disabled placard?
 

We have a California issued disability placard for parking - will we be able to use it in Canada?
Thanks for the info

The bylaws governing parking for disabled / handicapped people vary from one municipality to another, so it depends where in Canada you'll be travelling.

If your trip will bring you to the Rocky Mountain national parks and/or Calgary, I would be willing to phone the relevant authorities and find out for you.

I would find it hard to believe that they would not honour your disability placard especially having a foreign licence plate. I wouldn't worry about it. Just enjoy your visit.

To Judy in Calgary:
We'll be mostly in Alberta - Lake Louise, Jasper and part of BC on way home down thru Idaho. Thanks for checking for me.

Hi TAW,

I called the Banff National Park's information line. The person who answered the phone didn't know the answer to your question, but she promised to ask someone who did know and to get back to me. Later in the day, someone from the Banff National Park office e-mailed me and said that Canadian jurisdictions recognized handicapped parking passes issued by American jurisdictions. So traveller69 is right.

I don't know the nature of the handicap / disability that you're dealing with. I will warn you that several of the walking paths in the Canadian Rockies are quite rough and are a challenge for someone in a wheel chair or even someone who, like my mom, can walk but who has bad knees.

A book I recommend is <i>Walks and Easy Hikes in the Canadian Rockies</i> by Graeme Pole. It lists everything from wheelchair accessible paths up to full day hikes. It's available from Amazon.

Based on the response I received from Banff National Park, I was fairly confident that a disabled parking sign from anywhere in the USA would be honoured anywhere in Canada.

Nonetheless, just to be very sure, I called Calgary Parking Authority this morning. They too confirmed that they recognized American disabled parking signs.

To Judy in Calgary: Thank you so much for taking the time to get that info for me. That was very thoughtful and I really appreciate it. TAW