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Interpretation
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “certified trap” means a killing trap set out in Column 3 of Schedule 1 or a restraining trap set out in Column 3 of Schedule 2; (“piège certifié”) “killing trap” means a device designed to kill an animal by seizing and holding it by part of its body; (“piège mortel”) “registered trapline area” means an area designated and outlined in black on a registered trapline area map, one of a series of registered trapline area maps covering various parts of the Province of Ontario, produced by the Ministry and filed in the office of the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Policy Branch of the Ministry, as such maps may exist from time to time; (“zone de piégeage enregistrée”) “relaxing cable restraint” means a suspended snare that is designed to capture and restrain an animal alive through a relaxing lock mechanism that allows the cable loop to loosen when pressure is released. (“câble de restriction avec dispositif de relâchement”) “restraining trap” means a trap that is designed to capture but not kill an animal by seizing or holding it. (“piège de capture”) O. Reg. 667/98, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 303/07, s. 1; O. Reg. 369/12, s. 1; O. Reg. 181/14, s. 1; O. Reg. 388/15, s. 1; O. Reg. 459/20, s. 1 (1-3); O. Reg. 601/20, s. 1. (2) A reference in this Regulation to a period of time that begins and ends on specific dates shall be deemed to include the first and last dates of the period. O. Reg. 667/98, s. 1 (2). (3) A reference in this Regulation to a wildlife management unit is a reference to that unit as referred to in Schedule 1 to Part 6 of Ontario Regulation 663/98 (Area Descriptions) made under the Act except that if a wildlife management unit is referred to by whole number only, the whole number includes a reference to all of the wildlife management units referred to in Schedule 1 by that number used in combination with a letter, or a letter and another number. O. Reg. 89/17, s. 1. Licences
Licences
 2. (1) A person shall not trap a black bear except in an area specified in Table 2 of Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife) during the open season specified in the Table for the area.  O. Reg. 582/99, s. 1. (2) A person shall not trap a furbearing mammal except in an area specified in Table 6 of Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife) during the open season specified in the Table for the species and the area.  O. Reg. 582/99, s. 1.
Licences
 3. (1) A trapping licence authorizes the holder to hunt or trap furbearing mammals and black bear in the area designated in the licence, subject to section 8. O. Reg. 667/98, s. 3 (1); O. Reg. 369/12, s. 2. (2) The holder of a trapping licence may hunt raccoon at night in the area designated in the licence if accompanied by a dog licensed for that purpose.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 3 (2).
Licences
 4. A Nishnawbe Aski First Nation Fur Harvesters licence to sell pelts and carcasses, a Trapper’s Authority issued by Grand Council Treaty #3 Trapping Resource Centre and a Trapper’s Authority issued by the Union of Ontario Indians shall be deemed to be trapping licences.  O. Reg. 635/00, s. 1.
Licences
 5. A trapping licence is valid for the period specified in the licence. O. Reg. 173/13, s. 1.
Licences
 6. The holder of a trapping licence shall not capture or kill more than the number of the species of furbearing mammals and black bear fixed by the licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 6.
Licences
 7. (1) It is a condition of a trapping licence that the holder kill at least 75 per cent of the number of beaver fixed by the licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 7 (1). (2) If a holder of a trapping licence fails to meet the condition under subsection (1), the Minister may refuse to renew that licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 7 (2).
Licences
 8. (1) The holder of a trapping licence may hunt or trap on land designated in the licence that is, (a) Crown land in the registered trapline area; (b) Crown land, other than Crown land described in clause (a); or (c) land, other than Crown land, in respect of which he or she has the written permission of a person legally entitled to give it to trap furbearing mammals.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 8 (1); O. Reg. 430/18, s. 1. (2) The holder of a trapping licence may hunt or trap on land owned by him or her or on land on which he or she has permission to trap, if the land is within or adjacent to the registered trapline area designated in his or her licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 8 (2).
Licences
 9. (1) Only one registered trapline area shall be designated in a trapping licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 9 (1). (2) Despite subsection (1), a holder of a licence that designated more than one registered trapline area before the day this Regulation comes into force may obtain a licence for those registered trapline areas.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 9 (2).
