{
 "answer": "In the County of Bruce County, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Trees within Woodlands (min 1 ha). Density/size: 1,000 trees/ha any size; 750 trees/ha >5cm DCH; 500 trees/ha >12cm DCH; 250 trees/ha >20cm DCH. Tree height >= 4.5 meters.; fines: First conviction: max $10,000 or $1,000 per tree, whichever is greater. Subsequent: max $25,000 or $2,500 per tree, whichever is greater.. Source: Forest Conservation By-law No. 2025-030, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001438",
 "municipality": "Bruce County",
 "status_type": "County",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.brucecounty.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Forest Conservation By-law No. 2025-030",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-07-10",
   "document_url": "https://www.brucecounty.on.ca/sites/default/files/By-law%202025-030%20Forest%20Conservation%20Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "County-wide by-law prohibiting/regulating destruction or injuring of trees in designated woodlands; requires a permit to remove trees above set circumference limits and imposes good-forestry-practice standards.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "df0b2d55419e058468b423cc398ea0f9c96c4a336becd9458b7ddec4c627a4e3",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/df0b2d55419e058468b423cc398ea0f9c96c4a336becd9458b7ddec4c627a4e3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Trees within Woodlands (min 1 ha). Density/size: 1,000 trees/ha any size; 750 trees/ha >5cm DCH; 500 trees/ha >12cm DCH; 250 trees/ha >20cm DCH. Tree height >= 4.5 meters.",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: max $10,000 or $1,000 per tree, whichever is greater. Subsequent: max $25,000 or $2,500 per tree, whichever is greater."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 3.13",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1 \"Woodlands\"; s. 1 \"Tree\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 8.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bruce-county/trees/text-df0b2d55419e/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/bruce-county/trees/"
}