Town of Saugeen Shores representatives are returning from Ottawa following productive meetings with Provincial and Federal officials while attending the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference from August 16-19.
The swim advisory for Port Elgin Main Beach and Southampton Beach was lifted on August 21, 2026.
Grey Bruce Public Health, in consultation with the Town of Saugeen Shores, has posted Port Elgin Main Beach and Southampton Beach as unsafe for swimming after water-sampling results showed bacterial levels exceeding Ontario Ministry of Health standards.
The Town of Saugeen Shores is celebrating the continued success of its Municipal Housing Allowance Subsidy, which helped 35 local households maintain housing in 2025.
Saugeen Shores and Saugeen First Nation have approved a new joint Community Tourism Strategy which will serve as a shared roadmap guiding tourism development and collaboration over the next five years.
Residents and visitors will notice some colourful new additions to the streetscape this summer as eight traffic control boxes across Saugeen Shores have been transformed into public art murals by three local artists.
Residents interested in running for Municipal Council or School Board Trustee in the 2026 Municipal and School Board Elections, must file their nomination papers with their local municipality by Friday, August 21, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
The Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) has approved planning applications submitted for 15 Market Street, Port Elgin. The planning applications are a County Official Plan Amendment, a Town Official Plan Amendment, a Town Zoning By-law Amendment, and a Draft Plan of Subdivision consisting of 141 residential units.
The Town of Saugeen Shores marked a major milestone for affordable housing today. In partnership with Wilson Developments and Habitat for Humanity Grey Bruce, the Town celebrated the groundbreaking of a new affordable housing development, a significant step forward in expanding access to attainable homeownership and addressing local housing needs.
Nearly 110 years after the Battle of Passchendaele, Zonnebeke, Belgium, home of the battlefield, has ratified a Memorandum of Understanding with Saugeen Shores, Ontario, formally establishing a sister city relationship. Passchendaele is widely regarded as a defining moment in Canada's emergence as a nation and in the shaping of Canadian national identity
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Town of Saugeen Shores
600 Tomlinson Drive, P.O. Box 820
Port Elgin, ON N0H 2C0
Phone 519-832-2008
Toll Free 1-866-832-2008
Fax 519-832-2140
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