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Oshawa’s Building Services goes fully digital

The City of Oshawa is pleased to announce that Building Permit and Inspection Services is now fully digital!

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Building Services has found innovative ways to use existing technologies to digitize its processes and service delivery. The City is now able to accept permit applications, take payments, review, add comments and issue building permits all without paper and with City staff mostly working remotely.

Permit Applications

Plans Examiners are able to receive permit...

Help Celebrate Lakeview Park’s 100th Anniversary

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Lakeview Park, the City of Oshawa invites artists of all ages, mediums and skill levels to submit proposals showcasing Lakeview Park past and present for the most recent installation of temporary public art in Oshawa.

The temporary art project will see the City’s Public Art Task Force choosing 10 submissions that will then be featured on banners showcased on the existing light poles throughout Lakeview Park.

Interested artists are encouraged to submit up to...

Celebrate National AccessAbility Week in Oshawa

In March 2020, the City of Oshawa proclaimed Sunday, May 31 through to Saturday, June 6 as National AccessAbility Week (N.A.A.W.) in Oshawa.

N.A.A.W. takes place annually, beginning on the last Sunday in May and aims to change the way society thinks, talks and acts in regards to accessibility and inclusion. It is a week for accessibility and inclusion to be promoted across communities and workplaces and a time to celebrate the contributions of Canadians with disabilities and the efforts of those...

Oshawa sets three more building records in April amid pandemic

Construction value issued in Oshawa saw an increase in the previous two months, with the City of Oshawa setting three building records for the month of April 2020:

• Highest April for Residential permit value ($124.4 million, surpassing $63.4 million set in 2015).
• Highest April for number of Apartment Units (371 units, surpassing 171 units record set in 1981).
• Highest April for total number of residential units (452 units, surpassing 281 units record set in 1981).

The two major projects issued in...