Re-opening during COVID-19

As of 12:01am on July 16, 2021, the County of Brant will enter step 3 of the Province's Road to Reopen framework. For full details, please view Reopening Ontario.

For a list of local businesses still providing safe services, please visit www.brant.ca/BrantWorksTogether.

Take Care of Your Community!
Please do your part to keep our community healthy. As directed by the Province of Ontario:

Stay home if you are ill.
Wash your hands often.
Practice physical distancing.
Wear a mask when needed.

What is ✔️ OPEN and what is ❌ CLOSED?

Open or Closed:

✔️ The Paris and Burford Customer Service Offices are open.

Paris Customer Service Office - 66 Grand River Street North, Monday through Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Burford Customer Service Office - 26 Paris Avenue, Monday through Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Please call 519.44BRANT (519.442.7268), 1.855.44BRANT or email info@brant.ca.

❌ All other Customer Services Remain Closed

A number of services are available online, please visit www.brant.ca/OnlineServices for a full list of online services.

✔️ All Community Centres and Arenas are open

For updates on community centres and halls please see the Community Centres section at www.brant.ca/COVID19.

✔️ County-owned Parks and Trails

Visit www.brant.ca/parks for more information. Please note that most trails are not maintained from Nov 1 - May 1 - visit www.brant.ca/Trails for exceptions.

✔️ Playgrounds and park benches

Public Notice: Playground Guidelines

✔️ Simply Grand Dog Park

Public Notice: Simply Grand Dog Park

✔️ The following outdoor amenities are open:

Outdoor fitness equipment
Outdoor picnic site and picnic tables in park and recreational areas
Outdoor sports facilities and multi-use fields including:
- Baseball diamonds
- Soccer fields
- Tennis and pickleball courts
- Basketball courts
- Skate parks
- Disc golf
- Paris and St. George Lawn Bowling Clubs

✔️ River Access points are open as of May 22, 2021.

For information on the Grand River Conservation Authority's (GRCA) Parks and River Access, please visit the GRCA website.

Public Washroom Information

The following washrooms are currently available:

Burford

✔️ Burford Community Centre, 14 Potter Dr., Burford:

Open daily from 8:00am-8:00pm.

❌ Bathrooms at the Burford Optimist Pavilion and Lions Park are closed for the season

Mount Pleasant

✔️ Mt. Pleasant Nature Park, 755 Mt. Pleasant Road, Mount Pleasant:
Open daily 9am - 9pm

✔️ Mt. Pleasant Park, 555 Burtch Road, Mt. Pleasant (portable)

Paris

✔️ Green Lane Park, 8 Green Lane, Paris:
Open daily 8:00am - 10:00pm

✔️ Syl Apps Community Centre, 51 William Street, Paris:
Open daily 8:00am - 8:00pm

❌ Paris Lions Park washrooms are closed for the season

St George

✔️ South Dumfries Community Centre, 7 Gaukel Drive, St. George:

Open Monday through Friday 7:30am - 8:30pm / weekends 8:00am - 6:00pm

❌ Sunnyhill Park washrooms are closed for the season

Trails

✔️Bean Park, 4 Spencer Street, Paris (portable)

✔️Oakland Road Trail - parking lot, 23 Brant School Road (portable)

✔️Powerline Road Trail - parking lot, 799 Powerline Road, Brantford (portable)

✔️Eric Thomlinson River Access, Forbes Street, trail parking lot, Glen Morris (portable)

✔️ Recreation Programs are being offered in person and virtually - please visit www.brant.ca/recreation for more information

✔️ The County of Brant Public Libraries are open.

The County of Brant Public Library branches are open with limited capacity. Please visit www.brantlibrary.ca/reopening for full details. Online services and curbside pickup are still available. To learn more about the library, visit www.brantlibrary.ca.

✔️ Waste Facilities

Biggars Lane Landfill
Paris Transfer Station

✔️ The Paris Museum hosted at Syl Apps Community Centre is open. Please visit https://www.theparismuseum.com/ for hours.