Election Signage:

Question: Can my landlord in Ontario stop me from posting an election sign in my rental unit?

Answer: In Ontario, you generally can display election advertising posters in your rented premises, and a landlord cannot prohibit you from doing so, with limited exceptions for reasonable size or type rules and for banning posters in common areas; Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9, s. 322.   If your landlord is restricting or removing your sign, Ranger Paralegal Service can review the situation and help you respond appropriately, call (905) 240-7529 for guidance.

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Tenants Have a Right to Use a Sign to Promote an Election Candidate

In Canada, as a free and democratic society, all persons may choose to support a particular candidate in an election; and, with very few exceptions, post signage in promotion of a preferred candidate upon the premises that such persons occupy.  This right expressly includes persons occupying rented premises; and accordingly, a landlord is forbidden from restricting the posting of election signs by a tenant.

The Law

The Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, Chapter 9 prescribes the protection provided to a tenant who wishes to advertise or promote a favoured candidate.  Specifically, the Canada Elections Act states:

Conclusion

A landlord may restrict election posters or signs to a reasonable size.  Additionally, a tenant holds the right to place a poster or sign only within the rental unit; and accordingly, a landlord may forbid posters or signs from being placed upon areas beyond the rental unit occupied by the tenant.