Community Safety and Well-Being Plan

The City of Kenora's Crime Prevention and Community Well-Being Advisory Committee has started the process to develop a Community Safety and Well-Being Plan. The Committee is collaborating with Christiane Sadler, a consultant specializing in crime prevention through social and community development. Their work will create a plan to enhance safety and well-being that meets the needs of Kenora.

Community Safety and Well-Being Plan updates

The project is currently in the validation and final draft phase. View the timeline and updates:

• September to October 2023: Introduction of the team and start of the process including understanding the scope of the plan.
• November: Start of quantitative data collection (publicly available data sets, local data requests)
• February: Launch of Community Safety and Well-Being Survey to be delivered online and with paper version.
• Christine Sadeler was in Kenora from May 8 to 10 to conduct stakeholder consultations and meet with the Crime Prevention and Community Well-Being (CPCWB) Advisory Committee.
• May 8: Christiane met with the Kenora detachment of the OPP. The consultation included leadership, supervisors, and frontline staff.
• May 9: The CPCWB Advisory Committee hosted consultation sessions for:
  • Kenora Businesses - Thirteen businesses participated in a morning session hosted by CPCWB Advisory Committee business representative, Taras Manzie. A second virtual session on May 24 was organized by the CPCWB Advisory Committee and the City’s Economic Development Team to ensure the wider business community had a voice.
  • City of Kenora staff - A session was held with the senior leadership team and City staff from relevant departments.
  • Social services sector - Social service agencies and community organizations participated in an afternoon consultation session.
• May 10: The CPCWB Advisory Committee participated in a day-long workshop, during which qualitative data results from the Community Survey conducted in February 2024 were presented. The Committee identified preliminary themes for the plan.
• June 4 to 6:  Indigenous sharing circle consultation conducted in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Safer Communities and Laurier University.
• July 18 to 24: The consultant returned for some more consultations.
• July 19: CPCWB Advisory Committee worked on the criteria for selecting priority actions that would be featured in the plan.
  • Kenora women’s agencies -stakeholder session.
• July 23: Stakeholder Consultation session with patrons of the Kenora Fellowship Centre for stakeholder consultation
  • Stakeholder Consultation with seasonal residents.
  • Consultation with members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
• August: The analysis of stakeholder consultation data with virtual consultation sessions continued.
• September:  Youth Photovoice contest launch. This contest was to ask youth what they loved about Kenora.
• Early September:  School board conducted stakeholder session with students.
• September 27: The meeting opened with a presentation of the findings from the supporting documents The CPCWB Advisory Committee then went into a closed session for a day long workshop to help focus the priority actions. This included determining priority areas of focus for the plan.
  • Also presented was an update on data collected:
    • 1013 respondents for Community Survey
    • 25 Stakeholder Consultation sessions with 229 people consulted
    • Creation of Kenora Profile with close to 90 data sources reviewed.
• October:  Evaluation of short list of priority action.
• November 1:  CPCWB session to further refine priority action list.
• November to December:  Validation process with high level overview of plan with key stakeholders.

Stay tuned for your opportunity to get involved. Watch for announcements on Facebook and our event calendar.

You can stay informed about the Plan development and the work of the CPCWB Advisory Committee by attending a committee meeting or reviewing the meeting Minutes posted on the CPCWB Advisory Committee page. The meetings are open to the public, and you are encouraged to attend to hear about our progress. 

Community Safety and Well-Being Plan project timeline

View the timeline and steps in developing the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan. The target date to present the final Plan is December 2024.