September 22, 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on this 22nd day of September, 2025, in accordance with Section 222(3) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. c. 25, that on September 16, 2025, the Council of the Municipality of West Nipissing enacted By-law No. 2025-73 to redivide the wards of the municipality.
TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 222(4) of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. c. 25, any person or agency may make an appeal in respect to the By-law to the Ontario Land Tribunal setting out the objections of the By-law and the reasons in support of the objections. A notice of appeal must be filed within 45 days after the By-law to redivide the wards was passed.
Appeals are to be filed with the Municipal Clerk at The Municipality of West Nipissing, 101-225 Holditch Street, Sturgeon Falls, Ontario P2B 1T1, no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 31, 2025. The prescribed fee of $1,100 must be submitted with the appeal in the form of a certified cheque or money order made payable to the “Minister of Finance”.
The redivided ward system maintains the current number of eight (8) wards and each ward will continue to be represented by one (1) Councillor. Including the Mayor, elected at large, the Municipality of West Nipissing Council will remain at its current size of nine (9) Members.
For more information, please contact the Municipal Clerk by phone at 705-753-2250, or by email to wards@westnipissing.ca. Background information on the completed Ward Boundary Review is available at https://old.westnipissing.ca/ward-boundary-review/
The personal information accompanying an Appeal submission is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. c. 25, and can form part of the public record which may be released to the public.
To learn about the appeal process and the documents required for submission, please refer to the Ontario Land Tribunal Appeal Guide.