HomeMy WebLinkAboutImportant information about Election signsImportant information about
Election signs
General restrictions
The By-law 10-030 changed in March of 2018 and only one sign is
1×
now permitted between intersecting roads.
Signs on Regional road property cannot interfere with/or obstruct:
the visibility of vehicles and/or pedestrians
a roadway, shoulder, median or planting bed
Election sign placement
0.5 metres from:
0.5 metres from:
a sidewalka road curb with no shouldera shoulder
a sidewalk
a road curb with no shoulder
a shoulder
0.5 m0.5 m0.5 m
1 metre from:
3.0 metres from:5.0 metres from:
any other sign on a
a road with 5 metres from:the nearest edge of a
1 metre from:3 metres from:
Regional road
hydrantno curb/no the nearest edge of a driveway
any other sign on
shoulder driveway
a Regional road a road with no curb/no
shoulder
1 m
3 m
5 m
30 metres from:
100 metres from:
a roundabout
the shoulder of an
30 metres from:
crosswalk, bus stop sign intersection (or road if
or school bus loading zonethere is no shoulder)
100 metres from:
crosswalk, bus stop sign or
a roundabout
school bus loading zone
the shoulder of an
intersection (or road if there
100 m
is no shoulder)
30 m30 m
Election sign support and size requirements
Use of wood or wire supports no T bar, re-bar or angle iron
No more than two supports 7 cm × 7 cm (2 ¾" × 2 ¾") maximum width
0.6 to a maximum of 0.9 metres from the ground
Minimum of 1 metre between signs
Maximum 1.2 metres (48") in width or 0.8 metres (32") in height
When can signs be placed and when must they be removed?
ElectionStart dateRemoval date
Municipal Election45 days before voting day72 hours after voting day
The day the writ for an
Provincial or
election or by-election is
72 hours after voting day
issued (the formal order to
Federal Election
hold an election)
Important information to remember:
A sign cannot promote discrimination All signs and sign placement must comply
on the basis of race, ancestry, place of with local municipal by-laws.
origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, If a sign is removed by the Region
creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, of Waterloo, it will not be returned.
marital status, family status or disability.Warnings or charges may also be issued.
Make sure you know where all
For the full By-law 10-030 requirements go
underground utilities are before you place
to www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regional-
a ground-mounted or wire-mounted sign.
government/by-law-enforcement.aspx
Visit www.regionofwaterloo.ca By-law Enforcement for more information.
Please call 519-575-4400 for questions or to report any sign related issues.
To request an alternate format of this document, call 519-575-4400 or
TTY: 519-575-4608.