The Ontario Building Code | Accessibility Signs

3.8.3.1. Accessibility Signs

(1) Where a building is required to have a barrier-free entrance, signs incorporating the International Symbol of Access shall be installed to indicate the location of,

(a) that entrance,

(b) ramps located in a required barrier-free path of travel serving that entrance, and

(c) an exterior passenger loading zone conforming to Sentence 3.8.2.2.(3), if one is provided.

(2) Where a washroom, elevator, telephone or parking area is required to accommodate persons with disabilities, it shall be identified by a sign consisting of the International Symbol of Access and such other graphic, tactile or written directions as are needed to indicate clearly the type of facility available.

(3) Where a washroom is not designed to accommodate persons with disabilities in a storey that is required by Article 3.8.2.1. to have a barrier-free path of travel, signs shall be provided to indicate the location of a washroom required to be barrier-free.

(4) Signs incorporating the International Symbol of Access shall be installed where necessary to indicate the location of a barrier-freemeans of egress.

(5) Where a wall mounted tactile sign is provided in a building, characters, symbols or pictographs on the sign shall be located not less than 1 200 mm and not more than 1 500 mm above the finished floor.

(6) Where a wall mounted tactile sign is provided in a storey that is not required by Article 3.8.2.1. to have abarrier-free path of travel, characters, symbols or pictographs on the sign shall conform to Sentence (5).