Land use permits in Algonquin Provincial Park
 38. (1) This section applies with respect to any cottage lot that exists in Algonquin Provincial Park on April 29, 2019. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (2) In this section, “boathouse” means a structure with a roof and walls that is built or erected on or over water and that is used primarily for the purpose of storing boats and boat accessories but does not include a dock that is attached to the boathouse; (“hangar à bateaux”) “boat port” means a roof that is built or erected on or over water, that spans two or more floating platforms, that has no walls and under which boats are parked but does not include a dock that is attached to the boat port; (“port à bateaux”) “boat shed” means a land structure with a roof and walls that is used primarily for the purpose of storing boats and boat accessories; (“remise à bateaux”) “cottage lot” means land, (a) in respect of which a lease or licence of occupation has been issued by the Minister for non-commercial residential purposes in accordance with section 37, and (b) on which a cottage or cottage-like structure has been built or erected or may be built or erected under the terms of the lease or licence of occupation; (“lot pour chalet”) “dock” includes a crib dock, a floating dock or a pole dock; (“quai”) “land structure” means any structure such as a driveway, road, utility pole, water pump shed or sewage system that is or is intended to be placed, built or erected on land not covered by water; (“structure au sol”) “swim raft” means a floating platform that is not attached to the shore that is or is intended to be placed on or above water, but does not include a water trampoline or an inflatable structure; (“radeau de baignade”) “water structure” means a dock, boathouse, boat port or swim raft. (“structure sur l’eau”) O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (3) The Minister may issue a land use permit under subsection 14 (2.1) of the Act with respect to land in Algonquin Provincial Park if all of the following circumstances exist: 1. The person to whom the permit is issued holds a lease or a licence of occupation for a cottage lot in the park. 2. The permit applies to land outside of the cottage lot that, i. in the case of a cottage lot other than a cottage lot situated on Source Lake, is near or adjacent to the cottage lot, or ii. in the case of a cottage lot situated on Source Lake, A. is near or adjacent to the cottage lot, B. is near or adjacent to the public access point to the lake, or C. includes both land that is near or adjacent to the cottage lot and land that is near or adjacent to the public access point to the lake. 3. The permit authorizes the permit holder to occupy the land to which the permit applies for the purpose of placing, building or erecting one or more of the following structures on the land or for the purpose of using any such structures that were built, erected or placed on the land before April 29, 2019: i. If the permit applies to land near or adjacent to a cottage lot, A. a water structure that meets the requirements of subsections (4) and (5), or B. a land structure that meets the requirements of subsection (7). ii. If the permit applies to land near or adjacent to the public access point on Source Lake, a boat shed, a boathouse or a dock that, A. was placed, built or erected on the land before April 29, 2019, B. is used for private non-commercial purposes ancillary to the use or enjoyment of the cottage lot, and C. in the case of a dock, meets the requirements of subsection (5). 4. Any structure referred to in paragraph 3 shall not include a kitchen or washroom facility or an area intended to be used for sleeping accommodations. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (4) A water structure referred to in sub-subparagraph 3 i A of subsection (3) must meet the following requirements: 1. The water structure must be used for private non-commercial purposes that are necessary or ancillary to the use or enjoyment of the cottage lot. 2. The water structure must be located as close as reasonably possible to the cottage lot and at least a part of the structure must be located within 100 metres of the cottage lot. 3. In the case of a crib dock, boathouse or boat port, it must have been built, erected or placed on or above the land before April 29, 2019. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (5) The total area occupied by all water structures described in subsection (6) that are associated with a cottage lot, when measured together, shall not exceed the following maximum area: 1. If the permit is issued on or before December 31, 2023, 60 square metres. 2. If the permit is issued after December 31, 2023, 30 square metres. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (6) The area occupied by each of the following water structures shall be included when determining the total area of all water structures associated with a cottage lot, whether the water structures are authorized under one or more land use permits: 1. Every water structure located near or adjacent to the cottage lot, other than a boathouse or a boat port. 2. In the case of a cottage lot on Source Lake, every water structure described in paragraph 1 and any dock located near or adjacent to the public access point to the lake. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (7) A land structure referred to in sub-subparagraph 3 i B of subsection (3) must meet the following requirements: 1. The structure must be for private non-commercial purposes that are necessary to support the occupation and use of the cottage lot. 2. The land structure cannot practically or reasonably be placed, built or erected on the cottage lot due to, i. the topography, ii. the distance from the cottage lot to the nearest hydro corridor or road, or iii. legal requirements. 3. In the case of a driveway or a road, the driveway or road must have been built before April 29, 2019. 4. In the case of a sewage system that was placed on the land before April 29, 2019, the sewage system must be, i. a Class 1, 2 or 4 sewage system described in section 8.1.2 of Ontario Regulation 332/12 (Building Code) made under the Building Code Act, 1992, and ii. located so as to allow for a water setback of at least 15 metres. 5. In the case of a sewage system that is placed on the land on or after April 29, 2019, the sewage system must be, i. a Class 1 or 2 sewage system described in section 8.1.2 of Ontario Regulation 332/12, and ii. located so as to allow for a water setback of at least 30 metres, subject to subsection (8). 6. The structure must not be a boat shed, a tent platform, a shed, a gazebo, a sauna or a hot tub. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (8) A land use permit issued on or after April 29, 2019 may allow a sewage system described in paragraph 5 of subsection (7) to be located so as to allow for a water setback of at least 15 metres if, (a) the sewage system cannot practically or reasonably be located so as to allow for a water setback of at least 30 metres due to the topography; or (b) allowing a water setback of at least 15 metres would, in the Minister’s opinion, be less harmful to the environment, to park wildlife or to the ecological integrity of the park. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (9) For the purposes of subsections (7) and (8), a water setback is the distance between the sewage system and the waterfront as measured from, (a) if the cottage lot is on a lake that is listed in Column 2 of the Table to this subsection, the maximum shoreline water level for the lake set out opposite the lake in Column 3 of the Table; or (b) if the cottage lot is not on a lake listed in the Table to this subsection, the water’s edge at normal spring high water levels. Table  Column 1   Item   Column 2   Lakes   Column 3   Maximum Shoreline Water Level (metres above sea level) 

