The City of Vaughan’s winter crews work around the clock to ensure Vaughan’s roads and sidewalks are kept safe and clear. Learn everything you need to know about the City’s sidewalk-clearing service – one of many efficient and reliable winter operations provided for residents for the 2022/23 season. 

The City of Vaughan is committed to ensuring the safety of all citizens with an extensive winter maintenance program. Learn everything you need to know about the City’s efficient, reliable and high-level plowing operations for the 2022/23 season. 

Through the preparation of a Secondary Plan, the Block 27 New Community Area has been designed to be transit-oriented, compact, vibrant, inclusive, healthy, sustainable and diverse. It includes a mix of uses, such as commercial, low- and mid-rise residential housing, and includes community facilities such as schools and parks. As part of the Block 27 Secondary Plan study process, the City also considered the location for a potential GO Rail Station in Block 27.

After an extensive public consultation process, the Block 41 Secondary Plan was adopted by Vaughan Council on October 7, 2019, and approved by York Region Council, with modifications, on January 30, 2020.

The New Community Areas of Vaughan will be primarily residential and be designed to be compact, vibrant, inclusive, healthy, sustainable and diverse. They will include retail stores, restaurants, offices, parks and community facilities, schools, and a variety of residential housing types and densities. The new easterly community in Block 27, will be planned for a potential GO Rail Station and transit hub in the vicinity of Kirby Road.

Even before the snow falls, the City of Vaughan’s winter crews swing into action and work continuously until the storm is over and roads are cleared. One of the many winter services the City provides is anti-icing. Learn everything you need to know about the City’s efficient, reliable and high-level anti-icing operations for the 2022/23 season. 

Did you know one of the top contaminants found in Vaughan’s blue boxes is tissues? These actually belong in the green bin! To help you understand what waste items go where, the City of Vaughan is providing a quick guide on what is and isn’t recyclable.

Here are common household items that can’t go in the blue box and where they belong instead: