Act Approval in Ontario Ontario.ca Français HOME ABOUT THE MINISTRY NEWSROOM JOB OPPORTUNITIES You are here > Home > Your Ministry > Land Use > Act Approval in Ontario Your Ministry Local Government Land Use Citizens' Guides to Land-use Legislation Provincial Policy Statement Ontario Ontario / Reform Greenbelt Protection Brownfields Ontario The Oak Ridges Moraine Parkway Belt West Plan & Development Tools Act Approval in Ontario Housing Building Regulation OnRAMP The Learning Centre Explore Government Contacts ServiceOntario Centres Have a question, comment or feedback? Telephone Directory Contact the Minister MPPs Ministry Regional Offices Virtual Reading Room Features Ministry E-Newsletter Affordable Housing Program Act Approval in Ontario April, 2009 Explanatory Notes: Email this page The following chart provides an overview of where planning approval rests with respect to the approval of official plans and amendments, subdivisions, condominiums, consents, power of sales and validations, either by being directly assigned in the Act or prescribed or delegated by the Minister of Affairs pursuant to the Act for municipalities, planning boards and municipal planning authorities in Ontario. The chart includes, in alphabetical order, all 444 municipalities in the province as well as a list of planning boards and municipal planning authorities. The listing indicates municipalities by type, being upper-tier, single-tier or lower-tier, in accordance with the Act, 2001. The chart also identifies the upper-tier or territorial district in which a single-tier or lower-tier is located, where applicable. The chart does NOT show where an upper-tier municipality has in turn further delegated planning approval to a lower-tier municipality (eg. the delegation by an upper-tier of subdivision or consent approval to a lower-tier municipality). The chart indicates when upper-tier municipalities should be consulted for this information. The chart identifies the municipalities whose official plan amendments (OPAs) are exempt from approval. The chart also indicates when an upper-tier municipality should be consulted for exemption information regarding lower-tier official plan amendments. Click here for the Act Approval chart. PDF --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If your browser doesn't recognize the Acrobat (.PDF) format, you can click here to download the free software from the Adobe website. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer The information contained in the planning approvals chart has been prepared for your convenience. For accurate reference, the user should consult the Act, and their local municipality (or planning board where applicable). Although the chart has been carefully prepared, the Ministry of Affairs and Housing does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information contained in the chart; or the suitability of the chart for a particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility for any consequences including direct or indirect liability, arising from its use. Definition of Terms: http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/page1298.aspx[15/03/2010 10:27:00 AM]
Act Approval in Ontario Video county means an upper-tier municipality that was a county on the day the Act, 2001 came into force; Subscribe to RSS Feeds local municipality means a single-tier municipality or a lower-tier municipality; lower-tier municipality means a municipality that forms part of an upper-tier for municipal purposes; Other Resources municipality means a geographic area whose inhabitants are incorporated; regional municipality means an upper-tier municipality that was a regional or district municipality or the Oxford on December 31, 2002; single-tier municipality means a municipality, other than an upper-tier municipality, that does not form part or an upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes; upper-tier municipality means a municipality of which two or more lower-tier municipalities form part for municipal purposes; partial means that the delegated approval only applies to those areas that are covered by an approved. (Note: An asterisk * in the chart identifies those places where the Minister has enacted a partial delegation of his or her.) assigned is planning approval that the Act assigns directly to a defined set of municipalities. prescribed is planning approval that the Act, by Minister s regulation, assigns directly to a