O. Reg. 59/26: PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED BY CERTIFICATE OF OFFENCE, PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT
ontario regulation 59/26
made under the
Provincial Offences Act
Made: March 26, 2026
Filed: March 27, 2026
Published on e-Laws: March 27, 2026
Published in The Ontario Gazette: April 11, 2026
Amending Reg. 950 of R.R.O. 1990
(PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED BY CERTIFICATE OF OFFENCE)
1. Items 170 and 171 of Schedule 17.5 to Regulation 950 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 are revoked and the following substituted:
| 170. | Unlawfully own train and trial area | subsection 35 (1) |
| 171. | Unlawfully operate train and trial area | subsection 35 (1) |
2. (1) Items 80 and 81 of Schedule 17.10 to the English version of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
| 80. | Fail to keep register of required information | subsection 43 (1) |
| 80.1 | Fail to keep register in required format | subsection 43 (1) |
| 81. | Fail to keep log of required information | subsection 43 (2) |
| 81.1 | Fail to keep log in required format | subsection 43 (2) |
| 81.2 | Fail to update log within required timeframe | subsection 43 (2.1) |
(2) Item 87 of Schedule 17.10 to the English version of the Regulation is amended by striking out “return” and substituting “report”.
3. Schedule 18 to the Regulation is revoked.
4. Schedule 19 to the Regulation is revoked.
5. (1) The Regulation is amended by adding the following Schedule:
Schedule 86
Wildland Fire Management Act
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| 1. | Unlawfully enter area or building closed by officer | subsection 5.1 (2) |
| 2. | Unlawfully remain in area or building closed by officer | subsection 5.1 (2) |
| 3. | Fail to provide requested information during inspection | subsection 5.2 (3) |
| 4. | Fail to produce things for inspection | subsection 5.2 (4) |
| 5. | Fail to provide assistance during an inspection | subsection 5.2 (4) |
| 6. | Fail to stop for officer | subsection 5.3 (2) |
| 7. | Fail to produce any required document or thing during stop | subsection 5.3 (2) |
| 8. | Fail to safeguard thing as required | subsection 5.8 (5) |
| 9. | Fail to provide required information | section 6 |
| 10. | Unlawfully start fire outside restricted fire zone during fire season | subsection 11 (1) |
| 11. | Unlawfully tend fire outside restricted fire zone during fire season | subsection 11 (1) |
| 12. | Unlawfully start fire in a restricted fire zone | subsection 12 (1) |
| 13. | Unlawfully tend fire in a restricted fire zone | subsection 12 (1) |
| 14. | Fail to keep required equipment in working order | section 15 |
| 15. | Fail to keep specified or required equipment on site | section 15 |
| 16. | Fail to pile and burn flammable material | subsection 16 (1) |
| 17. | Fail to clear area of flammable debris | section 17 |
| 18. | Fail to comply with conditions of agreement | subsection 19 (3) |
| 19. | Fail to report fire that is not kept under control | section 22 |
| 20. | Unlawfully contravene implementation order | subsection 23 (3) |
| 21. | Knowingly make false or misleading statement to officer | clause 25 (a) |
| 22. | Hinder, impede or otherwise obstruct officer | clause 25 (b) |
| 23. | Refuse or neglect to provide assistance or equipment | section 26 |
| 24. | Accumulate flammable debris within 800 m of municipality | section 27 |
| 25. | Permit accumulation of flammable debris within 800 m of municipality | section 27 |
| 26. | Smoke in wildland area while walking or working | section 28 |
| 27. | Drop incendiary material in or near wildland area | section 29 |
| 28. | Leave firearm residue unextinguished in wildland area | section 30 |
| 29. | Leave flare residue unextinguished in wildland area | section 30 |
| 30. | Leave fireworks residue unextinguished in wildland area | section 30 |
| 31. | Leave explosives residue unextinguished in wildland area | section 30 |
| 32. | Unlawfully interfere with fire prevention sign | section 31 |
| 33. | Unlawfully interfere with wildland area protection equipment, building or structure | section 32 |
| 34. | Operate spark-emitting outlet with inadequate spark arrester | section 33 |
| 35. | Contravene or fail to comply with an order | clause 34.1 (b) |
| 36. | Fail to comply with a condition of a permit | clause 34.1 (c) |
(2) Schedule 86 to the Regulation, as made by subsection (1), is amended by adding the following items:
| 37. | Fail to pay administrative penalty as required | subsection 35.2 (7) |
| 38. | Fail to pay administrative penalty following review by Minister | subsection 35.2 (15) |
6. The Regulation is amended by adding the following Schedule:
