Community and Planning Services

• Addictions and Mental Health Support
• Financial Supports (Ontario Works)
• Emergency Shelter Fund
• Employment Supports
• Family Support Program
• Income Tax Clinics
• More...

• Child Care Fee Subsidy
• Funding and Other Services for Children and Youth
• Licensed Child Care
• Early Years Workshop Series (for ECE Professionals)
• Muskoka Home Child Care Agency
• Quality Child Care in Muskoka
• Summer Camp Fund Program
• The Nest
• Wage Enhancement for Early Childhood Educators
• Planning and Service Coordination Tables for Children and Youth Services
• The Muskoka Best Start Network 
• The Muskoka Child Care Advisory Group (CCAG)  

• Food Programs
• Fresh Food Baskets
• !mpact Cafe
• Income Tax Clinics
• Pay It Forward Grant Program
• SEED Programming   
• The Nest

• Corridor 11 Bus
• The MET bus system will be coming in 2016.  
• Other Transpiration Services in Muskoka

• Social Housing
• Affordable Home Ownership Programs
• Below Market Rent Units
• Rent Assistance Programs
• Capital Incentives for Developers and Builders
• Funding for Home Repairs
• Muskoka Affordable Housing Initiatives Program (MAHIP)
• Muskoka Attainable Housing Advisory Table (MAHAT)
• Muskoka Homelessness Planning Table

The District coordinates and/or participates in a number of regional planning and services coordination tables.

The focus area of each table is unique, but all share common objectives to better align human and health services in Muskoka to ensure that we meet the needs of our most vulnerable community members.

• Muskoka Attainable Housing Advisory Table
• Muskoka Best Start Network
• Muskoka Child Care Advisory Group
• Muskoka Homelessness Planning Table
• Muskoka Seniors Services Planning Table
• Poverty Reduction of Muskoka Planning Table (P.R.O.M.P.T)
• Rural Opportunities and Social Housing
• Muskoka Community Health Link
• The District also coordinates Human Services, Leadership and Planning Conferences that bring together cross-sector stakeholders to explore and address community priorities in Muskoka.

• Community Connect (Formerly WISE Clubhouse)
• Muskoka Seniors Services Planning Table
• Seniors Affordable Housing
• Seniors HAPPY (Healthy Aging Promotions and Programs for You) Days Fairs
• Seniors Intergenerational Mentorship Program
• Volunteer Driven Programs

You can contact any of our Community Service Hub locations by calling (705)645-2412

• Muskoka Official Plan
• Policy review and revision
• Strategies and background studies
• Population and economic data
• Natural heritage and environmental studies and policies 
• Monitoring Provincial initiatives
• Approval of Area Municipalities' Official Plans and amendments
• Applications for approval of Plans of Subdivision and Condominium Descriptions
• Approval of Area Municipal Part Lot Control By-laws
• Review of Area Municipal development applications for conformity to the Muskoka Official Plan and consistency with the Provincial Policy Statement
• Provision of planning services to Area Municipalities as requested
• Development adjacent to Waste Disposal Sites - D4 Guideline Information Sheet 
• Development adjacent to Waste Disposal Sites - D4 Guideline FAQs

• Muskoka Water Strategy
• Watershed health
• Support to and participation in Muskoka Watershed Council
• Lake system health

• Demographic and economic information and profiles 
• Liaison and financial support to Muskoka Tourism Marketing Agency
• Muskoka Airport

• Maps and location database management
• Muskoka Web Map: Public mapping application
• Open Data:  Public GIS data
• Custom map requests
• 9-1-1 civic addressing data base maintenance in support of emergency and protective services
• 9-1-1 verification program - summer student
• Road name reviews
• GIS and 9-1-1 liaison with Area Municipalities