Sustainability

Sustainable Severn Sound (SSS) is a regional sustainability program supported by seven of the municipalities in the Severn Sound area, including the Towns of Midland and Penetanguishene, and the Townships of Georgian Bay, Severn, Oro-Medonte, Tiny and Tay.

What SSS does

• Educates municipalities and the community on sustainable practices and policies
• Supports climate change initiatives and leads our Local Climate Change Action Plan: Regional Greenhouse Gas Summary (PDF)
• Works on behalf of the Township to meet membership requirements and advance the municipality through the Partners for Climate Protection program
• Creates sustainability report cards for municipalities part of the SSS program.

Contact SSS

Phone: 705-526-1371 ext. 112
Email
SSS Website

The Severn Sound Sustainability Plan was created for the nine municipalities of the Severn Sound watershed (Tiny, Tay, Penetanguishene, Midland, Orillia, Georgian Bay, Oro-Medonte, Severn, and Springwater). The Severn Sound Sustainability Plan is a vision for the Severn Sound watershed, which states:

By 2050, the Severn Sound watershed will contain a network of communities that have achieved a sustainable quality of life for all citizens by developing a common culture of environmental, economic, and social balance.

The development of the Severn Sound Sustainability Plan was a collaborative process that began in December 2007. It was organized by a Steering Committee, and involved support from a 50+ member stakeholder group, and a 400+ member Citizen Panel. The Sustainability Plan was finalized and endorsed by all nine partner municipalities in Spring 2009 (including the Township of Tiny). Work on the implementation of the Sustainability Plan is underway.

The Sustainability Plan includes goals, strategies, and actions to ensure the environmental integrity, economic prosperity, and community well-being of the communities in the watershed. There are 15 priority areas, which include:

For more information, please visit the Sustainable Severn Sound website.

The Township of Tiny is honoured to be recognized as the first Blue Community in Ontario and the third in all of Canada.  In order to​​ become a Blue Community, a municipality must recognize water as a human right, ban the sale of bottled water in civic spaces and support the public ownership of water utilities.

Your Municipal Council has acted on these principles by contacting both the Federal and Provincial governments, urging them to advocate that the right to potable water be enshrined in international law.  The municipality will no longer sell single-use bottled water in its facilities or provide it at municipal meetings where access to municipal tap water is available.  The municipality will continue to own and operate, to the highest standards, our own water supply systems.​

For more information, ​visit the Council of Canadians Blue Communities website​.

Severn Sound Environmental Association and the Township of Tiny work together to provide residents with reasonably priced, native tree and shrub seedlings for planting in early spring, annually. Orders are now be accepted until January 21st, 2026. 

Tree seedlings must be pre-ordered. 

Tree Seedling Price List

For more information visit the Severn Sound website. 

Tay and Tiny Townships have been agricultural communities since the earliest settlers in this region, and they continue to live and promote the farming culture, even as the farming business evolves toward a greater degree of specialty and catering to healthier lifestyles. Still, there remains much opportunity to enhance the value of the crops and livestock, and add further value through agricultural supplies, services and processing.

Agriculture and agri-food play an important role in the federal and provincial economies. In Canada, the industries provide 1 in 9 jobs, employ 2 million people and account for 7% of total gross domestic product (GDP).

The North Simcoe Agriculture sector adds $6.3 million in wages to the economy and 260 jobs. Agriculture production is booming in North Simcoe even though there is a slight decrease in jobs since 2011.

• Hog and pig farming
• Sheep and goat farming
• Poultry and egg production
• Fruit and tree nut farming
• Dairy cattle and milk production
• Vegetable and melon farming
• Beef cattle ranching and farming
• Other animal production
• Oilseed and grain farming
• Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture
• Other crop farming such as hay farming and maple syrup production

Want to learn more about Agribusiness? 

Visit the Economic Development Corporation of North Simcoe to learn more.

Please consider visiting these sites for more information about Agriculture.

Simcoe County Farm Fresh 

Ontario Federation of Agriculture

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada