Business & Investment

The City of Oshawa has provided a letter of support to Rogers Communications for Rogers’ application for federal funding to bring high-speed Internet to areas of Oshawa.

Rogers has submitted an application under the Federal Government’s $1.75 billion Universal Broadband Fund to connect eligible homes and businesses in Oshawa to Rogers’ high-speed Internet network. The households are primarily in the rural areas of Oshawa, and the application would also see connection...
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In an effort to help support our local businesses, Durham Region will be conducting a Business Count from May through August as part of an annual Regional project to gather employment statistics and build a stronger local economy.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2021 Business Count will be conducted through a short online or phone survey. Members of the Region’s Business Count Team will reach out to local businesses via phone to gather basic information about the type and...
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Businesses in the downtown area of Oshawa are encouraged to learn more about a pilot project that temporarily permits sandwich board signs.

Sandwich board signs are an affordable tool for businesses to advertise to visitors and community members, especially during the summer season.

The pilot project runs until April 1, 2023 and permits sandwich board signs in Central Business District Zones in the Downtown Oshawa Urban Growth Centre.

As part of the pilot project, business owners...
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The former RBC building on 27 Simcoe St. N., at the corner of Bond Street in downtown Oshawa has been transformed into an exciting new boutique grocery store with a farmers market.

URBN MRKT Picks & Social Hall officially opened on April 20, 2021 offering local residents something fresh, innovative and new in downtown Oshawa while also preserving the building’s original façade and unique architecture.

“URBN MRKT Picks is an exciting new addition to our downtown...
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The City of Oshawa has ranked as one of the top communities in Canada, Ontario and Durham in the Maclean’s Best Communities in Canada 2021 report.

Maclean’s gathered data on communities across the country and compared them to find the best communities in Canada across nine categories. Oshawa placed 34th out of 415 as one of the best communities across Canada, and ranked 13th in Ontario. The ranking also revealed Oshawa as the #1 community across Durham Region.  

According...
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