Posters on City streets
Use the poster cylinders on City street light poles to display your poster advertisements. All sizes and types of posters are accepted, unless they contain offensive material. Use glue paste or tape to affix your posters to the cylinder.
Over time, posters get covered by other posters and are periodically removed by City Sanitation crews.
Note: It is illegal to place posters on utility poles that have no poster cylinder, or on any other area of City property. Posters placed illegally will be removed and discarded weekly and violators may be prosecuted.
Poster cylinders provide an aesthetically-pleasing arrangement of posters in visible locations, and reduce the burden on taxpayers when posters need to be removed from City property.
Sandwich boards on sidewalks and curbs
Advertising signs on City property are allowed only if the City guidelines for their placement are followed:
- One sandwich board per business no larger than 60 cm × 90 cm (23.5 in × 35.5 in) may be on City property
- The sign must be directly in front of the store that is being advertised
- The sign must be up against the building wall or at the property line (not in the middle of the sidewalk or at the curb of any street)
Third-party signs are strictly prohibited on, and will be confiscated from centre medians, utility poles not equipped with a poster cylinder, boulevards, or any other area of City property.
Brochures and posters in community centres
If you are with a public agency or provide a program at a community centre, you can have brochures or posters displayed and distributed at City community centres.
When preparing your materials for distribution:
- Bundle brochures in groups of 10
- Keep posters unrolled - anything larger than 10" x 16" will be folded
Drop off or mail brochures and posters to:
Recreation Office
Attention: Gail
4575 Clancy Loranger Way
Vancouver BC, V5Y 2M4