Open burning & fires across Ontario
Can I have a backyard fire? Do I need a burn permit?
168 of 444 municipalities in Ontario have an adopted bylaw on open burning & fires on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.
| Municipality | Adopted document | Key facts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred and Plantagenet Township |
Fire Prevention and Safety - Open-Air Fire
adopted 2010-09-07 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Municipal Law Enforcement Officer · allowed conditions: Permit needed if >1sqm base or >1cum volume. Rear yard only. Dry firewood only. No smog, drought, or night burning (if permitted). Minimum distances apply. | 2026-08-28 |
| Algonquin Highlands Township |
Open Air Burning By-Law 2024-19
adopted 2024-03-07 |
permit issuer: Chief Fire Official or designate · allowed conditions: Cooking/warmth fires (Part 3), permitted fires (Part 4), or slash piles (Part 6) allowed during specified dates/times, sizes, and safety conditions with responsible person. | 2026-08-28 |
| Amaranth Township |
By-law 05-2009 - Fire Permit System / Open Air Burning | permit required: True · permit issuer: Township of Amaranth Municipal Office · allowed conditions: Constant supervision; 15m from structures; 4.5m clear perimeter; no dry/windy conditions; max 3m diameter rural/1m urban; one fire per property. | 2026-08-28 |
| Amherstburg Town |
By-law 2022-033 - Open Air Burning | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: With valid Permit complying with conditions, or exempt under Section 4; not during Fire Ban or in Restricted Area. | 2026-08-28 |
| Arnprior Town |
Recreational Open-Air Burning By-Law No. 6974-19
adopted 2019-06-24 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., in non-combustible containers or pits, 4 meters from structures, attended, using approved fuels. | 2026-08-28 |
| Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh Township |
By-law 14-2019 - Open Air Burning | allowed conditions: Allowed in Open Air Burning Areas; barbeques, small confined fires in No Open Burning Areas with approved containers, yard waste/charcoal/clean wood, supervised, wind under 10 mph, 10 feet distance. · fines: $1000.00 | 2026-08-28 |
| Augusta Township |
3583-2022 Open-Air Burning
adopted 2022-09-12 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Valid permit, no fire ban, comply with By-Law, supervised by competent adult. | 2026-08-28 |
| Aurora Town |
Fires, Outdoor Burning - By-law No. 5111-09
adopted 2009-07-21 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Aylmer Town |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 45-21 and Amendment No. 45-24
adopted 2024-06-05 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Baldwin Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 2026-002
adopted 2026-01-12 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or Fire Department Representative · allowed conditions: Approved fires or permitted types (campfire, brush, etc.) complying with seasonal dates, safety distances, owner consent, and material restrictions. | 2026-08-28 |
| Barrie City |
Open Air Fires By-law No. 2004-185
+1 more adopted 2004-06-21 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Barbecue fires wholly contained and used for preparation of food for human consumption are exempt from permit requirement. | 2026-08-28 |
| Belleville City |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 2025-118
adopted 2025-06-23 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or designate · allowed conditions: Requires burn permit; campfires and outdoor fireplaces in Zone A between 5 pm–11 pm; agricultural fires sunrise–sunset; prohibited during total burn ban or winds exceeding 24 kph. | 2026-08-28 |
| Blandford-Blenheim Township |
Open-Air Burning By-law 2378-2023 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official, or designate · allowed conditions: Permit required (except cooking). Compliance with type-specific rules (distance, supervision, materials, weather). Suspended during bans or special weather statements. | 2026-08-28 |
| Bluewater Municipality |
Open Air Burning By-Law
adopted 2016-04-18 |
permit issuer: Fire Chief/Chief Fire Official (burn permit for religious/civic/ceremonial fires) · allowed conditions: Cooking and Recreational Fires permitted in a Safe Location with Acceptable Burn Materials, supervised; prohibited on Poor Air Quality Days, High Risk Periods, or fire bans. · fines: fine not exceeding $5,000.00 under the Provincial Offences Act | 2026-08-28 |
| Bonnechere Valley Township |
2026-026 Open Air Burning
adopted 2026-04-21 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Township of Bonnechere Valley · allowed conditions: Camping fires in approved pit allowed. Open-air fires permitted November 1 to March 31 with permit. Prohibited April 1 to October 31. | 2026-08-28 |
| Bracebridge Town |
Burning Control By-law 2014-018
adopted 2014-04-09 |
permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Recreational fires allowed if size, distance, wind limits met. Barbecues exempt if supervised. Non-recreational fires allowed with size, material, distance conditions. · fines: $250.00, $400.00 | 2026-08-28 |
| Bradford West Gwillimbury Town |
Open Air Burning By-law 2012-26
adopted 2012-04-17 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Permit required unless exempt. Sunrise to sunset. Size/distance limits apply. No burning during high wind, smog alerts, or fire bans. Must be supervised. | 2026-08-28 |
| Brampton City |
Open Fires By-law 91-94
