Community Profile

Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Program Year

2023

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Municipality of Whitestone

Whitestone, ON

George Comrie

Mayor

Pledge Summary

The Municipality of Whitestone is a rural Municipality in the District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada with a permanent population of 1100 and a seasonal population of over 4000. Whitestone has participated in the past and plans to engage the community through opportunities at the local elementary school, Library and with the Georgian Bay Biosphere organization. Plans include increasing butterfly habitat and community awareness.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2023

Communications and Convening ▸

Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor George Comrie	2025	3/30/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor George Comrie	2023	4/4/2023		View Pledge
Mayor George Comrie	2022	2/3/2022		View Pledge
Mayor George Comrie	2021	5/4/2021	Signatories	View Pledge