Schedule 87
Ontario Regulation 43/26 under the Wildland Fire Management Act
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| 1. | Start fire under unsafe conditions | subsection 4 (1) |
| 2. | Fail to leave responsible person in charge | subsection 4 (2) |
| 3. | Fail to tend fire | subsection 4 (3) |
| 4. | Fail to keep fire under control | subsection 4 (3) |
| 5. | Fail to extinguish fire | subsection 4 (3) |
| 6. | Fail to immediately extinguish fire after receiving notice of suspension or cancellation of fire permit | subsection 10 (2) |
| 7. | Fail to keep fire permit at site | subsection 10 (3) |
| 8. | Fail to produce fire permit | subsection 10 (4) |
| 9. | Operate equipment or machinery in wildland area without fire extinguisher | subsection 22 (1) |
| 10. | Start power saw within 3 metres of fuelling site | clause 23 (1) (a) |
| 11. | Operate power saw within 3 metres of fuelling site | clause 23 (1) (b) |
| 12. | Place power saw on flammable material | subsection 23 (2) |
| 13. | Operate power saw without fire extinguisher | subsection 23 (3) |
| 14. | Fail to check machinery/equipment for accumulation of flammable material | subsection 24 (1) |
| 15. | Fail to remove flammable material from machinery/equipment | subsection 24 (1) |
| 16. | Fail to dispose of flammable material safely | subsection 24 (2) |
| 17. | Leave machinery/equipment during fire season in area with flammable material | subsection 24 (3) |
| 18. | Alter or modify muffler or spark-arresting device | clause 25 (a) |
| 19. | Possess equipment or machinery with altered or modified muffler or spark-arresting device | clause 25 (b) |
| 20. | Owner of industrial operation — fail to ensure compliance by operators | subsection 27 (2) |
| 21. | Operator — fail to examine vegetation to classify as required | subsection 31 (2) |
| 22. | Operator — fail to follow procedures to classify vegetation at worksite | subsection 31 (3) |
| 23. | Operator — fail to carry out examinations and re-classifications of vegetation as required | subsection 31 (4) |
| 24. | Operator — fail to consult fire intensity code report | clause 33 (1) (a) |
| 25. | Operator — fail to determine applicable fire intensity code | clause 33 (1) (b) |
| 26. | Operator — fail to use fire intensity code as an indicator | clause 33 (4) (a) |
| 27. | Operator — fail to use fire intensity code to determine precautions | clause 33 (4) (b) |
| 28. | Operator — fail to ensure that hours of operation adjusted | subsection 34 (1) |
| 29. | Operator where operation not trained and capable — fail to ensure that operations are shut down | subsection 34 (3) |
| 30. | Operator where operation not trained and capable — fail to ensure that hours of operation are reduced | subsection 34 (3) |
| 31. | Operator of trained and capable operation — fail to ensure that operations are shut down | subsection 34 (4) |
| 32. | Operator of trained and capable operation — fail to ensure that hours of operation are reduced | subsection 34 (4) |
| 33. | Operator — fail to ensure at least one worker patrols worksite after operations cease | subsection 34 (6) |
| 34. | Operator — fail to shut down operations at 06:00 | clause 34 (7) (a) |
| 35. | Operator — begin operations before required shut down no longer applies | clause 34 (7) (b) |
| 36. | Operator — fail to ensure at least one worker patrols worksite after operations cease | clause 34 (7) (c) |
| 37. | Worker — fail to immediately report fire | subsection 34 (8) |
| 38. | Operator — fail to prepare fire prevention and preparedness plan | subsection 35 (1) |
| 39. | Operator — fail to ensure fire prevention and preparedness plan is completed before beginning operations | subsection 35 (3) |
| 40. | Operator — fail to provide copy of fire prevention and preparedness plan to Ministry upon request | subsection 35 (4) |
| 41. | Operator — fail to ensure a copy of fire prevention and preparedness plan is kept at worksite | subsection 35 (5) |
| 42. | Fail to prepare vegetation management plan | subsection 36 (1) |
| 43. | Fail to make vegetation management plan available to Ministry upon request | subsection 36 (2) |
| 44. | Operator — fail to ensure required fire suppression equipment is available | clause 37 (1) (a) |
| 45. | Operator — fail to ensure persons carrying out operations are able to operate fire suppression equipment | clause 37 (1) (b) |
Commencement
7. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.
(2) Sections 4 and 6 come into force on the later of April 1, 2026 and the day this Regulation is filed.
(3) Subsection 5 (2) comes into force on the later of the day section 36 of Schedule 1 to the Resource Management and Safety Act, 2025 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.
