| permit required | yes | s. 2(a), s. 5(a) |
| applies to private property | yes | s. 5(a) Every owner of woodlands |
| protected threshold | Trees in Woodlands (s. 1(tt)); "minimum circumference prescribed for the species in Schedule 'A'" | s. 1(tt), s. 2(a)(ii), Schedule 'A' |
| replacement required | for every hectare of land cleared a hectare has to be replanted based on 1750 trees per hectare | Schedule 'B' Item III |
| 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 | s. 9(a) |
scout note
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