  1.   Canoe Lake   418.2 

  2.   Tea Lake   418.2 

  3.   Smoke Lake   418.2 

  4.   Bonita Lake   418.2 

  5.   Galeairy Lake   390.0 

  6.   Joe Lake   422.2 

  7.   Little Joe Lake   422.2 

  8.   Cache Lake   429.75 

  9.   Lake of Two Rivers   393.37 O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (10) A land use permit issued under this section shall expire on the earlier of, (a) December 31, 2038; or (b) the day the permit holder ceases to be the holder of the lease or licence of occupation for the cottage lot in respect of which the land use permit was issued. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (11) If a land use permit issued under this section on or before December 31, 2023 authorizes the permit holder to occupy lands for the purpose of placing, building or erecting one or more water structures or for the purpose of using pre-existing water structures, the permit holder shall ensure, as a condition of the permit, that on and after January 1, 2024 the total area occupied by all water structures described in subsection (5) that are associated with the permit holder’s cottage lot, when measured together, does not exceed 30 square metres. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. (12) A person who holds a land use permit issued under this section shall comply with the terms and conditions of the permit. O. Reg. 75/19, s. 2. SCHEDULE 1   PROVINCIAL PARKS WHERE power boats ARE authorized under SubsECTION 31 (2) Column 1   Column 2   Column 3 

  Item   Provincial Park   Areas where power boat operation permitted and conditions of operation, if any 

  1.   Abitibi-de-Troyes   All waters 

  2.   Albany River   All waters 

  3.   Alexander Lake Forest   All waters 

  4.   Algoma Headwaters   All waters, except Ninegee, Groove, Firetrail, Lance and Nokomis Lakes as well as the northern inlets to Goulais Lake 

