Applications, Licenses and Permits

Burning permits

You must apply with the Province for a burning permit. The Town of Three Rivers does not issue burning permits for any area of the municipality. Read more on provincial burning permits.

Before burning you must check the Burn Restriction Map 

The only municipal bylaws for burning are for the former Town of Montague and the former Town of Georgetown. No open burning is permitted in these areas.

Montague Nuisance and Noise Control Bylaw – (See section 4.5) 

Volunteer fire department and the prevention and supression of fires in Georgetown (See 33)

Burning permits are not required for Category 1 fires. Category 1 fire specifications:

• Piles no larger than three metres in diameter
• Piles no more than two metres high
• Multiple piles must be at least 10 m apart from each other
• No more than two piles burning at one time
• Burning of tree limbs, leaves, brush or cut grass is permitted
• Includes campfires* except in licensed private, municipal, and provincial campgrounds; and fire must be attended at all times.

*Campfires are any open fires** that burn no larger than 0.5 m in diameter and are intended for recreation (and not for survival).

**Open fires are any fires not in an enclosed CSA approved appliance (e.g., propane or charcoal fueled appliances such as BBQs, propane or natural gas fire bowls, and Coleman-style camp stoves).

Chimneys are considered open fires.