Parking By-law Enforcement

Overview

The City of St. Catharines is committed to providing high quality and available parking to enhance the quality of life for our residents and visitors. Tickets may be given to owners or operators of motor vehicles who fail to obey parking by-laws. 

Parking by-law enforcement officers are contracted out. Payments for parking violations are handled by the Financial Management Services department located on the second floor of City Hall between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Please note that we do not handle moving violations. These are dealt with at the provincial level. 

Process

For information about how to legally park a vehicle in St. Catharines and to inquire about fines:

View Do You Drive a Vehicle in St. Catharines: A Guide to Parking Legally

View information on parking infractions and fines

Penalty

Have you recently received a parking ticket?

View our Parking Violation Payment Options

Payments for parking violations are handled by the Financial Management Services department located on the second floor of City Hall between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

***NEW ~ For your convenience, the City of St. Catharines has engaged Paymentus Corporation to provide an option to pay parking tickets online or over the phone using a valid VISA or MasterCard credit card.  Paymentus is a third party provider.  Paymentus charges a non-refundable convenience fee of $1.95 per ticket, for the service. To pay your parking ticket online, please click on the button on the upper right side of this page noted as Parking Ticket Payment.

Payments are still available to be made via the telephone but please note that a charge of $1.95 per ticket will still apply. For contact information, please see the lower left corner of this page for the Parking Enforcement Customer Service telephone number and extension.

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