| max height rear side | 1.8 m (6 ft.) | s. 78(2)(a) |
| max height front | 0.9 m (3 ft.) | s. 78(2)(b) |
| permit required | no | s. 15(2) |
| sight triangle | On a corner parcel within a hamlet, no wall, fence, shrub, tree, hedge or other such object shall be allowed at a height greater than 0.9 m (3 ft.) above the lowest street grade within the sight triangle formed by the boundaries of the site common with the street abutting them and a straight line connecting points of each of the said boundaries of a distance of 7.0 m (23 ft.) from the point where they intersect. Standard fencing as permitted by Section 78 may be permitted within the identified sight triangle so long as it does not form a visual barrier for sightlines. | s. 36(1); s. 36(3) |
| prohibited materials | Barbed wire except in Agricultural and Industrial Districts; razor wire except as required by provincial and federal regulations. | s. 78(2)(c)-(d) |
scout note
General max fence height 1.8m (2.4m for agricultural livestock/wire-mesh fencing), max 0.9m in residential/commercial front yards; barbed wire banned outside Agricultural/Industrial Districts; corner-lot sight-triangle limits in hamlets; setbacks from highway/county road rights-of-way.