  5.   Algonquin   (i) On Galeairy or Opeongo Lake   (ii) On Bonita Lake, Cache Lake, Canoe Lake, Cedar Lake, Kingscote Lake, Kioshkokwi Lake, Lake of Two Rivers, Little Cauchon Lake, Rock Lake, Smoke Lake, Source Lake, Tanamakoon Lake, Tea Lake or Whitefish Lake, if the boat has an engine rating not exceeding 20 horsepower   (iii) On Cauchon Lake, Cauliflower Lake, Grand Lake, Joe Lake, Manitou Lake (formerly called Wilkes Lake) or Madawaska Lake, Lake Travers, Little Joe Lake, North Tea Lake, Radiant Lake, Rain Lake or Tepee Lake, if the boat has an engine rating not exceeding 10 horsepower   (iv) From the day following Labour Day to the last Thursday in June, on Big Crow Lake, Hogan Lake, Lake La Muir, Little Crow Lake, Proulx Lake or White Partridge Lake or the Crow River from Proulx Lake to Little Crow Lake, if the boat has an engine rating not exceeding six horsepower   (v) If the boat is transporting material for the construction and maintenance of leasehold buildings, is involved in servicing utilities or in transporting guests of youth camps or Bartlett Lodge   (vi) If the boat is operated by the holder of a trapper’s licence issued under the regulations made under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 for the purpose of trapping during the open season 

  6.   Arrow Lake   All waters 

  7.   Aubrey Falls   All waters 

  8.   Barron River   All waters 

  9.   Big East River   All waters 

  10.   Biscotasi Lake   All waters 

  11.   Bissett Creek   All waters 

  12.   Black Sturgeon River   All waters  

  13.   Blind River   All waters 

  14.   Brightsand River   All waters 

  15.   Centennial Lake   All waters 

  16.   Chapleau-Nemegosenda   All waters 

  17.   Charleston Lake   All waters except for that part of Charleston Lake known as Slim Bay and Mud Bay and the area demarcated by buoy-line signs in the southwest part of Running Bay 

  18.   Cranberry Lake   All waters 

  19.   Daisy Lake Uplands   All waters 

  20.   Dana-Jowsey Lakes   All waters 

  21.   Eagle Dogtooth   All waters 

  22.   East English River   All waters 

  23.   Englehart River Fine Sand Plain and Waterway   All waters 

  24.   Esker Lakes   All waters in park addition P1621 

  25.   Fawn River   All waters 

  26.   Five Mile Lake   All waters, except for White Bark Lake and Red Bark Lake 

  27.   French River   All waters 

  28.   Frontenac   On Big Salmon Lake, if the boat is propelled by an electric motor 

  29.   Fushimi Lake   Fushimi Lake only 

  30.   Goulais River   All waters, except the most southerly 12 kilometres of the park from Ice Water Creek to the southern boundary 

  31.   Grant’s Creek   All waters 

  32.   Gravel River   All waters 

  33.   Greenwater   (i) All waters, if the boat is propelled by an electric motor  

          (ii) All waters in park addition P1589 

  34.   Groundhog River   All waters 

  35.   Gull River   All waters 

  36.   Halfway Lake   Halfway Lake only 

  37.   Ivanhoe   All waters, except Saw Lake, Leah Lake and Hall Lake 

  38.   Kashabowie   All waters 

  39.   Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park   All lakes identified as those on which motorboats are permitted in Figure 5: Motorboat Use, in the Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park Management Plan, dated October 2008 and available for public inspection at the Ministry of Natural Resources Bancroft District Office or electronically on the Ontario Parks website . 

