Who Does What

Perth County

As an Upper-Tier Municipality, the County of Perth provides services across six local municipalities.

• 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

Local Municipal

Cities and towns 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

Learn more about our local municipal structure on the County Government page.

Other Services

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

Provincial Government

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

Federal Government

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