Four key forestry manuals will be revoked from the regulation in mid-2026

Plain-language summary · AI-assisted · not legal advice

The regulation currently approves four Ministry-prepared manuals — the Forest Management Planning Manual, the Forest Information Manual, the Forest Operations and Silviculture Manual, and the Scaling Manual — as the binding operational standards for Crown forest management in Ontario. Formal notices have now been added to the regulation stating that the sections approving each of these four manuals will be revoked by a future amending regulation. This means the current regulatory basis for those manuals will be removed, which may affect how forest management plans, field operations, and timber scaling activities are governed. Forestry licence holders, forest managers, silviculture contractors, and timber scalers should monitor how these manuals will be reauthorized or replaced, and ensure their compliance programs account for the change in the regulatory framework.

Who this affects: forest management licence holders · Crown forest operators · silviculture contractors · timber scalers · Ministry-approved forest managers