Moving day in Montreal · Your guide
Moving Truck Parking Permit
in Montreal
How to reserve the curb in front of your home for the moving truck, borough by borough, so the crew parks at your door instead of down the street.
Why this matters
How much does it cost if the moving truck cannot park at your door?
A move is billed by the hour, and the biggest hour-eater is the walk between your door and the truck. A load that takes 2 to 3 hours with the truck at the door can take 5 to 6 hours when the truck has to park around the corner and every box travels the length of the street. Reserving the curb is the single cheapest thing you can do for your estimate.
The same apartment, two very different days
Our crews load at a steady pace when the ramp is at the door: a 4½ with two movers is typically 2 to 3 hours of loading. Put the truck 80 metres away, across an intersection, and every trip becomes a walk. The sofa takes two people and four minutes instead of one; the forty boxes take a dolly run each way. The crew works just as hard, and you pay for twice the hours.
What a long carry does to a 2-mover estimate
At the door: 2 to 3 hours to load. Half a block away: 4 hours. Around the corner or across the street from a one-way: 5 to 6 hours. Add stairs and the gap widens. That is why this page exists, and why the permit is worth the trip to the borough office.
The short answer
Do you need a permit to park a moving truck in Montreal?
Only if you want the space guaranteed. A moving truck can stop and load in a free, legal spot with no permit, as long as it does not block the sidewalk or a bike path and the street has no meters. To reserve the curb with no-parking signs, or on a metered street, you need a temporary occupation permit from your borough, with the signs posted 12 to 14 hours before. Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Lachine require the permit for any move done by a professional mover.
The City of Montreal publishes one page on this and it comes down to three situations. Any one of them means you need the permit.
You post no-parking signs
Reserving the space with official temporary signs is an occupation of the public domain. Permit required in every borough. Only rented metal signs that meet the provincial standard count; a cardboard sign reserves nothing.
The street has meters
Permit required. The borough has the meters capped and bills you for the capping and the lost parking revenue. The Plateau deactivates them remotely.
You block a sidewalk or bike path
Permit required, and some boroughs want a signed detour plan. A ramp across the sidewalk or a truck in a bike lane without the permit is the fastest way to meet a parking agent.
Who does this: you, or us for $60
The permit is in the resident's name and the steps below are yours to do. Several boroughs also let you simply ask your neighbours to leave the curb free, which works on a quiet street and does not work on rue Saint-Denis on June 30. If you would rather not deal with it, tell us when you book: for a $60 charge AKA manages the whole thing, the borough request, the sign rental, the posting the evening before and the Agence form. In Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Lachine, where the City wants the permit in the mover's name, that is the route.
How to get it
How do you get a moving-day parking permit in Montreal? Four steps
The City issues the permit; it never posts the signs. Here is the sequence, in order, with the lead times that matter.
Apply online, 2 to 5 business days ahead
Create a montreal.ca account and submit the temporary occupation request for your borough. State the date and the length of curb; a 26-foot truck with its ramp needs about 12 metres, two cars' worth. Allow 10 business days in the Sud-Ouest.
Rent official signs
Only metal temporary no-parking signs rented from a signage company are valid. Outremont rents its own at the borough yard. Bring the permit number; the rental company fills in the dates.
Post them 12 to 14 hours before
Install the signs the evening before, no earlier than 24 hours ahead, keep a 1.5 m corridor for pedestrians, then file the Agence de mobilité durable sign form. Without that form, the zone cannot be enforced.
Car in the zone? Call 514 868-3737
A parking agent must be present for the tow. With a valid permit, signs up on time and the form filed, the Agence can have the vehicle removed. Take the signs down when the truck leaves; the invoice comes by mail about two weeks later.
Official sources: Park a moving van or truck (City of Montreal) · what to do after getting the permit · change or cancel a request
Borough by borough
How much does a moving permit cost in each Montreal borough, and how far ahead?
Same City form everywhere, but each borough sets its own lead time and tariff. Four issue the moving permit free; the others charge an issuance fee plus a daily rate by surface, with meters extra. From the City's June 2026 moving page and September 2026 tariff page; taxes as the City states them.
