COVID-19 in Vancouver
Wearing a mask is expected if you need to visit City, Park Board, and library facilities.
Continue to stay home if you’re sick, avoid large gatherings, and keep 2 m apart from others.
Stay strong, support local businesses, and keep following public health orders to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Restart Smart Vancouver
We’re taking a careful, phased approach to recovering, restarting, and rebuilding.
What's new
Heart of the City Festival
Until Nov 8, take in the Heart of the City Festival featuring a multi-disciplinary lineup of online and pop-up outdoor events with a tribute to the Carnegie Community Centre's 40th year.
Get your Halloween fireworks permit
You must get a fireworks permit to buy and set off fireworks in Vancouver.
Fireworks can only be set off on October 31.
Not obeying the rules may lead to a $1,000 fine per violation.
All Souls at Mountain View Cemetery
Honour the dead online this year through ceremony and celebration at All Souls @MountainViewCem.
Get involved in this annual artist-led sacred event to honour the dead.
Apply to extend temporary patio
If you have an existing temporary patio on City property, apply to extend your temporary patio for the fall/winter. Review what is required to winterize and extend your patio permit.
Building a city we love: sewer
Learn how our Sewer Operations team is out there helping catch basins and sewer pipes flow freely.
Parks, recreation, and culture
Stanley Park is a magnificent green oasis in the midst of Vancouver’s urban landscape.
Visit Stanley ParkAbout Vancouver
Housing
We're creating a city of communities that cares about its people, environment, and opportunities to live, work, and prosper.
Walk, bike, and transit
More people than ever choose to walk, bike, roll, and take transit to get around. Find out how we support these active ways of getting around.
Home, property, and development
Building and renovating
Get building permits and guidelines to keep your building and renovation projects up to code and on track.
Urban planning, zoning, and development
We considers the implications of a wide range of social, economic, physical, and environment issues on the liveability of Vancouver.
Your government
Vancouver City Council
Vancouver City Council is made up of the Mayor and 10 councillors who are elected at large for a four-year term.
Public consultation
Find out all the ways that you can join the conversation about the issues that matter the most to you.
