Campaign signage

Campaign signs on public property are regulated under the Neighbourhood Liveability By-law No. 1/2008, Part 4 and The Winnipeg Zoning By-law No. 200/2006, Section 182(1).

A campaign sign means any sign used to promote a candidate, but does not include identification signs reading "(name of candidate) campaign headquarters" or "(name) constituency (or other electoral area) office."

In accordance with Section 62 of the Neighbourhood Liveability By-law, campaign signs cannot be erected prior  to Saturday, September 3, 2022, and shall be removed by Wednesday, November 2, 2022.

The Neighbourhood Liveability By-law stipulates that a person must not place a sign within a street if it:

• is a hazard or obstruction to vehicular or pedestrian traffic;
• is attached to or obstructing a directional sign, a traffic control device or a sign erected, placed or authorized by the City of Winnipeg, the Province of Manitoba or the Government of Canada, including the post or standard supporting the sign or traffic control device;
• causes damage to property, including trees or a structure within a street;
• is located within a median or traffic island;
• is attached to a pole, wall or other structure by something other than clear adhesive tape;

All campaign signage must display on its face, the name and telephone number of the person responsible for placing the sign or causing it to be placed, and the date the sign was placed.

Campaign signage cannot be placed within any street which is identified in Schedule “A" of the Neighbourhood Liveability By-law.

The Neighbourhood Liveability By-law further stipulates that a person must not place a sign within any street which is not identified on Schedule “A" if the sign:

• is within 30 metres of an intersection, measured from the nearest curb of the intersection;
• is within 30 metres of a turning lane, deceleration or acceleration lane or traffic storage lane;
• is within 2 metres of a curb or the edge of a roadway;
• is within 0.5 metres of a sidewalk;
• is within 5.0 metres of a private access;
• is permanently affixed;
• is supported by string, rope, wire or metal stakes;
• is a mobile sign;
• is greater than 0.6 square metres in size;
• is higher than 1 metre, measured from the existing grade to the top of the sign;
• has more than 2 faces per sign;
• is illuminated, electrified, spins or rotates;
• could be reasonably mistaken for a street sign or a traffic control device;

Failure to comply with the by-laws may result in removal and destruction of signs.

The enforcement of street signage infractions falls under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department (Streets Constables) as per the Neighbourhood Liveability By-law.

Signage around voting locations

During voting hours, a sign or poster referring to the election of a candidate within 50 metres of a voting place, on both public and private property, is prohibited and will be removed and destroyed.

Schedule “A” of the Neighbourhood Liveability By-law – streets on which temporary signs are prohibited

Streets	Length
Bishop Grandin Boulevard	Between Kenaston Boulevard and Lagimodiere Boulevard
Bison Drive	Between Waverley Street and Pembina Highway
Brookside Boulevard	Entire length
Oak Point Highway	Entire length
King Edward Street	Entire length
Century Street	Entire length
St. James Bridge	Entire length
Kenaston Boulevard (ROUTE 90)	Between Inkster Boulevard and Bishop Grandin Boulevard
Chief Peguis Trail	Between Main Street and Lagimodiere Boulevard
Donald Street and Midtown Bridge	Between Red River and Osborne Street
Dunkirk Drive and St. Vital Bridge	Between Red River and Fermor Avenue
Fermor Avenue	Between Dunkirk Drive and Plessis Road
Henderson Highway	Between Red River and Glenway Avenue
Lagimodiere Boulevard	Between Prairie Grove Road and North City Limit
Moray Street	Between the north bank of the Assiniboine River and Portage Avenue
Osborne Street and Osborne Bridge	Between Assiniboine River and St. Vital Bridge
Pembina Highway	Between Osborne Street and South City Limit
Portage Avenue	Between Spence Street and St. Charles Street
St. James Street	Between Portage Avenue and Wellington Avenue
Waverley Street	Between Taylor Avenue and Bison Drive
Wellington Avenue	Between James A. Richardson International Airport and St. James Street
Grant Avenue	Between Shaftesbury Boulevard and Roblin Boulevard
Main Street	Between Logan Avenue and North City Limit
St. Anne’s Road	Between Fermor Avenue and St Mary’s Road
St. Mary’s Road	Between St. Anne’s Road and Queen Elizabeth Way
Corydon Avenue/Roblin Boulevard	Between Shaftesbury Boulevard and West City Limit
Boulevard Provencher	Entire length
William R. Clement Parkway	Entire length
Wilkes Avenue	Between Provincial Trunk Highway 100 and Shaftesbury Boulevard
Sterling Lyon Parkway	Between Shaftesbury Boulevard and Victor Lewis Drive