Licences
 10. (1) The person assigned a registered trapline area is the head trapper and has all the rights and obligations associated with trapping in that area.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 10 (1). (2) The head trapper is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Act and the regulations even though he or she may use helper trappers to assist in hunting or trapping under his or her licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 10 (2). (3) A licence issued to a helper trapper, (a) restricts the helper to hunting or trapping on the area for which the head trapper is authorized to hunt or trap; and (b) limits the helper to assisting the head trapper in hunting or trapping a quantity of furbearing mammals authorized in the head trapper’s licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 10 (3). (4) The head trapper and all helper trappers shall not cumulatively exceed the quotas fixed in the licence of the head trapper.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 10 (4).
Licences
 11.1 (1) No person shall carry a gun while trapping unless the person meets at least one of the following requirements: 1. The person holds a valid possession and acquisition licence issued under the Firearms Act (Canada). 2. The person holds a valid minor’s licence issued under the Firearms Act (Canada). 3. The person has proof that he or she has successfully completed the Canadian Firearms Safety Course, and tests that form part of that course, under the Firearms Act. O. Reg. 547/17, s. 2. (2) A person who is carrying or using a gun while trapping shall carry the documentation required under subsection (1) while trapping and while in possession of the gun for the purposes of trapping and shall produce the documentation to a conservation officer at the officer’s request. O. Reg. 547/17, s. 2; O. Reg. 462/18, s. 2.
Licences
 12. (1) The holder of a trapping licence may hunt or trap furbearing mammals, (a) in a part of Rondeau Provincial Park if the area is designated on the trapping licence; or (b) in a registered trapline area in a provincial park designated on the trapping licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 12 (1). (2) The person hunting or trapping in a provincial park in accordance with subsection (1) may, (a) possess a firearm or trap for the purpose; and (b) possess any wildlife legally killed by him or her in the provincial park.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 12 (2). Record-Keeping Requirements
Record-Keeping Requirements
 13. (1) The holder of a trapping licence shall complete a season-end harvest report in the form provided by the Minister.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 13 (1). (2) The holder of a trapping licence shall include the following information in the appropriate place on his or her season-end harvest report: 1. The quantity of furbearing mammals or black bear harvested under the licence during the open season for each species listed in the report. 2. The quantity of pelts or black bear hides sold or shipped to be sold before June 1 for each species listed in the report. 3. The quantity of pelts or black bear hides left in possession of the licence holder on June 1 for each species listed in the report.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 13 (2). (3) The holder of the trapping licence shall complete the information required under paragraph 1 of subsection (2) within 24 hours after the close of the open season for each species and record the date each record was made verified by the licence holder’s initials.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 13 (3). (3.1) Despite subsection (3), if a trapping licence authorizes the licence holder to trap a species in two or more areas with different open seasons, the licence holder shall complete the information required under paragraph 1 of subsection (2) within 24 hours of the close of the open season that closes the latest in the year and record the date the record was made, verified by the licence holder’s initials. O. Reg. 290/17, s. 1. (4) The licence holder shall submit the report to the address indicated on the report on or before June 10 following the issuance of the licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 13 (4). Multiplicity of Licences
Multiplicity of Licences
 14. (1) A person shall not hold a trapping licence and a farmer’s licence to sell pelts and carcasses at the same time.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 14 (1). (2) The holder of a trapping licence or a farmer’s licence to sell pelts and carcasses may surrender that licence and obtain the other licence.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 14 (2).
Multiplicity of Licences
 15. (1) Revoked: O. Reg. 601/20, s. 2 (1). (2) A person who keeps farmed animals that are furbearing mammals and any family members of that person who live with him or her shall not, (a) hold a trapping licence for which a quota is assigned for the same species of furbearing mammals that are kept by that person; (b) hold a farmer’s licence to sell pelts and carcasses; or (c) hold a fur dealer’s licence or act as agent for a fur dealer.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 15 (2). (3) Despite subsection (2), a person referred to in that subsection may be issued a licence referred to in that subsection if the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Policy Branch of the Ministry is of the opinion that, (a) undue financial hardship would result from the inability to simultaneously hold the two licences or to hold a licence and to keep farmed animals that are furbearing mammals; and (b) record-keeping or other measures will adequately reduce the risk that pelts from farmed animals or pelts kept under the various licences could be intermixed.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 15 (3); O. Reg. 388/15, s. 3; O. Reg. 601/20, s. 2 (2). Trapper Education
