{
 "answer": "In the Town of Collingwood, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: DBH 15-30 cm (5+ trees), DBH > 30 cm, municipal property, woodland, endangered/threatened species; replacement required: Requirement to plant a replacement tree; distinctive trees replaced equal to net DBH. Source: Tree Destruction By-Law No. 2012-084, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001476",
 "municipality": "Collingwood",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.collingwood.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Tree Destruction By-Law No. 2012-084",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-06-25",
   "document_url": "https://www.collingwood.ca/media/file/law-no-2012-084pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a Permit to Destroy Trees before injuring or destroying trees located on a lot of 0.5 hectares or more: five or more trees at once (or the fifth or more in a calendar year) with a DBH of 15-30 cm, any tree with a DBH greater than 30 cm, trees on municipal property, and trees in a woodland. Trees",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "db5707d70f90a912229b1fff6c87c81bc2fc9e4141cbf5ce73ae322950a0c0aa",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/db5707d70f90a912229b1fff6c87c81bc2fc9e4141cbf5ce73ae322950a0c0aa.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "DBH 15-30 cm (5+ trees), DBH > 30 cm, municipal property, woodland, endangered/threatened species",
    "replacement_required": "Requirement to plant a replacement tree; distinctive trees replaced equal to net DBH",
    "boulevard_trees": "Trees on municipal property, including boulevards, require a Permit.",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: not more than $50,000.00 or $1,000 per tree, whichever is greater. Subsequent: not more than $100,000.00 or $2,500 per tree, whichever is greater."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2.1",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2.1; s. 6.4(c)",
    "replacement_required": "s. 7.1(e); s. 7.3(d)",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 2.1(c); s. 1",
    "fine_range": "s. 11.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/collingwood/trees/text-db5707d70f90/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/collingwood/trees/"
}