Each year, Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) works to ensure suitable housing is provided for both domestic and foreign migrant workers. To achieve this, our public health inspectors ensure that the owners of these homes follow the recommendations set out by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care housing guidelines for seasonal farm workers.
Our public health inspectors work diligently with seasonal work employment agencies such as Foreign Agricultural Resource management Services (FARMS) to ensure that compliance is met of these homes prior to possession. The overall goal is to ensure the safety of the worker.
NOTE: A seasonal housing inspection request must be received 3-4 months prior to the workers arrival. The water source must be available at the time of inspection.
Submit a seasonal housing inspection request
Submit a seasonal housing inspection request one of the following two ways:
- Complete the online seasonal housing inspection request form
- Download and submit the seasonal housing inspection request form
Please note your payment options are:
- in person at one of the two health unit locations by Cheque, Debit, Cash or Credit Card. Information about the health unit locations can be found on the sidebar on the right side of this webpage.
- online (when submitting an online housing inspection request) you can pay via Credit Card through PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account, to choose this method of payment. If this option is selected when filling out the online seasonal housing inspection request form, a prompt will appear informing you that you can proceed as a guest for payment.
Please note:
- an inspection will not occur until payment has been received
- you cannot provide payment to the Public Health Inspector at time of inspection
COVID-19 Resources for Farms
Use the following resources to help keep employees safe, healthy and working.
- Ontario Ministry of Health Guidance for Living Settings for Seasonal International Farm Workers
- Cleaning and Sanitizing Instructions
- Cleaning Log
- Cleaning Log (Spanish)
- Daily Health Check Log
- Daily Health Check Log (Spanish)
Well water sampling
Well Aware outlines the basics of well maintenance and operation, as well as the necessary actions owners must take to keep water wells in safe running order. Learn more about well water testing and find locations.