Whitchurch-StouffvilleBuilding PermitsSigns
Election Sign By-law
Published by Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
This is the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville’s document, as published on its website on 16 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- By-law
- Published by
- Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville
- Date
- September 1, 2026
- Also called
- Election Sign By-law 2018-050-RE
- Form reference
- Municipal Act, 2001
- For
- any
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 10
- Agencies
- Regional Municipality of York · York Regional Police
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001 · Municipal Elections Act, 1996 · Canada Elections Act · Election Act · Provincial Offences Act
Overview
The Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville's Election Sign By-law 2018-050-RE, read in April 2018 to replace By-law 2017-041-RE and shown as amended to September 1, 2026 by By-laws 2020-108-RE, 2026-014-RE and 2026-073-RE. It defines election signs, registered third parties and the daylighting triangle, caps signs at 1.49 square metres and 1.22 metres high, and covers placement on public and private property, timing around Voting Day, fees, removal and the Election Sign Permit and Deposit Program. Schedule A lists the designated intersections by ward. The Town's Guide to Election Signs summarises it.
What it covers
- 1. Definitions
- 2. General Prohibitions
- 3. Election Signs on Public Property
- 4. Election Signs on Private Property
- 5. Timing
- 6. Fees
- 7. Removal of Unlawful Election Signs
- 8. Offence
- 9. Liability for Damages
- 10. Election Sign Permit & Deposit Program
- 11. Precedence over Election Sign Provisions in Other By-laws
- 12. Severability
- 13. Effective Date
- 14. Repeal
- Schedule A
- Diagram of a Daylight Triangle
- Designated Intersections for Election Signs
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