Noise Control

Construction

As Vancouver grows and evolves, it is inevitable that older buildings are demolished and replaced with new homes, high rise office or residential buildings and other complex multi-use buildings and so forth. These changes contribute to an increasingly vibrant liveable city.

Construction is however, associated with noise - the pounding of jackhammers, steel dropping onto hard concrete, backup beepers from the trucks, etc.

There are constraints to what local government can do to protect citizens from urban noise exposure. But in order to strike a balance between development and construction noise, there are regulations in place to limit the hours of excessive noise during construction time. For further information, view the construction info sheet (27kb).

Construction Hours

On private property:
Monday to Friday: 7:30 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
NO construction permitted on Sundays and Holidays.

On City Streets/lanes/boulevards:
Monday to Saturday: 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
Sundays and Holidays: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm

• How to file a complaint
• Apply for an exception [ IMPORTANT NOTICE (19kb) ]
  [CHRISTMAS NOTICE]   [HOURS OF CONSTRUCTION DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS]
• View by-law regulations (3.13mb)

Noise Hotline: 3-1-1
Noise e-mail account: Noise@vancouver.ca

Violations to these hours should be referred to the Non Emergency line with the Vancouver Police Department at 604.717.3321. AND ALSO fill out an on-line complaint form for the city inspectors to follow-up on.

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