adopted 1994-05-09 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Cooking fires ≤0.5 sq m in metal/masonry container, or Ceremonial/Sacred Fire (no permit required at approved City location). | 2026-08-28 |
| Brant City |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 55-24
adopted 2024-06-25 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Brock Township |
Burn By-law 3120-2022 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Township Fire Chief or his/her Township Designate · allowed conditions: Permit required per s. 3.2; exceptions for cooking/appliances per s. 4.3; subject to ss. 9-11 conditions. | 2026-08-28 |
| Brockton Municipality |
By-Law 2017-034 Open Air Burn | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Recreational fire criteria met or permit obtained. Fire contained, supervised, extinguishing means available, not during ban, no prohibited materials, distance requirements met. | 2026-08-28 |
| Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Township |
Open Air Burning By-Law No. 2020-41 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Township or its authorized agent · allowed conditions: Nov 1-Mar 31 anytime. Apr 1-Oct 31, 7PM-7AM with permit (non-campfire). No burning during fire bans, high winds. | 2026-08-28 |
| Burk's Falls Village |
By-Law No. 14-2017 Open Air Burning
adopted 2017-07-25 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Barbecues, campfires, recreational/non-recreational fires allowed if conditions met (Parts 3, 5, 6). Permit required for piles >2m, prohibited times, demolition, farming (s. 4.3, 4.4). | 2026-08-28 |
| Burlington City |
Open-air Burning By-law 065-2019
adopted 2019-12-16 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Calvin Municipality |
2011-004: Outdoor Burning By-Law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Cambridge City |
By-law No. 163-96 - Regulate Open Fires By-Law
+1 more |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Casselman Village |
Outdoor Solid Fuel Combustion Appliance By-law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Cavan Monaghan Township |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 2023-25
adopted 2023-03-20 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Permit required. Wood only. Max 3m x 3m x 1m. Wind <8km/hr. No burn bans. Setbacks: 15m (Built Up), 100m (Rural). No brush burning night-time. | 2026-08-28 |
| Central Elgin Municipality |
Fire By-law No. 773 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: No permit required for legitimate cooking or heating fires contained in an area not exceeding one cubic metre, fuelled only by natural gas, propane, charcoal, or clean dry wood. | 2026-08-28 |
| Centre Hastings Municipality |
Open Air Burning By-law 2014-31 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Centre Wellington Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 2019-35, amended by 2024-14 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Chapleau Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 2023-51 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Chisholm Township |
By-law 2022-05 - Open-Air Burning Procedures | permit required: True · allowed conditions: April 1-Oct 31 open-air burning requires a fire permit; material limited to grass and wood. Nov 1-Mar 31 no permit. Campfires for cooking/warmth exempt. No burning 6am-6pm for brush. | 2026-08-28 |
| Clarence-Rockland City |
Open Air Burning By-law 2022-59 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Clarington Municipality |
Open Air Burning By-law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Cornwall City |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 2020-119
adopted 2020-09-14 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Dorion Township |
Open Air Burning By-law | permit required: True · permit issuer: Township office or Township selected agencies, the Fire Chief or his/her designates · allowed conditions: Fire season: No burning 10am-6pm, small scale wood/brush/leaves. Off season: no time restrictions. Campfires allowed for cooking/warmth/recreation. | 2026-08-28 |
| Douro-Dummer Township |
Open-Air Burning By-law 2020-35 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Permit required; clean dry wood only; attended by competent adult; extinguishment within 10m; wind under 25km/h; no burning during fire ban. | 2026-08-28 |
| Dryden City |
Open-Air Burning and Campfires By-law No. 2021-36
adopted 2021-04-26 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Dutton/Dunwich Municipality |
Open Air Burning Regulation - Bylaw 2011-12 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| East Ferris Municipality |
By-law No. 2020-18 - Open Air Burning
adopted 2020-06-09 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Municipal office or Municipality selected agencies, the Fire Chief or their designates · allowed conditions: Permit required except domestic barbeques, campground campfires. Fire Season 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. (Apr 1-Oct 31). Off Season (Nov 1-Mar 31) no time restrictions. | 2026-08-28 |
| East Garafraxa Township |
By-law 07-2009 - Fire Permit By-law
adopted 2009-02-17 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Township of East Garafraxa Municipal Office · allowed conditions: Constant supervision; 15 metres from structures; 4.5 metres clear; no dry/wind >16kph; max 3m rural/1m urban; wood/vegetation only; one fire. | 2026-08-28 |
| East Hawkesbury Township |
Open Air Burning By-Law No. 2016-44
adopted 2016-08-08 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or his alternate · allowed conditions: Burn barrels, campfires, fireplaces, portable devices, brush fires, and farmer piles are permitted. Conditions apply for location, materials, supervision, and permits for brush/farmers. | 2026-08-28 |
