Who Does What

The Government of Canada provides services relating to the entire country.  These services include:

• Census
• Citizenship
• Copyrights
• Criminal law
• Defence
• External and international relations
• Employment Insurance
• Indigenous Affairs
• Money and banking
• Postal service
• Transportation
• Income tax

Provincial Governments deliver services that relate to that province.  The Ontario Government services include:

• Administration of justice
• Environment
• Education
• Health
• Natural Resources

• Property and civil rights

• Community and social services

Peterborough County provides the following services to eight local municipalities:

• County Planning
• County roads, bridges, traffic signals and controls
• Emergency Management
• Paramedic Services
• Tax Policy
• Waste Diversion (Compost and organics, hazardous waste, leaf and yard waste, electronics recycling & more)

Each of our eight Townships and Municipalities provide local services:

• Animal control
• By-law enforcement
• Fire protection and prevention
• Garbage Collection
• Heritage
• Libraries
• Policing
• Licensing
• Local roads (streets and sidewalks)
• Local planning and zoning
• Municipal elections
• Parks and recreation
• Property tax administration

Peterborough County works with neighbouring municipalities and community partners to provide the following services:

• Social Services (City of Peterborough)
• Health Services (Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Health Unit)