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We provide programs and services that support residents throughout the City and County of Peterborough and keep seniors and adults living with disabilities healthy and safe in their own homes. Our services are individualized to meet your needs and you don’t need a referral to access most of our services. All calls are confidential and our staff is happy to answer questions about our programs without obligation. For more information about our services, call the Community Care Peterborough office nearest you or use the Request Service button below:
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Help Shape the Future of Transit in Peterborough County
We are exploring new public transit options in Peterborough County, and we want your input! This study will explore how public transit could be provided between our communities and the overall demand for transit in the County.
We want to know your travel needs, key destinations, and other project feedback to help inform potential solutions. Fill out our online survey (available until July 10, 2026):
Peterborough County Transit Survey
Also plan to attend the Open House on Thursday, June 25, 2026 from 5 pm to 7 pm at the Douro Community Centre (2893 ON-28, Douro-Dummer, ON).
Learn more about the survey here: https://www.commcareptbo.org/transitstudy
Paper copies of the survey can be picked up and delivered to all Township, First Nation, and Community Care offices in the County.
Gary Dalliday Memorial 'Caring for Our Communities' Golf Tournament
Registration is now open for the 5th annual Gary Dalliday Memorial ‘Caring for Our Communities’ Golf Tournament. Join us on Monday, August 10, 2026 at the Peterborough Golf and Country Club for a day of golf that gives back.
Proceeds from this tournament will support essential services like Meals on Wheels — a cause that was especially close to Gary’s heart, as he volunteered to deliver Meals on Wheels himself.
Spending time in the archives of Meals on Wheels is a little like opening a family photo album. Some pages bring instant recognition. Familiar faces. Moments that prompt an easy smile and a quiet, “I remember that.” Other pages raise different questions. Who is that? When did this happen...
In the earliest days of Meals on Wheels, the numbers were small enough to hold in one’s head. In 1965, the program delivered approximately 1,000 meals over the course of a year, about twenty meals each week across two delivery days. Volunteers could picture every route, every doorstep, every f...
By the late 1970s, Meals on Wheels in Peterborough was no longer a fragile experiment—but it was not yet a stable institution. The service was growing, demand for meals continued to rise, and with that growth came decisions that felt risky in real time. In 1978, longtime volunteer leader Shar...
The knock at the door is brief and familiar. A volunteer steps forward, a meal changes hands, a few words are exchanged. From the outside, it looks simple. But the meaning of that moment has always depended on what the person answering the door is carrying. In 1989, the Peterborough Examiner marked...
In a scrapbook tucked inside our archives, there is a photograph from 1989–1990: the Meals on Wheels Board of Directors gathered around a long meeting table. They have paused from their work, looking up at the camera with the sort of relaxed attentiveness that comes from familiar company. The ...
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