{
 "answer": "In the County of Elgin County, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: Trees in Woodlands (s. 1(tt)); \"minimum circumference prescribed for the species in Schedule 'A'\"; replacement required: for every hectare of land cleared a hectare has to be replanted based on 1750 trees per hectare. Source: Woodlands Conservation By-law 05-03 (as amended, consolidated version), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001500",
 "municipality": "Elgin 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.elgin-county.on.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Woodlands Conservation By-law 05-03 (as amended, consolidated version)",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-09-13",
   "document_url": "https://www.elgincounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Consolidated-Woodlands-ByLaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires County permission to harvest, destroy or injure trees in woodlands anywhere in Elgin County. 'Woodlands' means a parcel of 1 hectare or more — or a parcel between 0.2 and 1 hectare, on an extrapolated average — carrying at least 1,000 trees of any size, 750 trees over 5 cm DBH, 500 trees over 12 cm DBH, or 250",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "7fdfd0871d5fa8d66f40ee7fd48a02503dd5de62db8d175636673a4f19be7a40",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7fdfd0871d5fa8d66f40ee7fd48a02503dd5de62db8d175636673a4f19be7a40.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "Trees in Woodlands (s. 1(tt)); \"minimum circumference prescribed for the species in Schedule 'A'\"",
    "replacement_required": "for every hectare of land cleared a hectare has to be replanted based on 1750 trees per hectare",
    "fine_range": "first conviction: not more than $10,000.00 or $1,000.00 per tree; subsequent: not more than $25,000.00 or $2,500.00 per tree"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2(a), s. 5(a)",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 5(a) Every owner of woodlands",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1(tt), s. 2(a)(ii), Schedule 'A'",
    "replacement_required": "Schedule 'B' Item III",
    "fine_range": "s. 9(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/elgin-county/trees/text-7fdfd0871d5f/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/elgin-county/trees/"
}