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Election Sign By-law

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This is the City of Markham’s document, as published on its website on 18 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice

Overview

Markham's Election Sign By-law 2018-8, a by-law to regulate election signs and other election advertising devices, passed February 13, 2018 and linked from the City's Election Sign Guidelines page. It covers the election sign permit and fee, when signs go up for federal, provincial and municipal elections, Registered Third Party sign details, maximum sign size, placement on boulevards and at designated intersections, the Special Sign Districts of Sign By-law 2002-94, private property and campaign offices, removal of signs, orders and penalties. Schedule A diagrams the sight triangle.

What it covers

Title
Definitions
Administration
General Prohibitions
Election Signs
Size
Election Signs on Public Property
Fences on Municipal Boulevard
Election Signs on Private Property
Election Campaign Office
Removal and Return of Election Signs
Severance
Fees
Order
Service of Order
Power of Entry
Offence, Penalty and Presumption
Enforcement
Force and Effect
Indemnification
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