Mayor Marianne Meed Ward
@mariannemeedward.bsky.social
Working everyday day with you as Mayor for a better Burlington.
Connect: mayor@burlington.ca.
Respectful Debate: http://bit.ly/mmwoccg
Connect: mayor@burlington.ca.
Respectful Debate: http://bit.ly/mmwoccg
The unofficial kickoff to the holiday season - the annual Aldershot Christmas tree lighting! Thanks to al the vendors, community partners, BIA, residents and dignitaries MP Karina Gould and Councillor Kelvin Galbraith who kicked off the ceremony.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The unofficial kickoff to the holiday season - the annual Aldershot Christmas tree lighting! Thanks to al the vendors, community partners, BIA, residents and dignitaries MP Karina Gould and Councillor Kelvin Galbraith who kicked off the ceremony.
Drop by the Fortinos at 2515 Appleby Line today until 5pm, and tomorrow 9-5 to help Stuff the Bus with food donations as part of the Gift of Giving Back food drive - Canada’s largest youth-led food drive.
Thanks to all who donated and volunteered.
Thanks to all who donated and volunteered.
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Drop by the Fortinos at 2515 Appleby Line today until 5pm, and tomorrow 9-5 to help Stuff the Bus with food donations as part of the Gift of Giving Back food drive - Canada’s largest youth-led food drive.
Thanks to all who donated and volunteered.
Thanks to all who donated and volunteered.
Great start to the weekend at Breakfast at the Bistro. Thanks to all the volunteers who make this so special including our high school students Jenna and Angelina.
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Great start to the weekend at Breakfast at the Bistro. Thanks to all the volunteers who make this so special including our high school students Jenna and Angelina.
Today I joined municipal leaders, CAOs, academics, and practitioners at @WesternUniversity's Local Government Program Alumni Conference for an important conversation about the decline of decorum and public discourse in municipal life, with fellow panelists Mary Ellen Bench and Sabine Matheson.
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Today I joined municipal leaders, CAOs, academics, and practitioners at @WesternUniversity's Local Government Program Alumni Conference for an important conversation about the decline of decorum and public discourse in municipal life, with fellow panelists Mary Ellen Bench and Sabine Matheson.
Tune in to @chch_morninglive at 8:20 for my Mayor’s Update on what’s happening in Burlington!
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tune in to @chch_morninglive at 8:20 for my Mayor’s Update on what’s happening in Burlington!
Thank you to the cadets who have stood watch over our Cenotaph the night before Remembrance Day for over 30 years.
It is always a moving ceremony for all who attend, with a prayer, words of peace, and a moment of silence.
#WeWillRememberThem
It is always a moving ceremony for all who attend, with a prayer, words of peace, and a moment of silence.
#WeWillRememberThem
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Thank you to the cadets who have stood watch over our Cenotaph the night before Remembrance Day for over 30 years.
It is always a moving ceremony for all who attend, with a prayer, words of peace, and a moment of silence.
#WeWillRememberThem
It is always a moving ceremony for all who attend, with a prayer, words of peace, and a moment of silence.
#WeWillRememberThem
Join me for my next Community Drop In on Thursday, October 30 at the New Street Fortinos, 5111 New Street, from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
Come meet with me, ask a question and/or share your feedback and input. Meetings will be scheduled in 10-minute segments on a first-come, first-served basis.
Come meet with me, ask a question and/or share your feedback and input. Meetings will be scheduled in 10-minute segments on a first-come, first-served basis.
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join me for my next Community Drop In on Thursday, October 30 at the New Street Fortinos, 5111 New Street, from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
Come meet with me, ask a question and/or share your feedback and input. Meetings will be scheduled in 10-minute segments on a first-come, first-served basis.
Come meet with me, ask a question and/or share your feedback and input. Meetings will be scheduled in 10-minute segments on a first-come, first-served basis.
I always appreciate the thoughtful questions and engaging discussion—thank you for the warm welcome and for your engagement and continued interest in Burlington’s future!