| Front of Yonge Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 17-17 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or his designate, or at the Municipal Offices during regular office hours · allowed conditions: Permit required except domestic barbeques; daylight hours (dawn until dusk); >=15m from structures; supervised; no burn ban. | 2026-08-28 |
| Georgian Bay Township |
Open Air Burning By-Law 2019-18 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Goderich Town |
Open Fires By-Law No. 54 of 2025
adopted 2025-04-11 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Recreational fires allowed 11am-11pm without permit. Permits required for other burning. No burning during bans, rain, fog, smog, or high wind. | 2026-08-28 |
| Gordon/Barrie Island Municipality |
Open Burning By-Law 2009-16 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Greater Madawaska Township |
Open Air Burning By-Law 81-2016 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Township or its authorized agent · allowed conditions: Permit required year-round. Fire Season: two hours before sunset to two hours after sunrise. Max pile 2 metres diameter/height. 10 metres from buildings. Constant supervision by adult 18+. | 2026-08-28 |
| Greater Napanee Town |
Open Air Burning By-law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Haldimand City |
Open-Air Fire Burning By-law No. 1662-16
adopted 2016-05-02 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Halton Hills Town |
Open Air Burning Requirements | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Detached properties only, valid permit required, no burn ban, seasoned wood only, contained in non-combustible enclosure, supervised. | 2026-08-28 |
| Hamilton City |
By-law No. 02-283 - To Regulate Open Air Burning
adopted 2002-10-09 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Hanover Town |
Open Air Burning By-law 3173-21 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Hastings Highlands Municipality |
Open Air Fire By-law 2020-047
adopted 2020-05-06 |
allowed conditions: Allowed 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. during Fire Season for wood/brush/grass with supervision/size limits. Campfires, gas barbecues, incinerators allowed under conditions. No burning during total ban. · fines: $300.00 to $900.00 | 2026-08-28 |
| Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township |
Fire By-law 2017-075 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or his/her designate · allowed conditions: Allowed outside 2hrs before sunset to 2hrs after sunrise, winds <=10km/h, no burn ban. Recreational fires exempt from permit. | 2026-08-28 |
| Hawkesbury Town |
Open Air Fires By-law N°45-2024 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Permit required for open air fires during daylight hours using wood; exempt for approved exterior fireplaces meeting safety standards. | 2026-08-28 |
| Head, Clara and Maria Township |
Open Air Burning By-Law 2016-07 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Highlands East Municipality |
Open Air Burning By-law | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Small fires permitted 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. following rules on size, setback, materials, smoke, supervision, and tools. | 2026-08-28 |
| Hornepayne Township |
Fire Permit By-law No. 948 | permit required: True · permit issuer: municipal office · allowed conditions: Permit required. Specific materials only (wood, brush, leaves). Size/time limits apply. 2m from flammables. Competent person in charge. No garbage. | 2026-08-28 |
| Horton Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 2016-23 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or Deputy Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Permitted outside Fire Season (Nov 1-Mar 31). Open Air Fire requires Permit. Campfires in Approved Pit exempt. Burn Barrels allowed in Rural Zone with 100m setback. | 2026-08-28 |
| Howick Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 6-2024 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Township · allowed conditions: Permit required, daylight hours only, contained, 5m from structures, no prohibited materials, not during fire ban. | 2026-08-28 |
| Huntsville Town |
Burning By-law 2019-74 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Huron East Municipality |
Open Air Fire By-law No. 121 for 2001
adopted 2001-12-18 |
allowed conditions: in an out-of-door fireplace or barbecue used for the sole purpose of cooking food on private property and so located no building or inflammable matter may become ignited | 2026-08-28 |
| Huron Shores Municipality |
Open Air Burning By-law 23-25 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Municipality of Huron Shores · allowed conditions: Permit required except campfire or outdoor cooking device. Fires must be attended, controlled, extinguished before leaving. Wind limits and time restrictions apply per Schedule A. | 2026-08-28 |
| Huron-Kinloss Township |
Open-Air Burning By-law 2016-168, Office Consolidation
adopted 2016-12-19 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Recreational Fires in Approved Fire Pits using Firewood; Beach Fires with Permit; Permitted Open Air Fires outside Settlement Areas. | 2026-08-28 |
| Ignace Township |
By-law 35.2021 — Open Air Burning | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Iroquois Falls Town |
By-Law No. 3591/20 — Open Air Burning | — | 2026-08-28 |
| James Township |
