Commercial trucking in Vaughan
Commercial trucking is a crucial industry in transporting and delivering goods within our city, province and continent, with sometimes hundreds of trucks picking up and delivering goods daily in Vaughan. Learn more about commercial trucking industry regulations, important updates and who to contact for more information or to report an issue.
The City of Vaughan, along with other Ontario municipalities, is facing increasing issues with uses of land that do not comply with permitted land uses under the applicable zoning by-laws, including trucking operations such as illegal trucking yards, parked vehicles, outside storage of transport trailers, and alterations such as grading or placing of fill without the required approvals.
Overview of by-laws
This page aims to provide information about the relevant regulations that apply to the commercial trucking industry, important updates and who to contact for more information or to report an issue. This page contains information on the following areas:
Update on Investigations
As explained above, City of Vaughan staff conduct investigations of unlawful activities, enforcing various municipal by-laws. Below is a summary of some investigation information, updating regularly; for more information, please contact By-law and Compliance, Licensing and Permit Services staff at bylaw@vaughan.ca.
Overview of investigations
There have been over 250 investigations of unlawful activities thus far, as described in the following figures.
Investigations by by-law
Investigations by ward
Status of investigations
Distribution of investigations
The map below shows the general distribution of activities.
To report an issue
For questions about Zoning
Resources
City websites:
York Region:
City Council reports on unlawful activities: