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Vaughan City Hall - a leading example of the City's commitment to environmental sustainability.

Combining state-of-the-art technology with the evolving needs of one of Canada’s fastest-growing cities, Vaughan’s new City Hall is a leading example of the City’s commitment to environmental stewardship.

Designed by the award-winning Canadian architectural firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna and Blumberg (KPMB), Vaughan City Hall is one of the largest civic buildings in Canada and has achieved gold certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) – an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. Vaughan City Hall takes a whole-building approach to sustainability.

The official opening of Vaughan City Hall was held on September 25, 2011.

To learn more about the environmental features of City Hall, click here.

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Inside City Hall

PHOTO GALLERY
Images of City Hall

VIDEOS
Vaughan City Hall - LEEDing by Example
Design and Construction Overview

AWARDS

Click here for a list of awards presented to the City of Vaughan, including those for City Hall.

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LEEDing by Example - Environmental Features

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Vaughan City Hall - Backgrounder
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Vaughan’s previous Civic Centre was last renovated in 1982 when Vaughan’s population was 36,815. Today, Vaughan’s population is more than 300,000, and is expected to increase to 418,000 by 2031.
In April 2003, Council approved a resolution to build a new City Hall to meet the long-term needs of Vaughan’s growing population and enhance the delivery of municipal services.
The extended civic square, reflecting pool and garden are planned to be developed in Phase 2 and Phase 3.
In January 2004, a three-day open house was held to allow the public to view four design submissions in the Design Competition for the City Hall.
In February 2004, it was announced the award-winning architectural firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) of Toronto had been selected to design the new City Hall.
In 2006, Vaughan Council awarded the construction contract for the City Hall to Maystar General Contractors Inc. of Vaughan, as the lowest compliant bidder.
Construction of the new City Hall began in February 2007.
Vaughan’s new City Hall is Phase 1 of a proposed three-phase campus design of low-rise buildings that include a public resource library, civic square, reflecting pool/skating rink, gardens and parkland. In addition, York Region is constructing a 84-unit affordable rental housing apartment just south of the new City Hall to replace the Maple Manor apartments at Major Mackenzie Drive and Keele Street.
City departments began occupancy of the building on February 10, 2011. An Official Opening was held September 25, 2011.