Noise & nuisance — Waterloo, Ontario

What are the quiet hours? What noise is allowed?

City of Waterloo has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-10.

Noise Bylaw 2025-028 adopted bylaw
quiet hours 23:00 one day to 07:00 next day (09:00 on Sundays) Schedule 1, item 8: "23:00 one day to 07:00 next day (09:00 on Sundays)"
construction hours 07:00 to 19:00 (prohibited all day Sundays and Statutory Holidays) Schedule 1, item 10: "All day Sundays and Statutory Holidays. 19:00 one day to 07:00 next day otherwise"
exemptions Government Work, emergency vehicles, snow clearing, religious bells, accessibility signals, City-Sanctioned Community Events, emergency health/safety measures s. 6.0 (subsections 1–7)
fine range $25,000 first offence; $50,000 subsequent (individuals); $50,000 first; $100,000 subsequent (corporations); plus $10,000/day continuing s. 9.1(2), s. 9.1(3), s. 9.1(4)
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City of Waterloo Noise By-law 2025-028, full consolidated text on waterloo.ca; last passed by council May 26, 2025, in force June 1, 2025.

Machine-readable: noise.json · Official website: http://www.waterloo.ca · Last verified 2026-06-10 · Noise & nuisance in other municipalities