Noise & nuisance — Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

What are the quiet hours? What noise is allowed?

Regional municipality of Cape Breton has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-05.

Noise By-law No. N-100 adopted bylaw
quiet hours Weekdays after 9:30 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.; Sat after 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m.; Sun/holidays after 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. (Schedule A Time A) Schedule A Prohibited Times A
construction hours Construction equipment use prohibited 12:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (Time C); domestic power tools per Time A (weekdays 7:00 a.m.-9:30 p.m.) Schedule A Time C; Part 2 item 14 (Time A)
exemptions Emergency measures; municipal festivals/parades until 1:00 a.m.; bells/calls to worship; permitted pit/quarry activities; municipal equipment s. 4; Schedule B; Schedule C
fine range $100-$5,000; min $200 for second violation within six months s. 8
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By-law respecting noise in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality; sets quiet hours and prohibited noise.

Machine-readable: noise.json · Official website: http://www.cbrm.ns.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-05 · Noise & nuisance across Canada