municipality, named in the regulation. delegated is planning approval delegated to a municipality, planning board, or municipality planning by the Minister of Affairs and Housing pursuant to the Act. Approval - An upper-tier municipality with an approved official plan is the approval for lower tier official plans and official plan amendments pursuant to subsections 17(2) and (4) of the Act and for subdivision applications pursuant to subsections 51(5) and (5.1) of the Act. ion of s from the Requirement for Minister Approval Subsection 17(9) of the Act provides the Minister the to exempt by order an official plan or proposed official plan amendment(s) from his or her approval. Ontario Regulation 525/97 (as amended by Ontario Regulation 344/98 and other amending regulations), identifies those municipalities where amendments to official plans are exempt from the approval of the Minister of Affairs and Housing. Authorization of the ion of s from the Requirement for Approval The Minister, by order pursuant to subsection 17(10) of the Act, authorized upper-tier municipalities to pass by-laws to exempt lower-tier official plan amendments from requiring the approval of the upper-tier municipality. In these cases, the chart will indicate that the upper-tier municipality should be consulted for additional information on exemption and approval. Ontario Regulation 699/98 http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/page1298.aspx[15/03/2010 10:27:00 AM]
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PLANNING ACT APPROVAL AUTHORITY IN ONTARIO EXPLANATORY NOTES: The following chart provides an overview of where planning approval rests with respect to the approval of official plans and amendments, subdivisions, condominiums, consents, power of sales and validations, either by being directly assigned in the Act or prescribed or delegated by the Minister of Affairs and Housing pursuant to the Act for municipalities, planning boards and municipal planning authorities in Ontario. The chart includes, in alphabetical order, all 444 municipalities in the province as well as a list of planning boards and municipal planning authorities. The listing indicates municipalities by type, being upper-tier, single-tier or lower-tier, in accordance with the Act, 2001. The chart also identifies the upper-tier or territorial district in which a single-tier or lower-tier is located, where applicable. The chart does NOT show where an upper-tier municipality has in turn further delegated planning approval to a lower-tier municipality (eg. the delegation by an upper-tier of subdivision or consent approval to a lower-tier municipality). The chart indicates when upper-tier municipalities should be consulted for this information. The chart identifies the municipalities whose official plan amendments (OPAs) are exempt from () approval. The chart also indicates when an upper-tier municipality should be consulted for exemption information regarding lower-tier official plan amendments. Additional explanatory notes are provided at the end of this document. Disclaimer The information contained in the planning approvals chart has been prepared for your convenience. For accurate reference, the user should consult the Act, and their local municipality (or planning board where applicable). Although the chart has been carefully prepared, the does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information contained in the chart; or the suitability of the chart for a particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility for any consequences including direct or indirect liability, arising from its use. Provincial Policy Branch Page 1
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 1 Addington Highlands Lennox & Addington 2 Adelaide Metcalfe Middlesex Middlesex Middlesex 3 Adjala-Tosorontio Simcoe Simcoe Simcoe 4 Admaston/Bromley Renfrew Renfrew Renfrew 5 Ajax Durham Durham Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 6 Alberton Rainy River MAH Township Township Township 7 Alfred and Plantagenet Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell 8 Algonquin Highlands Haliburton Haliburton Haliburton 9 Alnwick/Haldimand Northumberland Pine Ridge Agency Pine Ridge Agency 10 Amaranth Dufferin 11 Amherstburg Essex Essex Co. Essex Co. 12 Armour South East Provincial Policy Branch Page 2
