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The City of St. Thomas offers several parking options across the city, including downtown municipal lots, street parking and overnight permits.
You can park for free for up to 2 hours in our municipal lots. Talbot Street has a 2-hour parking limit.
For all-day parking within municipal lots, purchase a $4 daily parking voucher through the HONK mobile app.
For longer-term options, see our Parking Permits page.
Outside the downtown core, non-commercial vehicles cannot park longer than 5 hours on any street between 6 a.m. and midnight. Commercial vehicles can park for up to 2 hours in these areas.
Heavy trucks and buses (including school buses) cannot park on residential or commercial street except when actively engaged in picking up and dropping off persons and materials.
See our Traffic and Parking By-law for parking rules specific to your street and follow the posted on street signage.
You can park overnight on city streets from March 15 to December 1.
Overnight parking is not allowed between December 1 and March 15, from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m.
If you need to park overnight in winter, see our Parking Permits page for eligibility and how to apply.
By-law Enforcement staff and St. Thomas Police Service enforce parking rules under the Traffic and Parking By-law.
Some parking restrictions come with a set fine even without posted signage. These fines are set out in the Traffic and Parking By-law.
Parking on a sidewalk, crosswalk or boulevard, too close to a driveway or lane entrance, or too far from the curb $35
Parking longer than 5 hours (6 a.m. to midnight) for a non-commercial vehicle, or 2 hours for a commercial vehicle $50
Parking on a city street between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., November 15 to March 15 $50
Contact Us
City of St. Thomas
545 Talbot Street, PO Box 520,
St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 3V7
Canada
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