By-Law 03-21 — Open Burning | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Kawartha Lakes City |
Open Air Burning By-law 2016-110 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Kenora City |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 71-2016
adopted 2016-06-14 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Camp fires permitted anytime; outside burning permitted anytime during uncontrolled burning season (Nov 1–Mar 31); evening burning permitted during controlled burning season (Apr 1–Oct 31). | 2026-08-28 |
| King Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 2015-109 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Office of the Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Permit holder complies with Schedule "A" Open Air Burning Guidelines; no active Fire Ban; property at least ½ ha gross land mass. | 2026-08-28 |
| La Vallee Township |
Open Air Burning By-Law No. 1287 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Recreational fires in approved fire pits (max 1m diameter), firewood only, winds under 16 km/h, 4m from structures, supervised with extinguishing agents on hand. | 2026-08-28 |
| LaSalle Town |
Setting Fires within the Town of LaSalle By-law 2025-062
adopted 2025-07-08 |
permit required: False · allowed conditions: Fire ≤1 sq metre, in safe location on own property, acceptable burn material only, supervised by competent adult, extinguished before left unsupervised, no high-risk/poor air quality day, wind <25 km/h. · fines: $100.00 to $5,000 | 2026-08-28 |
| Laird Township |
By-law 952-14 — Open Air Burning | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, or Fire Wardens · allowed conditions: Burning permitted from two hours before sunset to two hours after sunrise; fire in pile under 2m diameter/height; at least 5m from flammable materials; responsible person in attendance. | 2026-08-28 |
| Lake of Bays Township |
Outdoor Burning By-law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Lakeshore Town |
Open Burning By-law | permit required: True · permit issuer: fire administration · allowed conditions: Campfire, residential campfire, enclosed drum fire, and domestic appliance burning allowed without permission if rules followed; open burning requires permission. | 2026-08-28 |
| Lambton Shores Municipality |
Open Air Burning By-Law | permit required: True · permit issuer: Municipality · allowed conditions: Fires under 1m diameter in cleared area, daylight, attended by competent adult; outdoor fire containers; social campfire 7pm–12:30am in pit; campsite social fires; fire dept training. | 2026-08-28 |
| Lanark Highlands Township |
For the Purpose of Regulating the Setting of Fires and to Provide for Their Extinguishment - By-Law 2025-2004 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Laurentian Valley Township |
By-law 2015-09-040 - Burning | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Exempt fires (cooking fires, construction appliances, candles/torches, Fire Department training, Township special events) allowed without permit under specified conditions. | 2026-08-28 |
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands Township |
By-law 22-006 - Burning | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Lincoln Town |
Open Air Fire By-law No. 2017-110 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Fire dept training (s.3); listed outdoor gas appliances (s.4); food cooking in proper enclosure (s.5); gel fuel pots ≤13ml, tiki torches ≤355ml, candles (s.27). | 2026-08-28 |
| London City |
Open Air Burning By-law - F-9 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Outdoor Fire Container (4pm–midnight), Cooking Fire (11am–midnight), or with Permit (8am–8pm); no noxious materials, wind under 15 km/h, no smog alert, supervised at all times. | 2026-08-28 |
| Loyalist Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 2021-070
adopted 2021-11-08 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Campfires and outdoor fireplaces permitted without permit if ≤60cm diameter, clean dry wood, ≥4m from structures, supervised, no burn ban in effect. | 2026-08-28 |
| Machar Township |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 39-12 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Camp fires ≤0.3m³ and outdoor fireplaces permitted without permit if ≥5m from structures, wind ≤20km/h, no nuisance, extinguishment available, constant watch maintained. | 2026-08-28 |
| Madawaska Valley Township |
By-law 2019-22 - Burning By-law (Open Air) | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or Designate · allowed conditions: With permit during fire season (Apr 1–Oct 31); or small confined fire for cooking/warmth, supervised at all times, except during Total Fire Ban. | 2026-08-28 |
| Madoc Township |
Fire By-Law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Magnetawan Municipality |
By-law 2025-23 - Regulate and Prescribe for Open Air Fires | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: After 6pm to 10am (Apr 1–Oct 31) under low/moderate/high fire danger; campfires for cooking/warmth exempt from hour restrictions; prohibited during extreme rating or total fire ban. | 2026-08-28 |
| Manitouwadge Township |
Bylaw 2023-12 - Open Air Burning | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Markham City |
By-law 85-97, A By-law to Prescribe Times for Setting Fires (Open-Air Burning Permit By-law) | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Markstay-Warren Municipality |
Open Burning By-law 2016-36 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Marmora and Lake Municipality |
