Disabled parking placards
If you are unable to walk more than 50 metres, you may be eligible for a parking placard. A disabled parking placard enables those with the most need to park in specially designated parking areas.
What you need to apply for a parking placard
- A completed Parking Placards for Persons with Disabilities application. The completed form must be signed by a physician, physiotherapist, or occupational therapist.
- Your AMA membership card.
Unable to apply in person?
You can send someone with a Letter of Authorization form
to apply for or renew on your behalf.
If you have never held an Alberta Operator's licence or been entered into the Alberta Registries System, the person applying on your behalf will also require 2 items of your personal identification; i.e. birth certificate, passport, citizenship card, and one item that shows your proof of residency - utility bill, land title document, etc.
Disabled non-residents visiting Alberta
- Can use a valid parking placard from their home jurisdiction.
- Can apply for a temporary Alberta placard, contact AMA Registries for additional information.
For additional information visit:
Service AlbertaParking placards for persons with disabilities
FIA Guide for the Disabled Traveller
Get information on using your disability placard when traveling within Canada and overseas.
Fees
| Disabled parking placard applications |
$9.45 (GST included) |
| Disabled parking placard renewal |
$9.45 (GST included) |
| Replacement disabled parking placard (lost, stolen, or destroyed) - per occurrence |
$9.45 (GST included) |
In order to apply for your parking placard, you must be a member in good standing with the AMA, CAA or AAA. Not a member? Join AMA now.
