British Columbia
Metro Vancouver municipalities we cover
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Area pages and permit guides
Burnaby
Varies by tree and site
Delta
20 cm protected tree threshold
District of North Vancouver
Varies by tree and site
Maple Ridge
20 cm protected tree threshold
New Westminster
20 cm protected tree threshold
Richmond
Varies by tree and site
Surrey
30 cm protected tree threshold
Vancouver
20 cm protected tree threshold
West Vancouver
Varies by tree and site
White Rock
20 cm protected tree threshold
Other Metro Vancouver municipalities
- Compare Anmore
Anmore
Tree Management Bylaw No. 587-2018 sets the tree diameter that needs a permit: 20 cm.
- Compare Belcarra
Belcarra
The Village's tree bylaw covers municipal land only.
- Compare Bowen Island
Bowen Island
No tree removal bylaw for private property.
- Compare City of Langley
City of Langley
Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 3321 protects Significant Trees anywhere, and other trees on a lot with a Development Application. The sizes are 20 cm (lot subject to a development application); 75 cm (significant trees anywhere); any size (tree in an environmentally sensitive area).
- Compare City of North Vancouver
City of North Vancouver
Tree Bylaw No. 8888 applies, but Bylaw 9143 exempts most single-family and duplex lots.
- Compare Coquitlam
Coquitlam
Tree Management Bylaw No. 4091 requires a permit at 20 cm diameter at 1.4 m, or for a tree 5 m or taller on a steep slope.
- Compare Lions Bay
Lions Bay
No tree bylaw covers private property. The Village's tree bylaw covers municipal land only.
- Compare Pitt Meadows
Pitt Meadows
Tree Management Bylaw No. 3067, 2026 sets the tree diameter that needs a permit. The protected size is 20 cm (outside the Agricultural Land Reserve, Private Managed Forest Land and Forest Act tenure land; not a Replacement Tree, Canopy Tree, permit-required landscape tree or registered Significant Tree; a multi-stemmed tree counts when its combined DBH is greater than 20 cm; subject to the municipal, utility, agricultural, pruning and confirmed hazard or dead-tree exemptions in section 6.1).
- Compare Port Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam
Tree Bylaw No. 4108 sets the tree diameter and height that need a permit. The sizes are 15 cm (tree under 5 m tall that is not a Schedule A rare native species, a replacement tree or a tree planted as a development permit condition); any size (tree 5 m or taller).
- Compare Port Moody
Port Moody
Tree Protection Bylaw, 2026, No. 3531 sets one diameter for a tree on any lot and a lower one for six named species and in protected areas. The sizes are listed by case in the size table in the city's card on the Metro Vancouver tree bylaws page.
- Compare Township of Langley
Township of Langley
Tree Protection Bylaw 2019 No. 5478 sets the tree diameter that needs a permit. The protected size is 20 cm (not land under a tree farm, nursery or Christmas tree licence, not Agricultural Land Reserve land, not land subject of a development application; not a replacement tree planted under the Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw; no evidence of nesting or use by raptors, osprey, pileated woodpecker, heron colony or hummingbird).
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