  40.   Kettle Lakes   Hughes Lake only 

  41.   Killarney Lakelands and Headwaters   All waters 

  42.   Kopka River   All waters within the OLL addition only 

  43.   LaCloche   All waters 

  44.   La Motte Lake   All waters 

  45.   La Verendrye   All waters, except for Granite River from Saganaga Lake to Granite Lake, Maraboeuf Lake, including Cross Bay and Devil’s Elbow, Gneiss Lake, Granite Lake, Clove Lake and Pine River from Clove Lake to Magnetic Lake 

  46.   Larder River   (i) All waters    (ii) On Clear Lake, if the boat has an engine rating not exceeding 10 horsepower 

  47.   Lake Superior   (i) On Sand Lake, if the boat has an engine rating not exceeding 10 horsepower   (ii) If the boat is operated by the holder of a trapper’s licence issued under the regulations made under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 for the purpose of trapping during the open season 

  48.   Little Abitibi   All waters 

  49.   Little White River   All waters 

  50.   Magnetawan River   All waters 

  51.   Makobe-Grays River   Alexander Lake only 

  52.   Matinenda   All waters 

  53.   Missinaibi   All waters except,   (i) Little Missinaibi Lake Wilderness Zone – W1 where only tourist outfitters and their clients are permitted   (ii) Missinaibi River from Quittagene Rapids to Camp 95 bridge on the Missinaibi River from June 15 to August 31   (iii) Missinaibi River from Thunder House Falls to Opasatika River from June 15 to August 31 

  54.   Mississagi   All waters, except Christman Lake 

  55.   Mississagi Delta   All waters 

  56.   Mississagi River   All waters 

  57.   Nagagamisis   Nagagamisis Lake only 

  58.   Nimoosh   All waters 

  59.   Noganosh Lake   All waters 

  60.   North Channel Inshore   All waters 

  61.   Obabika River   All waters, except Wakimika Lake, Wakimika River Wilderness Zone - W2 and Obabika River - NE4 

  62.   Obatanga   All waters 

  63.   Obongo Ottertooth   All waters 

  64.   Ogoki River   All waters 

  65.   Ojibway   All waters 

  66.   Ottoskwin-Attawapiskat River   All waters 

  67.   Pigeon River   All waters 

  68.   Pipestone River   All waters 

  69.   Pokei Lake/White River Wetlands   All waters 

  70.   Pukaskwa River   All waters 

  71.   Puzzle Lake   All waters 

  72.   Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands   All waters 

  73.   Restoule   All waters, except Stormy Lake, Clear Lake and on Restoule River if the boat has an engine rating not exceeding 10 horsepower from May 1 to Thanksgiving Monday and not exceeding 40 horsepower from the first Tuesday following Thanksgiving to April 30 of the following year 

  74.   River Aux Sables   All waters 

  75.   Ruby Lake   All waters 

  76.   Rushbrook   All waters 

  77.   Rushing River   All waters 

  78.   Samuel de Champlain   On Moore Lake, if the boat has an engine rating not exceeding 10 horsepower 

  79.   Sandbar   All waters 

  80.   Severn River   All waters 

  81.   Silver Falls   All waters 

  82.   Sleeping Giant   On Marie Louise Lake, if the boat has an engine rating not exceeding 10 horsepower 

  83.   Solace   All waters 

  84.   Spanish River   All waters 

  85.   Steel River   All waters 

  86.   St. Raphael   All waters 

  87.   Sturgeon River   All waters 

  88.   The Shoals   All waters 

  89.   Turtle River-White Otter Lake   All waters in park addition P2304 only 

  90.   Wakami   All waters except Imakaw Lake and Efby Lake   

  91.   West English River   All waters 

  92.   West Montreal River   All waters 

  93.   White Sand River   All waters 

  94.   Winisk River   All waters 

  95.   Winnange Lake   All waters O. Reg. 347/07, Sched. 1; O. Reg. 22/11, s. 14; O. Reg. 386/17, s. 2. SCHEDULE 2   PROVINCIAL PARKS WHERE AIRCRAFT LANDINGS ARE authorized under SubsECTION 33 (2) Column 1   Column 2   Column 3 