Trapper Education
 16. (1) The Minister may establish or approve courses in fur harvesting and fur management and conservation which shall deal with, (a) the history of fur management, humane trapping, fur laws and policies, furbearing mammals and the descriptions of pelts; (b) trapping equipment, trapping and survival; and (c) the biology, management, trapping and handling of pelts of furbearing mammals, black bear and other wildlife as determined by the Minister.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 16 (1). (2) The course shall include a field demonstration and test of the efficiency and humane operation of the trap sets.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 16 (2). (3) An instructor appointed under subsection (4) to conduct the course shall issue a certificate in the form approved by the Minister to each person who successfully completes the course. O. Reg. 388/15, s. 4. (4) The Minister or a person designated by the Minister may appoint instructors who are competent to conduct the course and examine trappers on the content of the course.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 16 (4). Traps and Methods
Traps and Methods
 17. A person shall not use, (a) a trap that has a hook or sharpened device capable of impaling a furbearing mammal; (b) a spring pole set, except with a killing trap; (c) a deadfall; (d) a trap that has teeth or serrations on its jaws; (e) a suspended snare unless, (i) the snare is set for varying hare, cottontail, European hare or red squirrel, (ii) a snare lock or other device is used in such a manner that the noose is prevented from expanding, or (iii) the snare is a relaxing cable restraint that complies with the requirements of subsection 17.1 (1) and is used in accordance with subsection 17.1 (2); or (f) a number 110 Conibear trap or any body-gripping trap of a similar construction with equivalent or less killing power unless, (i) the trap is set for muskrat or weasel, subject to subsection 18 (1), or (ii) the trap is set for mink in such a manner that the captured mink will be submerged in water and prevented from resurfacing. (g)  Revoked:  O. Reg. 303/07, s. 3. O. Reg. 667/98, s. 17; O. Reg. 34/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 303/07, s. 3; O. Reg. 388/15, s. 5; O. Reg. 603/21, s. 1.
Traps and Methods
 17.1 (1) A relaxing cable restraint referred to in subclause 17 (e) (iii) shall comply with the following requirements: 1. The relaxing cable restraint shall be made of cable consisting of galvanized multi-strand steel which is 3/32 inch or larger in diameter. 2. The relaxing cable restraint shall have two cable stops set in a manner such that, i. at its maximum, the cable loop cannot expand to be larger than 30 centimetres in diameter, and ii. at its minimum, the cable loop cannot restrict to be smaller than 8.9 centimetres in diameter. 3. When the cable loop of the relaxing cable restraint is fully closed at its minimum position, the length of the cable measured from the anchor point to the relaxing lock shall not exceed 1.5 metres. 4. The relaxing cable restraint shall have at least two swivel devices which allow for 360° rotation between the loop and the anchor, with one swivel device located at the anchor point. 5. The relaxing cable restraint shall have a breakaway mechanism affixed at the relaxing lock that is rated at 122.5 kilograms or less. O. Reg. 388/15, s. 6. (2) A person who uses a relaxing cable restraint shall comply with the following requirements: 1. The person shall set the relaxing cable restraint for coyote or wolf only. 2. The person shall set the relaxing cable restraint on land. 3. The person shall not set the relaxing cable restraint in a manner that may result in the captured animal reaching a body of water or reaching any part of a fence, rooted woody vegetation, or other object in which the animal may become entangled. 4. The person shall not set the relaxing cable restraint in a manner or in a place that may result in the captured animal being suspended with its feet off the ground. 5. The person shall not use springs, counter-balanced weights, powered mechanisms or other similar devices to operate the relaxing cable restraint. O. Reg. 388/15, s. 6.
Traps and Methods
 18. (1) If a species is listed in Column 2 of Schedule 1 or in Column 2 of Schedule 2, a person shall not use a trap for trapping the species unless, (a) the trap is a certified trap set out in Column 3 of the relevant Schedule opposite the species; and (b) the trap is used in accordance with any conditions set out in section 18.1. O. Reg. 290/17, s. 2; O. Reg. 459/20, s. 2 (1). (2) Despite subsection (1), (a) muskrat may be trapped using traps known as funnel traps if they are set under the surface of the water; (b) bobcat, lynx or wolf may be trapped using a suspended snare in accordance with this Regulation; (c) beaver or otter may be trapped using a leg-hold trap in accordance with clause 19 (2) (c); and (d) raccoon may be trapped using a box or cage restraining trap. O. Reg. 290/17, s. 2; O. Reg. 430/18, s. 3; O. Reg. 459/20, s. 2 (2, 3); O. Reg. 603/21, s. 2.
