COVID-19 in Vancouver
Stay strong, stay local, and keep following public health orders to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Continue to stay home if you’re sick, avoid large gatherings, and keep 2 m apart from others. Support local businesses and your neighbourhood.
Restart Smart Vancouver
We’re taking a careful, phased approach to recovering, restarting, and rebuilding.
What's new
TRASHformation upcycled art challenge
Vancouver students from kindergarten to grade 12 are invited to enter this upcycled art challenge and express their views on the impact of waste.
The contest is open until 5pm on November 6.
Building a city we love: sewer
Learn how our Sewer Operations team is out there helping catch basins and sewer pipes flow freely.
Join or host a neighourhood cleanup
When you host or join a cleanup, we provide you with the tools you need to get the party started, including: garbage bags, gloves and other cleanup tools, and pickup of litter collected.
Adopt a catch basin
Volunteer to adopt a catch basin. Help keep your neighbourhood a vibrant, safe, and healthy space.
Keeping a catch basin clear protects property from flooding and protects our water quality.
Prepare for an earthquake
With recent earthquakes in the region, it's the ideal time to ensure that you and your loved ones know how to prepare for an emergency.
Get tips on how to prepare for an earthquake.
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.
