Day Use at Ontario Parks
Discounts
We want everyone to have the chance to get outside and enjoy nature. The following discounts are available for daily vehicle permits.
Seniors and Ontarians with disabilities
Ontario Parks offers discounts on day use fees to Ontario residents aged 65 and over and Ontario residents who possess a CNIB identity card or Ministry of Transportation accessible parking permit. You will be required to show proof of your eligibility when you arrive at the park.
Veterans
Veterans and active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, who reside in Ontario, can enjoy free, weekday (Monday to Friday), day use in provincial parks. Upon arrival to a provincial park, please present a valid Canadian Armed Forces identification card (i.e., Canadian Armed Forces Veteran’s Service Card, Canadian Forces Identification Card or Record of Service Card) and proof of Ontario residency with photo identification (i.e., valid Ontario driver’s licence with photo, valid Ontario Health Card with photo, valid Ontario Photo Card, etc.)
Borrow a permit
Did you know you can borrow a seasonal vehicle permit free of charge from your local library? Get in touch with your library to find out more.
Note: Seasonal and annual daily vehicle permits do not guarantee park entry. To secure your day use visit, booking in advance is required.
List of participating libraries
| Library Name | City |
|---|---|
| Addington Highlands Public Library | Flinton |
| Admaston/Bromley Public Library | Douglas ON |
| Ajax Public Library | Ajax |
| Alderville First Nation Public Library | Roseneath |
| Alfred Plantagenet Public Library | Ontario |
| Alnwick/Haldimand Public Library | Grafton |
| Argyle Community Library | Port Loring |
| Armstrong Township Public Library | Earlton |
| Arnprior Public Library | Arnprior |
| Asphodel-Norwood Public Library | Norwood |
| Assiginack Public Library | Manitowaning |
| Athens Public Library | Athens |
| Augusta Township Public Library | Brockville |
| AURORA PUBLIC LIBRARY | Aurora |
| Bancroft Public Library o/a North Hastings Public Library | Bancroft |
| Barrie Public Library | Barrie |
| Belleville Public Library | Belleville |
| Billings Township Public Library | Kagawong |
| Black River-Matheson Public Library | MATHESON |
| Blind River Public Library | Blind River |
| Bonfield Public Library | Bonfield ON |
| Bonnechere Union Public Library | Eganville |
| Bracebridge Library | Bracebridge |
| Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library | Bradford |
| Brantford Public Library | Brantford |
| Brighton Public Library | Brighton |
| Britt Area Public Library | Britt |
| Brock Township Public Library | BEAVERTON |
| Brockville Public Library | Brockville |
| Bruce County Public Library | PORT ELGIN |
| Bruce Mines and Plummer Additional Union Public Library | Bruce Mines |
| Burk's Falls, Armour & Ryerson Union Public Library | Burk's Falls |
| Burlington Public Library | Burlington |
| Caledon Public Library | Bolton |
| Callander Public Library | Callander |
| Cambridge Public Library | Cambridge |
| Carleton Place Public Library | Carleton Place |
| Carlow/Mayo Public Library | Bancroft |
| Casselman public Library | Casselman |
| Casselman public Library | Casselman |
| Cavan Monaghan Libraries | Millbrook |
| Centre Hastings Public Library (Madoc Public Library) | Madoc |
| Champlain Township Public Library | Vankleek Hill, ON |
| Chapleau Public Library | Chapleau |
| Chatham-Kent Public Library | Chatham |
| Clarington Library, Museums & Archives | Newcastle |
| Clearview Public Library | Stayner |
| Cobourg Public Library | Cobourg |
| Cochrane Public Library | Cochrane |
| Collingwood Public Library | Collingwood |
| Cornwall Public Library | Cornwall |
| County of Brant Public Library | Paris |
| County of Prince Edward Public Library | Picton |
| Cramahe Township Public Library | Colborne |
| Deep River Public Library | Deep River |
| Deseronto Public Library | Deseronto |
| Dorion Public Library | Dorion |
| Douro-Dummer Public Library | Douro-Dummer |
| Dryden Public Library | Dryden |
| East Ferris Public Library | Astorville |
