Downtown campus - accessible parking map and building accessibility guide
Clicking on the image below will open a Google map page that shows the locations of accessible parking spaces on the downtown campus. If you have a permit for parking in spaces designated for persons with disabilities but you do not have a McGill parking permit and you need to park in an accessible space located in a McGill permit holder only parking area, please contact Parking and Transportation Services to make arrangements.
Please visit the Student Accessibility & Achievement website to view plans of all the downtown campus buildings that have accessible entrances, washrooms, and elevators.
Can't view the map? Here's a text version.
For daily, evening, and weekend rate information, please visit the Visitor parking page.
Staff
Staff members who have a disability, medical condition, or temporary injury and require proximity parking may be able to obtain a permit or day passes for a parking area near their workplace.
Those with the SAAQ permit for parking in spaces designated for persons with disabilities may contact Parking and Transportation Services immediately to obtain a parking permit or day passes.
Those who do not have the SAAQ permit for parking in spaces designated for persons with disabilities must visit the Parking for Staff with Disabilities & Adapted Transport Service to apply for a proximity parking permit or day passes.
The purchase of day passes will be limited to 30 at a time within a 2-month period and they will not be sold within 30 days of the expiry date of the authorization period, unless an exception is made by the manager of Parking & Transportation Services. Should more than 12 day passes per month be required, a temporary permit should be considered as, with the exception of an All Areas pass, it will cost less.
Please contact Parking and Transportation Services to obtain rate information for permits and day passes.
Students
Students who have a disability, medical condition, or temporary injury and require proximity parking may be able to obtain a permit or day passes for parking areas near the buildings they need to access. The request must be made to the Student Accessibility & Achievement office.
The purchase of day passes will be limited to 30 at a time within a 2-month period and they will not be sold within 30 days of the expiry date of the authorization period, unless an exception is made by the manager of Parking & Transportation Services. Should more than 12 day passes per month be required, a temporary permit should be considered as, with the exception of an All Areas pass, it will cost less.
Please contact Parking and Transportation Services to obtain rate information for permits and day passes.
Visitors
The following parking lots and garages that are open to the public have parking spaces designated for persons with disabilities:
- Main Campus (near the following buildings: Macdonald Engineering, Wilson Hall, Leacock Building, Redpath Hall, James Administration Building)
- Education Garage (near the elevator)
- Hosmer House Annex (behind 3541 Rue de la Montagne)
- McIntyre Garage (1st, 3rd and 7th levels)
- Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital (by the ambulance entrance)
- Sports Complex/Stadium (underneath the stadium north stands)
- 680 Sherbrooke Garage (1st level)
Vehicles parked in spaces designated for persons with disabilities must have a parking permit for persons with disabilities displayed. These permits are issued by the Société de l’assurance automobile de Québec (SAAQ). For more information, please visit the SAAQ – Information on how to obtain a parking permit for persons with disabilities webpage.
If you are not from Quebec, you must display the equivalent of the Quebec parking permit for persons with disabilities from your province, territory, or state in order to use the accessible spaces.
For rate information, please visit the Visitor parking page.