The City uses parking time limits to help manage areas with a high demand for on-street parking. Time limits help to ensure that parking spaces open up at a regular interval (usually every two-four hours) and encourage drivers who need longer-term parking to choose off-street options whenever possible.
Residents who live on streets where time limits are in effect may purchase a residential parking permit that exempts their vehicle from the posted time limits. Each residential parking permit is valid for only one vehicle, and is registered to that vehicle's licence plate. Each eligible household may purchase up to three residential parking permits.
Residential parking permits only exempt a vehicle from posted time limits in the zone where the permit holder resides. Permit holders are still required to obey all traffic bylaws, including all annual snow route bans, residential parking bans, and public works street work signs for spring street cleaning.
All outstanding balances (e.g. permit fees) and any fines on which the City is entitled to take collection action must be paid in full prior to the issuance or renewal of a residential parking permit.
A residential parking permit is valid only after full payment has been received and a customer approval letter has been received by the applicant. Permit applications and renewals will be valid for one year from the date of processing payment.
Payment for online applications is accepted by credit card only (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover). Upon review of a submitted application, a notification will be emailed with instructions on how to pay online.
Always bring/submit your valid MPI registration. If submitting a copy online, ensure the document is unfolded when photographing or scanning. This includes both your MPI registration (blue piece) and your Certificate of Insurance (white piece) for each vehicle that requires a permit. Please see example below:
Further documentation may be required if you are a dual citizen, student, or if the vehicle is registered to a business or someone else. Additional documentation may include a piece of recently dated mail (e.g. utilities bill or credit card statement) or a current rental agreement (signed and dated).
Changes to the vehicle listed on your permit can be made by filling out and submitting the form below to the WPA. Only vehicles with a valid permit are exempt from time limits in your residential zone.
Permits are available from the WPA for visitors staying at your residence for a minimum of three days up to a maximum of 30 days. Each visitor permit is valid for only one vehicle and no residence may have more than two valid visitor permits at a time.
Visitors staying fewer than three days may be eligible for a lifting of on-street parking restrictions rather than a visitor residential parking permit. Requests for visitors staying less than three days should be directed to 311.
Residential permit holders may receive a complimentary visitor permit for a period of up to two weeks. Visitor permits valid for more than two weeks, up to the maximum of 30 days, are $5.00 including GST and are non-refundable.
Visitor residential parking permits are sold to the applicable resident, not the visitor using the permit. If you live in a residential parking permit zone but do not have your own residential parking permit, you will be required to confirm your home address before being issued a visitor permit for your guest. The following documentation will be required:
The Drone Site Selection Tool is an interactive map designed to help drone pilots determine areas where drone flight is prohibited, restricted or potentially hazardous. Drones are prohibited at areas that are highlighted in red. You will require permission from the appropriate authority to fly a drone in areas highlighted in orange. Areas filled with yellow require additional caution due to other air traffic.
If you fly a drone in Canada you must follow the rules that help keep people and aircraft safe. All drones over 250 grams must be registered with Transport Canada, and flown by a pilot with a drone pilot certificate.
Users should start by selecting the appropriate category of your drone operations (i.e. Basic or Advanced). Select the appropriate category by using the 'operation details' tab that opens when you click on the Gamepad icon.
The map uses colour to identify areas that require additional caution, or are prohibited from drone flights. Areas filled with red are prohibited. Areas filled with yellow require additional caution due to other air traffic. Areas filled with orange require permission from Nav Canada, Parks Canada, National Defence, or an airport operator. Clicking on any shape will present an information window providing further details.
The Globe Icon contains several controls that can be toggled on or off. The Zoom control adds +/- icons that can be used to modify the zoom level. The Street view control introduces an icon that can be dragged to a location on the map where you wish to see street level view (if available). The Map type control introduces a drop down menu where you can select whether the map is a roadmap (with toggleable terrain), or satellite imagery. The Fullscreen control introduces an icon that may be used to expand the map to occupy your full screen.
By selecting the 'show measure tool' checkbox you can right click on the map to insert a measurement marker. Note: Currently you can only set the initial marker position outside a filled shape. Once 2 markers have been created a line will be drawn between them and the distance (in meters) will be displayed at the top centre of the map. The markers can be dragged and may be used to validate your operation's distances from built up areas or structures, etc. Un-checking the checkbox will remove the markers from the map.
Selecting the 'operation design tools' checkbox will add a toolbar to the top of the map that allows you to draw the boundaries of your operation. The vertices can be repositioned by dragging, and a detailed coordinate list is displayed when clicking on the green filled shape. Future releases will include more features for the operation design tools. Note: The operation design toolbar will only be seen if the map is zoomed in beyond a certain level.
The gear icon allows users to save the current map settings as default (including map centre, zoom, and style), or to restore the NRC default settings. The settings are saved in your browser's local storage, and will be retained any time you visit the site from the same device. Deleting your browser cache will result in NRC defaults being applied.
Class A-G - Airspace in Canada is divided into 7 classes. Drone pilots with a Basic Drone Pilot Certificate must stay in Class G; drone pilots with an Advanced Drone Pilot Certificate may enter other classes of airspace if they have permission from the authority managing the airspace (NAV CANADA, or DND as appropriate).
In addition to using the Drone site selection tool you should plan to fly where you can see it at all times (i.e. not behind obstacles), below 122 metres (400 feet) in the air, away from bystanders, at a minimum distance of 30 metres for basic operations,away from emergency operations and advertised events. Avoid forest fires, outdoor concerts, parades, etc.
Perform a site survey as per 901.27. Here you must establish that the take off/landing site is suitable for the operation considering the boundaries of the operation, the type of airspace, the altitudes and routes for approach/departure from the take off/landing area, the proximity to other aircraft, obstacles, weather, and the horizontal distances from people not associated with the operation. You may want to save a screen capture of your operation as part of the record keeping requirements of 901.48
When selecting a location for Take-Off/Landing, be mindful of 901.33 and ensure that there is no likelihood of collision with another aircraft, person or obstacle, and that the area is appropriate for the type of operation you are planning to conduct.
Read the NOTAMs prior to commencing flight operations. The NOTAMS can be downloaded from Nav Canada. Enter the ID associated with the nearest aerodrome to your proposed operation, and select the Aerodrome NOTAM file as well as the FIR NOTAM file. Alternatively, you can find a visual presentation of the NOTAMs at
Ensure that your drone is serviceable as per 901.29, and verify that your flight plan has been loaded correctly into the software. Prior to flying you should ensure that there is minimal risk of losing the wireless link to your drone; be aware of any high power RF transmitters in the area. A spectrum analyzer such as the RF Explorer can help identify potential congested channels, and sources of interference.
Not necessarily. The Drone Site Selection Tool shows the known locations of airports/heliports and airspace on its map. The legality of a particular operation may be influenced by the laws of several jurisdictions, including municipal, provincial, property access rights, and privacy etc...
The operation of a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) in accordance with this web-tool does not imply the operator is compliant with Transport Canada's regulatory requirements. The responsibility for ensuring compliance with the appropriate regulations lies with the RPAS pilot, Special Flight Operations Certificate holder, visual observers or other operators as applicable. Any questions regarding compliance with the regulations should be addressed to: TC.RPASInfo...@tc.gc.ca
The airport/heliport data comes from Nav Canada's database, and is updated on a 56 day cycle. The airspace data is parsed from the Designated Airspace Handbook. The national park data was extracted from the Canada Lands Survey web services
A limited amount of data has been added manually to extend and improve upon the tool. An example of this is the inclusion of the restrictions surrounding Quebec corrections facilities as identified in Nav Canada's AIP Supplement 20/19
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