| Borough | Lead time | Moving permit fee | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Plateau-Mont-Royal | Issued within 24 h before the occupation | Free (fees charged by the system, then cancelled at issuance) | Pedestrian streets: moves only 7 h to 11 h. Meters deactivated remotely. No street time limit. |
| Ville-Marie | Not stated; works permits up to 10 business days | Free | Free legal spots without signs need nothing. 24 h limit for all vehicles. |
| Saint-Léonard | At least 24 h ahead | Free, by email | Email only: entraves_saint-leonard@montreal.ca. |
| Outremont | At least 48 h by email; 5 business days for a pedestrian street | Free; signs rented from the borough: $60 deposit, $23 per sign for 48 h, $11.40 per extra day | Only borough that rents the signs itself. |
| Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | 48 h (2 business days) | Tariff grid: $59 issuance + $116 analysis + $73 a day | Trucks limited to 24 h. Agence form also emailed to the borough. |
| Côte-des-Neiges–NDG | 48 h (2 business days) | Minimum $43, taxes included, plus surface, meters, days | Trucks limited to 24 h. |
| Le Sud-Ouest | 10 business days for works permits | $54 issuance and study, plus surface | Online only. Trucks limited to 24 h. |
| Verdun | At least 2 business days | Standard occupation tariff (2026 grid in the borough PDF) | Trucks limited to 1 hour on the street. Online only. |
| Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension | 48 h (2 business days) | $44 issuance + $98 analysis + $67 a day, before tax | No permit if you post no official metal sign. |
| Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 48 h (2 business days) | $44.77 + $44.77 + $73.88 a day, before tax | Trucks limited to 24 h. |
| Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Within 5 business days | $48 issuance + $80 a day, taxes included | Permit required for any professional mover, in the mover's name. Trucks limited to 72 h. |
| Lachine | At least 2 business days | $30 issuance + $55 analysis, before tax, plus length occupied | Permit required with a professional mover or when blocking the sidewalk. No street time limit. |
| LaSalle | Works permits 5 business days | Minimum $60, taxes included | Permit only if the occupation lasts more than one day. 24 h limit. |
| Saint-Laurent | Within 5 business days | $60 issuance + $57 a day, taxes included | Commercial vehicles in residential zones: 1 hour. |
| Anjou | 2 business days | $30 issuance + $40 a day, taxes included | Trucks 90 minutes between 7 h and 18 h, unlimited while making a delivery or providing a service at a home. |
| Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | 5 business days | Minimum $51, before tax | Online or at the Bureau Accès Montréal. |
| Montréal-Nord | Not stated | Per the borough tariff by-law | Required for signs, pedestrian streets and any container. |
| Pierrefonds-Roxboro and L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | Not stated | Not stated | Permit always required. A tenant needs a letter from the owner. |
Official sources: Park a moving van or truck, by borough · occupation permit tariffs by borough · maximum street parking time by borough
No permit, no signs
Where a moving truck can and cannot stop in Montreal without a permit
Most Montreal moves happen without a permit: the truck takes a legal spot and the crew works from there. Six rules still apply, and these are the ones that get a truck ticketed.
3 m from a hydrant, 5 m from a corner
Highway Safety Code article 386: no stopping within 3 metres of a fire hydrant, within 5 metres of an intersection or marked crossing, on a sidewalk, in a bus zone, or in front of a wheelchair ramp. Montreal enforces the 5-metre corner rule actively.
Truck time limits by borough
Verdun and residential Saint-Laurent allow a truck one hour. Ville-Marie, Rosemont, CDN-NDG, Sud-Ouest, MHM and LaSalle allow 24 hours; Ahuntsic 72. The Plateau and Lachine set no limit. Anjou: 90 minutes, or as long as a delivery takes.
Reserved lanes and bike paths
Since December 2025 the Code lets a vehicle stop in a reserved lane to load or unload goods, but borough signage still applies, and a bike path is never a loading zone without a permit. Double parking is a ticket.
Resident vignette zones
Residents-only zones exist in every borough except Montréal-Nord, with no moving exemption. During the restricted hours a truck there is illegally parked unless a permit with signs covers it. Exchange your own vignette for the new address after the move.
Meters
A move on a metered street is a permit case; the City bills the lost revenue through the permit. The Mobicité app pays meters, but the permit is the rule the borough applies.
Street cleaning and snow signs
Seasonal cleaning bans run roughly April 1 to December 1. In winter, orange snow-removal signs override everything, including your permit. Our winter moving guide covers the snow operations.
Official sources: Highway Safety Code, article 386 · 5-metre intersection clearance · resident parking vignettes · exchange a vignette after moving · street-cleaning parking bans · Mobicité meter app
When it goes wrong
What happens if the moving truck is ticketed or towed?
A moving truck is a heavy vehicle, and the 2026 agglomeration tariff treats it accordingly: $99 for the tow, then storage of $70 per 24 hours for a truck between 4,500 and 8,000 kg and $102 above that, after the first 6 free hours. The real cost is the day: a truck towed with your furniture inside is a move that stops until the pound releases it. Keeping the truck legal is worth more than any fine.
The ticket
No official fine table is published. The 2025 city tariffs set illegal parking at $65, double parking or blocking traffic at $77, and stopping in a reserved lane at $293. A truck in a snow-removal zone gets the ticket plus the tow.The clock keeps running
If the truck has to move mid-load because the curb was not reserved, the crew packs up, relocates and resumes. That time is billed like any other hour, which is the hidden cost of skipping the permit.A container on the street
Same occupation permit from the borough, never on the sidewalk, valid up to a month. A 20-foot container is about 15 m²: roughly $72 a day in the Plateau, $65 in Ville-Marie, $73 in Rosemont, plus issuance fees.July 1 itself
No special moving-day parking measure exists. Permit counters are closed June 24 and July 1, so a permit for moving day is filed and collected before.And if a car is in your reserved zone
The car's owner pays $99 to tow and the car is usually relocated a few streets away, findable through Info-remorquage or by calling 514 868-3737. Storage for a car is free for 6 hours, then $35 a day.
