Order Designating Certain Excluded Classes of Projects (SOR/2025-60)

Interpretation

• 1 The following definitions apply in this Schedule.

  boathouse

  boathouse means a structure, with or without walls, that is designed to shelter and store a boat. (remise à bateau)

  management plan

  management plan means, in respect of a national park, the management plan for that land that is tabled in each House of Parliament under subsection 32(1) of the Parks Canada Agency Act, subsection 11(1) of the Canada National Parks Act or subsection 9(1) of the Rouge National Urban Park Act. (plan directeur)

  national park

  national park includes a park and park reserve as those terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Canada National Parks Act. (parc national)

PART 1Non-specific Classes

• 2 The operation or maintenance of any physical work, whether or not the physical work is referred to in this Schedule

• 3 Any physical activity that is carried out entirely within the interior of a building

• 4 The modification or repair of any roadway, highway or parkway or of any related infrastructure

• 5 The installation, modification, repair, decommissioning, removal or replacement of any prefabricated structure

• 6 The construction, installation, expansion, modification, repair, decommissioning, removal or replacement of any rudimentary campsite located within an existing rudimentary campground that does not involve the construction of a new toilet system or the use of heavy equipment

• 7 The construction, installation, expansion, modification, repair, decommissioning, removal or replacement of any tent pad or movable accommodation at a campground that does not involve

  • (a) the installation or modification of a waste water system; or

  • (b) the removal of vegetation with heavy equipment

• • 8 (1) The construction of any well used to conduct geotechnical, environmental or scientific investigations but not including any project that involves the placement of temporary or permanent fill in a water body

  • (2) The decommissioning of any well referred to in subsection (1)

• 9 The repair of any overhead or underground electrical transmission or distribution line or related infrastructure

• 10 The repair of an overhead or underground telecommunication line or related infrastructure

• 11 The expansion, modification, repair, decommissioning, removal or replacement of any trail that does not involve

  • (a) the installation of a new pedestrian bridge on an existing trail;

  • (b) the paving of any unpaved portion of the trail;

  • (c) the removal of vegetation with heavy equipment;

  • (d) the widening of the trail by more than 50 cm on either side;

  • (e) the extension of the trail’s length by more than 500 m; or

  • (f) the rerouting of the trail such that its route is more than 50 m from its former route or its length is extended by more than 500 m

• 12 The modification, removal or replacement of any above ground petroleum storage tank system for petroleum products or allied petroleum products that does not involve the removal of vegetation with heavy equipment

• 13 The modification, repair, decommissioning or removal of any shoreline stabilization work, wharf, pier, dock, boathouse, launch ramp or navigational aid that does not involve

  • (a) the placement of temporary or permanent fill in a water body;

  • (b) dredging; or

  • (c) the construction of a permanent diversion channel

• 14 The modification or repair of any causeway, fishway, fish ladder, retaining wall or breakwater that does not involve

  • (a) the placement of temporary or permanent fill in a water body;

  • (b) dredging; or

  • (c) the construction of a permanent diversion channel

• 15 The modification or repair of any wastewater treatment system that has a footprint of no more than 1000 m²

PART 2Historic Canals and National Marine Conservation Areas

Interpretation Application

• 16 In this Part national marine conservation area includes a marine conservation area and reserve as those terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act. 

• 17 The classes of projects described in sections 19 to 21 do not include any project that involves

  • (a) dredging;

  • (b) the construction of a permanent diversion channel; or

  • (c) the permanent increase of the footprint of a physical work below the high-water mark.

• 18 This Part applies to any physical work that is carried out within a historic canal as defined in section 2 of the Historic Canals Regulations or national marine conservation area.

Physical Works — Historic Canals and National Marine Conservation Areas

• 19 The modification or repair of any lock, dam or bridge

• 20 The installation, modification, repair, decommissioning, removal or replacement of any in-water anchoring system, hook-up, boat lift, marine railway, inland boat slip or mooring basin

• 21 The installation, modification, repair, removal, decommissioning or replacement of any shoreline stabilization work, wharf, pier, dock, boathouse, launch ramp or navigational aid

PART 3National Parks, National Urban Parks and National Historic Sites

Application

• 22 The classes of projects described in sections 24 to 34 do not include any project that involves

  • (a) the placement of temporary or permanent fill in a water body;

  • (b) the installation or modification of a wastewater treatment system; or

  • (c) the removal of vegetation with heavy equipment.

• • 23 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Part applies to any physical work that is carried out on developed land that is accessible by road within a national historic site — which means a place that is commemorated under section 3 of the Historic Sites and Monuments Act and is administered by the Parks Canada Agency — national urban park, national park without zoning or an area of a national park that is zoned Zone IV or Zone V in accordance with the management plan.

  • (2) Any project that is carried out on developed land in the Town of Banff that is zoned Zone V in accordance with the management plan is subject to sections 30 to 34.

Physical Works — Developed Land

• 24 The installation, modification, repair, decommissioning, removal or replacement of any building or other structure

• 25 The modification, repair, decommissioning, removal or replacement of any campsite

• 26 The construction, installation, expansion, modification, repair, decommissioning, removal or replacement of any hook-up

• 27 The construction, installation, expansion, modification, repair, decommissioning, removal or replacement of any sidewalk, boardwalk, fence or railing

• 28 The decommissioning of any road, parking lot or pull-off

• 29 The construction of any building or other structure in a park community, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Canada National Parks Act

Physical Works – Developed Land Within the Town of Banff

• 30 The modification, repair, decommissioning or removal of any building or other structure located within the Town of Banff

• 31 The repair, decommissioning or removal of any hook-up located within the Town of Banff

• 32 The repair, decommissioning or removal of any sidewalk, boardwalk, fence or railing located within the Town of Banff

• 33 The decommissioning of any road, parking lot or pull-off located within the Town of Banff

• 34 The modification, repair, decommissioning or removal of any recreational ground located within the Town of Banff