Parking Department

Hours of operation

Monday to Friday - 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
-Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays excepted

Free Parking

• Lot Oak 2:
  • 2 hours free parking
  • First entry per day in either Lot Oak 2 or Lot McIntyre 4, levels 1 & 2 (parking garage)
  • License plate entry required at Pay ‘n Display’s
  • place ticket face up on your dashboard
• Lot McIntyre 4:
  • 2 hours free parking
  • first entry per day in either Lot Oak 2 or Lot McIntyre 4, levels 1 & 2 (parking garage).
  • License plate entry required at Pay ‘n Display’s
  • obtain a ticket from ticket dispenser upon entry
  • place ticket face up on your dashboard
• Lot 8:
  • 15 minutes free parking
  • obtain a ticket from ticket dispenser upon entry
  • place ticket face up on your dashboard

Overnight Parking Bans:

Overnight Parking bans are in effect November 1st to March 31st. By-Law 2014-037, Section 3.3 (1) prohibits the parking of vehicles on any city street between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. By-Law 2014-037, Section 3.3 (2) and (3) prohibits the parking of vehicles on any city street within twelve hours of posting snow removal signs and forty-eight hours of a snowfall during the period November 1st to March 31st both inclusive. By-Law 2011-234, Part 7 prohibits the overnight parking of vehicles on any Municipal parking lot between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. with the exception of

1. Lot Oak 2 (designated areas only) or Lot McIntyre 4 (Parking Garage), Levels 1 - 4 with purchase of monthly rental pass for overnight winter parking, or
2. Lot McIntyre 4 (Parking Garage), Levels 1 - 4 with purchase of nightly $5.00 flat rate from on-site ticket dispensers, or
3. areas designated by the Parking Supervisor.

General Information

For rates and information call: (705) 474-0400

For answers to frequently asked parking questions.

Map of Municipal Parking Lots

Parking Lot Information

Accessible Parking, Downtown Locations

On-Street Parking

• Provided by Pay 'n Display machines and single head parking meters.
• Rates range from $1.00/hr to $1.25/hr.
• Minimum payment of $0.25.
• Meters do not accept pennies, nickels, or dimes.
• On-street disabled parking is provided for a maximum of 2 hours. There are no parking fees for this service. A valid disabled permit must be displayed appropriately in the vehicle.
• Loading zones are for commercial vehicles only. They must be properly signed and be in the process of loading or unloading. There is a 20 minute maximum for this service.

On-Street Parking Rental Program

• Convenient monthly rentals in designated on-street metered areas (see map below).
• For regular daytime parking hours; 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
• Availability of parking stalls in the designated area shall be on a first come, first served basis. If a parking stall is not available in the designated area, you will be required to park in an assigned alternate location.
• On-street rental clients must abide by all traffic and parking by-laws; i.e. overnight parking restrictions, fire routes, disabled parking stalls, loading zones, bus stops, no parking areas, etc.
• Please contact Customer Service at 705-474-0400 for rates and program information.

On-Street Rental Parking Area Availability

Parking By-Law Information

The following regulations are in effect for all City streets: No person is to, at any time, park a vehicle in any of the following places:

• on a boulevard, unless approved by authorized sign;
• within 3 metres of a fire hydrant;
• within 90 metres of the scene of a fire in progress;
• in such a position as to prevent the removal of any other vehicle previously parked;
• on any sidewalk;
• on any bridge or within any subway or within 15 metres of the entrance or exit thereof;
• in front of any fire hall or on the opposite side of the street for the full width (plus 7.5 metres each way) of the fire hall;
• for a distance of 9 metres from of any entrance to a hospital;
• within 6 metres of any corner;
• in front of a public entrance to a hotel, a theatre while the theatre is open to the public, or a public hall or church while the hall or church is open to the public;
• in any public lane or entrance to a public lane;
• in any place where authorized signs prohibiting parking are displayed;
• on any street for more than 24 hours;
• for overnight parking on any street the hours of 3:00 am and 6:00 am during the period from November 1 to March 31.
• on any street for advertising a vehicle for sale;
• on any street for the purpose of washing, greasing, or repairing a vehicle except for immediate repair due to an emergency;
• on the roadway side of any vehicle already stopped or parked at the edge of a street;

For complete parking regulations, please refer to the following By-Laws.