Road Permits

Application process

1. Submit the completed encroachment permit application at least five working days before the project start date.
2. Get a certificate of insurance from your insurer. Your insurance coverage must be at least $1 million and identify the City of Kenora as an additional insured.
3. Provide an explanation of the work, including its scope, location and time or duration.
4. Bring your completed application form and insurance information to the Operations Building, 60 Fourteenth Street North, Kenora.
5. Or fax in the application and insurance information to the Roads Division at 807-467-2246.

Examples of activities requiring a permit

You require a permit if you want to use or access municipal roads, sidewalk or boulevards for a project or activity such as:

• material or equipment storage
• excavation or digs
• using roadway for an extended period of time
• blocking off right-of-ways

If you begin work without the permit, you may receive a work-stoppage order or penalty in fines.

Fees

• Single Lot $ 155.50

• Double Lot $ 305.50

When to apply for an entrance permit

You require an entrance permit if you are planning to establish a new entrance onto a municipal roadway. 

Complete the entrance permit application and submit to the Roads Division. 

A site inspection by the Roads Division is required to ensure there are no safety hazards at the location of the entrance. The inspection also looks at:

• entrance width
• culvert, if required
• size of culvert
• material over culvert
• sloping and ditching
• sightlines

Fees

• Residential Entrance Permit $243.50

• Commercial Entrance Permit $478.00

• Industrial Entrance Permit $ 758.00

Apply for a parade, walk, or run permit by completing the online parade permit application.

Application processing time

• 2 weeks 
• The approval must be in place five days before the event.

Fees

No fees!

Apply if you are planning

• parades or processions
• ceremonies
• street dances or parties
• festivals or carnivals
• races or walk-a-thons
• demonstrations
• or any similar event that requires a lane or road closure or may interfere with the normal flow of traffic on a regional road.