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These eastern Ontario towns will pay to ‘date’ you for a year
By Dorcas Marfo, Staff Reporter, The Toronot Star, August 18, 2022
As part of a tourism initiative called “Date My County,” these towns in eastern Ontario want to pay a lucky winner to relocate there for a one-year courtship.
And they say romance is dead.
A new tourism campaign, launched by several counties in eastern Ontario, is looking for “The One” to spend time with, someone who “craves adventure” and “loves long strolls.”
The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry (SDG) are looking to find their love match in someone willing to commit to a yearlong sojourn.
Billed as “Date My County,” the tourism initiative is offering $1,500 per month to the winner to live and work there, starting this fall, through January 2024.
Manager of economic development for the SDG, Tara Kirkpatrick, said the counties realized they needed to do something to set themselves apart from other relocation initiatives.