Community Services 2024 Highlights

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Social Services

9,156 clients served each month (average)

252 people found employment/exited Ontario Works

50,389 Social Services payments issued to clients

75 people exited homelessness to housing

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Peterborough Fire Services

12,487 calls dispatched by Peterborough Fire Services (includes dispatch calls for service provided by other municipal fire services that use Peterborough Fire dispatch service

212 Public Education Activities

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Library Services and Arts & Culture

175,770 visits to Peterborough Public Library

351,752 Library items accessed and circulated

26,269 program participants and visitors at the Peterborough Museum & Archives and the Art Gallery of Peterborough

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Recreation & Parks Services

  • 20,615 hours booked by community user groups
  • 4,221 swim lesson participants
  • 1,700 camp participants
  • 252 tonnes of garbage collected from 388 waste receptacles in parks
  • 18 rectangular sport fields and 21 ball diamonds managed