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Armstrong Arnprior ity of Arran Elderslie Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Asphodel Norwood Assiginack Athens Atikokan Augusta Aurora Aylmer Baldwin Bancroft Barrie Act Approval in Ontario : ities Renfrew Bruce Huron Peterborough Leeds & Grenville Leeds & Grenville York Elgin Hastings Manitoulin Rainy River Sudbury Manitoulin Act Approval pursuant to Township Township Township Renfrew Renfrew Bruce Bruce Huron Huron Peterborough Peterborough Town Town Town York Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Consult the Hastings Provincial Policy Branch Page 3
27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 ity of Bayham Beckwith Belleville Billings Black River - Matheson Blandford-Blenheim Blind River ity of Bluewater Bonfield Bonnechere Valley Bracebridge Bradford West Gwillimbury Brampton Brant Act Approval in Ontario : ities Elgin Lanark Oxford Huron Renfrew Muskoka ( of) Simcoe Peel Manitoulin Cochrane Nipissing Manitoulin Act Approval pursuant to Township Township Township Township Township Consult the Oxford Town Town Town Town Town Huron Huron Township Renfrew Renfrew Muskoka Muskoka Consult the regarding approval Simcoe Simcoe Peel Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval ity ity ity ity ity Provincial Policy Branch Page 4
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Brantford Brethour ity of Brighton Brock ity of Brockton Brockville ity of Brooke - Alvinston Bruce Bruce Mines Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Village of Burk's Falls Burlington Act Approval in Ontario : ities Northumberland Durham Bruce Pine Ridge Agency Act Approval pursuant to Durham Lambton Bruce Renfrew Halton Bruce Mines - Plummer Additional South East Pine Ridge Agency Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Bruce Bruce Lambton Lambton County County County County County Town Town Town Renfrew Renfrew Halton Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Provincial Policy Branch Page 5
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 53 Burpee and Mills Manitoulin Manitoulin 54 Caledon Peel Peel Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 55 ity of Callander ity 56 Calvin Nipissing East Nipissing 57 Cambridge Waterloo Waterloo Waterloo Consult the Region regarding approval 58 Carleton Place Lanark 59 Carling Area 60 Carlow/Mayo Hastings Consult the Hastings 61 Casey Township Township Township 62 Village of Casselman Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell 63 Cavan - Monaghan Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough 64 ity of Central Elgin Elgin 65 Central Frontenac Frontenac 66 ity of Central Huron Huron Huron Huron Provincial Policy Branch Page 6
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 ity of Central Manitoulin ity of Centre Hastings Centre Wellington Chamberlain Champlain Towhship of Chapleau Chapple ity of Charlton and Dack ity of Chatham - Kent Chatsworth Chisholm Clarence - Rockland ity of Clarington Clearview Act Approval in Ontario : ities Hastings Wellington Prescott & Russell Manitoulin Sudbury Rainy River Manitoulin Act Approval pursuant to Consult the Hastings Wellington Wellington Township Township Township Prescott & Russell Grey Prescott & Russell Durham Simcoe Nipissing Prescott & Russell Township Township Township Township Township Township ity ity ity ity ity Grey Grey Township Township Township Prescott & Russell Durham Prescott & Russell City City Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Simcoe Simcoe Provincial Policy Branch Page 7
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 Cobalt Cobourg Cochrane Cockburn Island Coleman Collingwood Conmee Cornwall Cramahe Dawn - Euphemia Dawson Deep River Act Approval in Ontario : ities Northumberland Simcoe Cochrane Manitoulin Thunder Bay Cochrane & Suburban Manitoulin Lakehead & Rural Act Approval pursuant to Town Northumberland Lambton Renfrew Rainy River Pine Ridge Agency Town Town Township Simcoe Simcoe Pine Ridge Agency Lambton Lambton Township Township Township Renfrew Renfrew Provincial Policy Branch Page 8
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 93 Deseronto Hastings Consult the Hastings 94 Dorion Thunder Bay Township Township Township 95 Douro - Dummer Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough 96 Drummond / North Elmsley Lanark 97 Dryden Kenora 98 Dubreuilville 99 Dufferin Dufferin No County County County County 100 Regional ity of Durham Durham Region Region Region Region Region 101 ity of Dutton / Dunwich Elgin 102 Dysart et al Haliburton Haliburton Haliburton 103 Ear Falls Kenora Township Township Township 104 East Ferris Nipissing Township 105 East Garafraxa Dufferin 106 East Gwillimbury York York Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Provincial Policy Branch Page 9
