British Columbia
Arborist reports for tree removal permits in Metro Vancouver
ISA Certified Arborist reports written to each municipality's bylaw.
Get a QuoteWe confirm availability for your address before we quote. We do not offer emergency service.
Reports we write in Metro Vancouver
Tree removal reports
The arborist report a private tree permit application asks for, written to your municipality's bylaw.
Current offer: $200
Construction and development reports
Tree reports for building permit and development applications.
By request, confirmed per project
Tree removal report pages by city:Burnaby, Delta, Vancouver.
If the removal ground is a hazardous or high-risk tree, ask us first. Some Metro Vancouver bylaws require a report author who also holds the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification.
How a BC report works
Send the address and the trees
Use the form or email us. Tell us the property address, which trees are involved and what the report is for.
We check the bylaw and confirm availability
We confirm which municipality's rules apply and whether we can take your file.
Site measurements and photos
We arrange the measurements and photos the report needs and tell you who attends when we confirm availability.
Your report
Sergiy Litvinov, ISA Certified Arborist, prepares and signs the report. The municipality makes the permit decision.
Pricing
No surprises. Pricing confirmed before we start.
We confirm availability for your address before we quote.
Free Consultation
- Free consultation, response within 24 hours
- Any tree or permit question answered
- Advice from an ISA Certified Arborist
Tree Removal Report
Current offer- Response within 24 hours
- Covers up to 3 trees
- Replanting plan and application support included
- Written to your municipality's report requirements, confirmed before we quote
Construction Report
20% off your final quote$550 is the regular starting price. In British Columbia, construction and development reports are by request and confirmed per project.
- Response within 24 hours
- Site plan review before we confirm the project
- Scope confirmed per project. What we can take on in BC
- Written to your municipality's report requirements, confirmed before we quote
Tree bylaws by municipality
Each guide covers what triggers a permit and what the municipality expects in the report.
- BurnabyThreshold depends on site and species
- DeltaPermit required at 20 cm DBH
- District of North VancouverThreshold depends on site and species
- Maple RidgePermit required at 20 cm DBH
- New WestminsterPermit required at 20 cm DBH
- RichmondPermit required at 20 cm DBH
- SurreyPermit required at 30 cm DBH
- VancouverPermit required at 20 cm DBH
- West VancouverThreshold depends on site and species
- White RockPermit required at 20 cm DBH
The other 11 Metro Vancouver municipalities are in the Metro Vancouver tree bylaw comparison.
Tree bylaw references for Metro Vancouver
Each page cites the bylaw text and shows the date we last checked it.
- Tree protection barrier distances across Metro VancouverThe barrier rule for each of the 21 municipalities, with a lookup that reads the printed row or applies the bylaw formula.
- Metro Vancouver tree bylaw datasetPermit triggers, fees, replacement, securities, cash-in-lieu and hedge rules for all 21 municipalities, as JSON and CSV downloads.
- Measuring tree diameter for Metro Vancouver tree bylawsThe measuring height and the multi-stem method for each of the 21 municipalities, with one tree worked through every bylaw.
- Metro Vancouver tree bylaw changes since 2025A dated log of new bylaws, amendments and fee changes since 2025, with proposed changes marked until a municipality adopts them.
- Vancouver By-law 9958 schedules for building near trees, BCSchedule B building distances, the Schedule C tree count by site area, and when the Vancouver cash-in-lieu option applies.
Our practice
Our track record is 4,600+ arborist reports completed in Ontario since 2013. In Metro Vancouver, we check each file against the municipality's bylaw before we quote.
Get a quote
Tell us about your property and an ISA Certified Arborist will follow up with next steps and a firm quote.
- Free consultation, response within 24 hours.
- We confirm availability for your address before we quote.
- Independent assessment. No tree-removal sales, no conflict of interest.
Serving Metro Vancouver, British Columbia.
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