Bill 136: Responsible Flyer Delivery Act, 2026

This bill directly affects businesses across Ontario that rely on flyer distribution as a marketing channel — think local retailers, restaurants, real estate agents, home services contractors, and event promoters who regularly drop promotional materials at doorsteps or in mailboxes. Any business that hires independent distributors or runs their own delivery campaigns to residential neighbourhoods would need to stop those activities entirely. Larger businesses that use flyer distribution companies, as well as solo operators like a local pizza shop or a window cleaning business that hand-delivers their own promotions, are all caught by this ban. Canada Post letter carriers are exempt, so mailed flyers sent through Canada Post would still be permitted — but the common practice of hiring a third-party to walk neighbourhoods and leave materials at doors would no longer be allowed.