Control of Burning Bylaw 2023-39 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Mattawa Town |
Recreational Open Air Burning By-Law 11-17 & 11-23 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Mattice-Val Côté Township |
Control Open Air Burning within the Municipal Boundaries | — | 2026-08-28 |
| McKellar Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 2024-38 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Fire Season April 1-Oct 31: open air fires only between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. the following day, and only when permitted under the current Fire Danger Rating System. | 2026-08-28 |
| McMurrich/Monteith Township |
2003 Setting of Fires By-Law | permit required: True · permit issuer: Municipal Office or a designated permit issuer; Fire Chief for special approvals · allowed conditions: Cooking/warmth fires allowed without permit if on bare rock/non-combustible site, 2m from flammables, not exceeding 1m height and diameter, and no Total Fire Ban. | 2026-08-28 |
| Merrickville–Wolford Village |
Open Air Burn By-Law (56-2025) | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Midland Town |
Open-Air Burning By-law 2023-14 | permit required: True · allowed conditions: Permitted only between 4pm and midnight with an Open-Air Burning Permit; not when wind exceeds 24 km/h, during a Smog Alert/Humidex advisory, or when rain or fog is present. | 2026-08-28 |
| Minto Town |
Open Air Burn By-law 2024-052 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: No permit required for burn barrel (where permitted), recreational campfire, outdoor fireplace, cooking fire, or barbeque; fires ≤1 m diameter require no permit. | 2026-08-28 |
| Mississauga City |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 0140-2018
adopted 2018-07-04 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Muskoka Lakes Township |
Burning By-law 2023-034 - Consolidated | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Neebing Municipality |
By-law 2026-016 - Open Air Burning By-law
+1 more |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Barbecue fires (charcoal or propane) exempt; exceptions site-specific as authorized by Fire Chief; no burning of noxious or prohibited materials. | 2026-08-28 |
| Niagara Falls City |
Fires - Open Air Burning By-law No. 72-211 (consolidated, amended by 2016-37)
adopted 1972-11-20 |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Norfolk City |
Burn By-law (Being a By-law to Regulate the Setting of Fires) No. 2016-72
+1 more adopted 2016-06-29 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Municipality (Fire Chief or designate) · allowed conditions: Recreational fires (clean dry wood, ≤66cm, contained device, sunrise–midnight) and burn barrels (Schedule A materials, s. 3.3 conditions) allowed without permit. | 2026-08-28 |
| North Bay City |
Outdoor Burning By-Law 2015-115 and By-Law 2022-17 | permit required: True | 2026-08-28 |
| North Dumfries Township |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 3542-25 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| North Glengarry Township |
Outdoor Wood Burning Appliance By-law
+1 more |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| North Grenville Municipality |
Open Air Fire By-Law 33-12 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: With valid permit, Fire Chief notified day-of, no fire ban, no adverse wind, brush fires/burn drums between sunrise and sunset, setback distances observed | 2026-08-28 |
| North Huron Township |
Open Air Burning By-law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| North Stormont Township |
Open-Air Fires By-law 52-2025 | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands Municipality |
By-law 2016-14: Open Air Burning Amended | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Oakville Town |
Open Burning By-law | — | 2026-08-30 |
| Oliver Paipoonge Municipality |
By-law to Regulate Open Air Burning | permit required: True · permit issuer: Municipality office, designated Municipality locations, or the Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Fire Season: 2 hours before sunset to 2 hours after sunrise, April 1–October 31; Off Season: no time restrictions; no permit needed for BBQs, campfires/cooking fires in organized campgrounds. | 2026-08-29 |
| Orillia City |
Municipal Code Chapter 387 - Open Air Burning
+1 more |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Oro-Medonte Township |
Open Air Burning | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Oshawa City |
Open Air Burning By-law 73-2012 (consolidated)
adopted 2012-06-25 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Ottawa City |
Open Air Fire (By-law No. 2004-163) | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Owen Sound City |
Open Air Fire By-law No. 2022-051
adopted 2022-05-09 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Papineau-Cameron Township |
By-law No. 2011-05 Outdoor Burning
adopted 2011-03-22 |
permit required: False · allowed conditions: Piled wood, brush, leaves, or wood by-products; single pile under 2m; started ≤2h before sunset; extinguished ≤2h after sunrise; ≥2m from combustibles; adequate tools/water on hand. | 2026-08-29 |
| Pembroke City |
Recreational Open-Air Burning By-law 2025-78 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Between 6:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. (Mar 2–Dec 20) or 3:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. (Dec 21–Mar 1), no fire ban, no dangerous conditions, with valid permit. | 2026-08-29 |
| Perry Township |
