City News

The City of Oshawa invites you to join the Royal Canadian Legion Branches 43 and 637 for their annual Remembrance Day Parade and Ceremony on Wednesday, November 11. The parade begins at 10:25 a.m. at the R.S. McLaughlin Armoury and will travel to the Memorial Park cenotaph. The ceremony will begin at 10:45 a.m. at the cenotaph.

November 1 to 7 is Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness Week in Ontario. Oshawa Fire Services is reminding residents to change the batteries in their smoke and CO alarms when turning clocks back one hour on Sunday, November 1.

The City of Oshawa invites Oshawa-based organizations, collectives and post-secondary programs in the creative and cultural industries, or Indigenous organizations, to submit proposals for temporary exhibitions to be displayed at Art & Culture in the Hall located outside Council Chambers at City Hall.

It’s Voting Day, Oshawa! Voters have until 8 p.m. today (Monday, October 26) to cast their ballot in the 2026 Municipal and School Board Elections.

The City is pleased to share Easton Community Park, affectionately nicknamed ‘Rainbow Park’ is welcoming residents back October 31 after its major redevelopment.

Voters who prefer to cast a paper ballot may do so on Voting Day, Monday, October 26, between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. at a Voter Assistance Centre (V.A.C.) in their ward. Paper ballots are only available on Voting Day.

Community members and airport users are advised that on the morning of Tuesday, October 27, the Oshawa Executive Airport will be conducting a simulated emergency exercise in accordance with Canadian Aviation Regulations.

The holiday season begins with the return of Oshawa’s Bright and Merry Market on Friday, November 20.

The City of Oshawa is continuing to grow its urban forest with $560,860 in funding from the Government of Canada through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Growing Canada’s Community Canopies (GCCC) initiative for two tree-planting projects across the city.

Internet voting for the 2026 Municipal and School Board Elections is open, and voters are encouraged to cast their ballot online. Please note that paper ballots are not available any day other than Voting Day (Monday, October 26).