A special event permit is required for anyone wanting to hold a parade/procession, ceremony, street dance/party, beer garden, solicitation of donations from a motor vehicle (toll road), sidewalk/street sale, festival/carnival, race/walk-a-thon, demonstration or any similar event that requires a lane or road closure or may interfere with the normal flow of traffic on a Regional Road, but does not include a wedding or funeral procession, picketing, or an activity for which the Region has granted a Filming Event Permit or a Work Permit.

To obtain approval for: Townships of North Dumfries, Wilmot or Wellesley, complete application form (below) and fax to 519-575-4453 or email to transportation@regionofwaterloo.ca.

To obtain approval for:

City of Cambridge contact via Email or Phone: 519-621-0740 x4324

City of Kitchener contact via Email or Phone: 519-741-2200 x7373

City of Waterloo contact via Email or Phone: 519-886-2310 x30270

Township of Woolwich contact via Email or Phone: 519-669-6041

For more specific details governing special events refer to Special Event Bylaw 05-076.

Collection Notice: Personal information requested on this form is collected under the authority of the “Municipal Act” and will be used to assist Regional Staff in making a decision on this permit. Questions of any sort should be forwarded to Transportation, 150 Frederick Street, 7th Floor, Kitchener, ON N2G 4J3, 519-575-4400.

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For special events with a single time period, please select the start/end date/time.

For special events with multiple time periods, for each time period, select the start/end date/time and click the "Add Time Period" button, including the final time period.

Please use either the map or the text area: Map: • Right click or long press on the map to add a marker • Specific routes may be created using multiple markers • Markers may be moved by dragging them Text Area: • Enter intersections in the format: Main Rd. and Cross Rd. • Enter road segments in the format: Main Rd. from Cross Rd. to Cross Rd.