Electric Fence.
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Electric fence cost in Canada in 2026 depends on application. Agricultural / pasture electric fence — high-tensile smooth wire on insulated posts with a low-impedance energizer — runs $1.50 to $4.00 per linear foot supply for 4-5 wire systems, plus $300-1,500 for the energizer (sized to total wire length and load). For 1,000 ft of perimeter expect $1,800-5,500 supply. Residential / security electric fence (used as a top-of-fence deterrent on industrial palisade or chain-link) runs $8-15 per linear foot supply plus the energizer, monitored or unmonitored. Pet containment electric fence is the cheapest at $400-1,500 supply for a typical residential lot, but that's a buried-wire signal system with collar receivers, not a charged perimeter. Installation labour adds $500-3,000 depending on length and terrain. Energizer choice — solar, plug-in 120V, battery — depends on power availability at the site.

Yes — electric fences are legal in Canada for both agricultural and security use, but rules vary by province and municipality. Agricultural electric fence is unrestricted in rural and farm-zoned land in every province; standard practice is CSA-certified low-impedance energizers, warning signage every 50 metres (CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 65 reference), and a grounded perimeter. Security / perimeter electric fence on top of a primary fence is allowed in most provinces for commercial and industrial properties with signage and minimum 2.4 m total height (so the energized strands sit above human reach), but several large municipalities — Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal — restrict or prohibit them in residential zones. Pet containment systems (collar-and-buried-wire) are legal everywhere as low-voltage signal devices. Always check your municipal bylaw before installing — provincial law sets the floor, municipal bylaw adds restrictions.

It depends on your municipality and zone. In most Canadian rural and small-town municipalities a low-impedance agricultural electric fence is allowed on residential acreage if the property is large enough to host livestock; in urban residential zones a perimeter electric fence is usually prohibited or restricted to a top-of-fence configuration on a primary fence at least 1.8 m tall. Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary bylaws all prohibit ground-level electric fence in residential zones. Pet containment systems (collar + buried signal wire) are not a regulated electric fence — those are legal everywhere as low-voltage signal devices. Before installing call your municipal building department and ask specifically about "electrified fence" or "clôture électrifiée" — language matters, since some bylaws regulate "barbed wire" separately. Signage and grounding to CSA standards are mandatory wherever electric fence is permitted.

An electric fence does not need to be a closed loop — it's not a complete circuit in the household-wiring sense. The current path is: energizer → fence wire → animal touches wire → animal's body → ground → grounding rods → back to energizer. A linear fence with a dead-end at each terminal works fine as long as the energizer terminal is connected to the wire and the ground terminal is connected to grounding rods (typically 3 galvanized rods, 6-8 ft long, driven 10 ft apart). Where layout matters: long fences need conductive loops at corners and gate jumpers under buried wire so the charge reaches every section equally. Dry ground and frozen soil reduce return current; in winter many farms add a second "earth-return" wire on the fence itself as a parallel ground path. A weak fence shock is almost always a grounding problem, not a wire problem.

Yes — Fenced.ca operates as a Canada-wide multi-category fence supplier, with our Canada-wide network in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver. We ship every fence category we carry — chain-link, wood, vinyl, aluminum, wrought-iron, steel, privacy, picket, split-rail, glass pool, temporary, security, farm, dog, electric, garden, gabion, snow, silt, and driveway gates — to all 10 provinces. The three Territories are quote-on-request because freight is the dominant cost line; we will quote Whitehorse, Yellowknife, and Iqaluit, but a flatbed lane has to be confirmed first. We do not ship internationally. Installation is offered nationally through our vetted installer network where coverage exists, and supply-only for everything else.

Supply means we ship materials — panels, posts, hardware, gates — to your jobsite or yard, and you (or your contractor) install. This is our primary business and covers all 20 fence categories nationally. Rental is offered for temporary fence (construction site fence, event fence, crowd-control barrier), silt fence, and snow fence — categories where the fence comes down after a defined project window. Rental includes delivery, pick-up, and weekly billing; minimum rental is typically one week, with multi-month and multi-site rates available. Installation is offered through our regional installer network in major metros (GTA, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton) and quoted per-project elsewhere. You can mix and match: supply only, rental only, or supply + install as a turnkey package.