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I always appreciate the thoughtful questions and engaging discussion—thank you for the warm welcome and for your engagement and continued interest in Burlington’s future!
Great to join members of the PROBUS Club of Burlington today to share updates on what’s happening across our city and a preview of the upcoming 2026 Budget.
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Great to join members of the PROBUS Club of Burlington today to share updates on what’s happening across our city and a preview of the upcoming 2026 Budget.
Back at @chch_morninglive for my monthly check in - saving speed cameras, sound of music festival, my vote against high rise downtown and more. Tune in at 8:20!
October 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Back at @chch_morninglive for my monthly check in - saving speed cameras, sound of music festival, my vote against high rise downtown and more. Tune in at 8:20!
Thank you to the City of Pickering for adopting the Elect Respect Resolution! Your commitment and support is vital in helping restore civility to the public square—ensuring voices aren’t silenced by intimidation, fear, and harassment.
October 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thank you to the City of Pickering for adopting the Elect Respect Resolution! Your commitment and support is vital in helping restore civility to the public square—ensuring voices aren’t silenced by intimidation, fear, and harassment.
Great to see so many familiar faces and new people at the monthly Breakfast at the Bistro at the Burlington Seniors’ Centre - a fun and uplifting way to start the weekend.
Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi, and also to the Burlington Welsh Ladies Chorus for great entertainment.
Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi, and also to the Burlington Welsh Ladies Chorus for great entertainment.
September 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Great to see so many familiar faces and new people at the monthly Breakfast at the Bistro at the Burlington Seniors’ Centre - a fun and uplifting way to start the weekend.
Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi, and also to the Burlington Welsh Ladies Chorus for great entertainment.
Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi, and also to the Burlington Welsh Ladies Chorus for great entertainment.
To help keep our community up to date on the activity at Millcroft Greens, the City has launched a dedicated webpage where we’ll share updates as they are received from the developer.
Visit Burlington.ca/MillcroftUpdates to learn more and subscribe for notifications to stay informed.
Visit Burlington.ca/MillcroftUpdates to learn more and subscribe for notifications to stay informed.
September 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
To help keep our community up to date on the activity at Millcroft Greens, the City has launched a dedicated webpage where we’ll share updates as they are received from the developer.
Visit Burlington.ca/MillcroftUpdates to learn more and subscribe for notifications to stay informed.
Visit Burlington.ca/MillcroftUpdates to learn more and subscribe for notifications to stay informed.
Thanks to Bonnie Crombie for your years of public service, including your leadership as Chair of Ontario Big City Mayors. I was honoured to serve with you as Vice Chair, with Past Chair Cam Guthrie.
You served with dedication and passion. Thank you.
You served with dedication and passion. Thank you.
September 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thanks to Bonnie Crombie for your years of public service, including your leadership as Chair of Ontario Big City Mayors. I was honoured to serve with you as Vice Chair, with Past Chair Cam Guthrie.
You served with dedication and passion. Thank you.
You served with dedication and passion. Thank you.
Record number of teams and funds raised for cancer research through this year’s Terry Fox run. Thank you to all the organizers, participants, and Burlington’s own @thesuziemcneil leading us in the national anthem.
You all embody the spirit of Burlington’s motto: “Stand By.”
You all embody the spirit of Burlington’s motto: “Stand By.”
September 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Record number of teams and funds raised for cancer research through this year’s Terry Fox run. Thank you to all the organizers, participants, and Burlington’s own @thesuziemcneil leading us in the national anthem.
You all embody the spirit of Burlington’s motto: “Stand By.”
You all embody the spirit of Burlington’s motto: “Stand By.”
Work is already underway on Burlington’s 2026 Budget, and we want to hear from you!
Your input helps shape important services like safe streets, reliable transit, resilient infrastructure, flood protection, emergency response, parks, and community centres.
Your input helps shape important services like safe streets, reliable transit, resilient infrastructure, flood protection, emergency response, parks, and community centres.
September 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Work is already underway on Burlington’s 2026 Budget, and we want to hear from you!
Your input helps shape important services like safe streets, reliable transit, resilient infrastructure, flood protection, emergency response, parks, and community centres.
