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We’re ready to host the community at Parksville’s Canada Day celebrations. The FREE family day kicks off with the Canada Day parade and pancake breakfast and events in the Parksville Community Park featuring amazing live entertainment at the Parksville Outdoor Theatre and gathering plaza, displays, food trucks, and so many family-friendly activities.
Bring along lawn chairs and your dancing shoes for an afternoon of exciting Vancouver Island mainstage entertainment at the Parksville Outdoor Theatre, an appetite for an amazing selection of food trucks, and your energy to experience the many activities throughout the park. Bring a bathing suit for a sunset swim to finish up the day. Info about mainstage entertainment at this link. Connect with community and celebrate Canada Day!
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OTHER THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT
CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS
Canada Day Parade
Participation in the parade is looking great. Map of Canada day road closures and parade route available here.
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CH-149 Cormorant Flyby - 2 pm
We’re excited to announce a flyby and demonstration by the Royal Canadian Air Force, visible over Parksville Bay at 2 pm on July 1. The Cormorant with a range of more than 1,000 kilometres and a maximum speed of 277 kmh, is a dedicated long-range search and rescue helicopter that can operate in severe conditions, making it ideal for Canada’s challenging geography and climate.
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New this year… Free bicycle valet service
We are pleased to offer free, secure, coat-check style bike parking in the Parksville Community Park for Canada Day 2025. Enjoy Canada Day knowing your bike is safe with Hub City Cycles Co-op staff and you are helping to reduce the number of vehicles at the event. The bike valet service is available from 9.30 am so there’s enough time to park your bike and walk up to the parade route. Valet is open until 7 pm. As well, Project 529 Garage will be available for free bike registry.
Vehicle parking
Sandcastle Drive to Arbutus Point in the Parksville Community Park will be closed to vehicles with general parking in the large gravel lot and accessible parking with permit will be available in the park. Also, there are many parking lots available throughout the City. Here is a map showing City lots for free parking.
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City of Parksville Property Taxes Due July 2
We wish to remind residents 2025 property taxes are due by July 2. Contact 250 248-6144 or cashier@parksville.ca if you have not received your property tax notice. In the event of a postal disruption, property owners are responsible to ensure payment is received by the City of Parksville by the due date to avoid penalty. Regardless of your payment method, payment must be received at the City by the due date of July 2 or be subjected to an immediate 5% penalty. An additional 5% penalty will be applied to current year property taxes outstanding at the end of business on September 15. Penalties are also applied to any unclaimed homeowner grants.
Homeowner grants are submitted directly to the Province of BC. To avoid penalty and interest, residents must claim their homeowner grant before the tax due date. Apply to the Province of BC at gov.bc.ca/homeownergrant or by phone at 1 888 355-2700.
To ensure your payment is received on time, please review the ways to pay at this link.
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As a partner in the Arrowsmith Water Service, the City regulates the flow release from the Arrowsmith Lake reservoir between June 1 and October 31. The province determines when conservation levels will be implemented to ensure a high-quality water supply for our residents and the necessary water for fire safety as well as in-stream fish. We are fortunate, the Arrowsmith reservoir is currently at full capacity. To prolong the release of water from the dam, a reduction in the flow release requires the City to implement Level 3 conservation measures effective Friday, June 27 until further notice.
Level 3 offers some flexibility for residents to decide where and how they cut back on water use and is intended to encourage residents to reduce water use where possible. The most significant change to Level 3 with the revised water framework approved earlier this year is to sprinkler watering which allows watering of lawns one day per week.
Level 3 guidelines:
- Watering days are limited to one day per week: odd-numbered houses on Monday and even-numbered on Thursday.
- Watering of lawns with pop-up spray, rotors and sprinklers is permitted one day per week only between 7 and 10 am OR 7 and 10 pm for a maximum two hours. Odd-numbered houses on Monday and even-numbered on Thursday.
- Ornamental shrubs, flowers and trees are restricted to hand-held container or hose equipped with a shutoff nozzle.
- Between 7 and 10 am OR 7 and 10 pm on your assigned watering day, vehicles, RVs, boats, and exterior building surfaces may be washed using a hand-held container or hose equipped with shutoff nozzle.
