If you are starting or buying a small business, or looking for ways to grow your business, the City of Ottawa Small Business Navigator is a new one-stop shop to find the tools and resources you need. You can find answers to the questions you didn’t even know you were supposed to ask.

The City of Ottawa needs your feedback as it develops a Rental Renovation Licence By-law to help protect tenants from unlawful renovation-related evictions, also known as renovictions.

Come to the library to pick up your Bookopoly Game Card.  We are already 2 weeks into the challenge and several lucky library visitors have received ✨LIBRARY SWAG. ✨  

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) is warning residents about an increase in distraction thefts targeting seniors across the city, with more than 120 incidents reported since the spring.

Annual COVID-19 and flu vaccines have begun to roll out across the community in preparation for respiratory illness season. Vaccines are currently being offered to high-risk populations, with availability expanding to the general public on Monday, October 27.

City staff are hosting a citywide online public information session which will cover how the City reviews and permits private approaches, the functions of the right of way that need to be preserved, and an overview of the proposed by-law updates.

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.