Skip to Content
  • Welcome to Ridgetown Campus! Image of the Ridgetown Campus Student

Parking

Vehicles and their contents are left here entirely at owner or driver risk. The University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus will not be responsible for any loss or damage to vehicles or their contents. 

2025 – 2026 Parking Fees 

Parking Lot 

Description 

Cost 

Steckley Parking Lot 

Fall 2025 – Winter 2026 pass 

$365 

RDC Parking Lot

Fall 2025 – Winter 2026 pass 

$365 

Vet Tech Parking Lot 

Fall 2025 – Winter 2026 pass 

$365 

Mitton / Brien House Lot 

Fall 2025 – Winter 2026 pass 

$365 

Vet Tech Lot 

Dairy Herdsperson Fall 25 – Winter 26, (valid in-class days only) 

$85 

Vet Tech Lot 

Weekly pass 

$25 

Vet Tech Lot 

Daily pass 

$6 

Vet Tech Lot 

Summer 2026 pass 

$210 

Steckley Lot 

Summer 2026 pass 

$210 

Mitton / Brien House Lot 

Summer 2026 pass 

$210 

Rules and Regulations 

Parking Lot Closure: Friday September 19 @ 9PM - Saturday September 20 @ 8PM 

On campus parking will be unavailable on Saturday September 20 due to the Hot Rods for Hospice event. Student vehicles must be moved from all campus parking lots by 9pm on Friday September 19 and may use the Ridgetown District High School parking lot on Harold Street until 8pm Saturday September 20. Contact Campus Safety at 519-674-1536 with any questions. 

 

  1. All students, whether living on or off campus, must register their vehicle. Vehicle registration includes paying the registration fee, providing vehicle license plate numbers and receiving a colour coded parking tag (not required for daily & weekly parking, your license plate number is your registration). Vehicles not registered are subject to a $70 fine and/or removal of vehicle at the owner's expense. 

  1. Students, whether living on or off campus, are not authorized to park in any other campus parking lots. 

  1. Parking and Driving Fines: Students will be subject to fines should any of the following occur: illegal parking, careless driving, speeding, leaving roadways, failing to obey traffic signs. 

  1. The foregoing regulations are effective upon your arrival. 

  1. New license plate numbers must be registered immediately. Students needing to register or change vehicle information should do so during textbook sales in September or May, or in Reception, Pestell Student Services Building at any other time. 

  1. Students requiring a temporary parking pass may purchase one in Reception, Pestell Student Services Building. 

  1. Replacement tags (lost/misplaced) can be purchased for $10 in Reception, Pestell Student Services Building. 

  1. Fines are non-reviewable and must be paid or appealed through the appropriate university process. 

  1. Repeat offenses may result in further penalties or loss of parking privileges. 

Parking Fines 

Violation 

Fee 

Warning: Violation identified 

$0 

Parking without a valid permit 

$70 

Double parked, abandoned vehicle, parking over permitted time limit, fail to notify of a change in parking account, littering on university property, obstructing a walkway, parking while blocking other vehicles, parking on a boulevard or sidewalk, or parking or stopping in a prohibited area – impeding traffic) 

$45 

Parking in a fire route/emergency route, obstructing a building fire exit or emergency egress, driving in restricted bus/emergency vehicle only areas 

$100 

Damage/vandalism to university property or parking lot 

$200 

Parking in accessible space without valid accessible permit 

$300