Resources for Whitby

Whitby, Ontario: library cards and borrowing. Find local rules, practical steps, useful answers and official service links.

Whitby, Ontario: garbage, recycling and collection. Find local rules, practical steps, useful answers and official service links.

Whitby residents can register guest or contractor vehicles for free relief from the three-hour parking limit and winter overnight restriction. Create and verify your account before you need the permit.

Act within 15 days of a Whitby parking penalty. You can pay, or the registered vehicle owner can request a Screening Officer review through the town portal.

Whitby uses DocuPet for cat and dog licences. Purchase or renew online, by phone or mail, or in person at Animal Services. Choose the fee that matches your pet rather than paying for a designer tag by mistake.

Call Whitby Animal Services at 905-655-0283 when a pet goes missing. Check its current lost-pet list and search the last-seen area. Bring identity and ownership records when reclaiming an animal.

Whitby offers qualifying residents free clearing of the plow ridge at the driveway and the public sidewalk beside the property. It does not clear the whole driveway or remove ice.

Get Whitby approval before work or equipment disrupts a town road, sidewalk or curb. An oversized load needs its route reviewed before movement; town approval does not cover Durham or provincial roads.

Check Whitby’s Heritage Register before changing a designated property. Both individually designated properties and properties in a Heritage Conservation District can need a heritage permit.

Whitby requires a building permit for decks over 0.6 metres high. An ordinary fence does not need a permit, but it must comply with the fence bylaw and stay within private property.

Apply for Whitby’s pool enclosure permit before installing a pool deeper than 0.6 metres. The current application fee is $485 and the town lists five to seven business days for processing.

Whitby allows personal consumer fireworks without a consumer permit on five listed holidays. Use on another date, display fireworks and indoor pyrotechnics follow different approval routes.

Wood-burning backyard campfires, chimineas and firebowls are not permitted by Whitby’s outdoor-fire guidance. Permits are for approved rural or agricultural brush burning, not ordinary backyard recreation.

Apply through Ontario’s marriage-licence portal, select Whitby and book a town appointment. The licence appointment and the civil ceremony are separate services with separate fees.

Whitby rents picnic shelters at Cullen Central and Kiwanis Heydenshore parks. The published 2026 rental season ended October 4; use this guide to compare sites, then ask Facility Rentals about the next season.

Choose the Whitby skating session that matches the activity and age group. Bring your own skates; town arena locations do not offer skate rental. Check the dated schedule and cancellation list before leaving.

Whitby’s child swim rules depend on age and a staff swim test. Children six or younger need an adult in the water within arm’s reach, with no more than two children per supervising person.

Whitby, Ontario: parks and recreation services. Find local rules, practical steps, useful answers and official service links.

Find Whitby, Ontario parks and open spaces, with individual descriptions, recorded facilities, photos where verified and Google Maps.