The City assigns addresses for all properties and buildings. The Municipal Address By-Law (09-050) ensures that the City uses a consistent system of addressing using Bell 9-1-1 standards.
Requests for change of address
- Requests for a change of address related to 9-1-1 standards are free of charge.
- Requests for a change of address not related to 9-1-1 standards are subject to a $60 fee.
For more information, please email Andrew Nichols or call 705-742-7777 ext. 1678
Why is an addressing by-law necessary?
The Address By-Law:
- Ensures every occupied building and property has a unique address.
- Improves services from local government and utility companies.
- Provides emergency personnel a quick and effective way to locate addresses
Control monuments
Control monuments are brass or metal disks in the ground. They measure locations and elevations and act as an exact point of reference to surveyors.
The City:
- Field checks monuments annually and reports results to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. Replaces destroyed monuments and adds new monuments.
- Maintains maps and GIS datasets of all monument locations.
How do I get information about control monuments in the City?
The City does not provide control monument measurements. We direct enquiries to the Ontario geodetic control database.
See the instructions below on how use the Ontario geodetic control database to produce a report with measurements and locations sheets.
- Go to the Ontario geodetic control database
- Click on “Start using COSINE”
- Open the Ontario COSINE Viewer
- Turn on the desired monument layer in the - COSINE Layers panel
- Zoom into Area of interest on the map
- Click on the Search For/Zoom To tab
- Use Control Monument Selection
- Select a Map Selection Tool (by Circle, by Rectangle, by Polygon) and draw around the desired stations
- Under the Select Station(s) panel (left side) put a check mark in the stations you want reports for
- Select type of Report (e.g. COSINE Report or Text Report)
- Scroll down and click View Report