Traps and Methods
 18.1 (1) A person may set a trap set out in Column 3 of Schedule 1 to trap beaver only on land or under water, subject to subsection (2). O. Reg. 290/17, s. 2. (2) A person shall not use a body-gripping trap with a jaw spread greater than 22 centimetres in wildlife management units 60 to 95 except as part of an in-water set used in the trapping of beaver and otter. O. Reg. 290/17, s. 2; O. Reg. 547/17, s. 3. (3) A person who uses any of the following traps to trap muskrat shall ensure that the trap meets the following requirements: 1. In the case of a jaw-type killing trap or a jaw-type leg-hold trap, the trap must exert clamping force on the animal and be set as a submersion set in a manner consistent with clause 19 (2) (c) or subsection 19 (3). 2. In the case of any other type of certified killing trap set out for trapping muskrat in Column 3 of Schedule 1, the trap must be set on land. O. Reg. 430/18, s. 4. (4), (5) Revoked: O. Reg. 459/20, s. 3.
Traps and Methods
 19. (1) A person shall not set a leg-hold trap, except a foot snare, for a furbearing mammal. O. Reg. 351/01, s. 1. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who sets a leg-hold trap, (a) for a coyote using a leg-hold trap other than a trap that has two planar steel jaws less than 9 mm in thickness which come into contact with one another over their full length when the trap is sprung; (a.1) for bobcat, lynx, raccoon or wolf, in accordance with subsection 18 (1); (b) for a species of fox using a leg-hold trap, (i) smaller than a trap commonly known as a number 3, or (ii) other than a trap that has two planar steel jaws less than 9 mm in thickness which come into contact with one another over their full length when the trap is sprung; or (c) for beaver, muskrat, otter or mink if the trap is set under ice or attached to, (i) a sliding lock on a drowning wire or a device that will immediately submerge the captured animal in water and prevent it from resurfacing, or (ii) a heavy object that will dislodge immediately upon the springing of the trap and will submerge the captured animal in water and prevent it from resurfacing. O. Reg. 351/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 303/07, s. 5; O. Reg. 155/10, s. 1; O. Reg. 430/18, s. 5; O. Reg 459/20, s. 4. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who sets a leg-hold trap for mink or muskrat if the trap will submerge the captured animal in water immediately upon the springing of the trap and if the trap is sufficiently heavy to prevent it from resurfacing. O. Reg. 667/98, s. 19 (3). (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who sets a leg-hold trap on land for red squirrel if the trap is enclosed and set so as to kill the captured animal immediately upon the trap being sprung. O. Reg. 667/98, s. 19 (4); O. Reg. 290/17, s. 3.
Traps and Methods
 20. A person shall not trap a black bear except with a foot snare, box or culvert trap.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 20.
Traps and Methods
 21. (1) A person shall release any black bear cub or female black bear accompanied by a cub that the person traps during any part of an open season for bear specified in Table 2 of Ontario Regulation 670/98 (Open Seasons — Wildlife) that falls within May or June of any year. O. Reg. 290/17, s. 4. (2) In this section, “cub” means a bear born in the year of the hunt. O. Reg. 290/17, s. 4.
Traps and Methods
 22. A person shall not trap a black bear within 400 metres of a waste disposal site as defined in Part V of the Environmental Protection Act.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 22.
Traps and Methods
 23. A person shall not set a leg-hold trap in a tree, on a pole, or in any other place that may result in the captured animal being suspended with its feet off the ground.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 23; O. Reg. 388/15, s. 7.
Traps and Methods
 24. (1) A person shall not use a leg-hold trap that has a jaw spread greater than, (a) 18 centimetres when set on land; or (b) 21 centimetres when set in water. O. Reg. 303/07, s. 6. (2) Despite subsection (1) a person may use a leg-hold trap to trap for wolf, if (a) the trap has a jaw spread not exceeding 23 centimetres; and (b) the trap is a certified trap that may be used for wolf. O. Reg 459/20, s. 5. (3) Revoked: O. Reg 459/20, s. 5.
Traps and Methods
 25. (1) A person shall not use a leg-hold trap on land with a chain, cable, rope, wire or other trap chain whose total length exceeds 31 centimetres unless drags are used.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 25 (1). (2) The length of a trap chain is the distance, (a) where the trap chain is attached above the ground to an object, measured between the object and the nearest part of the trap; or (b) where the trap chain is attached under ground to an object, measured between the intersection of the trap chain with the surface of the ground and the nearest point of the trap.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 25 (2). (3) A person shall inspect every live holding trap set by the person at least once a day.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 25 (3). (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who traps in the parts of Ontario lying north of the line formed by the centre line of the most northerly east-west line of the Canadian National Railway Company and the centre line of the forest access road constructed on the site of what was formerly part of the east-west line of the Canadian National Railway Company between the villages of Calstock and Nakina.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 25 (4). (5) A live holding trap is one that is not designed or set to kill or drown the animal immediately upon the animal being captured. O. Reg. 388/15, s. 8.
