Ontario woodlot owners with 4 hectares or more of forest

Where is your Ontario woodlot?

Check if your Ontario woodlot qualifies for the Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program and get notes for your plan approver. Free.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
CANADA

ePlan fills in

  • Property
  • Forest cover
  • Forest area (ha)
  • Lakes and streams
  • Assessment roll

How it works

MFTIP eligibility check and plan notes, from one answer

  1. Enter the address or roll number and your forest area.
  2. ePlan maps forest cover and water and checks the 4-hectare and owner rules.
  3. Read the check free. Building a road or clearing near water? Start an environmental protection plan.

What you get

MFTIP eligibility check and plan notes and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Construction environmental protection plan door.

The first draft

MFTIP eligibility check and plan notes (free)

  1. Property and roll number
  2. Forest area against the 4-hectare minimum
  3. Owner eligibility
  4. Areas that don't count (residence, landscaping)
  5. Forest stands from the provincial inventory
  6. Lakes, streams and wetlands

Modeled on: Ontario Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program requirements (ontario.ca)

Next · 2

Managed forest plan (prepared or approved by a Managed Forest Plan Approver)

  1. Owner objectives
  2. Forest stand descriptions
  3. 10-year activity schedule
  4. Map

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

25%

of the municipal residential tax rate is what enrolled managed forest land is taxed at in Ontario
Source: Ontario Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program, ontario.ca

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft a construction environmental protection plan for a Canadian site: fish habitat, species at risk, erosion, spills and timing. Free to read.

Construction environmental protection plan →

Questions

Managed Forest Plan: what people ask

Who qualifies for MFTIP?

Land with at least 4 hectares (9.88 acres) of forest on one roll number, owned by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, a business, a trust or a conservation authority. The forest needs a minimum number of trees per hectare; residences and landscaped areas aren't eligible.

Source: ontario.ca

Can I write the managed forest plan myself?

You can set the objectives, but a Managed Forest Plan Approver must prepare or approve the 10-year plan and submits it online. ePlan's notes help you brief the approver; they don't replace the approved plan.

Source: ontario.ca

What are the deadlines?

New land must be submitted by June 30. A progress report is due by July 31 of year 5, and a renewed plan by July 31 of year 10. A new owner of enrolled land must file a new plan within 90 days.

Source: ontario.ca

The rules this door follows