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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 81 from 2007-07-26 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Canvassing, etc., in residential areas

  •  (1) No person who is in control of an apartment building, condominium building or other multiple-residence building or a gated community may prevent a candidate or his or her representative from

    • (a) in the case of an apartment building, condominium building or gated community, canvassing, between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., at the doors to the apartments, units or houses, as the case may be; or

    • (b) in the case of a multiple-residence building, campaigning, between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., in a common area in the multiple residence.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a person who is in control of a multiple residence building whose residents’ physical or emotional well-being may be harmed as a result of permitting canvassing or campaigning referred to in that subsection.

  • 2000, c. 9, s. 81
  • 2007, c. 21, s. 11

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