News and Notices

March 2025 Transit Service Updates

Starting March 9, 2025, Burlington Transit is improving connections between bus routes and GO Transit.

Customers traveling on Routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 50, 51, 52, 80 and 81 should review the new schedule on MyRide, burlingtontransit.ca or on our printed Ride Guide to update their trip times.

Printed Ride Guides are available at the Downtown Terminal.

View schedules

Click on Plan a Trip or Bus Times to view schedules.  Downloadable schedules are available on the Schedules and Maps page on burlington.ca.

Overview of service

This chart shows our route service frequency.

Snow Control Update, Feb. 24

While the heavy snowfall has passed, our winter operations crews remain hard at work. A Significant Weather Event Declaration was declared on Feb. 15 and remains in effect.

As part of the Significant Weather Event declaration, cleanup efforts continue 24/7 following the heavy snow this month. Throughout the weekend, crews continued working on snow clearing and roadside snow removal.

The Declaration is expected to remain in place through the week of Feb. 24 as we continue with storm cleanup.

Thank you for your patience. 

Notice of Passing of Zoning Bylaw 2020.499

Burlington City Council passed Bylaw 2020.499 to amend Bylaw 2020, as amended, on Feb. 18, 2025, under Section 34 of the Planning Act, 1990, as amended. File number: 520-14/24 (DGM-15-25). 

Bylaw 2020.499 rezones land at 2169-2175 Ghent Ave. to permit a three-storey low rise development proposal. 

Public consultation on the proposed zoning bylaw amendment occurred through a Statutory Public Meeting held on Feb. 11, 2025, at a Committee of the Whole meeting. Notice of the Statutory Public Meeting was mailed to tenants and owners within 120m of the subject land on Jan. 9, 2025, and published in the Hamilton Spectator on Jan. 10, 2025. The City received five comments on the proposed amendment and there were two delegations at the Statutory Public Meeting held on Feb. 11, 2025. 

For further information, please contact Benjamin Kissner of the Community Planning Department at benjamin.kissner@burlington.ca. 

Should you wish to appeal this bylaw to the Ontario Land Tribunal, you must file an appeal to...

Notice of Decision for Official Plan Amendment 157

With respect to an Official Plan Amendment
Subsection 17(34) of the Planning Act 

Date of decision: Feb. 18, 2025
Date of notice: Feb. 20, 2025
Last date of appeal: March 12, 2025

A decision was made on the date noted above to approve Amendment No. 157 to the Official Plan of the City of Burlington. 

Purpose and Effect of the Amendment

The purpose of this Amendment is to redesignate the lands at 2169-2175 Ghent Ave. to “Residential – Medium Density” to permit a three storey low rise development proposal. 

Public consultation was conducted between Nov. 29, 2024 and Jan. 6, 2025. As a result of public consultation, the City received five comments and two delegations at the Statutory Public meeting held on Feb. 11, 2025. Comments received were considered as part of Council’s decision-making process. 

When and How to File an Appeal

Any appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal must be filed with the City of Burlington, c/o the City Clerk, 20 days from the date of this notice, as shown above as the last date of...