What does a vibrant cultural city look like to you? 

Guelph’s culture plan has been years in the making. Did you know we’ve been engaging on this work since 2018 in different shapes and forms? Last year, we engaged the community through a joint initiative with Tourism called Create, Play and Stay so we could understand where culture fits into this thriving city we love to share! Since then, we've been meeting with cultural leaders in the community to help refine our direction and create our framework. Find out more in the “how we got here” section.

In the summer of 2023 we were back for final round of engagement to make sure we understand your vision for arts, heritage and the creative industry in Guelph that takes us into 2030.

We created a plan together!

Over the months of June, July and the first half of August, 2023, we had three quick on-line activities to help us understand where, what and how culture is and could be part of the fabric of Guelph

• Complete a survey: Take ten minutes to dig into topics and share your thoughts and experience with us. - there were also printable translated versions of the survey in  Dari, English, Nepali, Spanish, Tigrinya and Ukrainian.
  • Please email completed surveys to: gregory.peddie@guelph.ca
• Put a pin in it: Where are the important places around town to experience or reflect on arts, culture, heritage and events, and where are our leaders in the creative industry?
• Create a vision for future Guelph: What does Guelph's culture scene look like in 2030?

What's next?

We reviewed everything we heard and built the new "Culture plan 2030: Everywhere, Everyday, Everyone" to guide us in making your vision for culture in our community come to life.

We presented the report and Culture plan to council on October 3, 2023 Find the full council packet here including the staff report and new Culture plan 2030: 'Everywhere, Everyday, Everyone' (starting on page 53 of the packet). The Culture plan was adopted later that month.

Thank you everyone for sharing your voice, and helping to create something we can all be proud of.