Living in Strathroy

Train. VIA Rail stops at Strathroy, off Metcalfe Street West. It's an enclosed shelter rather than a staffed station, open an hour before trains, and the platform is wheelchair accessible.

Bus. Middlesex County Connect runs between Sarnia, Strathroy, Mount Brydges, Komoka and London (downtown, Oxford Street and Fanshawe College), three round trips a day, seven days a week, except statutory holidays. In Strathroy it stops at the Shops on Sydenham (51 Front Street East), Ontario Street at Caradoc Street South, and on Centre Road by the highway. Pay cash on board or book a seat a day ahead with the operator, Voyago; a one-way trip between downtown London and Strathroy is $10.

Coming from London for work? The moving-from-London page covers the commute.

Inside the Strathroy settlement area you're on municipal water and sewer, billed by the municipality every two months. Hydro in town comes from Entegrus; outside the settlement areas it's Hydro One. Natural gas is Enbridge. Out in the country the house runs on its own well and septic system, which is its own kind of ownership: worth inspecting properly, and worth it for the land and the quiet.

The municipality publishes settlement-area maps for Strathroy, Mount Brydges, Melbourne, and Campbellvale with Delaware West. If you're looking at a property near an edge, those maps tell you which rules apply. And remember the postal address won't settle it: plenty of "Strathroy" addresses north and west of town are in Adelaide Metcalfe, a separate township with its own council. More on that here.

What's being built

Families on the north and west edges of town may also be in the catchment for Adelaide W.G. MacDonald Public School on School Road, which sits over the line in Adelaide Metcalfe.

Family doctors in town work through the Thames Valley Family Health Team's Strathroy sites: the Strathroy Medical Clinic at 74 Front Street East, the West Middlesex Health Centre at 278 Metcalfe Street West, and the Strathroy Caradoc Family Health Organization at 351 Frances Street. They serve registered patients, so call ahead about taking someone new.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit has an office at 51 Front Street East and VON Middlesex-Elgin is at 274 Head Street North. Middlesex-London EMS covers ambulance service. For long-term care there's Strathmere Lodge on Albert Street and Sprucedale Care Centre on Kittridge Avenue East.

• Alexandra Park, 154 Caradoc Street North: the Rotary splash pad (June to August), Royals Field, picnic pavilions, an accessible playground and an access point to the Strathroy Water Trail on the Sydenham.
• Victoria-Centennial Park: a skateboard park, soccer field, playground and another Water Trail access.
• Yorkview Community Park on York Street: the regional ball and soccer complex with the Henk Van Dyk soccer fields. The Strathroy Dog Park is on York Street too, about five acres with two fenced off-leash areas.
• Cuddy Sports Complex, 96 Kittridge Avenue East: two regulation soccer fields. Saulsbury Park and the Sensory Park on High Street round out the playgrounds, and the Arda Falconer Memorial Community Garden on Park Street rents plots.
• Strathroy Conservation Area: a 3 km trail through floodplain forest right in town, from the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority's office on Mill Pond Crescent or the Head Street lot just north of the bridge.
• Clark Wright Conservation Area, just south of town: 50 acres with 3 km of nature trails.
• Strathroy Library, 34 Frank Street, the largest branch in the Middlesex County Library system. It also houses an Employment Resource Centre and a Service Canada office.

The year in Strathroy

• Downtown Market, Saturday mornings on the main street.
• Night markets downtown through the warm months: the Kick Off Night Market in May, Light Up The Night in August, Canvas & Culture in September, and the Hometown Christmas Market in November. Mount Brydges gets its own in July.
• Strathroy Hometown Festival in Alexandra Park, heading into its 48th year: a car show, midway, main stage, bike parade, Karaoke Idol and a downtown market. The festival's site lists July 23 to 25, 2027 for the next one.
• The Melbourne fair, run by the Melbourne Agricultural Society every August on its fairgrounds on Melbourne Road.

The municipality keeps a full events calendar on its website, and that's the place to check dates before you plan around one.

A new council takes office on November 15, 2026, after the October 26 municipal election.

• Property tax is due on the last business day of February, May, August and October. Council sets the rate each year.
• Water and wastewater are municipal in Strathroy, Mount Brydges and a small part of Adelaide Metcalfe; Campbellvale and Delaware West get municipal water. Elsewhere, plan on a well and septic system.
• Garbage and recycling are collected by Bluewater Recycling Association in wheelie bins, priced by bin size. The Strathroy transfer station is at 27786 Pike Road.
• Police: Strathroy-Caradoc has its own police service at 299 Frances Street, with officers on 24 hours and its own 911 dispatch.
• Fire: a volunteer-based department with three stations, in Strathroy, Mount Brydges and Melbourne.

Zoning, permits, severances and second units all follow the municipality, not the postal address, so confirm which one governs a property before you plan around it.