Open Air Burning By-law | allowed conditions: Campfires no larger than 2 feet x 2 feet permitted unless under Total Fire Ban/Extreme Fire Rating; no daytime burning 10 a.m.-6 p.m. April 1 to October 31. | 2026-08-29 |
| Perth East Township |
30-2021 | Regulation of Open Air and Contained Fires | permit required: True · permit issuer: local fire department · allowed conditions: Permit obtained; correct distance from structures; supervised; no prohibited materials; avoid windy days; water/extinguishing source on hand. | 2026-08-29 |
| Perth South Township |
Open Air Burning By-law | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Petrolia Town |
Open Burning By-law 2013 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Town of Petrolia Municipal Office · allowed conditions: Cooking/Recreational Fires permitted without permit in safe location with supervision and acceptable materials; Open Fires require permit, daylight hours, own property, not during High Risk/Poor Air Quality periods | 2026-08-29 |
| Plummer Additional Township |
By-law 2025-22 - Open Air Burning | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Permit required; burning only 6:00 p.m.–8:00 a.m.; campfires without permit per O. Reg. 207/96; wood/wood by-products only; no fire ban in effect. | 2026-08-29 |
| Point Edward Village |
By-law 18 of 2023 - Open Air Burning | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief of the Village of Point Edward · allowed conditions: Recreational Fires permitted noon to midnight, in safe location, supervised, using acceptable burn materials, no air quality day or high-risk period | 2026-08-29 |
| Port Colborne City |
Open Air Burning and Recreational Fires By-law 6788/38/20 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or their designate · allowed conditions: Camp fires ≤1m diameter, 0.6m height, 3m from buildings/property lines, supervised by person 18+, extinguished by 11pm, clean seasoned wood only. | 2026-08-29 |
| Prince Edward City |
Open Air Burning By-law 77-2021 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Valid burn permit issued by Fire Chief, owner consent, prior notification to Fire Dispatching Office; prohibited when wind exceeds 30kph or smoke creates visibility hazard. | 2026-08-29 |
| Rainy River Town |
Open Air Burning By-law 1626-15 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Small confined fire <1m diameter/height in fire pit, supervised at all times; gas BBQs exempt; recreational fires exempt from 7am-7pm time limits | 2026-08-29 |
| Rideau Lakes Township |
Open Air Burning By-law | permit required: True · permit issuer: Municipality, Fire Chief or his/her designates · allowed conditions: Campfire or Cooking Fire permitted without activated permit; domestic barbecues and TSSA-compliant outdoor appliances exempt; no burn ban in place. | 2026-08-29 |
| Sarnia City |
Open Air Burning By-Law No. 91 of 2001 (Consolidated, amended by By-Law 81 of 2002)
adopted 2001-05-28 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Saugeen Shores Town |
Burning By-law 16-2024 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Department · allowed conditions: Recreational fires (no permit): contained in non-combustible device, max 1 cubic metre, clean dry wood only, 10ft clearance, supervised. Non-recreational: permit required, sunrise to sunset. | 2026-08-30 |
| Sault Ste. Marie City |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 2024-147 | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Scugog Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 63-21 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Cooking fires on BBQ/hibachi/permanent cooking structures exempt; Fire and Emergency Services training fires exempt; camping establishment individual sites with Specialty Permit. | 2026-08-29 |
| Seguin Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 2023-107 | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Shuniah Municipality |
Open Air Burning By-law 2649-13 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Municipality of Shuniah office, designated Municipality locations, or the Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Campfires and cooking fires exempt from permit; no burning during fire season 8am–5pm; no burning in dangerous conditions or under burn ban | 2026-08-29 |
| South Bruce Municipality |
By-law 2015-22 Burning
+1 more adopted 2015-04-07 |
allowed conditions: Recreational fires (as described in s. 3.3) are exempt from the urban boundary open air burn prohibition. | 2026-08-29 |
| South Frontenac Township |
Open Air Burning By-law 2026-37 and By-law 2026-36 | permit required: False · allowed conditions: No ban in effect; fires allowed after sunset, extinguished before sunrise, with adult present, proper containment, and wind under 25 km/h. | 2026-08-29 |
| South-West Oxford Township |
Open-Air Burn By-law 58-2024 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Recreational burns permitted 11:00 a.m.–2:00 a.m. in pit ≤2 ft, clean dry wood, supervised, wind <15 km/h, no burn ban. | 2026-08-29 |
| Southgate Township |
Open Air Burn By-law 2020-070 / 2023-083 consolidated | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Recreational fires ≤1m diameter and burn barrels do not require a permit; open air burns allowed ½ hour after sunrise, extinguished ½ hour before sunset, no burn ban in effect. | 2026-08-29 |
| Southwest Middlesex Municipality |
Open Air Burn By-law 2021/081 | — | 2026-08-29 |
| St. Catharines City |
Open Air Fires By-law No. 2015-29 | — | 2026-08-29 |
| St. Thomas City |
By-Law 138-2003 - Open Burn
adopted 2003-10-06 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| St.-Charles Municipality |
