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

Rural Municipality of Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, Manitoba has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Burning By-Law (To Control Open Air Fires) No. 4425.

Open burning & fires — Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, Manitoba

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

Burning By-Law (To Control Open Air Fires) No. 4425 adopted bylaw

permit required	True	s. 5; s. 7
permit issuer	Rural Municipality of St. Andrews or from one of its designated Officers	s. 5
allowed conditions	Clean dry wood, supervised, water available, fire pit <= 24 inches, permit required, no nuisance smoke, in RR, RA, SR zones.	s. 4.1; s. 5; s. 7
fine range	not less than ($100.00) one hundred dollars, and in the case of an individual, not greater than ($1,000.00) one thousand dollars, or in the case of a Corporation, not greater that ($5,000.00) five thousand dollars.	s. 11(a)

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Regulates open-air fires and burning in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews.