Crossing Guards
Please obey the rules of the road and be attentive in areas of Schools or School Crossing locations, your child’s safety may depend on it!
How to apply to be a Crossing Guard
To apply for a School Crossing Guard position with the City of Welland, visit our employment webpage.
School Crossing Guards must be sixteen years of age or older and must provide a criminal record summary. In addition, school crossing guards must be will to work in various types of weather conditions.
General Information
- School Crossing guards have one of the most responsible and important positions within the City of Welland, to ensure the safety of pedestrians when crossing a roadway.
- Through recently approved legislation, a school crossing guard is required to cross all pedestrians, not just children.
- A school crossing guard is a person employed by a municipality and who directs the movement of pedestrians across a highway.
- A hand held stop sign is displayed in an upright position and facing traffic approaching in each direction.
- School Crossing Guards are regulated to stop the movement of traffic under the authority of the Highway Traffic Act
- Stop your vehicle a safe distance before reaching a designated school crossing.
- Guards are on duty as follows:
- Direct vicinity of school - ½ hour prior to admission and after dismissal
- Locations further away - ¾ hours.
Locations and Schedules of Crossing Guards (Map of Locations)
| Map # | LOCATION & TIMES | SCHOOL(S) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitch/Aquador 8:00a.m.-9:15a.m. 11:40a.m.-1:50p.m. 2:50p.m.-4:15p.m. |
Holy Name Fitch Street Sacre Coeur |
| 2 | Aqueduct/Smith 8:05a.m.-9:05a.m. 2:45p.m.-3:45p.m |
St. Kevin Ross |
| 3 | Aquaduct N/O Smith 8:05a.m.-9:05a.m. 2:45p.m.-3:45p.m. |
St.Kevins Ross |
| 4 | Aqueduct/Thorold 8:05a.m.-9:05a.m. 2:45p.m.-3:45p.m. |
St. Kevin Ross |
| 5 | Thorold/Bridlewood 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 12:50p.m-1:35p.m. 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Gordon |
| 6 | Bridlewood/Chapel Hill 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Gordon |
| 7 | First Avenue/Cedar Park 8:25a.m.-9:25a.m. 1:10p.m.-1:50p.m. 3:20p.m.-4:20p.m. |
Quaker Road |
| 8 | Thorold/Clare 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 12:50p.m.-1:35p.m. 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Gordon |
| 9 | Crowland/Welland 7:40a.m.-9:00a.m. 2:40p.m.-4:00p.m. |
St. Andrew Princess Elizabeth Ecole Franco |
| 10 | Lincoln/Dover 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 2:45p.m.-4:00p.m. |
St. Mary Plymouth |
| 11 | East Main/St. Andrew’s 8:05a.m.-9:00a.m. 11:45a.m.-12:45p.m. 3:05p.m.-3:55p.m. |
St. Andrew’s |
| 12 | East Main/Wallace 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 11:50a.m.-12:45p.m. 3:10p.m.-4:10p.m. |
St. Andrew |
| 13 | First Avenue/Trent 8:15a.m.-9:00a.m. 3:10p.m.-3:50p.m. |
Glendale |
| 14 | Plymouth/First Street 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 2:45p.m.-3:45p.m. |
Plymouth St. Mary |
| 15 | Prince Charles/Fitch 8:00a.m.-9:15a.m. 11:40a.m.-1:50p.m. 2:55p.m.-4:15p.m. |
Holy Name Sacré-Coeur Fitch Street |
| 16 | Fitch/Riverview 8:00a.m.-9:15a.m. 11:40a.m.-1:50p.m. 2:55p.m.-4:15p.m. |
Holy Name Fitch Street Sacré-Coeur |
| 17 | Fitch/Wilson 8:00a.m.-9:15a.m. 11:40a.m.-1:50p.m. 2:55p.m.-4:15p.m. |
Holy Name Fitch Street Sacré-Coeur |
| 18 | Hagar/Scholfield 7:50a.m.-9:05a.m. 2:45p.m.-4:00p.m |
Princess Elizabeth St. Andrews Saint Francois-d’Assise |
| 19 | Lincoln/Hellems 8:10a.m.-9:10a.m. 2:45p.m.-4:00p.m. |
St. Mary Plymouth |
| 20 | Lincoln/Scholfield 7:40a.m.-9:15a.m. 2:45p.m.-4:15p.m. |
Princess Elizabeth Saint Francois-d’Assise |
| 21 | King/Arena 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 2:45p.m.-4:00p.m |
St. Mary Plymouth |
| 22 | Lincoln/Southworth 7:40a.m.-9:15a.m. 2:45p.m.-4:15p.m. |
Princess Elizabeth St. Andrew Saint Francois-d’Assise |
| 23 | Niagara S/O Thorold 8:05a.m.-9:05a.m. 2:45p.m.-3:45p.m. |
St. Kevin Ross |
| 24 | Ontario/Southworth 8:05a.m.-9:05a.m. 12:55p.m.-1:40p.m. 3:20p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Diamond Trail |
| 25 | Plymouth N/O Third 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 2:45p.m.-3:45p.m. |
St. Mary Plymouth |
| 26 | Quaker W/O Rice 7:30a.m.-8:30a.m. 12:05p.m.-1:05p.m. 2:30p.m.-3:30p.m. |
Nouvelle Horizon |
| 27 | Woodlawn/Rice 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Alexander Kuska |
| 28 | Southworth/Orchard 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Diamond Trail |
| 29 | Southworth/Fleet 7:45a.m.-9:15a.m. 2:45p.m.-4:15p.m. |
Princess Elizabeth Saint Francois-d’Assise Diamond Trail St. Mary |
| 30 | Rice/Eastwood 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Alexander Kuska |
| 31 | South Pelham/Thorold 8:00a.m.-9:00a.m. 3:00p.m.-4:00p.m. |
Gordon Public |