Open burning & fires — Rural Municipality of Mountain, Manitoba

Can I have a backyard fire? Do I need a burn permit?

Rural Municipality of Rural Municipality of Mountain has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-09.

By-Law 04/16 Burning Permit System adopted bylaw
permit required True "without first obtaining a Burning Permit from the By-Law"
permit issuer By-Law Enforcement Officer, Councillor of the Ward, or Fire Chief "Enforcement Officer of the Rural Municipality of Mountain, Councillor of the"; "or the appropriate Fire Chief"
allowed conditions Fires must be supervised at all times and extinguished when unsupervised; no fires when wind exceeds 20 km/hr. Exempt: emergency cooking/warmth fires and enclosed fire pits/solid-fuel appliances meeting set conditions. "Fires shall be supervised at all times"; "No person shall set fires when wind conditions exceed 20km/hr"; "exempt from a Burning Permit"
fine range a fine not exceeding $500.00 "is liable to a fine not exceeding $500.00"
scout note

Establishes a burning permit system for the RM of Mountain.

Machine-readable: open-burning.json · Official website: http://www.rmofmountain.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-09 · Open burning & fires in other municipalities