Open Air Burning By-Law 2024-12 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Campfires (max 36"x36") require no permit; other outdoor fires require permit and are prohibited 7am–7pm April 1–October 31; no burning during Fire Ban or Restricted Fire Zone. | 2026-08-29 |
| Stratford City |
Open Fire and Burning By-law 5-2006 ('Open Air Burning By-law', consolidated to November 14, 2017) | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Sundridge Village |
Open Air Burning By-law (2026-011) | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Tay Township |
Open Air Fires | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Fire confined to pit ≤1 cubic metre; 20 feet from combustibles; attended by competent adult; wind <20 km/h; no rain; between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. | 2026-08-29 |
| Temiskaming Shores City |
By-law No. 2011-138 - Regulate and Control Open Air Burning
adopted 2011-10-18 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Thorold City |
Open Air Burning By-law No. 41-2012
adopted 2012-05-01 |
allowed conditions: Competent person in constant attendance; fire in metal/masonry container with mesh screen; kept ≥50 feet from buildings; fully extinguished before leaving. | 2026-08-29 |
| Tillsonburg Town |
Open Air Burning By-law | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Timmins City |
Regulate Open Air Burning and Set Fees By-Law No. 2006-6292 | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Trent Hills Municipality |
Open Air Burning | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Tyendinaga Township |
Fire Permit By-Law 08-21 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Township of Tyendinaga office · allowed conditions: Campfires and cooking fires exempt from permit; no burning between ½ hour before sunset and ½ hour after sunrise except campfires; no burning during burn bans or dangerous conditions. | 2026-08-29 |
| Uxbridge Township |
Fire By-law | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Vaughan City |
Fire Burn Permit By-law 157-2023 (Consolidated) | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Warwick Township |
By-law 57 of 2011: Open Air Burning
+1 more |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Recreational burning in non-combustible containers or pits, 4 PM–Midnight, clean dry seasoned wood only, minimum 3 m from adjacent properties, wind under 15 km/h. | 2026-08-29 |
| Waterloo City |
Open Air Fire Bylaw No. 2011-124
adopted 2011-11-07 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Wawa Municipality |
Policy No. PE-007: Open Air Burning | permit required: True · permit issuer: Chief Fire Official · allowed conditions: Recreational burning in non-combustible containers or pits, 4 PM–midnight, clean dry wood, wind under 15 km/h, no fire ban; barbecues and designated beach campfires exempt. | 2026-08-29 |
| Welland City |
Open-Air Fires By-law No. 2011-85
adopted 2011-06-28 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Wellington North Township |
Open Air Burn Fire By-Law 098-2024 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Township of Wellington North · allowed conditions: No permit needed for burn barrel (where permitted), recreational campfire, outdoor fireplace, cooking fire, or barbeque; fires ≤1 m diameter permitted without permit. | 2026-08-29 |
| West Elgin Municipality |
Burning By-law | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or his/her designate · allowed conditions: Exempt fires (cooking, campfires, chimineas, burn barrels in rural areas) permitted without notification; all others require Notification of Open Burn form submission. | 2026-08-29 |
| West Lincoln Township |
Open Air Burn By-law (2021-58) (consolidated) | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Exempt: fire dept training, listed gas appliances, cooking in barbecue/enclosure (supervised), candles/gel pots ≤473mL/tiki torches ≤355mL (supervised); otherwise requires permit. | 2026-08-29 |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville Town |
Burning, Open Air By-law | — | 2026-08-29 |
| White River Township |
Fire Burn Permit 2024 | permit required: True · permit issuer: Issuing Officer · allowed conditions: Valid April 1–Oct 31; ignited no sooner than 2 hours before sunset; extinguished by 2 hours after sunrise; only untreated wood, brush, leaves, or discarded wood by-products. | 2026-08-29 |
| Whitestone Municipality |
By-law No. 37-2020 - Open Air Burning | permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief or his or her designate · allowed conditions: Outside Fire Season; portable liquid/gas appliance per s.9; portable/permanent charcoal installation per s.10 (no permit required) | 2026-08-29 |
| Wilmot Township |
Open Air Fire By-law No. 2021-40
adopted 2021-09-13 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: No permit required for Township/Region fires, campgrounds, strike sites, traditional/cultural/ceremonial/religious purposes, barbeques, or certified heating/construction devices. | 2026-08-29 |
| Windsor City |
Open Air Burning By-law 113-2023
adopted 2023-09-05 |
— | 2026-08-29 |
| Woodstock City |
Chapter 0827 - Open Air Burning | — | 2026-08-29 |
| Zorra Township |
By-law 30-20: Open-Air Burning By-law
adopted 2020-06-03 |
permit required: True · permit issuer: Fire Chief · allowed conditions: Rural areas only with valid permit; daylight hours; burn pile max 9 sq metres; 30m from combustibles; supervised at all times; call dispatch 30 min before burn. | 2026-08-29 |
Nothing on file for open burning & fires
Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.