| East Gwillimbury Public Library | Hollanding Landing |
| Echo Bay Lending Library | Echo Bay |
| Edwardsburgh Cardinal Public Library | Cardinal |
| Elgin County Library | St. Thomas |
| Elizabethtown-Kitley Township Public Library | Brockville |
| Elliot Lake Public Library | Elliot Lake |
| Elliot Lake Public Library | Elliot Lake |
| Emo Township Public Library | Emo |
| Englehart Public Library | Englehart |
| Essa Public Library | Angus |
| Essex County Library | ESSEX |
| Fort Erie Public Library | Fort Erie |
| Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre | Fort Frances |
| French River Public Library | Noelville |
| Front of Yonge Township Public Library | Mallorytown |
| Garden River First Nation Public Library | Garden River |
| Georgian Bay Public Library | Honey Harbour |
| Georgina Public Library | Keswick |
| Gore Bay Union Public Library | Gore Bay |
| Grand Valley Public Library | Grand Valley |
| Gravenhurst Public Library | Gravenhurst |
| Greater Madawaska Public Library | Calabogie |
| Greater Sudbury Public Library | Sudbury |
| Greenstone Public Library | Geraldton |
| Grey Highlands Public Library | Flesherton |
| Grimsby Public Library | Grimsby |
| Guelph Public Library | Guelph |
| Haldimand County Public Library | Cayuga |
| Haliburton County Public Library | Haliburton |
| Halton Hills Public Library | Halton Hills |
| Hamilton Public Library | Hamilton |
| Hanover Public Library | Hanover |
| Hastings Highlands Public Library | Maynooth |
| Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township Public Library | Havelock |
| Hawkesbury Public Library | Hawkesbury |
| Hearst Public Library | Hearst |
| HENVEY INLET | Pickerel |
| Hilton Union Public Library | Hilton Beach |
| Hornepayne Public Library | Hornepayne |
| Huntsville Public Library | Huntsville |
| Huron County Library | Clinton |
| Huron Shores Public Library | Iron Bridge |
| Ignace Public Library | Ignace |
| Innisfil Public Library | Innisfil |
| JAMES TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY | ELK LAKE |
| Kanhiote First Nations Public Library | Deseronto |
| Kawartha Lakes Public Library | Lindsay |
| Kearney & Area Public Library | Kearney |
| Kenora Public Library | Kenora |
| Killaloe & District Public Library | Killaloe |
| King Township Public Library | King City |
| Kingston Frontenac Public Library | KINGSTON |
| Kitchener Public Library | Kitchener |
| Lake of Bays Public Library | Dwight |
| Lambton County Library | Wyoming |
| Lanark Highlands Public Library | Lanark |
| Laurentian Hills Public Library | Deep River |
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands Public Library | Lansdowne |
| Lennox and Addington Libraries | Napanee |
| Lincoln Pelham Public Library | Fonthill |
| London Public Library | London |
| Madawaska Valley Public Library | Barry's Bay |
| Magnetawan Public Library | Magnetawan |
| Manitouwadge Public Library | Manitouwadge |
| Marathon Public Library | Marathon |
| Markham Public Library | Markham |
| Markstay-Warren Public Library | Warren |
| Marmora and Lake Public Library | Marmora |
| Mattagami First Nation Public Library | Gogama |
| McKellar Township Public Libraray | MCKELLAR |
| McMaster University Libraries | Hamilton |
| Meaford Public Library | Meaford |
| Merrickville Public Library | Merrickville |
| Middlesex County Library | Strathroy |
| Midland Public Library | Midland |
| Milton Public Library | Milton |
| Mississauga | Mississauga |
| Mississippi Mills Public Library | Almonte |
| Muskoka Lakes Public Library | Port Carling |
| New Tecumseth Public Library | Alliston |
| Newmarket Public Library | Newmarket |
| Niagara Falls Public Library | Niagara Falls |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library | Niagara-on-the-Lake |
| Nipigon Public Library | Nipigon |
| Norfolk County Public Librar | Simcoe |
| North Bay Public Library | North Bay |
| North Grenville Public Library | Kemptville |
| North Kawartha Public Library | Apsley |
| Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands Public Library | Little Current |
| Oakville Public Library | Oakville |
| Orangeville Public Library | Orangeville |
