FAQs

City staff purchased Otis and brought him and his previous mate to Victoria Park in 2009. They were 2 years old at the time.

Otis and Ophelia met while on vacation in Stratford for the winter. They to Stratford every winter to stay in an indoor facility where they (and all of Stratford's swans) have access to water and food.

She came from Stratford.

1. Otis's real name is Snow and his previous mate's name was Snowy (nicknamed Matilda). Otis is his nickname, which he's known as to the community.
2. Otis is blind in one eye.

Otis and Ophelia were brought back to Victoria Park on April 1, 2022.