News and Notices

UPDATE: July 11, 2024 - Payment processing for parking tickets, accounts receivable, and property taxes through Virtual County Hall has been fully restored.

UPDATE: July 7, 2025 - The Heat Alert issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada on July 4, 2025, has been terminated. 

Norfolk County residents are reminded that most County services – and all County buildings – will not be available on Canada Day, Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

This notice is to provide public notification of the project award for the reconstruction of Ann and East Street in the town of Delhi.  

Correction Notice: regarding the Public Notice of Port Dover Watering Ban issued on June 24, 2025.

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a Heat Warning for Norfolk County with dangerously hot and humid conditions expected. A Heat Warning is issued when daytime temperatures reach 31°C or higher, overnight lows remain at 20°C or higher, or the humidex exceeds 40, for two or more consecutive days. These conditions can pose serious health risks, especially for vulnerable populations. 

Norfolk County (County) has initiated a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for the Simcoe Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The Norfolk County Integrated Sustainable Master Plan (ISMP), finalized in September 2016, identified upgrades to the Simcoe WWTP’s solids handling processes, including utilizing biosolids storage tanks at the Simcoe WWTP to store biosolids from Port Dover and Port Rowan WWTPs based on a planning horizon year of 2041.

Norfolk County has released a comprehensive report analyzing its financial performance and challenges over the past decade. The report was presented to Council-in-Committee on June 12, 2025, and is now available to the public.

Yesterday, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) published Norfolk’s credit rating, affirming the AA/Stable rating.