Checked, nothing adopted (4) — Alnwick/Haldimand (2026-08-28), Hilliard (2026-08-28), Morley (2026-08-28), Pickering (2026-08-29).
Other bylaws on file, none on this topic (262) — Addington Highlands, Adelaide Metcalfe, Adjala-Tosorontio, Admaston/Bromley, Ajax, Alberton, Armour, Armstrong, Arran–Elderslie, Asphodel–Norwood, Assiginack, Athens, Atikokan, Bancroft, Bayham, Beckwith, Billings, Black River-Matheson, Blind River, Bonfield, Brantford, Brighton, Brockville, Brooke-Alvinston, Bruce County, Bruce Mines, Burpee and Mills, Caledon, Callander, Carleton Place, Carling, Carlow/Mayo, Casey, Central Frontenac, Central Huron, Central Manitoulin, Champlain, Chapple, Charlton and Dack, Chatham-Kent, Chatsworth, Clearview, Cobalt, Cobourg, Cochrane, Cockburn Island, Collingwood, Conmee, Cramahe, Dawn-Euphemia, Dawson, Deep River, Deseronto, District Municipality of Muskoka, Drummond/North Elmsley, Dubreuilville, Dufferin County, Dysart et al, Ear Falls, East Gwillimbury, East Zorra-Tavistock, Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Elgin County, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Elliot Lake, Emo, Englehart, Enniskillen, Erin, Espanola, Essa, Essex, Essex County, Evanturel, Faraday, Fort Erie, Fort Frances, French River, Frontenac County, Frontenac Islands, Gananoque, Georgian Bluffs, Georgina, Gillies, Gore Bay, Grand Valley, Gravenhurst, Greater Sudbury, Greenstone, Grey County, Grey Highlands, Grimsby, Guelph, Guelph/Eramosa, Haliburton County, Hamilton, Harley, Harris, Hastings County, Hearst, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Hudson, Huron County, Ingersoll, Innisfil, Jocelyn, Johnson, Joly, Kapuskasing, Kearney, Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, Killarney, Kincardine, Kingston, Kingsville, Kirkland Lake, Kitchener, Lake of the Woods, Lambton County, Lanark County, Larder Lake, Latchford, Laurentian Hills, Leamington, Lennox and Addington County, Limerick, Lucan Biddulph, Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Machin, Malahide, Mapleton, Marathon, Matachewan, Mattawan, McDougall, McGarry, McNab/Braeside, Meaford, Melancthon, Middlesex Centre, Middlesex County, Milton, Minden Hills, Mississippi Mills, Mono, Montague, Moosonee, Morris-Turnberry, Mulmur, Nairn and Hyman, New Tecumseth, Newbury, Newmarket, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Nipigon, Nipissing, North Algona Wilberforce, North Dundas, North Frontenac, North Kawartha, North Middlesex, North Perth, Northern Bruce Peninsula, Northumberland County, Norwich, Oil Springs, Orangeville, Otonabee–South Monaghan, Oxford County, Parry Sound, Pelee, Pelham, Penetanguishene, Perth, Perth County, Petawawa, Peterborough, Peterborough County, Pickle Lake, Plympton–Wyoming, Port Hope, Powassan, Prescott, Prescott and Russell, Prince, Puslinch, Quinte West, Ramara, Red Lake, Red Rock, Regional Municipality of Durham, Regional Municipality of Halton, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Regional Municipality of Peel, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Regional Municipality of York, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Richmond Hill, Russell, Ryerson, Sables-Spanish Rivers, Schreiber, Selwyn, Severn, Shelburne, Simcoe County, Sioux Lookout, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Smiths Falls, Smooth Rock Falls, South Algonquin, South Bruce Peninsula, South Dundas, South Glengarry, South Huron, South River, South Stormont, Southwold, Spanish, Springwater, St. Clair, St. Joseph, St. Marys, Stirling-Rawdon, Stone Mills, Strathroy-Caradoc, Strong, Tarbutt, Tay Valley, Tecumseh, Tehkummah, Temagami, Terrace Bay, Thames Centre, The Archipelago, The Blue Mountains, The Nation, The North Shore, Thessalon, Thunder Bay, Tiny, Toronto, Trent Lakes, Tudor and Cashel, Tweed, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Val Rita-Harty, Wainfleet, Wasaga Beach, Wellesley, Wellington County, West Grey, West Nipissing, West Perth, Westport, Whitby, Whitewater, Wollaston, Woolwich.
No bylaws published online (8, verified negatives) — Brethour, Chamberlain, Fauquier-Strickland, Gauthier, Kerns, Moonbeam, O'Connor, Thornloe.
Unconfirmed (2, leads but nothing verified) — Coleman, Opasatika.