Individuals or farming businesses that wish to excavate small amounts of aggregate from a pit on private land without a licence as per section 7(1.1) of the Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) must register the activity with the ministry using this form. All requirements set out in section 7.8 of Ontario Regulation (O. Reg) 244/97 must be met in order for a person to be eligible for this exemption. Only sites on private land, designated under Schedule 1 of O. Reg. 244/97, are eligible to register using this form. Aggregate excavation activities on Crown land are not eligible. Regardless of your eligibility for an exemption under the ARA, other legislation, policy or land use planning approvals may apply (e.g., Planning Act, Municipal Act, Endangered Species Act, Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act). It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet requirements and/or obtain appropriate approval(s) under other acts, regulations or policies. Records must be kept for the duration of the operation of the pit and for a period of seven years after the date on which rehabilitation is completed, and must include: 1) copies of all materials that were registered with the Minister and a municipality, 2) documentation demonstrating that all requirements of section 7.8 of O. Reg 244/97 have been satisfied, and 3) detailed records of the quantity and type of material removed from the pit. Any record must be produced for an inspector upon request. Pursuant to subsection 57(5) of the ARA. Note: All eligibility requirements and conditions set out in section 7.8 of Ontario Regulation 244/97 under the Aggregate Resources Act apply. Where there is a conflict between the requirements noted in this form and the regulation, the regulation shall prevail.
Form should be submitted through the Natural Resources Information Portal (NRIP). A copy is also required to be sent to the clerk of the local and upper tier municipalities in which the pit is located. See form for additional information.
This form allows a hunter to apply for a waiver of hunter reporting penalty when serious illness or injury incapacitated the hunter in the 24 hours before the reporting deadline preventing them from completing their report, or when a hunter who was hunting with an outfitter submitted their report but the outfitter didn’t provide the completed report to the Ministry.
This authorization is required for individuals, or corporations, to keep injured, sick or immature game wildlife or specially protected wildlife in captivity for the purpose of rehabilitating or caring for them. Those who are applying for this authorization for the first time should review how to become a wildlife custodian and contact their local ministry work centre before completing and submitting this application form.
Applicants applying for a secondary trapping licence for youth must submit a completed Letter of Consent – Secondary Trapping Licence (Youth) for a new licence or renewal. This form collects signed parental/guardian consent and signed mentor trapper consent and mentor trapper licence number.
The Public Notice of Application Form in subsection 0.4(1) of O. Reg. 244/97, under the Aggregate Resources Act, is for an applicant of an aggregate permit or licence to notify landowners within 120m of a proposed pit or quarry, to post the notice in a newspaper and to post on a sign at the proposed site (licence only).
The production of salt by the solution mining method must be reported annually by the operator of a salt solution well.
Provides necessary information for Ministry determine whether or not to issue a licence, and what terms and conditions are applicable if the decision is to issue a licence
This licence allows an individual or corporation to own and operate a Train and Trial Area. Part A of this form contains the application for the licence and Part B contains the required annual report. Those who wish to apply for this licence must have previously been issued a Licence to Own and Operate a Train and Trial Area, applications for new areas will not be accepted. Applicants must submit Part A and Part B of this form, as well as a copy of their site map.
This form (Part 2) is to be used by Commercial Bait Harvesters that have BHAs within the Lake Simcoe watershed and want to have their Emerald Shiners tested for VHS as part of the Lake Simcoe Emerald Shiner Testing Program, which would enable Emerald Shiners that test negative for VHS to be transported out of the Southern Bait Management Zone and into the Central BMZ and the Northeast Testing Program Area. Applicants need to submit both Part 1 and Part 2 of the application for screening and approval. This form (Part 2) provides details on each of the Holding Facilities identified in Part 1.
The purpose of this Application Form is to provide MNRF with the necessary information to process and review a request for a new (Type A), revised (Type B) or renewed (Type C) license for Cage Aquaculture Facilities.
Section 26 of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 (FWCA) prohibits a person from using a dog to chase live game mammals or game birds during the closed hunting season for the purpose of teaching the dog hunting skills (training) or testing the dog’s hunting skills (field trial) unless the person has the authorization of the Minister. This application can be used to apply for an Authorization to Conduct Field Trials and Training which may be issued to authorize these activities during certain discrete periods of time outside of the hunting season for the game species being chased.
This form allows individuals or incorporated organizations the ability to apply to purchase (sale and Crown patent), or rent, or use Crown land in the form of the following occupational authority types: lease, easement, licence, or land use permit. The occupational authority is a legal agreement between the ministry and tenant, and outlines who can use the land and for how long, the rents and fees and any associated conditions.
The ministry’s primary focus for the disposition of Crown land is to: support the social and economic development of municipalities and Indigenous communities, and to provide land for infrastructure, such as energy facilities, utilities, and services. Note that a specific form should be used for applications to purchase shoreline reserves or road allowances. The form may be accessed here:
https://forms.mgcs.gov.on.ca/dataset/on00541
Within 15 days of an Agricultural Deer removal/Harassment Authorization expiring, the authorized property owner shall submit this Deer Removal Authorization Report Form to the MNR issuing office. A report is required even if no deer are taken.
The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997, and O.Reg. 668/98 (Wildlife in Captivity) requires a person who keeps specially protected raptors in captivity to submit an annual report of all of the specially protected raptors they possessed to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. The person must also keep a copy of the annual report for five years.
The purpose of this form is to collect the information required for the Ministry to consider a transfer of Moose Tags between Affiliated Tourist Outfitters under the Ontario Moose-Bear Tourism Industry Program
To provide eligible landowners a full package of forms
As per the Forestry Workers Lien for Wages Act, R.S.O. 1990, c F.28, this form is an affidavit to be attached to the Claim of Lien.
The Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) requires all licence and permit holders to submit an annual Compliance Assessment Report to the ministry and municipalities. Regular assessment of compliance helps the licensee or permittee to stay familiar with what activities are permitted on their site.
Enhanced compliance action will not be taken before the established deadline date for any contraventions disclosed in the report. All information in this report is available for public review.
Submit this form and any additional information online using the Natural Resources Information Portal (NRIP). If web access is not available, submit this form by mail to the ministry work centre where the site is located. Please call the Natural Resources Information and Support Centre (NRISC) at 1-800-667-1940 if assistance is required in determining your local ministry work centre.