- Between 7 and 10 am OR 7 and 10 pm on assigned watering day, walkways, driveways, buildings (siding), or parking lots may be washed using a hand-held container or hose equipped with shutoff nozzle.
- Anytime on assigned watering day, swimming pools, wading pools, hot tubs, garden ponds, and water features may be filled with water.
Please note, vegetable gardens and fruit trees are exempt from all water conservation levels as are businesses which require water for operations, essential municipal sports fields and nurseries.
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80th Birthday Celebration
Our sincere thanks to all who celebrated the City’s 80th birthday with us and a big thank you to Megan and Bill from 88.5 The Beach and The Lounge 99.9 for kicking off 80th celebrations, early morning at the waterfront gazebo in the Parksville Community Park with cupcakes and coffee.
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City Crews Plant Thousands of Flowers in Parksville
Our staff have planted about 13,400 annual flowers, bringing splashes of colour through Parksville. Our staff take great pride in their work to beautify the City and are planting flowers and landscaping in several areas of Parksville. Getting much of the planting attention at this time of year is the Pym Street garden and Parksville Community Park as well as downtown Parksville. While planting annuals, crews spruce up shrub and flower beds, mow and refresh plant material at locations throughout the City. Crews will continue maintaining the areas throughout summer. More info.
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Evacuation Route Planning Underway
The City of Parksville, Town of Qualicum Beach and Regional District of Nanaimo have been working together to develop an evacuation route plan for RDN Electoral Area G, the City and the Town. Identifying local knowledge of hazards and potential evacuation barriers is vital to effective route planning. A Community Emergency Preparedness grant of $88,500 from the Government of British Columbia is fully funding this evacuation route planning project. The funding enables the project partners to identify strategies and evacuation methods for a coordinated multi-agency evacuation response.
As part of the planning process, impacted and affected residents and groups were invited to provide their input through a survey in May. We appreciate the thoughtful comments and questions provided and are working to incorporate them into our evacuation planning. The evacuation route planning project is scheduled for completion in July. Keep a watch on your local government websites for the published plan and mapping. For more info about the project, evacuation planning resources and to sign up to receive project updates, visit Let’s Talk Parksville or RDN Get Involved.
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Summer in Parksville
Our region is always busy in July and August with so many events and activities. Great place to checkout Oceanside event listings and things to do is Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism Association website. Here are some sites to watch as well:
Parksville Beach Festival
Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition, Art in the Park, concerts with Chilliwack, Tim Hortons Summer Concert Series, Beachfest Rocks, and the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Parksville Museum
Displays, demonstrations, concerts, and Railway Day
Summer by the Sea Street Market
Tuesday evenings on Craig Street, from 6-9 pm through August 26.
Parksville Downtown Business Association
Parksville Downtown will host events at Memorial Plaza such as Picnic in the Plaza, Friday night food trucks, Dance with Me at Memorial, Memorial Plaza Makers’ Market, and Rock the Plaza.
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Emergency Preparedness Expo - Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 6 for Emergency Management Oceanside’s Emergency Preparedness Expo 2025, a free fun way to learn about being prepared and the many resources that are available to Oceanside residents from local first responders, government agencies, emergency supply vendors, utilities, and emergency partners. Expo will also feature drop-in workshops, kids’ activities, Quake Cottage and more. Saturday, September 6 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Details will be posted at this link.
No Open Burning or Fireworks - Residents are reminded all open burning and outdoor fires, excluding cooking fires, are prohibited in the Parksville Fire Protection Area. As well, beach fires in the Parksville Qualicum Wildlife Management are prohibited by provincial legislation; this includes all beaches from French Creek to Resort Drive. The sale of any type of fireworks is prohibited in the City of Parksville and all fireworks are banned within City limits. More info.
Food trucks in Parksville Community Park, managed by the City are open 11 am to 7 pm, weather dependent. Schedules are posted on our website. Facebook page, Parksville Food Trucks (Summer 2025), is a great place for food trucks to advertise and the community to post Parksville food truck experiences and photos.
Recycle BC pop-up depot in Parksville will continue through 2025, accepting free of charge, flexible plastic packaging, white and coloured foam packaging, glass packaging and paper packaging and cardboard. Materials may be dropped off from 10 am to 3 pm at 1080 Industrial Way. For dates, visit Recycle BC.
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