Have Your Say on the 2027 Budget for Municipal Services

Annual online survey is your chance to share your service and funding priorities for the upcoming budget year

No matter where you live in Oxford County, including Woodstock, the 2027 Budget survey is your chance to have a say on which services should be a priority in the coming budget year.

Information collected from the budget survey will help Oxford County and the City of Woodstock know how well their services are understood, how they are valued, and which ones are a priority for residents. 

The survey asks residents and business owners from Woodstock about services they receive from their local area municipality, such as fire services, building and drainage services, parks and recreation, by-law enforcement and more.

The survey also asks about services provided by Oxford County, such as roads and bridges, waste management, long-term care at Woodingford Lodge, paramedic services, human (social) services, water and wastewater, community planning and others.

Each participating municipality receives and reviews its own survey results to help plan 2027 budgets.

The 2027 Budget survey is open now until August 31, 2026. To take the survey visit Speak Up, Oxford! at www.oxfordcounty.ca/speakup.

Quick facts 

·       Municipal property taxes collected from Oxford County residents are distributed to their local area municipality (township, town or city), Oxford County, and the local schoolboard designated by the homeowner according to the education tax rate set by the Government of Ontario.

·       Funding for municipal programs and services comes from a range of sources, including funding from federal and provincial governments as well as user fees and charges, which are special fees for bag tags, recreation, transit, water and wastewater, etc. set through by-laws from each council.

·       Oxford County’s special budget meetings for the 2027 Business Plan and Budget take place on December 10 and December 14, 2026, after the swearing in of the new County Council in November. The 2027 Budget will be presented for final approval at the regular Council meeting: on January 13, 2027.