Manuals and Plans

View the 2024 Corporate Business Plan

The Township updates the Corporate Business Plan annually and aims to achieve the following:

• Identify and document projects
• Track work progress
• Ensure staff development
• Align with Strategic Plan
• Ensure resource allocation for programs and services
• Support pursuit and implementation of goals within Strategic Plan
• Ensure delivery of high quality services

The Elmira Green Infrastructure Report was prepared for the Township of Woolwich Environmental Enhancement Committee (TWEEC) by Natural Resource Solutions Inc.

The Elmira Green Infrastructure Report was endorsed by Committee of the Whole on September 25, 2018 and Council at their meeting on October 2, 2018.

View the Township's Emergency Plan 

Emergencies can happen at any time. The Emergency Plan sets out a plan of action to provide the earliest possible response.

Community Exercise

The plan is tested and updated annually through a community exercise. The exercise is design to do the following:

• Test Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and Emergency Plan
• Improve communications, cooperation and collaboration
• Learn and practice using emergency event management software
• Meet requirements of the Emergency Management Act
• Build skills and confidence of staff and volunteers by training them in their roles

Declaration of an Emergency

The Head of Council is responsible for declaring an emergency in order to:

• Alert the public to take necessary actions
• Protect volunteers assisting with the emergency, so that they are covered by WSIB
• Meet the criteria to receive the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program (ODRAP)

Emergency Preparedness Programs

Please view the Emergency Preparedness Page.

View the Township's Fire Master Plan Recommendations

Appendix 1 - Maps

• Three Stations
• Five Stations (Remove Conestogo)
• Five Stations (Remove Maryhill)
• Five Stations (Remove Maryhill and Conestogo)
• Six Stations (Including Breslau, Elmira Station Unchanged)
• Six Stations (Including Breslau, Elmira Station Moved)

Appendix 2

• Financial Information

Appendix 3

• Floradale Fire Station

Appendix 4

• Aid Agreement

Appendix 5

• Risk Assessment

View the Township's Parks and Recreation Master Plan

This Master Plan has been prepared to provide a strong foundation for the medium and longer-term planning of the Township’s parks and recreation system. It highlights best practices and trends, summarizes the results of an online survey, provides an inventory of parkland and recreation facilities, and identifies high-level needs based on population estimates to 2051. The Master Plan also outlines strategic directions and actions recommended for plan implementation.

TransformWR is Waterloo Region’s community-wide response to the global climate crisis. It outlines our long term strategy to achieve an 80% local greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction target, and identifies local actions needed to reduce our emissions by 30% by the year 2030.

The TransformWR Plan outlines 6 transformative changes to guide the journey. For each Transformative Change, a set of strategies and action items have been identified, along with key milestones to help track our progress. The outcome of this collective action will lead to achieving our vision for 2050, and ultimately transform Waterloo Region into an equitable, prosperous, resilient low carbon community.

All municipalities in Waterloo Region endorsed the plan in 2021.

The TransformWR Plan 

The Plan was endorsed by Township of Woolwich Committee of the Whole on June 2, 2021 and at their
meeting on June 8, 2021, as follows:

That the Council of the Township of Woolwich, considering Report R07-2021 respecting TransformWR:

Waterloo Region Community Climate Action Strategy:

1. endorse the attached TransformWR strategy (Appendix A) as the community climate change mitigation strategy for the Township of Woolwich;
2. direct staff across the organization to develop detailed plans to implement the strategy for the Township of Woolwich. This direction includes the implementation of actions in the strategy subject to available funds and/or approved budget and appropriate human resources;
3. direct staff to work with local partners on implementation, monitoring, and reporting progress on the goals outlined in the strategy;
4. advocate for provincial and federal support and action to achieve the community transformations outlined in TransformWR (Appendix A);
5. submit this report to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as the Township of Woolwich community scope progress on the Partners for Climate Protection Program Milestones 1-3 as renewed. And further that Council endorse in principle an interim absolute community GHG emissions reduction target of 50% by 2030. Recognizing that the bold and immediate local actions in the attached TransformWR strategy (Appendix A) are expected to achieve a 30% reduction by 2030, Council commits $100,000 from additional levy collection to support the community climate strategy and emphasizes that bold and immediate actions from the provincial and federal government will also be required to reach this deeper reduction target.

Visit the Climate Action WR website for more information.