

none

Coordinating Committee

none

Community Network

none

Campaigns or Major Projects

Toronto Atmospheric Fund

Local Funding

Toronto Atmospheric Fund
Toronto Community Foundation
(no website available)

Green Community or
Healthy Community

GreenSaver
North Toronto Green Community

Other Projects

 

 

Windsor

Municipal Web Site

www.city.windsor.on.ca/

Community Environmental Plan

 

Contact / Coordinator

 

Coordinating Committee

 

Community Network

 

Campaigns or Major Projects

 

Local Funding

 

Green Community or
Healthy Community

Green Community:
Project Green
email: projectg@netcore.ca

Other Projects

The Green Canada Card (See Buy Green Section for details)

 


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