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Eight municipalities. Find your community and what’s happening across Oxford.

Barns and silos set among farm fields and autumn trees in South-West Oxford.
South-West Oxford farmland · October 2012Peter Giesbrecht Photo credits

Oxford County · Explain yourself

$406.9 million. What should your next Council change?

Roads, water, housing, care. The County’s 2026 spending plan reaches into daily life. Candidates should say what gets more, what gets less, and why.

$406.9m2026 County budgeted expenses$406,890,915 in the detailed approved budget, page 58. Planned expenses, not actual spending or the property-tax levy.

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Your money. Your community. Your right to ask questions.

Questions that deserve answers.

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808 Dundas: purchase to promised support

What has been funded, who will operate the centre, and how will residents know it is working?

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Who can act?

Oxford County leads homelessness services and this project, working with funders and service providers. Woodstock has local planning and neighbourhood interests. The shelter and HART hub should not be treated as identical projects.

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Where should Oxford grow—and at what cost?

What land and infrastructure choices should shape growth across all eight municipalities?

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Who can act?

County Council leads the Official Plan process within Ontario planning law. Local municipalities make related zoning and development decisions within their authority; individual applications and provincial approval powers require separate checks.

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Latest public positions 2026-10-01

2026-10-01 · Jerry Acchione

Scrutinize whether requested spending is necessary and seek grants to limit pressure on current taxpayers.

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Community

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Leafy trees, a grassy path and a bench beside Embro Pond in July 2026.
Embro Pond · July 2026 · JFVoll

event · Ingersoll · Oct 3, 2026

Storytime with Bridget George

October 3, 11 a.m.–noon at Commonplace Books in Ingersoll. Bridget George reads It’s a Mitig!.

business · Blandford-Blenheim

Bright Cheese & Butter

Cheesemaking in Bright since 1874, with a local shop at 816503 Oxford Road 22.

Oxford County · Taxes & spending

$406.89 million budgeted. What should change next?

Oxford County’s approved 2026 budget includes $279.04 million for operations and $127.86 million in financed capital. The 2027 budget is scheduled to reach council on November 25.

Which County services would each candidate fund, cut or change?

2026 budget · 2027 budget schedule

Oxford County’s 2026 budget
$406.89m
Operating
$279.04m
Financed capital
$127.86m

Approved 2026 budget

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Eight local Town Halls

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N ↑TillsonburgTillsonburgSouth-West OxfordSouth-West OxfordBlandford-BlenheimBlandford–BlenheimIngersollIngersollEast Zorra-TavistockE. Zorra–TavistockZorraZorraNorwich TownshipNorwichWoodstockWoodstock
Municipal boundaries · Ontario LIO · Open Government Licence – Ontario. Simplified for display; village names are not ward boundaries.
Who’s actually in charge?
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Local council

Municipal services, local roads, recreation, zoning and the local budget.

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Oxford County

County roads, water and wastewater, housing services, paramedics and County planning.

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