| Orillia Public Library | Orillia |
| Oshawa Public Library | Oshawa |
| Ottawa Public Library | Ottawa |
| Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library | Owen Sound |
| Oxford County Library | Woodstock |
| Parry Sound Public Library | Parry Sound |
| Pembroke Public Library | Pembroke |
| Penetanguishene Public Library | Penetanguishene |
| PERRY TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY | EMSDALE |
| Perth & District Library | Perth |
| Perth East Public Library | Milverton |
| Petawawa Public Library | Petawawa |
| Peterborough Public Library | Peterborough |
| Pickering Public Library | Pickering |
| Port Colborne Public Library | Port Colborne |
| Port Hope Public Library | Port Hope |
| Powassan & District Union Public Library | Powassan |
| Public library of Mattice-Val Côté | Mattice |
| Rainy River Public Library | Rainy River |
| Rama First Nation Public Library | Rama |
| Ramara Township Public Library | Ramara |
| Red Lake Public Libraries | Balmertown |
| Red Rock Public Library | Red Rock |
| Region of Waterloo Library | New Hamburg |
| Renfrew Public Library | Renfrew |
| Richmond Hill Public Library | Richmond Hill |
| Rideau Lakes Public Library | Elgin |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers Public Library | Massey |
| Sault Ste. Marie Public Library | Sault Ste. Marie |
| Schreiber Public Library | Schreiber |
| Scugog Memorial Public Library | Port Perry |
| SDG Library | Cornwall |
| Seguin Public Libraries | Seguin |
| Seine River First Nation Library | Seine River First Nation |
| Selwyn Public Library | Bridgenorth |
| Severn Township Public Library | Coldwater |
| Shelburne Public Library | Shelburne |
| Sioux Lookout Public Library | Sioux Lookout |
| Six Nations Public Library | OHSWEKEN |
| Smiths Falls Public Library | Smiths Falls |
| South River Machar Union Public Library | South River |
| Southgate Public Library | Dundalk |
| Spanish Public Library | Spanish |
| Springwater Township Public Library | Elmvale |
| St. Catharines Public Library | St. Catharines |
| St. Charles Public Library | ST-CHARLES |
| St. Joseph Township Public Library | Richards Landing |
| St. Marys Library | St. Marys Public Library - St. Mary |
| St. Thomas Public Library | St. Thomas |
| Stirling-Rawdon Public Library | Stirling |
| Stouffville Library | Stouffville |
| Stratord Public Library | Stratford |
| Sundridge-Strong Union Public Library | Sundridge |
| Teck Centennial Public Library | Kirkland Lake |
| Temagami Public Library | Temagami |
| Temiskaming Shores Public Library | Temiskaming Shores |
| Terrace Bay Public Library | Terrace Bay |
| The Blue Mountains Public Library | Thornbury |
| Thorold Public Library | Thorold |
| Thunder Bay Public Library | Thunder Bay |
| Timmins Public Library | Timmins |
| Toronto Public Library | Toronto |
| Township of Russell Public Library | Russell |
| Township of South Algonquin | Whitney |
| Trent Hills Public Library | Campbellford |
| Trent Lakes | Buckhorn, Ontario |
| Tudor and Cashel Public Library | GILMOUR |
| Tweed Public Library | Tweed |
| Uxbridge Public Library | Uxbridge |
| Vaughan Public Libraries | Vaughan |
| Wainfleet Township Public Library | Wainfleet |
| Waterloo Public Library | Waterloo |
| Wawa Public Library | Wawa |
| Welland Public Library | Welland |
| Wellington County Library | Fergus |
| West Grey Public Library | Durham |
| West Lincoln Public Library | Smithville |
| West Nipissing Public Library | Sturgeon Falls |
| West Perth Public Library | Mitchell |
| Westport Public Library | Westport |
| Whitby Public Library | Whitby |
| White River Public Library | White River |
| Whitestone Public Library & Technology Centre | Dunchurch |
| Whitewater Region Public Library | Cobden |
| Windsor Public Library | Windsor |
| Woodstock Public Library | Woodstock |
Related Links
Advance daily vehicle permits - make a reservation
Advance daily vehicle permits - participating parks
Hold your spot
If you want to visit one of the participating parks that sell advance daily vehicle permits you will need to “reserve” your spot in advance to guarantee entry, even if you have a seasonal permit.
