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Seniors are an important link to our past and continue to play an important role in the life of our community. As the city grows and our population ages, the community is responding to the needs of seniors by offering a range of services and activities that are required by this growing segment of our population.
Recreation Programs
The City of Orillia's Community Services Department offers a 25% discount for anyone over 60 years of age as well as specialized seniors programs. Check out our S.U.N. Registration System to find the right program for you and register or call 705-325-4386 (4FUN) for more information!
Orillia Seniors News Line 
Orillia Seniors News Line is an informative and engaging local news source for seniors. Call in daily to receive the local news, health and wellness tips, trivia, insightful thoughts and more. Call now: 705-326-7743 Press 2.
Orillia Volunteer Centre 
The Orillia Volunteer Centre (OVC) works to assist older adults in Orillia in giving back to their community following COVID-19 isolation periods by volunteering with one of Orillia's invaluable community partners. To get involved, call Information Orillia at 705-326-7743. Available opportunities can be found by visiting informationorillia.org and clicking on the OVC tab.
Retirement Communities
The City of Orillia is home to many retirement communities and has an active seniors club, The Intelligent Elders (TIE) Club. In addition, service clubs such as the Champlain Seniors Service Club and others cater to senior members of our community.
Community Support Services
Helping Hands is an organization that offers Community Support Services for Seniors residing in the City of Orillia and surrounding townships of Oro-Medonte, Ramara and Severn. Helping Hands is a not-for-profit, charitable organization with a local Board of Directors and has served our community for over 40 years. Employees and volunteers work together supporting our clients ability to live independently and to maintain and enhance their quality of life. Services offered include personal care, homemaking, caregiver relief, assisted living, meals on wheels, transportation, friendly visiting, telephone assurance and social programs. "Bringing Independence Home!"
705-325-7861
575 West St. S., Unit 13A
Orillia, ON
L3V 7N6
Age-Friendly Orillia Advisory Committee
The Age-Friendly Orillia Advisory Committee (AFOAC) considers both the challenges and opportunities of our aging population. The Committee advocates for and supports policies and initiatives that enable people to benefit from an active, independent and meaningful life.
Goals:
- To advocate for age-friendly strategies/initiatives
- To act as a sounding board for public policy development
- To promote the inclusion of all voices in the development of age-friendly initiatives
- To measure and evaluate the impact of age-friendly projects/initiatives
The contact information is info@agefriendlyorillia.ca and their website is agefriendlyorillia.ca
For more information on the County of Simcoe's Age-Friendly Community, please visit www.simcoe.ca/dpt/ltc/age-friendly
Age-Friendly Community Needs Assessment & Action Plan
The City of Orillia is taking steps to create a more age-friendly community, where all residents can be active and engaged members of the community at every stage of life.
Age-friendly communities support aging with dignity, respect and independence, and promote the inclusion of older adults in all areas of community life. Creating age-friendly communities involves assessing community need through the lens of the World Health Organization’s 8 dimensions of an age-friendly community.
To support the City of Orillia in becoming a more age-friendly place to live and grow, the City has developed an Age-Friendly Needs Assessment & Community Plan in partnership with the Age-Friendly Orillia Advisory Committee and J Consulting group. For more information, and to participate in this project, please visit agefriendlyorillia.ca/activities
If you would like to be listed on this page as a senior-friendly organization, please contact us.
