{
 "answer": "In the Town of Caledon, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: any species of woody perennial plant... DBH of at least 30 cm; replacement required: replaced with one or more Replacement Trees... substituted by a payment of cash in lieu. Source: Tree Preservation By-law No. 2025-101; Woodland Conservation By-law (Consolidation) No. 2000-100, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001444",
 "municipality": "Caledon",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.town.caledon.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Preservation By-law No. 2025-101",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-11-25",
   "document_url": "https://www.caledon.ca/uploads/14/Doc_639016459881570082.pdf?ts=639235538954542908",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to destroy or injure a tree on private property, where a 'tree' is any woody perennial that reaches at least 4.5 m at maturity and has a diameter at breast height of 30 cm or more (multi-stem trees counted by stem). Permits may be conditioned on replacement planting, three-year survival and maintenance, replacement-tree security, or cash-in-lieu where",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "679aa2590a64a21d3e5fde5c4572a97aad61fd057d3fd6c45abb39db493a0235",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/679aa2590a64a21d3e5fde5c4572a97aad61fd057d3fd6c45abb39db493a0235.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "any species of woody perennial plant... DBH of at least 30 cm",
    "replacement_required": "replaced with one or more Replacement Trees... substituted by a payment of cash in lieu",
    "fine_range": "A minimum fine of $500 and a maximum fine not exceeding $100,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4(b)",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 3(x)",
    "replacement_required": "s. 17(c), 17(f)",
    "fine_range": "s. 29(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/caledon/trees/text-679aa2590a64/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Woodland Conservation By-law (Consolidation) No. 2000-100",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2000-07-31",
   "document_url": "https://www.caledon.ca/uploads/14/Doc_635016160599217804.pdf?ts=639235538954542908",
   "summary": "Prohibits destroying trees in woodlands of 0.5 hectares or more without a permit; exemptions for small woodlots below the minimum-tree threshold and hazard trees.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "b1ca209e9ba1487c1526af49217f2a805e79e91286ec71a745d6ab89f62196be",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b1ca209e9ba1487c1526af49217f2a805e79e91286ec71a745d6ab89f62196be.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "protected_threshold": "any species... height of at least (6) metres... excludes sumac, hawthorne and wild apple trees... woodland... minimum of 0.5 hectares... 370 trees measuring more than 5 centimetres dbh; or 250 trees measuring more than 12 centimetres dbh; or 125 trees measuring more than 20 centimetres dbh",
    "replacement_required": "director may attach any or all of the following conditions... (i) the species, size, number and location of replacement trees to be planted",
    "fine_range": "on a first conviction, to a maximum fine of $10,000.00, on any subsequent conviction, to a fine of not more than $20,000.00."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2 \"tree\", s. 2 \"woodland\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 7.4.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 9.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/caledon/trees/text-b1ca209e9ba1/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/caledon/trees/"
}