2024 Budget Survey

Update: October 5, 2023

Next steps in the budget planning process

Please note the 2024 Budget Survey has now closed.

Each of Oxford's municipalities follows its own schedule for the budget planning process. For information about your local area municipality, please visit your township, town or city website. You can also watch for news and updates on social media and from your local news sources.

Oxford County's 2024 Budget Survey was before County Council at the September 27 meeting. Highlights from that report include:

More than 500 comments and suggestions were received through 1,009 responses to the online public survey.
Of those who responded, 68% said they receive "fair" or "good" value for their tax dollars.
The majority of respondents felt that each of the services should be at least maintained at the current service levels.

Read Council Report CS 2023-31- 2024 Budget Engagement Survey
See the survey results
Infographic: 2024 Budget Survey highlights

Special budget meetings

Oxford County's special budget meetings for the 2024 Business Plan and Budget will be held:

Special Council Meeting #1: November 15, 2023 - 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Special Council Meeting #2: November 29, 2023 - 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Consideration of budget at regular Council Meeting: December 13, 2023 - 9:30 am

June 14, 2023

2024 Budget survey

No matter where you live in Oxford County, the 2024 Budget survey is your chance to have a say on which services should be a priority in the coming budget year.

The survey takes only 5-10 minutes to complete. Information collected from the budget survey will help provide a better understanding of how well municipal services are understood, how they are valued, and which ones are a priority for residents.

Each municipality receives its own survey results to inform its budget planning process.

The 2024 Budget survey closes on August 31, 2023.

Please select the area municipality you live in; or, if you do not live in Oxford County, please select the municipality to which you are most closely connected (for instance, where you own a business).



BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM Closed - Review only	EAST ZORRA- TAVISTOCK Oxford County services Closed - Review only	INGERSOLL Closed - Review only	NORWICH TOWNSHIP Closed - Review only


SOUTH-WEST OXFORD Closed - Review only	TILLSONBURG Closed - Review only	WOODSTOCK Oxford County services Closed - Review only	ZORRA Closed - Review only

Other ways to have a say

Feedback from the community helps municipalities understand what's important to residents now as well as what is needed for the future as communities grow. In addition to the survey, you can give feedback by:

using the comment card below to send in your comments or questions; or,
directly contacting the staff representative for your local municipality from the list on the right.

A note about municipal taxes

If you own a residential property in Oxford County, you pay municipal property taxes. The amount collected is based on the value of your property as assessed by MPAC (Municipal Property Assessment Corporation). Your municipal taxes are made up of three parts:

the amount paid to your local area municipality
the amount paid to Oxford County
the amount paid to your designated local school board as set by the Government of Ontario

This survey focuses on services funded through your local municipal taxes (i.e., it does not include federal, provincial or education taxes).