Who Does What

As an Upper-Tier Municipality, the County of Perth provides services across four Lower-Tier local municipalities (North Perth, Perth South, Perth East, West Perth) as well as shared services across all six local municipalities (Four Lower-Tier Municipalities of North Perth, Perth South, Perth East, and West Perth and two Single-Tier Municipalities of The City of Stratford, and The Town of St. Marys).

• Accessibility
• Archives*
• Community Paramedicine* (Mobile Integrated Health)
• Economic Development and Tourism
• Emergency Management
• Forestry
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Paramedic Services*
• Provincial Offences Administration* (Court, prosecution services, administration and collection of fines)
• Planning
• Public Works (County Road Maintenance and Infrastructure)
• Tax Policy

* denotes a shared service

Local municipalities have their own municipal governments to provide local services.  Services include:

• Animal control
• By-law enforcement
• Municipal elections
• Fire protection and prevention
• Heritage
• Libraries
• Policing
• Licensing
• Local roads (streets and sidewalks)
• Local planning and zoning
• Parks and recreation
• Property tax administration

 Services paid proportionately by the County but delivered by local partners include:

• Social Services (City of Stratford)
• Health Services (Huron Perth Public Health)
• Seniors Services (Spruce Lodge)
• Cultural Services (Stratford Perth Museum Board)

Each province has its own government that delivers services that relate to that province. The Province of Ontario provides a variety of services. Services include:

• Administration of justice
• Environment
• Education
• Health
• Natural Resources
• Property and civil rights
• Community and social services

The Government of Canada delivers services relating to the entire country. Services include:

• Census
• Citizenship
• Copyrights
• Criminal law
• Defence
• External and international relations
• Employment Insurance
• Aboriginal affairs
• Money and banking
• Postal service
• Transportation
• Income tax