DON'T FORGET TO CALL BEFORE YOU BURN!
Telephone: 1-844-465-0303
- Fire Permits are available for purchase ONLINE.
- Fire permits are required for ALL burning.
- Fire Permits are based on a calendar year of January 1, expiring on December 31 each year.
- Fire permits must be renewed prior to burning.
- Please call 1-844-465-0303 to initiate a burn event. Information such as Fire Risk and Fire Ban status will be advised in the message.
- You must call ahead to initiate fires which are larger than 3.25 feet (1 m) in diameter. Small recreational fire pits DO NOT require activation.
- Cost: $5.00
Open Air Fires
Provincial Fire Season - April 1 – October 31
As per section 2 of Ontario Regulation 207/96, no person shall start or tend a fire outdoors of a restricted fire zone during the fire season unless the person has a permit issued under subsection 5(1) and ALL of the following conditions are met:
- The person is burning piled wood, brush, leaves, or discarded wood products
- A responsible person is available to tend the fire until it is extinguished
- The material is burned in a single pile that is less than 6.5 feet in height and is less than 6.5 feet in diameter
- The fire is started no earlier than two hours before sunset and is extinguished no later than two hours after sunrise the following day.
- The fire is at least 6.5 feet from any flammable materials
- The person tending the fire has tools or adequate water to contain the fire, within the fire site. O. Reg. 230/00 s. 1.
Outside of Provincial Fire Season - November 1st – March 30
A fire constructed to the following standards:
- The person is burning piled wood, brush, leaves, or discarded wood products
- A responsible person is available to tend the fire until it is extinguished
- The fire is at least 6.5 feet from any flammable material
- The site of the fire is bare rock or other non-combustible material
- The space above the 3.25-foot area around the fire is at least 10 feet from vegetation
- The fire does not exceed 6.5 feet in height and 6.5 feet in diameter
- The person in control of the fire has sufficient means to extinguish the fire
