A well licence issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is required to drill, operate, deepen, alter or enter a well, or engage in any activity on or in a well. A complete Application for a Well Licence form must be submitted for review by the ministry, and the Minister may grant a licence.
A complete submission includes the following depending on the purpose for the licence:
New drill
- Application for a Well Licence
- Location plan
- Drilling program
- Application fee
Existing well
- Application for a Well Licence
- Well Location sketch
- Drilling program, if well is to be deepened or re-entered
- Application fee
Plugging
- Application for a Well Licence
- Well Location sketch
- Application fee
This form is used to collect details about the private well, completed by a Qualified Person.
A complete submission includes:
- Well Evaluation Form
- Well Location Sketch
- Ownership documentation
- Four photos of the well from N, S, E, W.
Resident trappers are required to obtain the written permission of landowners upon whose land they wish to trap. The Landowner - Trapper Agreement form should be used by trappers to document written permission to trap on private land. This completed form may be requested by the ministry before the ministry will make any consideration of issuing a resident trapping licence to a person. Information submitted through this form may assist in assignment of harvest quotas for some species.
