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Table 1 Summary of Canadian municipal zoning bylaws banning fast food drive-through services

From: Adoption and diffusion of zoning bylaws banning fast food drive-through services across Canadian municipalities

Regiona

Municipality

Bylaw

Date of Adoption

Partial or Full Ban

Adopter-Type

Eastern

Toronto, ON

Zoning Bylaw No. 569–2013

26-Aug- 2002

Partial

Innovator

Eastern

Markham, ON

Zoning Bylaw Amendment

Bylaw 2003–151

27-May- 2003

Partial

Innovator

Eastern

Ajax, ON

Bylaw Amendment No. 65–2004, to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 95–2003

10-May- 2004

Partial

Innovator

Eastern

Windsor, ON

Bylaw Amendment 375–2004, to amend Zoning Bylaw No. 8600

21-Dec- 2004

Partial

Innovator

Eastern

London, ON

Zoning Bylaw Z.-1–081795

22-Jul- 2008

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Kingston, ON

Bylaw Amendment No. 2015–82, OPA Number 29; amending Restricted Area (Zoning) Bylaw No. 8499

2-Sep-2008

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Barrie, ON

Zoning Bylaw-2009-141

10-Aug-2009

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Grimsby, ON

Zoning Bylaw No. 14–4

3-May-2010

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Niagara Falls, ON

By-law No. 2011–137

14-Nov-2011

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Hamilton, ON

Zoning Bylaw Amendment 11–276

16-Nov-2011

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Halifax, NS

Downtown Halifax Land-Use Bylaw

13-Dec-2011

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Innisfil, ON

Zoning Bylaw Amendment - Bylaw 050–12

18-Apr-2012

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Caledon, ON

Bylaw Amendment No. BL-2012-094, to amend Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw 87,250

14-Aug-2012

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Fredericton, NB

Zoning Bylaw No. Z-5

24-June-2013

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Saint-Laurent, QC

Le Reglement RCA08–08–0001-17

18-Jun-2014

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

The Blue Mountains, ON

Official Community Plan, 2014

3-Sep-2014

Partial

Early Adopter

Eastern

Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, QC

Amendment of the Planning Regulations Rosemont-Petite-Patrie (01–279); Rosemont-la-Petite-Patrie (01–279-39)

3-Nov-2014

Full

Early Adopter

Eastern

Mississauga, ON

Zoning Bylaw Amendment 0018–2015

11-Feb-2015

Partial

Early Adopter

Western

Kelowna, BC

Zoning Bylaw No. 8964 - Text Amendment No. TA02–0006

18-Mar-2003

Partial

Innovator

Western

Vancouver, BC

Zoning & Development Bylaw No. 3575, 2006 amendments

12-Sep-2006

Partial

Innovator

Western

Calgary, AB

Land Use Bylaw 1P2007

23-July-2007

Partial

Early Adopter

Western

Ladysmith, BC

Bylaw No. 1691

1-Jun- 2009

Full

Early Adopter

Western

Comox, BC

Rezoning Application RZ 09–2; Bylaw No. 1636

21-Oct-2009

Partial

Early Adopter

Western

Mission, BC

Zoning Bylaw 5050–2009

30-Oct-2009

Full

Early Adopter

Western

Central Saanich, BC

Land Use Bylaw Amendment 1667

11-Jan-2010

Full

Early Adopter

Western

Beaumont, AB

Land Use Bylaw 796–12

23-Jan-2013

Partial

Early Adopter

Western

Nelson, BC

Zoning Bylaw No. 3199, 2013 (2014/019)

2-Feb-2014

Full

Early Adopter

  1. aEastern region includes the following provinces: Newfoundland & Labrador (NL), Prince Edward Island (PEI), Nova Scotia (NS), New Brunswick (NB), Québec (QC), and Ontario (ON). Western region includes: Manitoba (MB), Saskatchewan (SK), Alberta (AB), and British Columbia (BC). Not all provinces in each region had a ban at the time of this study. There was also no evidence of municipal drive-through bylaws in the northern territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut)