The City of Ottawa wants to hear from you as we prepare Draft Budget 2026. While there are opportunities to give your feedback year-round, over the next couple months, there will be even more ways you can help shape the City’s draft budget. 

Spooky season is upon us! So come Trick or Treat with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe at Ottawa City Hall… if you dare! Witches and reapers guard the entrance to the Heritage Building, leading you from treat to treat down its shadowy halls where villains lurk, ghosts whisper, and wonderful magic stirs.

Celebrate thanksgiving at the Library!

🔨 October 10th - PD Day - Barrhaven Builder’s Club
🍗 October 11th - Pumpkin Spiced Thanksgiving Storytime & Craft
🍂October 12th - DIY Mini Book Page Wreath
🦃October 13th - THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED

Unlike the traditional linear model of "take, make, dispose," the circular approach focuses on reusing resources, designing products to last, and repairing rather than replacing.

Making a few small changes in how you charge, store and dispose of batteries can make a big difference in preventing fires at home and at our landfill. With a little extra care, many of these accidents can be prevented.

The City of Ottawa would like to remind residents of the following schedule changes and City service impacts for the Thanksgiving holiday on Monday, October 13. Waste collection is delayed by one day.

Ottawa Public Health is recommending that all adults over 75, and adults over 60 at higher risk, get their RSV vaccine this fall. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus that can cause cold-like symptoms for many.

Baseline Road, from Cornell Street to McWatters Road, and Greenbank Road, between Lisa Avenue and Monterey Drive, will have lane reductions in both directions. These impacts are expected to last until late November 2025.