{
 "answer": "In the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, permit required: True; applies to private property: False; protected threshold: Any 'Public Tree': any Tree or Woody Shrub with trunk totally or partially on Municipal Property; 'Tree' defined as woody plant of species reaching 5+ metres at maturity; replacement required: Payment for the purchase and planting of two trees, of the minimum size and quality required by the Tree Planting Guidelines, to replace the Public Tree that is removed. Source: By-law 008-2005 - Tree By-law, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001794",
 "municipality": "Thunder Bay",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.thunderbay.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 008-2005 - Tree By-law",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-02-14",
   "document_url": "https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-services/resources/Documents/Home-and-Property/Trees/CTB-By-laws-008-2205-and-Amendment-144-2006.pdf",
   "summary": "Authorizes and regulates the planting, care, maintenance, protection, preservation and removal of Public Trees - any tree or woody shrub whose trunk is wholly or partly on municipal property - and commits the City to preserving rather than removing them wherever possible. Article Six makes it an offence to affect, damage, destroy or remove a Public Tree without the Manager's",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "a9b1f9ed0d4fdfd95b028770bf27c33316ff333ba6cfe95b68bb31b85d4afe1c",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a9b1f9ed0d4fdfd95b028770bf27c33316ff333ba6cfe95b68bb31b85d4afe1c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": false,
    "protected_threshold": "Any 'Public Tree': any Tree or Woody Shrub with trunk totally or partially on Municipal Property; 'Tree' defined as woody plant of species reaching 5+ metres at maturity",
    "replacement_required": "Payment for the purchase and planting of two trees, of the minimum size and quality required by the Tree Planting Guidelines, to replace the Public Tree that is removed",
    "boulevard_trees": "Permit from Manager required to remove or affect any Public Tree on Highway (including boulevards); two replacement trees required"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 6.01; s. 6.15",
    "applies_to_private_property": "\"public trees on municipal property\" (by-law title); s. 1.01(s); s. 1.01(o)",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 1.01(s); s. 1.01(v)",
    "replacement_required": "s. 3.10(d)",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 5.03; s. 3.10(d); s. 1.01(k)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/thunder-bay/trees/text-a9b1f9ed0d4f/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/thunder-bay/trees/"
}