Canada Day Celebrations

Join us for the return of Brampton’s in-person Canada Day celebration on July 1 from 12 to 10 pm in Chinguacousy Park. Brampton’s Canada Day celebration is the City’s largest single day event. There will be live entertainment, arts, culture, food, fireworks and more!  If you would like a Canada Day sign for your front lawn […]

Brampton Community Iftar

Brampton Community Iftar 7pm Thursday, April 21, 2022 Gather as a community at the City of Brampton’s Community Iftar with prayer, nasheeds and the breaking of evening fast. Join Mayor Brown, Councillor Santos, Councillor Vicente and other community leaders to celebrate Ramadan and breaking of the day long fast. A light pre-packaged halal meal will […]

5th Annual World of Jazz Festival

The festival, now running in its 5th year is a wonderful opportunity for local students, hobbyists, and professional musicians to perform and has featured Canadian and international jazz luminaries.

Thinking BIG about Brampton

Sometimes, if you want to develop a big idea, you need to look at things differently. With that in mind, a Brampton resident built an incredible miniature view of Downtown Brampton to get everyone thinking about the future possibilities for the area. Spending over four hundred hours fashioning cardboard, glue, metal and other materials, Matthew […]

Larry Beasley to present an incredible new “vision” of a future Brampton

The City of Brampton hired award-winning urban planner Larry Beasley to develop a new, future-ready vision of out city, and after a year of consultation with residents and stakeholders, Beasley’s “Brampton 2040 Vision” document will be presented to Members of Council in a special meeting on Monday. Called “Living the Mosaic“, Beasley sees Brampton’s future […]

Things to do for March Break in Brampton

  As far as we are concerned, Brampton is the center of the universe, and there is always a lot to do in our beautiful city. March Break is no exception. Here are a few ideas for you. 1. Celebrate hockey. Rogers Hometown Hockey Tour is heading to Brampton for a celebration of hockey. The […]

Sikh Heritage Month at PAMA

Brampton is home to many people who follow the Sikh faith. Thanks to a motion put forward by MPP Jagmeet Singh in 2013, April is the official month to celebrate Sikh culture, and this year, the Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives (PAMA) is celebrating Sikh Heritage Month with an exhibit that should not be missed. […]

Andy Donato – A Political Rembrandt

Andy Donato is an artist. Andy draws cartoons about politics. Andy likes to paint. Andy is from Brampton. When I was a kid, I had the opportunity to meet Andy Donato, the nationally-famous editorial cartoonist from the Toronto Sun who signed his work with a bird. He came to our classroom at the invitation of our […]