The Town of Penetanguishene is a lower-tier municipality within the County of Simcoe and located on the southeast shores of Georgian Bay, often referred to as North Simcoe or Huronia, approximately 165 kilometres north of the City of Toronto. The Town is noted for its small-town character, welcoming multilingual citizens, mix of housing and employment opportunities, natural landscapes and exceptional waterfront.
It is with mixed emotions that the Town announces the retirement of Donna Lacroix, our Tax Collector/Utility Accounting Clerk. Donna has been a devoted Town of Penetanguishene staff member for over 9 years and will be greatly missed by fellow colleagues and our local residents.
The Town of Penetanguishene continues to monitor news and updates concerning COVID-19 in order to ensure we work to keep our community members safe. To make sure you as community members can stay involved and up to date we encourage you to subscribe to our website email subscription service.
July 28th - Most of us in southern Ontario take safe and plentiful drinking water for granted, but that supply is being protected through the actions of numerous legislative provisions, one of which is a local stakeholder group called the Source Protection Committee, created under the Clean Water Act of 2006.
The Town of Penetanguishene continues to monitor news and updates concerning COVID-19 in order to ensure we work to keep our community members safe. To make sure you as community members can stay involved and up to date we encourage you to subscribe to our website email subscription service.
Since the arrival of COVID-19 in March, residents have done an incredible job of following public health guidelines. In line with provincial reopening’s, The Town of Penetanguishene will be reopening Town Hall, the Public Works Administration Building and the Penetanguishene Fire Hall to the public Monday, July 27th.
The Town of Penetanguishene continues to monitor news and updates concerning COVID-19 in order to ensure we work to keep our community members safe. The Town is working hard to open areas that have been closed and affected by the COVID-19 regulations in keeping with Phase 1 & 2 and 3 of the provincial re-opening. To make sure you as community members can stay involved and up to date we encourage you to subscribe to our website email subscription service.
The Town of Penetanguishene Recreation and Community Services Department would like to advise residents that a section of Rotary Champlain Wendat Park will be closed on Thursday July 23 from approximately 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Fisheries and Oceans Canada will be onsite to replace and upgrade 2 navigational aids in the park as well as complete location maintenance.
The Town of Penetanguishene has lowered the flags at Townhall to half-mast in honour of former Penetanguishene Councillor Bob (John Robert) Cascagnette who passed away last week, on July 7, 2020.