  Item    Name of Park    Areas where aircraft are authorized to land 

  1.   Abitibi-de-Troyes   All 

  2.   Albany River   All 

  3.   Algoma Headwaters   All 

  4.   Arrow Lake   All 

  5.   Aubinadong/Nushatogaini Rivers   All 

  6.   Barron River   All 

  7.   Biscotasi Lake   All 

  8.   Blind River   All 

  9.   Brightsand River   All 

  10.   Chiniguchi   All 

  11.   Daisy Lake Uplands   All 

  12.   Dana-Jowsey   All waters in park addition P1577 only 

  13.   Eagle-Dogtooth   All 

  14.   Englehart River   All 

  15.   East English River   All 

  16.   Esker Lakes   All waters in park addition P1621 only 

  17.   Fawn River   All 

  18.   Finlayson Point   All 

  19.   French River   All 

  20.   Goulais River   All 

  21.   Greenwater   All waters in park addition P1589 only 

  22.   Groundhog River   All 

  23.   Gull River   All 

  24   Kashabowie   All 

  25.   Kawartha Highlands   All 

  26.   Kenny Forest   All 

  27.   Killarney Lakelands and Headwaters   All 

  28.   Kopka River   All 

  29.   La Verendrye   All, except Granite River from Saganaga Lake to Granite Lake, Maraboeuf Lake, including Cross Bay and Devil’s Elbow, Gneiss Lake, Granite Lake, Clove Lake, Pine River from Clove Lake to Magnetic Lake 

  30.   Lake of the Woods   All 

  31.   Larder River   All waters in park addition P1625 only 

  32.   Little Abitibi   All 

  33.   Little Current River   All 

  34.   Little White River   All 

  35.   Magnetawan River   All 

  36.   Makobe-Grays River   All 

  37.   Marten River   All 

  38.   Matawin River   All 

  39.   Matinenda   All 

  40.   Michipicoten Island   Michi Lake only  

  41.   Missinaibi   (i) Commercial tourism operators in natural environment and access zones, such as Missinaibi Lake (NE1), Brunswick Lake (NE5), Bells Bay (A10) and on the Missinaibi River downstream of the Thunder House Falls Wilderness Zone (W2), to access hunt camp LUP’s in the fall (NE8)   (ii) By private operators in Bells Bay   (iii) By holders of LUP’s, leases or patents for the purpose of accessing their properties on Missinaibi Lake, Little Missinaibi and Brunswick Lake   (iv) In Little Missinaibi Wilderness Zone (W1), by commercial tourism operators to land aircraft to access the site of their LUP 

  42.   Mississagi River   All 

  42.1   Nagagamisis   Waters abutting Lots 12 and 36 on Plan M190 deposited in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Algoma (No. 1) 

  43.   Nakina Moraine   All 

  44.   Noganosh Lake   All 

  45.   North Channel Inshore   All 

  46.   Obabika River   All 

  47.   Obonga-Ottertooth   All 

  48.   Ogoki River   All 

  49.   Otoskwin-Attawpiskat River   All 

  50.   Pipestone   All 

  51.   Puzzle Lake   All 

  52.   Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands   All 

  53.   River Aux Sables   All 

  54.   Ruby Lake   All 

  55.   Rushbrook   All 

  56.   Severn River   All 

  57.   Silver Falls   All 

  58.   Slate Islands   All 

  59.   Solace   All 

  60.   Spanish River   All 

  61.   St. Raphael    All 

  62.   Steel River   All 

  63.   Sturgeon River   All 

  64.   St. Raphael    All 

  65.   Steel River   All 

  66.   Sturgeon River   All 

  67.   Temagami River   All 

  68.   Turtle River-White Otter Lake   All 

  69.   W.J.B. Greenwood   All 

  70.   West English River   All 

  71.   West Montreal River   All 

  72.   Whitesand   All 

  73.   Winisk River   All O. Reg. 347/07, Sched. 2; O. Reg. 113/09, s. 1.  Français