Election Sign By-law Information

• On private property with consent of the property owner and Candidate

• No larger than 1.22 meters by 1.22 meters (4 feet by 4 feet) and the sign height is no higher than 2 meters above ground level, save an except sign son campaign offices, billboards and signs displayed indoors. 

• Not permitted to be placed on public property
• on roads, median strips, or traffic islands
• impedes or obstructs the passage of pedestrians on a Sidewalk 
• Properties established as voter help centers and adjacent boulevards
• in a sight triangle 
• on a tree, or a fence or a gate located on public property
• on or within a vehicle parked within 50 meters of a voting place
• on a utility pole

Candidate Election Signs (Section 88.3(2) of the Municipal Elections Act)

Mandatory information in advertisement

An election campaign advertisement purchased by or under the direction of a candidate shall identify the candidate.

Provided a candidate’s name as it will appear on the ballot as per the Form 1 is on the sign, the Town will consider that sign to have met the requirement of Section 88.3(2) of the Municipal Elections Act.

Mandatory Information in Third Party Advertisements

In accordance with Section 88.5 (1) of the Municipal Elections Act, please note that the following information is required on all third party advertisements, including signs:

88.5 (1) No registered third party shall cause a third party advertisement to appear during the restricted period unless the advertisement contains the following information:

1. The name of the registered third party.
2. The municipality where the registered third party is registered.
3. A telephone number, mailing address or email address at which the registered third party may be contacted regarding the advertisement.

All Municipal Election Signs shall on be placed and erected no earlier than Nomination Day (August 21, 2026 2:00 P.M.) in the year of a Regular Election.

No person shall place or permit an Election Sign for a Municipal Election on a campaign office earlier than the day that Candidate has filed their Nomination with the Municipal Clerk. 

Candidates and Property Owners shall remove Elections Signs within 72 hours immediately following 11:59 P.M. of Election Day.