Rural Services

Waterfront property owners are large stakeholders in the funding, provision and use of services in rural Ontario.  This may include policing, waste disposal, water treatment, municipal roadways, electricity and telecommunications.

Different levels of government play different roles.  Learn more about who does what here. 

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Do you qualify for (lower) year-round electricity delivery rates? If you qualify for Rural or Remote Rate Protection you need to send in this declaration.

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Phone Bill Rebates & Money for Rural Broadband

In August 2010, the CRTC ordered Canada’s large telephone companies (Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Telus and MTS Allstream) to rebate $310.8 million to their urban home telephone customers. The rebate was to be credited by the end of March 2011, and range from $25 to $90 per subscriber.

At the same time, the CRTC approved a plan for the deployment of broadband Internet service to 287 rural and remote communities.

Konrad von Finckenstein, Q.C., Chairman of the CRTC, stated, “Subscribers of the major telephone companies in urban areas will enjoy a rebate on their home telephone service. And residents in hundreds of rural communities will soon be able to take advantage of the many social and economic benefits broadband Internet access provides.”

Any questions about the rebate program can be directed to the billing department of your telephone service provider.

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Dam Safety is important to us all

FOCA partners with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), an Ontario-based electricity generation company, to promote public safety around power generation stations.

OPG's principal business is the generation and sale of electricity in Ontario. Their focus is on the efficient production and sale of electricity from generation assets, while operating in a safe, open and environmentally responsible manner.

There are about 2600 dams in Ontario, and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources owns almost 400 of them.  The MNR Dam Safety pages include important information about these facilities and how we can stay safe around them. 

Below, you can view OPG's videos about Public Safety. 

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Water has been used as a source of electricity in Ontario for over a century. To learn more about water power view the three part video series, found below, produced by the Ontario Waterpower Association in collaboration with the Waterpower Working Group (WPWG).

The Story of Waterpower

The Source of Waterpower

The Benefits of Waterpower