Traffic control – Recommended practices guidelines

Highway signs

General signs

• Placement of Signs
• Bilingual Signs
• General Provisions for Installing Private Signs Within the Highway Right-Of-Way
• Standard Use of Oversize Signs
• Naming of Highway Safety Rest Area

Regulatory signs

• Stop sign
• Stop Line Sign
• Yield sign
• Slower Traffic Keep Right sign
• Do Not Leave Vehicle or Trailer Unattended sign
• Do Not Pass and Passing Permitted signs
• Littering Prohibited sign
• Keep Right Except to Pass sign
• Engine Retarder Brakes Sign
• Commercial Vehicles Over 4500 Kg Must Inspect Brakes sign
• Special Crosswalk Overhead sign
• Use of Off-Highway Vehicles Prohibited Along Right-Of-Way signs
• Maximum Speed Ahead sign
• Overhead Mounted Pedestrian Crosswalk Signs
• Speed Limit Repeater Sign
• Signage at Minor Accesses on Divided Highways with Median Opening

Guide and information signs

• Airport Signs
• Rural Address Signs
• Kilometre Markers
• Exit Numbering
• Local Road Name Signs
• Process for Consideration of New Water Body Identification Signs
• Sanitary Landfill and Transfer Station Signs
• Directional Signs to Educational Institutions
• Temporary Industrial and High Traffic Generating Development Signs
• Check Your Fuel Signs
• Rural Community Facility Fingerboard Signs
• Guide Signs for Large Trip Generators
• Water Body Identification Signs
• Calculation of Distances to Communities
• Municipal Address Signs In Rural Areas
• Boundary Signs
• Photo Enforcement Signs
• Auction Mart and Livestock Exchange Signs
• Parks Canada Signing Along Provincial Highways
• Urgent Care Services Sign
• Naming of Highways in Urban Areas
• Aircraft Patrol Zones
• Installation of Trailblazer Signs
• Secondary Route Marker Signage at Divided Highway Intersections
• Named Mountain and Geographical Landmark Identification Signs
• Community Speed Limit Information Sign
• Street Name Signs at Signalized Intersections

Warning signs

• Ramp Advisory Speed Signs
• Turn and Curve signs
• Reverse Turn and Curve signs
• Winding Road sign
• Concealed Road sign
• Important Intersection Ahead sign
• Centreline Rumble Strips sign
• School Bus Stop Ahead sign
• Bicycle Crossing Ahead sign
• School Bus Entrance sign
• Truck Entrance sign
• Farm Equipment Crossing sign
• Cattle Crossing sign
• Snowmobile Crossing sign
• Equestrian Crossing sign
• Slippery Conditions Ahead sign
• Wildlife Crossing Signs
• Hazard Marker Signs
• Calculation of Clearance for Overhead Clearance Signs
• Protection of Low Clearance Structures
• Sharp Shoulder Sign
• Advance Warning of a Traffic Control Change
• Be Courteous Merge Traffic Ahead Sign
• Wildlife Corridor Warning Sign
• Lane Ends Signs

Temporary conditions signs

• Smoke Ahead sign

Miscellaneous signs – Public awareness

• Wildfire Prevention Signs
• Fire Ban signs
• Rural Crime Watch sign
• Wildlife Sanctuary Signs
• Landowner Property Information Signs
• Environmental Awareness Signs
• Identification Signs for Agricultural and Environmental Test Sites
• Grazing and Farm Development Lease Information Signs
• MADD Memorial Signs

Miscellaneous signs – Community information

• Citizen on Patrol signs
• Welcome sign
• On Premise Signs for Schools, Churches and Community Halls
• Community Map and Information Sign
• Historical Markers for Schools, Churches and Cemeteries
• Off Premise Signs for Rural Non-Profit Groups
• First Nations Treaty Land Entrance Signs

Miscellaneous signs – Business

• Rural Business Directional Signs
• On Premise signs
• Electronic Message Signs

Miscellaneous signs – Temporary

• Election Signs
• Roadside Memorials
• Temporary Signage
• Driver (Speed) Feedback Signs

Typical signing plans

• Log Haul Intersection Signing (Type 6 – Jughandle)
• Signing Sequence in Advance of Vehicle Inspection Stations (VIS and MIS)
• Signage in Advance of Rest Area on Divided Highway (PDF, 285 KB)
• Signing Sequence in Advance of Watercraft and Watercraft/Vehicle Inspection Stations

Pavement markings

• Wet Night High Visibility Durable Pavement Markings
• Chevron Gore Pavement Markings
• Use of Durable Pavement Markings

Traffic operations

• Safety Measures at Rural Stop-Controlled Intersections
• Methods for Establishing Safe Speeds on Curves
• Waste Collection Services on Provincial Highways
• Pivoting of Traffic Signal Structures Equipped with Rotatable Bases
• Use of Speed Limit Transition Zones
• Differential Speed Zones
• Transverse Rumble Strips at Stop-Controlled Intersections

Traffic signals

• Beacons
• Pedestrian Countdown Signals
• Emergency Vehicle Traffic Signal Pre-Emption and Entrance Signals
• Side-Mounted Special Crosswalk Design
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals (pending approval)

Roadside development

• Highway Beautification – Landscaping within Highway Right-Of-Way
• Rural Mailboxes
• Decorative Features on Street Light and Signal Poles
• Utility Cabinet Wraps

At-grade rail crossings

• Jurisdiction Responsibility at Rail Crossings
• Rail Crossings Agreement Procedures
• Seniority Transfer at Rail Crossings
• Protocol or Process for Handling Safety Concerns and Inquiries
• Collisions and Incidents at Rail Crossings
• Construction and Maintenance Responsibilities at Rail Crossings
• Road Authority Transfers at Rail Crossings
• Invoice Processing: Scheduled Maintenance for Crossing Warning Systems