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 107 East Hawkesbury Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell 108 East Luther Grand Valley Dufferin 109 East Zorra - Tavistock Oxford Consult the Oxford 110 Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Leeds & Grenville 111 Elgin Elgin No County County County County 112 Elizabethtown - Kitley Leeds & Grenville 113 Elliot Lake 114 Emo Rainy River Township Township Township 115 Englehart 116 Enniskillen Lambton Lambton Lambton 117 Erin Wellington Wellington Wellington 118 Espanola Sudbury Town Town Town Town Town 119 Essa Simcoe Simcoe Simcoe 120 Essex Essex County County County County County Provincial Policy Branch Page 10
121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 Essex Evantural Faraday Fauquier - Strickland Fort Erie Fort Frances ity of French River Front of Yonge Frontenac Islands Frontenac Galway - Cavendish - Harvey Gananoque Gauthier Georgian Bay Act Approval in Ontario : ities Essex Hastings Leeds & Grenville Frontenac Frontenac Peterborough Cochrane Rainy River Sudbury Sudbury East Act Approval pursuant to Essex Co. Essex Co. Consult the Hastings Township Township Township Muskoka ( of) Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Town Town Town Town Town No County County County County County County Peterborough Peterborough Town Town Town Town Town Muskoka Muskoka Consult the regarding approval Provincial Policy Branch Page 11
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 135 Georgian Bluffs Grey Grey Grey 136 Georgina York York Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 137 Gillies Thunder Bay Lakehead & Rural 138 Goderich Huron Huron Huron 139 ity of Gordon/Barrie Island Manitoulin Manitoulin 140 Gore Bay Manitoulin Manitoulin 141 Gravenhurst Muskoka ( of) Muskoka Muskoka Consult the regarding approval 142 Greater Madawaska Renfrew Renfrew Renfrew 143 Greater Napanee Lennox & Addington Town Town 144 Greater Sudbury Sudbury 145 ity of Greenstone Thunder Bay ity* (partial) ity* (partial) ity ity ity 146 Grey Grey County County County County County 147 ity of Grey Highlands Grey Grey Grey Provincial Policy Branch Page 12
148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 Grimsby Guelph Guelph / Eramosa ity of Haldimand County Haliburton Regional ity of Halton Halton Hills Hamilton Hamilton Hanover Harley Harris Hastings Act Approval in Ontario : ities Wellington Haliburton Halton Halton Act Approval pursuant to Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Wellington Wellington ity ity ity ity ity County County County County County Halton Northumberland Grey Hastings Pine Ridge Agency Region Region Region Region Region Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Pine Ridge Agency Grey Grey Township Township Township County County County County County Provincial Policy Branch Page 13
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 161 ity of Hastings Highlands Hastings Consult the Hastings 162 Havelock - Belmont - Methuen Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough 163 Hawkesbury Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell 164 Head, Clara and Maria Renfrew Renfrew Renfrew 165 Hearst Cochrane Hearst 166 ity of Highlands East Haliburton Haliburton Haliburton 167 Hilliard Township Township Township 168 Hilton St. Joseph Island 169 Village of Hilton Beach St. Joseph Island 170 Hornepayne 171 Horton Renfrew Renfrew Renfrew 172 Howick Huron Huron Huron 173 Hudson Township Township Township Provincial Policy Branch Page 14
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 174 Huntsville Muskoka ( of) Muskoka Muskoka Consult the regarding approval 175 Huron Huron County County County County County 176 ity of Huron East Bruce Bruce Bruce 177 Huron - Kinloss Bruce Bruce Bruce 178 ity of Huron Shores 179 Ignace Kenora Township 180 Ingersoll Oxford Consult the Oxford 181 Innisfil Simcoe Simcoe Simcoe 182 Iroquois Falls Cochrane Town 183 James Township Township Township 184 Jocelyn St. Joseph Island 185 Johnson Desbarats to Echo Bay 186 Joly Central Almaguin Provincial Policy Branch Page 15
