Fence Viewers

If you and your neighbour are having a dispute about who should complete the work to build or fix a fence between your properties or the type of fence to be built or repaired and you cannot find a solution, contact us  and our fence viewers can help enforce the Line Fences Act and resolve your line fence dispute.

Line Fences Act

The Line Fences Act sets out a process which the Municipality must follow and applies to the following two situations when you and your neighbour can’t make an agreement about your line fence. These two situations are when:

• No line fence currently exists, and one owner wants it to be constructed
• A line fence already exists, and one owner wants it to be reconstructed or repaired

When the Line Fences Act does not apply

The Line Fences Act does not apply:

• Over the location of the property boundaries
• Where construction or repair of the fence has already begun or is complete
• Where the adjoining property is a municipal or provincial highway

 View the Guide to Line Fences Act for further details.

Fees

If you or your neighbour call the municipality about a fence line dispute, there is an administration fee you will be required to pay under the Consolidated Fee By-law in Appendix A, page 2. Further costs and awards are determined by the fence viewers.

What are line fences?

Line fences are fences that mark the boundary between two properties. They are often referred to as boundary or division fences.