HamiltonPlanning ApplicationsStreet Naming & Addressing
A By-law to Establish Municipal Addressing and Street Naming in the City of Hamilton and to Amend By-law No. 86-077 and to Repeal By-law No. 02-312
Published by City of Hamilton
This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- By-law
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- 7th day of May, 2025
- Also called
- Municipal Addressing and Street Naming By-law No. 25-095
- Form reference
- Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, section 10 (2)
- For
- owner
- Signed by
- mayor · city clerk
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 24
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, section 10 (2)
Overview
City of Hamilton By-law No. 25-095, passed May 7, 2025, with the short title Municipal Addressing and Street Naming By-law. It covers the assignment and display of municipal address numbers and unit numbers, property identification signs in rural areas, and the naming and renaming of public highways, private roads and commemorative streets, with parts on street name signs, service, enforcement and penalties. Schedule A sets out where address numbers are placed; Schedule B gives the naming criteria. It amends By-law No. 86-077 and repeals By-law No. 02-312.
What it covers
- Part I - Definitions
- Part II – Scope
- Part III – Delegation of Authority
- Part IV – Municipal Address Number/Municipal Address Unit Number Required
- Part V – Property Identification Signs in Rural Areas
- Part VI – Assigning and Changing Street Names
- Part VII – Street Name Signs
- Part VIII – Service
- Part IX – Enforcement Offences
- Powers of Entry and Inspection
- Part X – General
- Part XI – Short Title
- Part XII - Repeal
- Penalties
- Ground-Oriented Dwelling Units
- General Requirements
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