Public Notices

Community Recognition Award Recipients 2025

Stratford City Council presented its Community Recognition Awards on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at the Stratford Rotary Complex Community Hall.

The annual awards night is an opportunity for City Council to recognize and congratulate local individuals and teams on their outstanding accomplishments over the past year.

Here are the award recipients for 2025:

Ted Blowes Award
Bruce Whitaker

Community Leader
Don Farwell, Contributions in Gardening & Environmental Projects

Girl Guides
1st Stratford Guides
Lady...

Notice of Intent to Consider Declaring as Surplus and to Dispose of 38 Coriano Street

In accordance with the Sale and Other Disposition of Land Policy P.3.1, Notice is hereby given that Stratford City Council is considering declaring all of Plan 140 BLK BB PT BLK T, municipally described as 38 Coriano Street, City of Stratford, County of Perth, Province of Ontario to be surplus to the needs of The Corporation of the City of Stratford.

The City owns this property which is approximately .15 hectares. This property is currently designated a Residentially Zoned R1(4) Area.

The lands...

Registration Opens March 1 for City Summer Day Camps and Swimming Lessons

Registration opens at midnight Saturday, March 1 for the City of Stratford’s summer day camps, swim day camps and swimming lessons.

Camps and lessons will begin in July and run until the end of August.

For more details about summer camps, and to register starting March 1, please visit www.stratford.ca/daycamps For more details about swimming lessons, and to register starting March 1, please visit www.stratford.ca/swim

Scam Alert - Parking Ticket Text

The City of Stratford has recently been made aware of another possible scam attempt involving text messages about unpaid parking tickets. Similar scams have been circulating in communities across Canada.

Please note that the City of Stratford would never send a text message about an outstanding parking ticket, and parking tickets cannot be paid through texts.

If you have received such a message, do not click on the link or provide payment details.

Suspected fraud can be reported to the Canadian...

City of Stratford Launches New Property Tax Calculator Online

So where exactly do your tax dollars go?

The City of Stratford has just launched a new easy-to-use online tool that will tell you.

Just select your property classification (residential, commercial, industrial, etc.) and type in the assessed value of your property from your assessment notice or recent property tax bill.

The tool will then calculate how much of your property taxes go toward the various programs and services the City provides. It’s broken down into the day-to-day expenses to run the...