Resident Services - Parking Information

• Accessible Parking Permits
• Clearing the Air on Car Idling
• Downtown Monthly Parking Permits
• Municipal Parking System
• Parking and Vehicle Enforcement
• Parking Around School Zones
• Parking Regulations During Snow Clearing
• Residential Parking Permits
• Ticket Payment Options
• Traffic By-Law (including parking regulations)

Accessible Parking Permits

The fine for illegally using a designated Accessible Parking Space is now $300.00. Click here to view information concerning Accessible Parking Permits.

Clearing the Air on Car Idling

Natural Resources Canada reports that the transportation sector is “the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada”, even with modern day emissions technology and more fuel-efficient cars.  Read more...

Downtown Monthly Parking Permits

Monthly permits are available at some parkades and surface lots.  For availability, contact Service Oshawa at (905) 436-3311 or service@oshawa.ca.

Municipal Parking System

The Transportation and Parking Services Branch is responsible for the operation and maintenance of on and off-street parking. Tokens can be purchased for use at parking meters, surface lots and municipal parkades from Service Oshawa and at the Mary Street Parkade, 1 Mary Street North, Oshawa.  Click here to view a map of the Oshawa Municipal Parking System.

Parking and Vehicle Enforcement

Parking & Vehicle Enforcement is responsible for the enforcement of parking, business licensing and taxi regulations as well as the processing and administration of parking tickets issued in the City.

Parking Around School Zones

Serious safety concerns, created by some motorists who drive children to school, continue in the vicinity of numerous schools throughout the City of Oshawa. Click here to view safety bulletin.

Parking Regulations During Snow Clearing

Click here to view parking regulations during winter control operation periods.

Residential Parking Permits

3-hour resident parking permits are available to residents who provide proof of residency and vehicle ownership for the following streets only:  Carswell Avenue; Concordia Court; Dalhousie Crescent; Eastwood Avenue; Herbert Avenue; Niagara Drive; Secretariat Place and Woodbine Place.

Permits allow for residents to park on-street for a maximum of 3 hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Applications for a residential parking hanger must be accompanied by a valid vehicle registration with current address and a driver's license and/or a utility bill to Service Oshawa, located on the first floor of City Hall at 50 Centre Street South.

Permit holders are not exempt from any parking regulations in effect and cannot park:

• In no parking zones where signs do not indicate "except by permit"
• Within 10 metres of an intersection
• In front of or within 2 metres of a driveway
• Within 3 metres of a fire hydrant
• Within an intersection or crosswalk; or
• Between 3 a.m. to 6 a.m., December 1st to April 1st for snow clearing operations.

Ticket Payment Options

On-Line - Click here to use Visa or MasterCard and pay your ticket online.

Mail - Mail cheque made payable to the City of Oshawa to Parking & Vehicle Enforcement, 1 Mary Street North, Oshawa, ON L1G 7W8.

Telephone - 905-436-3311 (toll free 1-800-667-4292) Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to use Visa or Mastercard to pay your ticket.

In Person -  Service Oshawa, 1st Floor, B-Wing, City Hall, 50 Centre Street South, Oshawa during regular business hours Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Payment can be made by cash, cheque, debit, Visa and Mastercard. After hour payments by cheque may be left in the drop box located beside the Pay & Display machine in the municipal parking lot at City Hall.

Traffic By-Law (including parking regulations)

Click here to view City of Oshawa Traffic By-law that regulates traffic and parking on highways, in parking lots and parkades on municipal property, and on private property in the City of Oshawa.

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