Planning washrooms at City of Calgary Parks.

The City's booking page names washrooms among the amenities at some of its more prominent parks and points to its parks information page for details on individual parks. Its picnic sites page says washroom facilities are available from the May long weekend until Thanksgiving and are locked in the winter. The City does not supply portable toilets for park events. With approval, and under the Conditions of Use listed on the permit, renters may bring portable toilets, paying for and organizing delivery and pickup themselves. Portable toilets count as structures, which must be shown on a site map with exact placement and dimensions. Ask the City's Parks Bookings team whether the park you want has washrooms and whether they will be open on your date, because the City says picnic site washrooms are locked in the winter. Ask whether portable toilets can be approved for your site, whether a washroom trailer falls under the same rules, and what the Conditions of Use on your permit require. Ask whether electricity is available at your location, whether a generator is permitted there, and what your site map must show for the toilets and for the vehicle route used to deliver them. Details change, so confirm with the venue.

The City says blackout dates apply only to picnic site bookings, and it lists May to September as its busy season. Applications must be submitted at least 30 days before the event. Events that serve alcohol, or that set up tents or stages larger than 600 sq. ft. combined, must instead apply as a City Festivals booking with at least 90 days' notice. Applications for the following year can be submitted up to one year in advance, but the City does not process them before January 1 and says to expect a permit or an update about 6 to 8 weeks after that date, unless the event is in the first two months of the year. Confirm dates with the venue.

Ask the City of Calgary whether an outside washroom trailer is allowed and, if so, where it can park. Our trailer needs a reasonably level spot a truck can back into, standard power within reach or a generator, and water from a hose tap or brought in. It carries its own fresh water and waste tanks, so no plumbing hookup is needed. Water on site, such as a hose tap, lets us fill the fresh tank. No water at the venue? We bring it in for an added fee.