187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 Kapuskasing Kawartha Lakes Kearney Kenora Kerns Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ity of Killarney ity of Kincardine King Kingston Kingsville Kirkland Lake Kitchener Act Approval in Ontario : ities Cochrane Kapuskasing & Renfrew Bruce York Kenora Sudbury South East Sudbury-East Act Approval pursuant to Township Township Township Renfrew Renfrew Bruce Bruce York Essex Waterloo Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Essex Co. Essex Co. Town Waterloo Waterloo Consult the Region regarding approval Provincial Policy Branch Page 16
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 200 La Vallee Rainy River Township Township Township 201 Laird Desbarats to Echo Bay 202 Lake of Bays Muskoka ( of) Muskoka Muskoka Consult the regarding approval 203 Lake of the Woods Rainy River Township Township Township 204 Lakeshore Essex Essex Co. Essex Co. 205 Lambton Lambton County County County County County 206 ity of Lambton Shores Lambton Lambton Lambton ity ity 207 Lanark Lanark No County County County County County County 208 Lanark Highlands Lanark 209 Larder Lake Township Township Township 210 LaSalle Essex Essex Co. Essex Co. 211 Latchford Town Town Town 212 Laurentian Hills Renfrew Renfrew Renfrew 213 Laurentian Valley Renfrew Renfrew Renfrew Provincial Policy Branch Page 17
214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 ity of Leamington United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Leeds and The Thousand Islands Lennox & Addington Limerick Lincoln London Loyalist Lucan Biddulph Macdonald, Meredith & Aberdeen Additional Machar Machin Act Approval in Ontario : ities Essex Leeds & Grenville Leeds & Grenville Lennox & Addington Hastings Act Approval pursuant to Essex Co. Essex Co. No County County County County County County No County County County County Consult the Hastings Lennox & Addington Middlesex Kenora Desbarats to Echo Bay Central Almaguin Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Township Township Middlesex Middlesex Township Township Township Provincial Policy Branch Page 18
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 226 Madawaska Valley Renfrew Renfrew Renfrew 227 Madoc Hastings Consult the Hastings 228 ity of Magnetawan Central Almaguin 229 Malahide Elgin 230 Manitouwadge Thunder Bay 231 Mapleton Wellington Wellington Wellington 232 Marathon Thunder Bay Town 233 Markham York York Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 234 ity of Markstay - Warren Sudbury Sudbury East 235 ity of Marmora and Lake Hastings Consult the Hastings 236 Matachewan 237 Mattawa Nipissing 238 Mattawan Nipissing East Nipissing 239 Mattice - Val Cote Cochrane Hearst Provincial Policy Branch Page 19
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 240 McDougall Area 241 McGarry 242 McKellar Area 243 McMurrich / Monteith South East 244 McNab / Braeside Renfrew Renfrew Renfrew 245 ity of Meaford Grey Grey Grey 246 Melancthon Dufferin 247 Village of Merrickville - Wolford Leeds & Grenville 248 Middlesex Middlesex County County County County County 249 ity of Middlesex Centre Middlesex Middlesex Middlesex 250 Midland Simcoe Simcoe Simcoe 251 Milton Halton Halton Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 252 Minden Hills Haliburton Haliburton Haliburton Provincial Policy Branch Page 20
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 253 Minto Wellington Wellington Wellington 254 Mississauga Peel Peel Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 255 Mississippi Mills Lanark 256 Mono Dufferin Town Town 257 Montague Lanark 258 Moonbeam Cochrane Township Township Township 259 Moosonee Cochrane 260 Morley Rainy River Township Township Township 261 ity of Morris - Turnberry Huron Huron Huron 262 Mulmur Dufferin 263 ity of Muskoka Muskoka ( of) ity ity ity ity ity 264 Muskoka Lakes Muskoka ( of) Muskoka Muskoka Consult the regarding approval 265 Nairn and Hyman Sudbury 266 ity of Neebing Thunder Bay Lakehead & Rural ity Provincial Policy Branch Page 21
267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 New Tecumseth Village of Newbury Newmarket Regional ity of Falls -on-the-lake Nipigon Nipissing ity of Norfolk County North Algona Wilberforce North Bay North Dumfries North Dundas North Frontenac Act Approval in Ontario : ities Simcoe Middlesex York Thunder Bay North Almaguin Act Approval pursuant to Simcoe Simcoe Middlesex Middlesex York Renfrew Waterloo Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Frontenac Nipissing Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Region Region Region Region Region Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Township ity ity ity ity ity Renfrew Renfrew Waterloo Waterloo Consult the Region regarding approval Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry Provincial Policy Branch Page 22
