News Releases

The City of Oshawa and Oshawa Senior Community Centres (OSCC55+) are pleased to announce Donna Davidson as Oshawa’s Senior of the Year, an award that recognizes an outstanding senior that has enriched the social, cultural or civic life of the Oshawa community.

Ms. Davidson joined the OSCC55+ in 1970 as an instructor for senior fitness classes. Over the last 50 years, she has continued to teach and has impacted many members. 

In 2000, Ms. Davidson introduced Line Dancing...
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The City of Oshawa is pleased to announce the launch of the first ever Community Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, as a key deliverable of the City’s Diversity and Inclusion Plan. The Committee hosted its inaugural virtual meeting on June 25, 2020.

The Committee was recruited earlier in 2020, and is comprised of 15 community members from diverse backgrounds, representing a broad range of under-served and equity seeking groups. The inaugural members are Oshawa residents,...
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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...
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In an emergency, time can truly mean the difference between life and death. Oshawa Fire Services is proud to be the first fire service in Canada to use a new location technology known as what3words to dispatch emergency help to exactly where it is needed.

what3words is a location technology that divides the world into a grid of 3 metre x 3 metre squares and assigns each square with a unique three-word identifier. The encoding is permanently fixed. For example, ///twin.medium.pebbles...
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In his weekly video message for Friday, July 3, Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter provides an update on the gradual reopening of the City of Oshawa, which is currently in Stage 2 of the Province’s reopening plan.

Mayor Carter shares the exciting news that splash pads and Lakeview Park Beach have opened this week – just in time to provide some relief from a heat warning that is expected to last until Sunday, July 5.

As a result of the heat event, splash pad and beach hours have...
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