The Ministry of Energy (ENERGY) has authorized the launch of four new and expanded energy efficiency programs under the 2021-2024 Conservation and Demand Management (CDM) Framework to help families and businesses reduce their electricity costs and meet emerging electricity system needs.
We would like to advise you that the 2020 – 2030 Forest Management Plan for the Ogoki Forest as been approved by the Ministry’s Regional Director and is available for inspection.
We invite you to attend an upcoming information centre to review and comment on Stage 3 of the 2021-2031 Forest Management Plan for the Black Spruce Forest.
Instrument type:
Approval to amend a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
019-5228
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
December 5, 2022 - February 3, 2023 (60 days) Closed
Last updated
A decision was made on August 15th, 2025 to modify and approve the City of Toronto Official Plan Amendment 524, as adopted by By-law 47-2022. The approved Official Plan Amendment 524 delineates and plans for sixteen (16) protected major transit station areas.
This decision is for a new Permit to Take Water. Permit to Take Water No. 8771-C2JVUY was issued on April 29, 2021 to Bloor Riverview Residences (2015) Corp. for the purpose of construction dewatering. The permit expires on April 29, 2025.
A Permit to Take Water No. 6003-BPXKPZ has been issue to 25 St. Dennis Inc. on May 26, 2020 for construction/dewatering purposes located in Toronto, Ontario. The new Permit to Take Water has with an expiry date of December 31, 2022.
November 5, 2019 - December 5, 2019 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
Permit to Take Water No. 1158-BJWJPD was issued on January 22, 2020 to Scrivener Square Nominee Inc. for construction dewatering activities related to a proposed development on a site in the City of Toronto, Ontario. The permit expires on January 20, 2024.
We are updating the Technical Guideline: Cleaner Transportation Fuels (ministry guideline) under the Cleaner Transportation Fuels regulation. These are administrative updates to the previous version of the ministry guideline with respect to greenhouse gas performance values used in compliance calculations.
January 10, 2022 - February 9, 2022 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
We have issued a new Permit to Take Water No. 2231-CCTVV4 on April 5, 2022, which cancels and replaces Permit to Take Water No. 8237-ANSPTE for Greenfield Global Inc. for industrial purposes located in the Township of Johnstown, Ontario.
The new Permit to Take Water has an expiry date of February 28, 2026.
TSSA’s Fuels Safety Program will extend the deadline for upgrading pre-2006 underground double wall piping with Electronic Line Leak Detection (ELLD) from October 1, 2020 to October 1, 2021.
We would like to advise you that the 2020 – 2030 Forest Management Plan for the Gordon Cosens Forest has been approved by the Ministry’s Regional Director and is available for inspection.
We are advising the public and First Nation and Métis communities that a forest management plan for the Dryden Forest for the period April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2031, is being prepared, and to invite the public to review the proposed long-term management direction for the forest.
We are advising the public, First Nation and Métis communities that the 10-year Timiskaming Forest Management Plan for the period of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2031 is being prepared, and to invite the public to review the proposed long-term management direction for the forest.
On January 29, 2024, we amended the Species at Risk in Ontario List to reflect new species at risk classifications set out in the 2022 Annual Report of the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario. This is required by the Endangered Species Act, 2007.
January 13, 2022 - February 12, 2022 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
A new Permit to Take Water No. 1722-CD2PTE has been issued to PCL Constructors Canada Inc. on April 4, 2022 for dewatering/construction purposes located in Ottawa, Ontario. The new Permit to Take Water has an expiry date of April 1, 2027.
February 24, 2021 - March 26, 2021 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
This decision is for a new Permit to Take Water for construction dewatering purposes in the City of Toronto, Ontario. Permit to Take Water No. 0151-C2KSGS was issued on May 2, 2021. The permit expires on April 30, 2023.
October 20, 2025 - October 31, 2025 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
The Province of Ontario has passed Bill 56, the Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025, which amends the Clean Water Act, 2006 (to come into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council).
October 29, 2024 - December 13, 2024 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
The Ministry of Energy and Electrification is seeking feedback on key priority areas where the government should focus its efforts in a renewed Low-Carbon Hydrogen Strategy.
The environmental assessment requirements for the York1 waste disposal site project were removed with the Royal Assent of the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025, on June 5, 2025, to help provide additional waste capacity in Ontario.