Your input helps shape important services like safe streets, reliable transit, resilient infrastructure, flood protection, emergency response, parks, and community centres.
Thanks to everyone who attended last night’s rural forum at Kilbride fire station. It was great to see so many familiar faces - like my lawn bowling coach! - and meet some new folks.
September 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Thanks to everyone who attended last night’s rural forum at Kilbride fire station. It was great to see so many familiar faces - like my lawn bowling coach! - and meet some new folks.
The MTO is closing two left lanes of the QEW Niagara Bound, starting Thursday, September 11 from 10 PM to Friday, September 12 at 6 AM, and again from Friday, September 12 from 10 PM to Monday, September 15 at 5 AM.
September 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The MTO is closing two left lanes of the QEW Niagara Bound, starting Thursday, September 11 from 10 PM to Friday, September 12 at 6 AM, and again from Friday, September 12 from 10 PM to Monday, September 15 at 5 AM.
Back at @chch_morninglive to update residents on what’s happening in Burlington - and a nice surprise bumping into to my friend and neighbour Hamilton Mayor @andreahorwath
Tune in at 8:20!
Tune in at 8:20!
September 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Back at @chch_morninglive to update residents on what’s happening in Burlington - and a nice surprise bumping into to my friend and neighbour Hamilton Mayor @andreahorwath
Tune in at 8:20!
Tune in at 8:20!
Thank you to the Halton District School Board Trustees for your unanimous support tonight for the Elect Respect pledge - a commitment to treating each other and the public with respect, and a call for respect in return.
Our democracy depends on it!
Our democracy depends on it!
September 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Thank you to the Halton District School Board Trustees for your unanimous support tonight for the Elect Respect pledge - a commitment to treating each other and the public with respect, and a call for respect in return.
Our democracy depends on it!
Our democracy depends on it!
Honoured to drop the puck tonight at the seasoned opener Burlington Cougars V Oakville Blades. Go Cougars!
September 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Honoured to drop the puck tonight at the seasoned opener Burlington Cougars V Oakville Blades. Go Cougars!
I’m proud to share that Burlington has been named to Site Selection’s Canada’s Best Locations 2025, recognizing the top communities nationwide for corporate investment and job creation!
Read the full feature:
siteselection.com/2025-canadas-best-locations/
Read the full feature:
siteselection.com/2025-canadas-best-locations/
September 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I’m proud to share that Burlington has been named to Site Selection’s Canada’s Best Locations 2025, recognizing the top communities nationwide for corporate investment and job creation!
Read the full feature:
siteselection.com/2025-canadas-best-locations/
Read the full feature:
siteselection.com/2025-canadas-best-locations/
The MTO is closing two left lanes of the QEW Niagara Bound, starting Friday, September 5 from 10 PM to Monday, September 8 at 5 AM.
September 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The MTO is closing two left lanes of the QEW Niagara Bound, starting Friday, September 5 from 10 PM to Monday, September 8 at 5 AM.
Youth riders aged 13–19 can now save more with Burlington Transit! Ride on weekdays before 6 p.m., and once you’ve paid for 20 rides in a month, the rest are free. That means frequent #BurlON youth riders pay no more than $38 a month for unlimited travel.
September 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Youth riders aged 13–19 can now save more with Burlington Transit! Ride on weekdays before 6 p.m., and once you’ve paid for 20 rides in a month, the rest are free. That means frequent #BurlON youth riders pay no more than $38 a month for unlimited travel.
“We welcome housing in the right place, at the right scale, in the right location. The Millcroft Golf Course just isn't right place.”
Posted with permission of the publisher of @NRUpublishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 28, No. 34, Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
Posted with permission of the publisher of @NRUpublishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 28, No. 34, Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
August 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“We welcome housing in the right place, at the right scale, in the right location. The Millcroft Golf Course just isn't right place.”
Posted with permission of the publisher of @NRUpublishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 28, No. 34, Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
Posted with permission of the publisher of @NRUpublishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 28, No. 34, Wednesday, August 27, 2025.