Does Guelph need a permit to remove a tree on a private lot?

The City's page says a permit is needed to injure or destroy a regulated tree, or for landscaping, grading, excavation, construction or other work that may injure one. On a property larger than 0.2 hectares every tree 10 centimetres or more in diameter, measured 1.4 metres above the ground, is regulated; on a property of 0.2 hectares or less, every tree 30 centimetres or more. The application fee is $150 for one to three trees plus $50 for each additional tree, to a maximum of $500, under By-law (2025)-21076.

A permit may require one replacement tree for every 15 centimetres of regulated diameter removed, with a security deposit of $350 per tree, or a replacement fee of $350 per tree where there is no room to replant. Pruning done to good arboricultural practice needs no permit, and the page lists exemptions, including trees certified as hazardous by an arborist or forester and some invasive species. The page notes that other permits, such as a heritage permit, may also apply; a rule summary doesn't say who owns a tree near a lot line.

• Tree Bylaws and Permits: the City's page on the Private Tree Protection Bylaw: regulated trees, fees, replacement and exemptions

Tree and ravine limits is in the free check as a summary of the City's rule, from our hand-kept table, with a link to the City's page. It is a rule for the city, not a survey of the trees on a lot.

Free check: pick “Tree and ravine limits” See the sample report