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 281 North Glengarry Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry 282 ity of North Grenville Leeds & Grenville 283 North Huron Huron Huron Huron 284 North Kawartha Peterborough Peterborough Peterborough 285 ity of North Middlesex Middlesex Middlesex Middlesex 286 ity of North Perth Perth Perth Perth 287 North Stormont Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry 288 Northeastern Manitoulin and The Islands Manitoulin Manitoulin 289 ity of Northern Bruce Peninsula Bruce Bruce Bruce 290 Northumberland Northumberland No County County County County 291 Norwich Oxford Consult the Oxford 292 Oakville Halton Halton Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Provincial Policy Branch Page 23
293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 O'Connor Village of Oil Springs ity of Oliver Paipoonge Opasatika Orangeville Orillia Oro-Medonte Oshawa Otonabee - South Monaghan Ottawa Owen Sound Oxford Papineau Cameron Act Approval in Ontario : ities Lambton Dufferin Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Cochrane Lakehead & Rural Lakehead & Rural Act Approval pursuant to Lambton Lambton ity Simcoe Durham Peterborough Town Town Simcoe Simcoe Durham Grey Oxford Nipissing East Nipissing Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Peterborough Peterborough Grey Consult County Re: ion City City County County County County County Provincial Policy Branch Page 24
306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 Regional ity of Peel Pelee Pelham Pembroke Penetanguishene Perry Perth Perth Perth East Perth South Petawawa Peterborough Act Approval in Ontario : ities Peel Area Act Approval pursuant to Region Region Region Region Region Township Township Township Simcoe Perth Lanark Perth Perth Renfrew South East Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Simcoe Simcoe County County County County County Perth Perth Perth Perth Renfrew Renfrew Provincial Policy Branch Page 25
319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 Peterborough Petrolia Pickering Pickle Lake Plummer Additional Plympton-Wyoming Village of Point Edward Port Colborne ity of Port Hope ity of Powassan Prescott United Counties of Prescott and Russell Prince Act Approval in Ontario : ities Peterborough Lambton Durham Lambton Lambton Northumberland Kenora Bruce Mines - Plummer Additional North Almaguin Act Approval pursuant to County County County County County Lambton Lambton Durham Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Township Township Township Township Township Township Lambton Lambton Lambton Lambton Prescott & Russell Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Town Town Town Town Town Town Town County County County County County Township Provincial Policy Branch Page 26
332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 Prince Edward Puslinch Quinte West Rainy River Ramara ity of Red Lake Red Rock Renfrew Renfrew Richmond Hill Rideau Lakes Russell Ryerson Sables-Spanish Rivers Act Approval in Ontario : ities Wellington Simcoe Renfrew Renfrew York Leeds & Grenville Prescott & Russell Rainy River Kenora Thunder Bay Sudbury South East Act Approval pursuant to ity ity ity ity ity Wellington Wellington Town Town Town Simcoe Simcoe ity ity ity ity ity County County County County County Renfrew (Co.) Renfrew (Co.) York Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell Township Township Township Township Township Provincial Policy Branch Page 27
346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 Sarnia Saugeen Shores Sault Ste.Marie Schreiber Scugog Seguin Severn Shelburne ity of Shuniah Simcoe ity of Sioux Lookout Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield Smith Falls Act Approval in Ontario : ities Lambton Bruce Durham Simcoe Dufferin Simcoe Peterborough Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Kenora Kenora Act Approval pursuant to Lambton Lambton City City Bruce Bruce Township Township Township Durham Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Township Township Township Simcoe Simcoe ity County County County County County ity ity ity ity Township Township Township Peterborough Peterborough Town Town Town Town Town Provincial Policy Branch Page 28