Traps and Methods
 26. (1) A person permitted under clause 22 (2) (a), (b) or (c) of the Act to use a body-gripping trap shall not use a snare for any purpose, (a) in those parts of Ontario designated as Part 1 on the Suspended Snare Trapping Regulation Plan; or (b) in those parts of Ontario designated as Part 2 on the Suspended Snare Trapping Regulation Plan, during an open season for deer during which a person may use or be accompanied by a dog while hunting deer. O. Reg. 388/15, s. 9 (1). (2) Despite subsection (1) and subsection 18 (1), a person permitted under clause 22 (2) (a), (b) or (c) of the Act to use a body-gripping trap may set, (a) a snare under the surface of any body of water; or (b) a foot snare or cable-live trap in a horizontal position on the ground.  O. Reg. 303/07, s. 7; O. Reg. 388/15, s. 9 (2). (3) Despite subsection (1) and subject to section 17.1, a person permitted under clause 22 (2) (a), (b) or (c) of the Act to use a body-gripping trap may use a relaxing cable restraint to trap wolf or coyote under section 31 of the Act. O. Reg. 388/15, s. 9 (3). (4) Despite clause (1) (a) and subject to subsection (3) and section 17.1, a person permitted under clause 22 (2) (a), (b) or (c) of the Act to use a body-gripping trap may use a relaxing cable restraint to trap wolf or coyote, but shall not do so in an area during an open season for deer during which a person may use or be accompanied by a dog while hunting deer in the area. O. Reg. 290/17, s. 5. (5) For the purposes of this section, a reference to an open season for deer during which a person may use or be accompanied by a dog while hunting deer does not include an open season for deer during which a person is permitted under subsection 86 (4) of Ontario Regulation 665/98 (Hunting) to use a dog only to search for lawfully wounded deer. O. Reg. 388/15, s. 9 (3). (6) In this section, “Suspended Snare Trapping Regulation Plan” means the plan entitled “Suspended Snare Trapping Regulation Plan”, filed with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry and available from the Ministry. O. Reg. 388/15, s. 9 (3); O. Reg. 89/17, s. 3.
Traps and Methods
 27. (1) A person shall not possess a body-gripping trap unless the person, (a) is lawfully entitled to use the trap; (b) was lawfully entitled to use the trap within the five years preceding the date on which the person was found to be in possession of the body-gripping trap; (c) engages in activities related to the manufacture, repair, sale, transportation or storage of the traps or the conduct of research with respect to those traps; (d) is a collector of traps and the trap is rendered incapable of being used for trapping; or (e) possesses the traps for educational purposes in the course of employment by an educational institution or government.  O. Reg. 667/98, s. 27 (1). (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to traps in a museum or public display if most of the funding for the museum or display comes from a government in Canada. O. Reg. 667/98, s. 27 (2).
Traps and Methods
 27.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), (a) the holder of a trapping licence is exempt from subsection 20 (1) of the Act for the purposes of killing, during the period from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, a furbearing mammal that has been lawfully trapped by the person; and (b) a farmer, and a member of the farmer’s family who resides with the farmer, are exempt from subsection 20 (1) of the Act for the purposes of killing, during the period from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, a furbearing mammal that has been lawfully trapped on the farmer’s land in accordance with subsection 6 (3) of the Act. O. Reg. 601/20, s. 3. (2) An exemption under subsection (1) does not apply to a person referred to in that subsection unless the person complies with all of the following conditions: 1. The only firearm that the person may use to kill a furbearing mammal is a rim-fire rifle. 2. The only firearm that the person may have un-encased and loaded is a rim-fire rifle, subject to paragraphs 3 and 4. 3. The person shall keep the rim-fire rifle encased and unloaded until the person is in the immediate vicinity of the furbearing mammal that the person has lawfully trapped. 4. The person shall unload and encase the rim-fire rifle immediately after the furbearing mammal has been killed. O. Reg. 601/20, s. 3. Spoilage
Spoilage
 28. A trapper who kills a furbearing mammal may, if the pelt is of no commercial value, abandon it or permit it to be spoiled or destroyed. O. Reg. 667/98, s. 28.
Spoilage
 29. Omitted (revokes other Regulations). O. Reg. 667/98, s. 29.