Tree bylaws and permits in the areas we serve
Choose your municipality below for a plain-language guide to its tree bylaw and tree permits. Each guide links to the official municipal pages it is based on and shows the date the information was checked.
Guides by municipality
- Victoria tree bylaw and permits
Which trees Victoria's Tree Protection Bylaw covers, when you may need a permit, and how the City's replacement and development rules work.
- Saanich tree bylaw and permits
Which trees Saanich protects, when you need a tree cutting permit, and when work near trees on a development site needs an arborist report.
- Oak Bay tree bylaw and permits
Oak Bay's Tree Protection Bylaw 4742 in plain words: which tree work needs a Tree Permit and how to send your application to the District.
- Esquimalt tree bylaw and permits
Esquimalt's Tree Protection Bylaw No. 3076 protects native trees like Garry Oak with trunks as thin as 4 cm. See permit fees, exceptions and fines.
- View Royal tree bylaw and permits
How View Royal's Tree Protection Bylaw No. 1069 works: protected trees and species, watercourse setbacks, replacement trees and tree permit steps.
- Langford tree bylaw and permits
Langford's Tree Protection Bylaw in plain language: tree cutting permits, arborist reports, and the $400 refundable deposit for each replacement tree.
- Colwood tree bylaw and permits
How Colwood's Urban Forest Bylaw protects trees, when you need a Tree Management Permit, replacement rules and how an arborist report can help.
- Metchosin tree bylaw and permits
Metchosin's tree bylaw requires a permit to cut down any tree 10 cm or more in diameter, unless an exemption applies. Protected trees have extra rules.
- Highlands tree bylaw and permits
Which trees the District of Highlands protects, when you need a tree cutting permit, and how an arborist report can help your application.
- Sooke tree bylaw and permits
Sooke's official pages describe no tree bylaw. See when a development permit may still apply to tree work, and how an arborist report can help.
- Central Saanich tree bylaw and permits
How the Central Saanich Tree Management Bylaw works: which trees need a permit, pruning rules, replacement trees and where to apply.
- North Saanich tree bylaw and permits
North Saanich Tree Protection Bylaw No. 1548: which trees need a permit, how to measure a trunk, replacement trees and how long permit review takes.
- Sidney tree bylaw and permits
What Sidney's Tree Preservation Bylaw No. 2138 protects: native species, any tree over 60 cm, pruning and root zone limits, and who to call at the Town.
- Juan de Fuca Electoral Area tree bylaw and permits
The CRD's bylaw list shows no tree bylaw for Juan de Fuca Electoral Area. See which regional and provincial rules may apply near streams and in permit areas.
- Duncan tree bylaw and permits
Duncan's Tree Protection Bylaw No. 3135 in plain words: which trees are protected, the 25% pruning limit and what goes in a permit application.
- Cowichan Valley tree bylaw and permits
The Cowichan Valley Regional District says it has no tree cutting bylaw. See when a development permit may still apply, including work near water.
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