{
 "answer": "In the Town of Canmore, Alberta, trees & tree removal rules are set by Town of Canmore Tree Protection Bylaw 2019-10, verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required. Boulevard trees: No person shall move or remove a Town Tree without Written Permission; no pruning, attaching objects, applying substances, or damaging Town Trees.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000210",
 "municipality": "Canmore",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "trees",
 "label": "Trees & tree removal",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.canmore.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Canmore Tree Protection Bylaw 2019-10",
   "category": "trees",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-04-02",
   "document_url": "https://www.canmore.ca/public/download/files/232556",
   "summary": "No planting, pruning, damaging, moving or removing a Town Tree (any tree with trunk on public land) without written permission; fines $250-$1,000/tree; fruit-bearing vegetation exempted from removal permission by 2024 amendment.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "b2bf0f9af2d1b92a492849a131398cf7ff3f51978af06ab9d5f6a25e0714949d",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2019-10",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b2bf0f9af2d1b92a492849a131398cf7ff3f51978af06ab9d5f6a25e0714949d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "applies_to_private_property": false,
    "protected_threshold": "Tree: at least one stem diameter 50 mm (2 inches) at breast height (1.4 m or 4.5 feet above uphill side); excludes Fruit Bearing Vegetation. Town Tree: any Tree with any part of trunk on a Public Place.",
    "boulevard_trees": "No person shall move or remove a Town Tree without Written Permission; no pruning, attaching objects, applying substances, or damaging Town Trees.",
    "fine_range": "Schedule A minimums: $250 per Tree (planting), $250 (pruning/attaching/substance/barrier), $1,000 per Tree (damage/removal); not exceeding $10,000.00; $250.00 minimum if not set out; second offence double, third triple."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5.1; s. 4.1",
    "applies_to_private_property": "s. 2.1(e)",
    "protected_threshold": "s. 2.1(f); s. 2.1(e)",
    "boulevard_trees": "s. 5.1; s. 4.1; s. 4.2; s. 4.4; s. 4.5",
    "fine_range": "Schedule A; s. 7.1; s. 7.2; s. 7.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/canmore/trees/bylaw-2019-10/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/canmore/trees/"
}