Turn your food scraps into garden fertilizer for healthier produce

Your soil loves compost – and so do we! The City of Vaughan has proclaimed May 7 to May 13, 2023 Compost Awareness Week. This year’s theme, For Healthier Soil, Healthier Food … Compost!, highlights how compost helps feed the world by making soil healthier … which, in turn, produces healthier food!

Learn everything you need to know about composting:

What is compost?

Get your permits first!

May is Building Safety Month – which provides an opportunity for the City of Vaughan to remind everyone to prioritize safety when planning construction projects. Whether you are building a backyard deck, renovating a room in your home or developing a condo complex, you need to ensure the work will be done safely and correctly. Getting the proper permits before the job starts is the first step. 

Mayor Steven Del Duca issued the following statement regarding the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.

Service Vaughan answers the top five resident questions received in April

Have a question about a service in Vaughan? Want to know more about the City of Vaughan’s programs? The Service Vaughan team of agents is standing by ready to respond to your inquiries. The City’s contact centre can be reached by phone at 905-832-2281 (toll-free: 1-844-832-2112), email at service@vaughan.ca or in-person at Vaughan City Hall (2141 Major Mackenzie Dr.).

Your guide to setting out bins and bags correctly

Put your best waste forward! When you set out waste properly on collection days, you help collectors work quickly and efficiently – and also avoid attracting urban wildlife to snack on your food scraps!

Follow these waste set-out tips from the City of Vaughan: 

These pests are harmless to humans and pets

Just like a chirping bird signifies that spring is here, so does the return of pesky insects. In the coming weeks and months, you may see Aphids, boxelder bugs and European firebugs around Vaughan – but don’t worry, they are harmless to humans and pets.

Here’s how to identify each bug:

Pilot project launching in five neighbourhoods

Buy flowers, meals and gifts for mom in Vaughan

Psst! In case you forgot, Mother’s Day is on Sunday, May 14 – luckily, you can get everything you need to show the moms in your life just how much you care – right here in Vaughan! From flowers to gifts to dining, shop local and treat your mom, wife, grandmother, aunt or that special person in your life.