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Accessibility Award Nominations Open

This is National AccessAbility Week, an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the ongoing efforts of those who are working to remove barriers in our community.

For the past 14 years, the City of Stratford’s Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) has presented its Accessibility Award to acknowledge one business, organization or individual in Stratford that has worked hard to make their space or service more accessible to everyone.

Nominations are now open for the 2025 award.

The AAC is looking for...

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...