Healthy Rural Communities
Innovative Initiatives
The following case studies provide examples of innovative initiatives occurring in rural municipalities across Ontario. These case studies were revealed through the research that was completed for this project. Municipal and public health professionals were interviewed and shared the following initiatives that are occurring in their communities. The examples provide lessons and tools for other rural municipalities hoping to improve the health of their communities.
- City of Kawartha Lake: Community Design and Land Use Planning
- County of Haliburton: Active Transportation
- County of Huron: Community Engagement and Volunteerism
- Township of Sioux Narrows – Nestor Falls: Water Quality and Tourism
- Town of Hanover: Youth Planning
- Township of Prince: Aging Community
- Township of Scugog: Value Added Agricultural Practices
- Municipality of Trent Hills: Cultural Strategies and Revitalization
- County of Haliburton: Access to Local Food
- Town of Orangeville: Nature and Clean Air
- County of Bruce: Cultural Strategies and Revitalization
- County of Grey: Active Transportation/Active Communities
- Halton Region: Value Added Agricultural Practices
- Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (NEMI): Community Design and Land Use Planning