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 360 Smooth Rock Falls Cochrane Smooth Rock Falls 361 South Algonquin Nipissing 362 ity of South Bruce Bruce Bruce Bruce 363 South Bruce Peninsula Bruce Bruce Bruce 364 South Dundas Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry 365 South Frontenac Frontenac 366 South Glengarry Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry 367 ity of South Huron Huron Huron Huron 368 Village of South River Central Almaguin 369 South Stormont Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry Stormont, Dundas & Glengarrry 370 South - West Oxford Oxford Consult the Oxford 371 Southgate Grey Grey Grey Provincial Policy Branch Page 29
372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 ity of Southwest Middlesex Southwold Spanish Springwater St. Catharines ity of St. Charles St. Clair St. Joseph St. Marys St. Thomas Stirling - Rawdon Stone Mills Act Approval in Ontario : ities Middlesex Elgin Simcoe Lambton Sudbury Sudbury East St. Joseph Island Act Approval pursuant to Middlesex Middlesex Consult the Region regarding approval Town Town Town Simcoe Simcoe Hastings Lennox & Addington Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Lambton Lambton Consult the Hastings Town Town Town Town Town Provincial Policy Branch Page 30
384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 United Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Stratford Strathroy - Caradoc Strong Village of Sundridge Tarbutt & Tarbutt Additional Tay Tay Valley Tecumseh Tehkummah ity of Temagami Temiskaming Shores Act Approval in Ontario : ities Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Middlesex Simcoe Lanark Essex Manitoulin Nipissing Central Almaguin Central Almaguin Desbarats to Echo Bay Manitoulin Act Approval pursuant to County County County County County Middlesex Middlesex Simcoe Simcoe Essex Co. Essex Co. ity ity ity ity ity City Provincial Policy Branch Page 31
396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 Terrace Bay ity of Thames Centre The Archipelago The Blue Mountains ity of The Nation The North Shore Thessalon Village of Thornloe Thorold Thunder Bay Tillsonburg Timmins Tiny Toronto Act Approval in Ontario : ities Middlesex Grey Prescott & Russell Oxford Simcoe Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Cochrane The Archipelago Act Approval pursuant to Middlesex Middlesex Grey Grey Prescott & Russell Prescott & Russell Township Township Township Town Town Town Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Consult the Oxford Simcoe Simcoe Provincial Policy Branch Page 32
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 410 ity of Trent Hills Northumberland ity ity 411 Tudor and Cashel Hastings Consult the Hastings 412 ity of Tweed Hastings Consult the Hastings 413 Tyendinaga Hastings Consult the Hastings 414 Uxbridge Durham Durham Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 415 Val Rita - Harty Cochrane Township Township Township 416 Vaughan York York Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 417 Wainfleet Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 418 Warwick Lambton Lambton Lambton 419 Wasaga Beach Simcoe Simcoe Simcoe 420 Regional ity of Waterloo Waterloo Region Region Region Region Region 421 Waterloo Waterloo Waterloo Waterloo Consult the Region regarding approval 422 ity of Wawa ity 423 Welland Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval Provincial Policy Branch Page 33
Act Approval in Ontario : ities Act Approval pursuant to 424 Wellesley Waterloo Waterloo Waterloo Consult the Region regarding approval 425 Wellington Wellington County County County County County 426 Wellington North Wellington Wellington Wellington 427 ity of West Elgin Elgin 428 ity of West Grey Grey Grey Grey 429 West Lincoln Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 430 ity of West Nipissing Nipissing ity ity ity ity ity 431 ity of West Perth Perth Perth Perth 432 Village of Westport Leeds & Grenville 433 Whitby Durham Durham Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 434 Whitchurch - Stouffville York York Consult the Region regarding more information on exemption and approval 435 White River 436 ity of Whitestone Area 437 Whitewater Region Renfrew Renfrew Renfrew Provincial Policy Branch Page 34
