Metro Vancouver tree bylaw changes since 2025

Council passage 2026-06-15. Amendment Bylaw 8575.

Delta adds the Sunshine Hills Neighbourhood Tree Protection Program

Amendment Bylaw 8575 brings the Sunshine Hills Neighbourhood Tree Protection Program into Delta Tree Protection and Regulation Bylaw No. 7969, 2021. Council passed it on 2026-06-15, and the consolidated bylaw on the City's site includes it. Before you apply the general Delta rules to a lot in Sunshine Hills, ask the City of Delta how the program applies to that lot.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: Delta Tree Protection and Regulation Bylaw No. 7969, 2021, consolidated with Bylaw 8575.

Adopted 2026-05-12. Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 8045-2026.

Maple Ridge replaces its tree bylaw

Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 8045-2026 repeals Bylaw 7133-2015 in full. Council gave it readings on 2026-04-28 and adopted it on 2026-05-12. The new bylaw protects a tree of 20 cm DBH or more, measured at 1.40 m, and adds a Significant Tree class at 60 cm. Its fees sit in Schedule J of Fees & Charges Bylaw No. 7575-2019, which took effect on 2026-06-30. Applications go by email, not through the online building permit portal.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: Tree Protection and Management Bylaw No. 8045-2026.

Consolidated 2026-04-13. Bylaw 21973.

Surrey consolidates its tree bylaw through Bylaw 21973

The City's consolidation of Surrey Tree Protection Bylaw, 2006, No. 16100 runs through Bylaw 21973, dated 2026-04-13. Our source does not say what Bylaw 21973 changed, so this entry does not summarize it. If you work from an older copy of Bylaw 16100, confirm the current text with the City of Surrey.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: Surrey Tree Protection Bylaw 16100 (consolidated to Bylaw 21973).

Adopted 2026-03-10. Tree Protection Bylaw, 2026, No. 3531.

Port Moody adopts a new tree protection bylaw

Tree Protection Bylaw, 2026, No. 3531 was adopted on 2026-03-10 and repeals Bylaw 2961, 2015. It protects a tree of 30 cm DBH or more on any lot. The line drops to 10 cm for six named species, inside a Riparian Management Zone or an Environmentally Sensitive Area, and on a lot under an active Development Approval. DBH is measured at 1.4 m, and a multi-stem tree counts the three largest stems.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: Tree Protection Bylaw, 2026, No. 3531.

Adopted 2026-03-03. Interim Tree Management Bylaw No. 3035, 2026.

Pitt Meadows regulates private trees for the first time

Pitt Meadows had no private-tree bylaw before 2026. Interim Tree Management Bylaw No. 3035, 2026 had readings on 2026-02-24 and was adopted on 2026-03-03. It is a bridge while a permanent bylaw goes through public engagement. It needs a permit for a tree of 20 cm DBH or more, measured 140 cm above natural grade, and adds up every stem of a multi-stem tree.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: Pitt Meadows Interim Tree Management Bylaw No. 3035, 2026.

Adopted 2026-01-19. Tree Protection and Management Bylaw, 2025, No. 3321.

The City of Langley adopts a tree protection and management bylaw

Tree Protection and Management Bylaw, 2025, No. 3321 had readings on 2025-12-01 and 2026-01-12 and was adopted on 2026-01-19. The bylaw has no earlier version. It protects a Significant Tree of 75 cm DBH or more anywhere, and any tree of 20 cm DBH or more on a lot with a Development Application. The minimum fine is $5,000 per conviction, and each tree counts as a separate offence.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: Tree Protection and Management Bylaw, 2025, No. 3321.

Effective 2026-01-01. Consolidated Fees Bylaw 8636.

Richmond raises its tree permit fees

An amendment to Consolidated Fees Bylaw 8636 took effect on 2026-01-01. A permit for one tree per parcel in 12 months is now $70.00, and a permit for two or more trees is $84.25 per tree, up from $65.25 and $78.75. A renewal or extension is $70.00. Removing a hazard tree still costs $0.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: Consolidated Fees Bylaw 8636, with amending bylaws.

