You can set off fireworks at home only on the following holidays:
- Lunar New Year (Saturday, February 10, 2024, until 11 p.m.)
- Victoria Day (Monday, May 20, 2024, until 11 p.m.)
- Canada Day (Monday, July 1, 2024, until 11 p.m.)
- Diwali (Thursday, October 31 and Friday, November 1, 2024, until 11 p.m.)
- New Year’s Eve (Tuesday, December 31, 2024, until 1 a.m. on January 1, 2025)
To set off fireworks on private property on any day other than these holidays, you’ll need to apply for a firework display permit.
Fireworks cannot be used on a public street, park or road without a permit. You should only buy fireworks from a licensed retailer.
How to apply
To apply for a firework display permit or for more information, call 905-896-5908 or email us at fire.prevention@mississauga.ca. We’ll tell you which application forms you need to complete and how much it’ll cost.
Applications must be sent to us at least 14 days before your event.
If you’re planning on holding a commercial or public firework display, on private or public property, you’ll need a firework display permit.
To get a firework display permit you must provide the following to Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services (MFES):
- The names of the certified fireworks supervisor or pyrotechnician
- A photocopy of the fireworks supervisor’s or pyrotechnician’s card bearing the name and expiry date, matching the name of the applicant
- The necessary application forms completed by the fireworks supervisor or pyrotechnician
- The appropriate application fee payable to the City of Mississauga
- Proof of $5 million liability insurance naming the City of Mississauga as a co-insured
- A letter of consent from the property owner, if not owned by the applicant
- A diagram showing site location, with dimensions indicating the firing area, set back distances from spectator barricade locations, clearance to any street, building, structure, overhead obstructions or tree or shrub
- Proposed fire control equipment available during the event
For events where parking lots will be used, you should not obstruct any fire access routes.
If your event is at an indoor venue, do not disable or change any fire or life safety systems without permission of the Chief Fire Official.
How to apply
To apply for a firework display permit or for more information, call 905-896-5908 or email us at fire.prevention@mississauga.ca. We’ll tell you which application forms you need to complete and how much it’ll cost.
Applications must be sent to us at least 14 days before your event.
Use of fireworks
Depending on where fireworks are set off, you can make a complaint to the City.
To report fireworks located on:
Private property, sidewalks, boulevards and residential roads
Call 311 (905-615-4311 outside City limits) or submit a complaint online
Major public roadways or unsafe fireworks use
Contact Peel Regional Police
City parks or schools
Call the Facility Watch Program at 905-615-4060
For all other firework enquiries, call the Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services non-emergency line at 905-456-5700
Sale of fireworks
To report the improper sale of fireworks in Mississauga, call 311 (905-615-4311 outside City limits) or submit a complaint online.