Mississauga: questions buyers ask
What does Mississauga's tree by-law cover on a private lot?
The City's Private Tree Protection By-law 0021-2022, as amended by By-law 0144-2025, and its Public Tree Protection By-law, as summarised on the City's tree permit page.
Sources checked October 28, 2026
The rule in Mississauga
15 cm across: the trunk size the rule names
Mississauga by-law 0021-2022: a City permit is needed to injure or remove any private tree 15 cm or more in diameter at 1.4 m above grade, including dead or dying trees; one replacement tree is required for every 15 cm of diameter removed.
From Mississauga by-law 0021-2022, checked 6 Oct 2026
- The recordTree removal
- Where to read itRequest to injure or remove trees; Private Tree Protection By-law 0021-2022
- The free check reads itPick “Tree and ravine limits”
What the record shows
The City's page says no one may injure or remove a tree on private property 15 centimetres (6 inches) or more in diameter without a permit, including dead or dying trees; the by-law measures the trunk at 1.4 metres above the ground. Public trees need a permit at any size, even for pruning. For healthy private trees the base permit fee is $399.77 and each further tree $139.72, both HST included; there is no fee for dead or dying trees.
Replacement trees are required: one for every 15 centimetres of diameter removed, so a 45-centimetre tree means three, backed by a security deposit, or payment for planting on City land where the lot has no room. A rule summary says what the by-law covers; it doesn't say who owns a given tree or how wide its trunk is.
Where to read it yourself
- Request to injure or remove trees: the City's page on permits, fees and replacement trees
- Private Tree Protection By-law 0021-2022: the by-law as amended by By-law 0144-2025
What OfferDue covers in Mississauga
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
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