Get your play on! The City of Vaughan invites the community to #PlayVaughanLocal at two new City parks: Cannes Park and Steeles West Common. Opening celebrations are on Tuesday, June 14 – come on out and have some fun! 

Hot weather is in the forecast this week! If you are looking for ways to beat the heat, why not visit one of the City’s 20 splashpads in Vaughan? They are open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Remember, splashpads are not supervised and require everyone to take precautions. The size of each splashpad varies between parks, with larger and more complex water-play areas found in district parks.

Here are the locations: 

Who says going to school can’t be fun? The City of Vaughan is excited to launch Active School Travel, a new pilot program promoting any form of human-powered travel, such as walking or wheeling (including the use of assistive mobility devices), cycling, rollerblading, skateboarding or riding the bus to get to and from school.

This month, you may start to see orange, brown and black caterpillars making a home on trees in Vaughan. These are spongy moth caterpillars – invasive insects that eat leaves from hardwood trees such as oak, maple, birch and poplar, and select shrubs. City of Vaughan staff continue working to control the spongy moth population and are here to provide tips to help you protect the trees on your property.

What residents can do

A first-of-its-kind music festival is coming to Vaughan’s downtown core – and you’re invited! On Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12, the Vaughan International Music Festival will showcase music from cultures worldwide in the heart of the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC), located at 200 Apple Mill Rd.