Fence Installation in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Wood and chain link fences for Old Town, Virgil, St. Davids, Queenston and Glendale, built by LawnJunkie, with any permit — heritage permits included — and the utility locates handled for you. Old fence out, gates in, one quote.
Niagara-on-the-Lake fences, in one screen
- Service
- Wood and chain link fences and gates, from Old Town backyards to long rural lines, with the old fence hauled away.
- Where
- Niagara-on-the-Lake: Old Town, Virgil, St. Davids, Queenston, Glendale and the rural roads between them.
- Permits
- If your fence needs a permit — including a heritage permit in Old Town — we handle it, and we book the Ontario One Call locates. You don't chase either.
- Pricing
- Quoted per job. Length, material, gates, whether an old fence comes out, and a long rural run set the number.
- Booking
- The form on this page or 905-401-7600. A reply within one business day.
- Who
- LawnJunkie, based in Thorold, fully insured, working Niagara since 2021.
Last updated September 2026
What we build in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Wood fences (pressure-treated or cedar) when you want privacy and a finished look: the fence most people picture behind a Virgil or Glendale backyard. Chain link when you want a clear boundary or a dog run that costs less and needs nothing from you afterwards, which on a rural lot with a long line can be the sensible answer. Gates to match either, and if there's a tired fence there now, we take it down and haul it away as part of the job.
We don't do vinyl, aluminum or pool enclosures, in Old Town or anywhere else. You'll hear that in our first reply, not at the end of a site visit.
Fences are sold on their own here. You don't need a landscaping project to book one — though a new fence and a new lawn are one project if you want them to be, and we'll happily quote both together. The rest of what we do in the town is on our Niagara-on-the-Lake lawn page.
Niagara-on-the-Lake fence rules, in plain words
Here is what the bylaw says, so nothing about your quote is a surprise. The Town's Fence By-law (By-law 4778-14) sets:
- Back and side yards: up to 2.0 metres above the ground beside it.
- Front yard, and a side yard that runs along a street: 1.0 metre.
- Corners and driveways: nothing over 1.0 metre inside the sight triangle at a corner, or for 4.5 metres beside a driveway.
- Pools: a separate bylaw (5155-19) — permit required, fence between 1.52 and 2.0 metres.
Permits. The Town says plainly that a building permit is not required for a fence unless there is a swimming pool or hot tub on the property. Both pages are on notl.com; if anything about your lot is unusual, the Town's building department is the one to ask, and that's a ruling only they can give.
The heritage district is the part nobody else tells you about. In February 2026 the Town adopted the Old Town Niagara-on-the-Lake Heritage Conservation District Plan (By-law 2026-009), covering more than five hundred properties in the old town. On properties the plan lists as contributing, a heritage permit is needed before fences, gates or walls visible from the street are altered, and the plan asks owners to avoid high or opaque fencing across the front of a lot. Queenston is not a heritage district, but individually designated houses there have their own rules. If your address is inside the district and a heritage permit applies, we handle it. Details are on the Town's heritage planning pages.
Locates. Old Town lot or rural line, Ontario law requires buried gas, hydro, water and telecom to be marked before a post hole goes in. We file the Ontario One Call request; locators have up to five business days, and nothing gets dug until it's back.
Wood or chain link on a Niagara-on-the-Lake lot?
Depends what the fence is for, and here it also depends on where the lot is. In Old Town a solid wood fence across a front yard is exactly what the heritage plan asks owners to avoid, so the conversation often starts with a lower, more open front fence and privacy at the back. On a rural road, a chain link run along a long line is the fence that makes financial sense.
Wood gives full privacy and the finished look. It costs more, because there's more material and more labour in it. We build in pressure-treated and cedar. Cedar costs more and weathers naturally; pressure-treated is the budget-friendly option. Either way, wood wants staining or sealing every few years to stay looking new.
Chain link is the practical one on a long rural line: it keeps the dog in and the boundary clear, costs less in material and labour, and needs nothing from you once it's up. It won't give you privacy.
What sets the price: length of the run, material, number of gates, whether an old fence comes out, and what the ground is like where the posts go. We look at all of that in person before we quote.
How a Niagara-on-the-Lake fence job runs
Three steps, one point of contact.
Quote
Send the form or call 905-401-7600. We walk the line with you, flag anything the heritage district or the 1-metre front and street-side limits touch, and give you one number.
Locates and permit
We book the Ontario One Call locates, and if your fence needs a permit, a heritage permit in Old Town included, we handle it. Nothing gets dug until the locates are back.
Build
Old fence out, new fence and gates in. On a long rural line that's a longer day, not a different job.
Pair it with
Fence and lawn, quoted together if you want them to be.
Landscape design & build
Fence, grading and sod or seed as one project with one person to call, heritage permit included where Old Town needs one.
Sod installation
A lawn inside the new fence that's chosen for the open exposure on the lake plain.
Seeding
Seed takes longer than sod but costs less, and on a big rural lot that gap adds up. Leaves to deal with first? We do fall cleanups in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
What our customers say about the work
Fences are new on our books, and none of our Google reviews mention one or name Niagara-on-the-Lake yet. These are Niagara homeowners on the lawn work, word for word from our Google profile.
The team at Lawn Junkie did a phenomenal job laying sod and fertilizing our property. Extremely professional, punctual and exceeded our expectations!!
Josh and his crew were fantastic!!! He over delivered on everything he did. From start to finish, they did a great job. Highly recommended for your lawn care needs!! These guys know lawns!!
Niagara-on-the-Lake fence questions
Including the ones where the answer is no.
Do I need a permit for a fence in Niagara-on-the-Lake?
The Town says no building permit is needed for a fence unless there's a pool or hot tub on the property — but if your house is in the Old Town heritage district and listed as contributing, a heritage permit may be needed for a fence or gate visible from the street. You don't need to work out which applies: if a permit is required, heritage or otherwise, we handle it, and we book the Ontario One Call locates either way. The Town's rules are on notl.com.
Does the heritage rule cover my street?
Only inside the Old Town Heritage Conservation District, which covers 533 properties, and only on properties listed as contributing, for fences, gates and walls visible from the street. Queenston is not a heritage conservation district. Repairing an old fence like for like is exempt. If a heritage permit is needed, we handle it.
Can I put a tall privacy fence across my front yard in Old Town?
Probably not the way you're picturing it. The Town's fence bylaw caps a front-yard fence at 1.0 metre everywhere in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and the Old Town heritage plan asks owners to avoid high or opaque front fencing on top of that. Privacy at the back, something lower and more open at the front, is the usual shape — and we'll walk it with you.
How much does a fence cost in Niagara-on-the-Lake?
Quoted per job. Length of the run, material, gates, whether an old fence comes out — and on a rural lot, a long line is a bigger number than a town lot. We look before we quote. The quote is free.
My side yard runs along a street. How high can that fence go?
1 metre, the same as a front yard. A back or interior side yard can go to 2 metres. There's also a 1-metre limit in the sight triangle at a corner, and for 4.5 metres alongside a driveway.
My neighbour and I share the line. Who pays?
That's for the two of you to settle. If you can't, the Line Fences Act has a formal route: fence-viewers make a written award on who pays, and either side has 15 days to appeal it. The Town can tell you how it runs here. We'll quote either of you, or both.
Something not covered? Call 905-401-7600 or email info@lawnjunkie.ca. The Niagara-wide picture is on the main fence installation page.
Get your Niagara-on-the-Lake fence quote
Rough length of the run, wood or chain link, how many gates, whether there's an old fence to remove, and the address — so we can check the heritage district for you. We reply within one business day. In a hurry? Call 905-401-7600.