Signs for Cochrane Businesses
Cochrane is west of Calgary along Highway 1A. We design and build signs for Cochrane businesses in our Calgary workshop and install them with our own team.
The Town of Cochrane publishes clear rules on which sign work needs a permit, and they affect what a new sign or a sign update will involve. So this page starts with them.
- Site visit credited to your order
- Design included
- 2-year warranty
- Own workshop in Calgary
What the Town of Cochrane Requires
According to the Town’s signs page (checked 2026-10-30), “Permanent signs are displayed for more than 30 days” and are applied for with a permanent sign application to the Town’s Planning Services. Signs on buildings on private land are listed among the projects that need a development permit.
The same page lists work that does not need a development permit, quoted here:
- “maintain or repair a legally existing sign”
- “change or reduce the copy area of a legally existing sign”
For a new sign, the application includes drawings of the sign and the site. We handle all the sign permit paperwork: we prepare the drawings, specifications and documents and submit the application on your behalf. If you prefer to apply yourself, you get the complete package from us, ready to submit.
Why This Matters for an Existing Light Box
If your unit in Cochrane already has a legally existing light box, putting your own graphics into it is a change of copy, not a new sign. That is often the fastest and least expensive way to get your name up.
We can replace the graphics, the acrylic face or the LED lighting in the existing cabinet, one at a time or all together, with removal and reinstallation included. See renewing an old light box and the guide light box re-face vs a new cabinet.
New Signs for Cochrane Businesses
3D Channel Letters
Channel letter signs for storefronts: front-lit, halo-lit, both, or without lighting.
Light Boxes (Cabinet Signs)
Evenly lit light boxes (cabinet signs) with UV-printed faces: a new sign, or an old cabinet renewed.
Neon Signs
Custom neon signs made with LED neon, in custom shapes and colours, for interiors and covered storefronts.
Interior Logos & Decorative Letters
Reception logos, lit wall signs and decorative letters for offices, clinics and shops.
Timeline and Installation
Production takes about two weeks once the details are confirmed and the 50% deposit is received; a permit can add time before installation. Installation of a new sign is quoted separately, at about CAD $100 per hour plus GST. Outside Calgary, a site visit before the contract is signed costs CAD $100 plus GST, and we credit it toward your order if you go ahead. Visits after the contract is signed are free.
Cochrane Sign Questions
A permanent sign on a building on private land goes through a development permit application to the Town’s Planning Services. We handle all the paperwork for it: drawings, documents and the application.
According to the Town of Cochrane, a development permit is not required to change or reduce the copy area of a legally existing sign.
The Town defines permanent signs as signs displayed for more than 30 days.
Yes. Our own team installs the signs we build, including outside your opening hours if needed.
Sources
- Town of Cochrane: Signs, accessed 2026-10-30