Multi-tenant pylon
A tall pole or column sign with a stacked cabinet of changeable tenant panels, sized for plaza and strip-mall sites where several businesses share one road frontage.
Pylon & monument signs
built on engineered footings
Freestanding signs that pull traffic off the road. Tall multi-tenant pylons or low clad-base monuments, each one engineered for prairie wind, permitted, and installed by our own crews.
What a pylon or monument sign is
Both are freestanding signs mounted on their own foundation rather than a building. A pylon is the tall format, raised on one or two steel poles or a clad column so it clears parked cars and reads from the arterial; it usually carries a stacked set of tenant panels for multi-unit sites. A monument is the low-profile format, built close to grade on a masonry, stone, or aluminum-clad base for a more permanent, grounded look at the property entrance.
Pylon & monument, your way.
Single-tenant pylon
A pole sign carrying one illuminated cabinet or logo box for a standalone business such as a dealership, fuel site, or quick-serve restaurant.
Clad-base monument
A low sign with an aluminum or ACM-clad base and a faced cabinet or push-through copy, common for office, medical, and industrial entrances.
Masonry / stone monument
A monument with a brick, stone-veneer, or stucco base built to match the building envelope, often used for developments and institutional sites.
Address & wayfinding monument
A compact non-lit or halo-lit monument at a driveway that carries the civic address and directional copy for traffic entering the site.
Best for Where this shines
- Multi-tenant plazas and strip malls that need one sign carrying every tenant panel
- Dealerships, fuel sites, and drive-thrus that need to be read at highway speed
- Office, medical, and industrial parks wanting a permanent entrance statement
- Developments and institutions matching sign masonry to the building envelope
- Properties on busy arterials where a building-mounted sign cannot be seen from the road
Good to know
- Footings need a soils and frost depth check; we engineer the pile or pad, you arrange any locate and excavation access
- Pylon and monument height, setback, and area are tightly governed by municipal sign bylaws, so a development or sign permit is almost always required before fabrication
- Lead time runs longer than wall signs because of engineering, permit review, and concrete cure time; plan several weeks ahead
- On leased sites the landlord or property manager usually has to approve the structure and tenant-panel layout
What we build it from.
- Structure
- Steel pole(s) or clad column on a poured concrete pile or pad footing, P.Eng-stamped
- Cabinet & faces
- Aluminum frame and skin; routed/push-through aluminum faces or flexible-face vinyl
- Illumination
- LED-illuminated, halo-lit, or non-lit; cUL/CSA listed to CSA C22.2 No. 207
- Typical pylon height
- Commonly 4 to 8 m, set by municipal sign bylaw and site sightlines
- Typical monument height
- Commonly 1 to 2.5 m above grade on a clad or masonry base
- Power & wiring
- Wired to Canadian Electrical Code; permit and disconnect coordinated with site electrical
One team handles the whole pylon sign job.
Pylon and monument signs add footings, engineering, and electrical, Crown manages all of it, start to finish.
- Site check & measurementsWe measure on site, check sightlines, and confirm what will actually work on your building.
- Design & renderingsWe render the sign to match your brand and the building, so you approve it before we build.
- Permits & landlord approvalsWe prepare the drawings and pull the development (sign) and electrical permits, plus landlord sign-off.
- In-house fabricationYour sign is built in our Edmonton shop, aluminum formed and welded, not assembled from a kit.
- LED & electricalLow-draw LED and wiring to the Canadian Electrical Code, cUL / CSA listed.
- InstallOur crew installs clean and on schedule, then passes the City electrical inspection.
- Warranty & serviceBacked by a 5-year warranty, and we service signs after, even ones we didn't build.
Pylon and monument signs we've built.
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Common questions.
A pylon is the tall format, raised on poles or a column so it reads over traffic and parked cars, and it usually carries multiple tenant panels. A monument sits low to the ground on a solid clad or masonry base for a more permanent, grounded look. Pylons win on visibility from the road; monuments win on a higher-end entrance presence and often face fewer height restrictions in a bylaw.
In Edmonton metro and surrounding municipalities, yes. Freestanding signs need a sign or development permit, and any sign on its own foundation needs P.Eng-stamped structural drawings sizing the footing for wind and frost. Crown produces the engineering and submits the permit package as part of the project.
Yes. Most pylons are internally LED-illuminated through faced cabinets or push-through aluminum letters, and monuments are often LED-lit or halo-lit. All illuminated work is cUL/CSA listed and wired to the Canadian Electrical Code. Non-lit versions are also available where a bylaw or budget calls for it.
Our P.Eng sizes the pole, base plate, and concrete footing to the wind loads and frost depth for your site rather than to a generic spec. That stamped drawing is what the city reviews and what the warranty stands on, so the structure is rated for prairie conditions, not a best guess.
Let's build it
Planning a pylon or monument? Let's engineer it right the first time.
Free consultation and site survey, an honest quote, and one team from design to install.