Official sources: 2026 agglomeration tariff by-law RCG 26-003 (PDF) · find a towed vehicle · container permit · paying or contesting a ticket
Outside the 19 boroughs
West Island cities and the suburbs have their own rules
The demerged cities are not on the City of Montreal's permit form. Each has its own traffic by-law and usually a simpler rule: a truck may stop only to load or unload, and must move once it is done.
Pointe-Claire
By-law PC-2565: no vehicle more than 24 consecutive hours on a public road; trucks and commercial vehicles may stop only for loading or unloading "without pause or interruption." Temporary permits from Public Security, 514 630-1234. On-street parking rules.
Dorval
No parking 3 h to 5 h from November 15 to April 15, never more than 4 consecutive hours by day. Trucks only for immediate loading or unloading; vehicles over 9,000 lb banned in residential areas 21 h to 7 h. Temporary permits at city hall, 60 avenue Martin. Dorval parking rules.
Laval and the North Shore
Laval requires a permit for containers but not for a truck in a legal space, with lit dynamic signs in Chomedey, Pont-Viau and Laval-des-Rapides. Terrebonne has no moving-truck permit but a strict winter night ban. See the Laval and Terrebonne pages.
Montérégie
Saint-Hyacinthe exempts a loading truck from its 60-minute truck limit; Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu lets a truck stand only to load or unload and needs written authorization for a container. See the Saint-Hyacinthe and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu pages.
Where we fit in
Reserve the curb, and the crew does the rest
AKA Moving was founded in 2019 and runs its own trucks and crews from a warehouse at 10500 Côte-de-Liesse in Lachine. On moving day we plan the truck position before the crew arrives so the ramp is never on the sidewalk or within 5 metres of the corner, and we work from whatever legal space the street gives us. The permit and the signs are yours to arrange, or ours for a $60 charge if you ask when you book. What a move costs, including the 3-hour minimum and the transport hour, is on the pricing guide and the calculator; who we are is on the about page.
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Questions
Montreal moving-truck parking questions, answered
Q Do I need a permit to park a moving truck in Montreal?
Only if you want the space reserved. A moving truck can stop and load in a free, legal on-street spot without a permit, provided it does not block the sidewalk or a bike path and the street has no meters. Posting no-parking signs, a metered street, or blocking a sidewalk or bike path requires a temporary occupation permit from your borough, with the signs posted 12 to 14 hours ahead. Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Lachine require the permit for any move by a professional mover.
Q Who gets the moving permit, me or the moving company?
You do. The permit is a resident's request to the borough, and the steps are yours: apply online, rent the signs, post them the evening before, file the Agence form. If you would rather not, AKA Moving can manage the whole process for a $60 charge when you ask at booking. In Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Lachine, where the City requires the permit in the mover's name, that is the route.
Q How much does it cost if the truck cannot park at my door?
Hours. A move is billed by the hour, and a load that takes 2 to 3 hours with the truck at the door can take 5 to 6 hours when the truck is parked around the corner and every box has to be carried the length of the street. On a two-mover crew at $125 an hour, that is roughly three extra hours before the unloading even starts. Reserving the curb is the cheapest thing you can do for the estimate.
Q How much does a moving permit cost in Montreal?
It depends on the borough. The Plateau-Mont-Royal, Ville-Marie, Outremont and Saint-Léonard issue it free. Côte-des-Neiges–NDG starts at $43, the Sud-Ouest charges $54 in fees, LaSalle starts at $60 and Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles at $51, each plus a daily rate by surface. Meters are billed separately. Signs are rented from a signage company at your cost, except in Outremont, which rents them for $23 per sign for 48 hours.
Q How far in advance should I apply?
Two to five business days in most boroughs: 48 hours in Rosemont, Côte-des-Neiges–NDG, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, five business days in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Saint-Laurent and RDP–PAT, up to ten in the Sud-Ouest. The Plateau issues within 24 hours before the occupation. Signs go up 12 to 14 hours before the move and no earlier than 24 hours before.
Q A car is parked in my reserved moving zone. What do I do?
Call the Agence de mobilité durable at 514 868-3737. If your permit is valid, the signs were posted 12 to 14 hours ahead and the sign form was filed, an agent can come and have the vehicle towed; an agent must be present for the tow. The car's owner pays $99, and the car is usually relocated a few streets away, findable through Info-remorquage.
Q How close to a fire hydrant or a corner can a moving truck stop?
Under article 386 of the Quebec Highway Safety Code, no vehicle may stop within 3 metres of a fire hydrant or within 5 metres of an intersection or a marked crossing, and never on a sidewalk, in a bus zone or in front of a wheelchair ramp. Montreal actively enforces the 5-metre corner rule. Borough time limits also apply, from 1 hour for trucks in Verdun to 24 hours in most central boroughs.
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