Fences & pool enclosures — Thunder Bay, Ontario

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In the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, max height rear side: 1.83 m; max height front: 1.22 m; sight triangle: 0.77 m max within triangle: apex at highway intersection, two sides extend 4.5 m along intersecting street lines; prohibited materials: razor wire (all zones); barbed wire in residential zones; electric fences on non-agricultural land. Source: Fence By-law, verified 2026-08-29.

Fence By-law adopted bylaw
max height rear side 1.83 m s. 6: "1.83 metres in height elsewhere on the lot"
max height front 1.22 m s. 6: "1.22 metres in height in the front"
sight triangle 0.77 m max within triangle: apex at highway intersection, two sides extend 4.5 m along intersecting street lines s. 10(a): ".77 metres in height if such fence is located within a triangle"
prohibited materials razor wire (all zones); barbed wire in residential zones; electric fences on non-agricultural land s. 14; s. 17: "No razor wire shall be used"; s. 18
scout note

Under the Fence Height Regulations in Schedule 'A', fences in a residential zone are capped at 1.22 metres in the front yard and 1.83 metres over the remainder of the lot, and at 0.77 metres within the corner-lot triangle formed 4.5 metres along each intersecting street line. A residential fence contiguous to abutting non-residential property may reach 2.75 metres, and

Machine-readable: fences.json · Official website: https://www.thunderbay.ca · Last verified 2026-08-29 · Fences & pool enclosures in other municipalities