438 439 440 441 442 443 444 Wilmot Windsor Wollaston Woodstock Woolwich Regional ity of York Zorra Act Approval in Ontario : ities Waterloo Hastings Oxford Waterloo York Oxford Act Approval pursuant to Waterloo Waterloo Consult the Region regarding approval Consult the Hastings Consult the Oxford Waterloo Waterloo Consult the Region regarding approval Consult the Oxford Region Region Region Region Region Provincial Policy Branch Page 35
Act Approval In Ontario: s and Authorities s Act Approval pursuant to or County (Southern 1 Archipelago Area (Partial)* 2 Bruce Mines-Plummer Additional (Partial)* Bruce Mines Twp of Plummer Additional Bruce Mines Twp of Plummer Additional (Partial)* Bruce Mines Twp of Plummer Additional 3 Central Almaguin 4 Central Chamberlain Twp Chamberlain Twp Chamberlain Twp 5 Cochrane and Suburban Cochrane 6 Desbarats to Echo Bay 7 East Nipissing Nipissing 8 Hearst Cochrane 9 Kapuskasing & Cochrane 10 Lakehead Rural Thunder Bay Mun. of Oliver-Paipoonge Mun. of Neebing 11 Manitoulin Manitoulin 12 North Almaguin (Partial)* (Partial)* (Partial)* 13 Area 14 Sault Ste. Marie North 15 Smooth Rock Falls Cochrane 16 South East Provincial Policy Branch Page 36
Act Approval In Ontario: s and Authorities s Act Approval pursuant to or County (Southern 17 St. Joseph Island 18 Sudbury East Sudbury Authorities 19 Pine Ridge Agency Northumberland County Agency Agency Provincial Policy Branch Page 37
EXPLANATORY NOTES cont d: DEFINITION OF TERMS: county means an upper-tier municipality that was a county on the day the Act, 2001 came into force; local municipality means a single-tier municipality or a lower-tier municipality; lower-tier municipality means a municipality that forms part of an upper-tier for municipal purposes; municipality means a geographic area whose inhabitants are incorporated; regional municipality means an upper-tier municipality that was a regional or district municipality or the Oxford on December 31, 2002; single-tier municipality means a municipality, other than an upper-tier municipality, that does not form part or an upper-tier municipality for municipal purposes; upper-tier municipality means a municipality of which two or more lower-tier municipalities form part for municipal purposes; partial means that the delegated approval only applies to those areas that are covered by an approved. (Note: An asterisk * in the chart identifies those places where the Minister has enacted a partial delegation of his or her.) assigned is planning approval that the Act assigns directly to a defined set of municipalities. prescribed is planning approval that the Act, by Minister s regulation, assigns directly to a municipality, named in the regulation. delegated is planning approval delegated to a municipality, planning board, or municipality planning by the Minister of Affairs and Housing pursuant to the Act. APPROVAL AUTHORITY - UPPER TIER An upper-tier municipality with an approved official plan is the approval for lower tier official plans and official plan amendments pursuant to subsections 17(2) and (4) of the Act and for subdivision applications pursuant to subsections 51(5) and (5.1) of the Act. EXEMPTION OF OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENTS FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR MINISTER APPROVAL Subsection 17(9) of the Act provides the Minister the to exempt by order an official plan or proposed official plan amendment(s) from his or her approval. Ontario Regulation 525/97 (as amended by Ontario Regulation 344/98 and other amending regulations), identifies those municipalities where amendments to official plans are exempt from the approval of the Minister of Affairs and Housing. AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXEMPTION OF LOWER TIER OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENTS FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR UPPER TIER APPROVAL The Minister, by order pursuant to subsection 17(10) of the Act, authorized upper-tier municipalities to pass by-laws to exempt lower-tier official plan amendments from requiring the approval of the upper-tier municipality. In these cases, the chart will indicate that the upper-tier municipality should be consulted for additional information on exemption and approval. Ontario Regulation 699/98 Regional ity of Halton Regional ity of York Ontario Regulation 576/99 Regional ity of Peel Ontario Regulation 99/00 Regional ity of Durham Ontario Regulation 192/01 Regional ity of Ontario Regulation 17/08 Grey (Owen Sound only) Provincial Policy Branch Page 38