Dated 2025-11-10. Bylaw 10715.

Richmond lets a bond stand as a tree security deposit

Bylaw 10715 amends Tree Protection Bylaw No. 8057. It widens the definition of a security deposit so that an on-demand irrevocable bond can serve as one. A word-for-word comparison of the definitions and Schedule A found no change to any figure. The consolidation with Bylaw 10715 is the current text.

Last checked 2026-09-25. Source: Tree Protection Bylaw 8057 (consolidated with Bylaw 10715).

Effective 2026-01-01. By-law No. 14546.

Vancouver raises its tree permit fees

By-law No. 14546 amends the permit fees in s.4.4(c) of Protection of Trees By-law No. 9958, effective 2026-01-01. A permit now costs $113 for the first tree in a 12-month period and $324 for each additional tree in the same period, up from $108 and $310. A word-by-word comparison of the consolidations before and after shows the fees as the only change.

Last checked 2026-09-25. Source: By-law 9958 consolidated to 2025-12-09, By-law 14546 effective 2026-01-01 (archive snapshot).

Effective 2025-01-01. By-law No. 14198.

Vancouver sets its 2025 tree permit fees

By-law No. 14198 set the s.4.4(c) permit fees at $108 for the first tree and $310 for each additional tree in the same 12-month period, effective 2025-01-01. They replaced the $105 and $301 that By-law No. 13846 set from 2024-01-01. Like By-law No. 14546 a year later, By-law No. 14198 changed the fees and nothing else.

Last checked 2026-09-25. Source: By-law 9958 consolidated to 2024-12-10, By-law 14198 effective 2025-01-01 (archive snapshot).

In force 2025-12-15. Bylaw 5373, 2025.

West Vancouver protects smaller trees on development sites

Council approved Bylaw 5373, 2025 on 2025-11-17, and it has been in force since 2025-12-15. The District's permit page now covers trees of 20 cm DBH or larger on parcels undergoing development with new residential or commercial buildings or subdivision. The last posted consolidation of Tree Bylaw No. 4892, 2016 runs only to Amendment Bylaw 5202, 2022, so the bylaw PDF does not show this change yet.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: District of West Vancouver: tree cutting permit, private property.

Consolidated 2025-12-08. Bylaw 9143.

The City of North Vancouver exempts most single-family and duplex lots

Bylaw 9143 amends Tree Bylaw, 2022, No. 8888. It exempts a tree whose entire trunk sits on land zoned RS-1, RS-2, RS-4B, RT-1, RT-2 or GO, or on an equivalent CD zone. That takes most single-family and duplex lots out of the bylaw. The consolidation dated 2025-12-08 includes the change. On any other zone the bylaw still applies, so check the zoning of the lot first.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: Tree Bylaw, 2022, No. 8888 (consolidated 2025-12-08).

Dated 2025-10-06. Bylaw 2550.

White Rock updates the fee wording in its tree bylaw

Bylaw 2550 changes only the wording that refers to fees in White Rock Tree Protection Bylaw, 2021, No. 2407. The consolidation to October 2025 includes it. The permit fees themselves sit in Schedule A of Fees and Charges Bylaw 2554.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: White Rock Tree Protection Bylaw, 2021, No. 2407 (consolidated to October 2025).

Committee of Council 2025-07-08. Tree Bylaw, 2019, No. 4108 (amendment proposed).

Port Coquitlam has a tree bylaw amendment in progress

Proposed. We could not confirm that it was adopted.

A City of Port Coquitlam social media post reports that Committee of Council took up a package of tree bylaw amendments on 2025-07-08. We found no primary source that shows the package adopted. The posted consolidation of Tree Bylaw, 2019, No. 4108 was last modified before that meeting, so it cannot settle the question either way. Confirm the current rules with Port Coquitlam before you plan removals or replacement.

Last checked 2026-09-01. Source: City of Port Coquitlam social media post (secondary source, not a legal text).