{
 "answer": "In the Regional municipality of Oxford County, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: True; protected threshold: All living trees in qualifying woodlands (≥1 ha; ≥1,000 trees any size/ha, or ≥750 trees >5 cm DBH/ha, or ≥500 trees >12 cm DBH/ha, or ≥250 trees >20 cm DBH/ha); species-specific diameter/circumference thresholds govern self-harvest exception per Schedule \"B\"; replacement required: Court may order rehabilitation or replanting with silvicultural treatment (s. 11(b)); exemption applicants asked if willing to replant on property or pay in lieu of destruction (Schedule \"E\"); By-law Officer may impose site restoration and/or compensation plan as exemption condition (s. 6(g)). Source: Woodlands Conservation By-law No. 6607-2024, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001689",
 "municipality": "Oxford County",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.oxfordcounty.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Woodlands Conservation By-law No. 6607-2024",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-01-24",
   "document_url": "https://webresources.oxfordcounty.ca/documents/6607-2024-Woodlands-Conservation-ByLaw---signed.pdf",
   "summary": "County-wide by-law prohibiting the harvest, injury or destruction of any living tree in a woodland except in accordance with a silvicultural prescription prepared or approved by a Registered Professional Forester, or under an exemption, with a Notice of Intent or permit filed with the By-law Officer. A woodland owner may cut for their own use without a prescription only if",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "aebb7d9a68b572f50f42e9a65ecc5e24de47a4cea1d69aed48a83ba1b1337c15",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/aebb7d9a68b572f50f42e9a65ecc5e24de47a4cea1d69aed48a83ba1b1337c15.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": true,
    "protected_threshold": "All living trees in qualifying woodlands (≥1 ha; ≥1,000 trees any size/ha, or ≥750 trees >5 cm DBH/ha, or ≥500 trees >12 cm DBH/ha, or ≥250 trees >20 cm DBH/ha); species-specific diameter/circumference thresholds govern self-harvest exception per Schedule \"B\"",
    "replacement_required": "Court may order rehabilitation or replanting with silvicultural treatment (s. 11(b)); exemption applicants asked if willing to replant on property or pay in lieu of destruction (Schedule \"E\"); By-law Officer may impose site restoration and/or compensation plan as exemption condition (s. 6(g))",
    "fine_range": "First conviction: minimum $10,000 or $1,000 per tree injured or destroyed, whichever is greater; subsequent conviction: minimum $25,000 or $2,500 per tree injured or destroyed, whichever is greater"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 8(a), s. 8(b); s. 1.26 \"Permit means the written authorization of the By-law Officer\"",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2; s. 5(l) references \"owner of a woodland\" harvesting for own use",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1.38; s. 2; Schedule \"B\"",
    "replacement_required": "s. 11(b); s. 6(g); Schedule \"E\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 11(a)(i) and s. 11(a)(ii)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/oxford-county/trees/text-aebb7d9a68b5/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/oxford-county/trees/"
}