COVID-19 in Vancouver
Wearing a mask is required if you need to visit City, Park Board, and library facilities, even if you are already vaccinated.
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.
Moving Vancouver Forward
We're supporting and accelerating economic and community recovery through new programs and initiatives.
What's new
Platforms: artist call
We are commissioning up to 20 artists working in video and two-dimensional media for Platforms: We Are Here, Live.
Submission deadline: 10am on Wednesday June 9.
Help plan the future: Jericho Lands
Sign up for a virtual design workshop to:
- Learn about the Emerging Site Planning Ideas
- Share your ideas
- Provide feedback
Japanese beetle treatment in parks
Japanese beetle, an invasive pest in Canada, has been found in Vancouver and is damaging local plants.
Find out what you should do if you see a Japanese beetle.
School Street pilot April 12 - May 7
A School Street is a car-free block beside a school open to walking, biking, and rolling during pick-up/drop-off.
Pilot participating schools: Hastings, Lord Roberts, and Van Horne.
Share ideas: Complete Neighbourhoods
Get involved and share your ideas and expertise on how to make Vancouver’s neighbourhoods more complete, connected, and culturally vibrant for everyone.
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.
