This consultation was open from:
December 22, 2016
to February 6, 2017
Decision summary
Lafarge Canada Inc. underwent a corporate name change in June 2025 to Amrize Canada Inc. Amrize Canada Inc. was issued a licence to extract aggregate from a pit in the Township of Clearview.
Location details
Site location details
Township of Clearview
Part of Lot 3, Concession I & II, Geographic Township of Nottawasaga.
The proposed site is located in the Township of Clearview approximately 4 km south-east of the former village of Creemore.
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
Lafarge Canada Inc - Airport Road
6509 Airport Road
Mississauga,
ON
L4V 1S7
Canada
Decision details
Lafarge Canada Inc. underwent a corporate name change in June 2025 to Amrize Canada Inc. Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) licence # 626102 was issued to Amrize Canada Inc. on December 09,2025, subject to conditions specified in Schedules A & B for a Class A licence.
The licensed area is 86.1 hectares in size with an extraction area of 80.6 hectares and allows for the operation of a pit below the water table. A maximum of 450,000 tonnes of aggregate may be removed from the site in any calendar year.
A copy of the licence can be obtained by contacting the Ministry office and contact identified below.
Effects of consultation
Effects of consultation
Zero (0) comments were received in response to the Environmental Registry of Ontario consultation process.
Comments were received in response to the ARA consultation process.
The comments were related to:
- Administration of Aggregate Resources Program in Ontario
- Rehabilitation
- Impacts to Tourism
- Visual impacts
- Environment and wildlife
- Air Quality
- Impacts to farmland
- Traffic and haulage
- Potential impacts to local waterways and wells
- Dust
- Noise
- Property values
The applicant worked to address the comments by providing additional information, amending technical studies, and revising the site plan. Most comments were resolved prior to the conclusion of the process. The remaining concerns were not related to this specific proposal and rather to the administration of the Aggregate Resources Program in Ontario.
Supporting materials
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Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.
Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
300 Water Street
ARAApprovals@ontario.ca
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from December 16, 2025 to begin the appeal process.
Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.
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Start the process to appeal
If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.
First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.
If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.
Seek leave to appeal
To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- mail your application to three parties
1. Prepare your application
You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:
- A document that includes:
- your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
- the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
- a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
- your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
- the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
- whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
- the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
- the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
- the outcome you’d like to see
- A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
- Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered
The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:
- is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
- could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?
2. Provide your notice
You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.
In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
- grounds for granting leave to appeal
You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:
College Park
5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
3. Mail your application
You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:
- appellate body
- issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
- proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)
Lafarge Canada Inc - Airport Road
6509 Airport Road
Mississauga,
ON
L4V 1S7
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Include the following:
This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.
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ARA Contact
300 Water Street
ARAApprovals@ontario.ca
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
Proposal updates
This notice was updated on March 27, 2024 to advise the public that there has been no change to the status of the proposal and it is still being considered. No additional opportunity for comment is being provided for at this time.
This notice was updated on September 28, 2021 to advise the public that there has been no change to the status of the proposal and it is still being considered. No additional opportunity for comment is being provided for at this time.
This notice was updated on August 6, 2019 to advise the public that there has been no change to the status of the proposal and that it is still being considered. No additional opportunity for comment is being provided for at this time.
Description of instrument
Lafarge Canada Inc. has applied for a Category 1, Class A (Pit Below Water) to excavate aggregate from a pit of 86.1 hectares in size with an extraction area of 80.6 hectares. The application is for a new pit. The annual tonnage condition applied for is 450,000 tonnes.
Other information
Site plan information is available from the MNRF Midhurst District Office at 2284 Nursery Road, Midhurst, ON. Making an appointment to view the information is recommended to ensure availability of aggregate staff to provide information and answer questions.
Additionally, information related to this proposal is available from the following municipal offices:
Township of Clearview
217 Gideon Street
Stayner, ON L0M 1S0
Phone: 705-428-6230
Fax: 705-428-0288
The County of Simcoe
Administration Centre
1110 Highway 26
Midhurst, ON, L0L 1X0
Phone: 705-735-6901
Fax: 705-719-4626
Comments received through the Environmental Registry should not be construed as an objection under the Aggregate Resources Act in accordance with section 4.0 – Notification and Consultation Standards of the Provincial Standards 1.0 under the ARA. To be considered as a formal objector, individuals need to contact the MNRF person specified on this notice to determine how to submit an objection.
Other public consultation opportunities
As specified in the Aggregate Resources Act, written notice concerning this application was delivered to landowners within 120 metres of the proposed licensed boundary; an information sign, giving notice to the public of this application, was erected at the proposed site; and a Notice of Application appeared in the local newspaper. A public information session was held from 4pm to 7pm on November 22, 2016 at the Avening Community Centre at 3401 County Road 42 in the Township of Clearview.
Additionally, notification of this application has been forwarded to the Township of Clearview, County of Simcoe, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for comment.
Supporting materials
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Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.
Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
300 Water Street, 4th Floor, South tower
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from December 22, 2016
to February 6, 2017
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Jeff Schosser
300 Water Street, 4th Floor, South tower
Peterborough,
ON
K9J 3C7
Canada
Comments received
Through the registry
0By email
0By mail
0