Sunday gun hunting
Sunday gun hunting during open seasons is permitted in the Southern Ontario municipalities listed below.
The list and map of Southern Ontario municipalities permitting Sunday gun hunting are updated every April 1 and September 1.
For September 1, 2024, 5 municipalities were added to the list:
- Township of Amaranth
- Township of Mapleton
- Town of Minto
- Township of Oro-Medonte
- Township of Scugog
No municipalities were removed from the list.
For an alphabetical list of all Southern Ontario jurisdictions offering Sunday gun hunting, refer to the table below.
| Municipality/Township | Geographic Area |
|---|---|
| Addington Highlands, Township of | Lennox and Addington |
| Adelaide-Metcalf, Township of | Middlesex |
| Algonquin Highlands, Township of | Haliburton |
| Alnwick/Haldimand, Township of | Northumberland |
| Amaranth, Township of | Dufferin |
| Amherstburg, Town of | Essex |
| Archipelago, Township of the | Parry Sound |
| Armour, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Arran-Elderslie, Municipality of | Bruce |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Township of | Huron |
| Asphodel-Norwood, Township of | Peterborough |
| Athens, Township of | Leeds and Grenville |
| Augusta, Township of | Leeds and Grenville |
| Ballantyne, Geographic Township of | Nipissing |
| Bancroft, Town of | Hastings |
| Bayham, Municipality of | Elgin |
| Beckwith, Township of | Lanark |
| Belleville, City of | Hastings |
| Blair, East Mills, Hardy, Henvy, Laurier, Lount, McConkey, Mowat, Patterson, Pringle, Wallbridge, Wilson, Geographic Townships of | Parry Sound |
| Blandford-Blenheim, Township of | Oxford |
| Bluewater, Municipality of | Huron |
| Bonfield, Township of | Nipissing |
| Boulter, Geographic Township of | Nipissing |
| Boyd, Geographic Township of | Nipissing |
| Bracebridge, Town of | Muskoka |
| Brant, County of | Brant |
| Brighton, Municipality of | Northumberland |
| Brock, Township of | Durham |
| Brockton, Municipality of | Bruce |
| Brooke-Alvinston, Municipality of | Lambton |
| Brown, Geographic Township of | Parry Sound |
| Callander, Municipality of | Parry Sound |
| Calvin, Township of | Nipissing |
| Carlow/Mayo, Township of | Hastings |
| Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan, Township of | Peterborough |
| Central Elgin, Municipality of | Elgin |
| Central Frontenac, Township of | Frontenac |
| Central Huron, Municipality of | Huron |
| Centre Hastings, Municipality of | Hastings |
| Chatham-Kent, Municipality of | Chatham-Kent |
| Chatsworth, Township of | Grey County |
| Chisholm, Township of | Nipissing |
| Clearview, Township of | Simcoe |
| Cramahe, Township of | Northumberland |
| Dawn-Euphemia, Township of | Lambton |
| Douro-Dummer, Township of | Peterborough |
| Drummond/North Elmsley, Township of | Lanark |
| Dutton/Dunwich, Township of | Elgin |
| Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, United Townships of | Haliburton |
| East Ferris, Township of | Nipissing |
| East Gwillimbury, Town of | York |
| East Zorra-Tavistock, Township of | Oxford |
| Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Township of | Leeds and Grenville |
| Elizabethtown-Kitley, Township of | Leeds and Grenville |
| Enniskillen, Township of | Lambton |
| Essa, Township of | Simcoe |
| Essex, Town of | Essex |
| Faraday, Township of | Hastings |
| Fort Erie, Town of | Niagara |
| Front of Yonge, Township of | Leeds and Grenville |
| Galway-Cavendish and Harvey, Township of | Peterborough |
| Georgian Bluffs, Township of | Grey |
| Georgina, Town of | York |
| Gravenhurst, Town of | Muskoka |
| Greater Napanee, Town of | Lennox and Addington |
| Grimsby, Town of | Niagara |
| Guelph-Eramosa, Township of | Wellington |
| Hamilton, Township of | Northumberland |
| Harrison, Geographic Township of, except that part in The Archipelago, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Hastings Highlands, Municipality of | Hastings |
| Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Township of | Peterborough |
| Highlands East, Municipality of | Haliburton |
| Howick, Township of | Huron |
| Huntsville, Town of | Muskoka |
| Huron East, Municipality of | Huron |
| Huron Kinloss, Township of | Huron |
| Joly, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Kawartha Lakes, City of | Kawartha Lakes |
| Kearney, Town of | Parry Sound |
| Killarney, Town of | Sudbury |
| Kincardine, Municipality of | Bruce |
| Kingston, City of | Frontenac |
| Kingsville, Town of | Essex |
| Lake of Bays, Township of | Muskoka |
| Lakeshore, Town of | Essex |
| Lambton Shores, Municipality of | Lambton |
| Lanark Highlands, Township of | Lanark |
| Lauder, Geographic Township of | Nipissing |
| Leamington, Municipality of | Essex |
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Township of | Leeds and Grenville |
| Limerick, Township of | Hastings |
| Lincoln, Town of | Niagara |
| Loyalist, Township of | Lennox and Addington |
| Lucan Biddulph, Township of | Middlesex |
| Machar, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Madoc, Township of | Hastings |
| Magnetawan, Municipality of | Parry Sound |
| Malahide, Township of | Elgin |
| Mapleton, Township of | Wellington |
| Marmora and Lake, Municipality of | Hastings |
| McDougall, Municipality of | Parry Sound |
| McKellar, Township of | Parry Sound |
| McMurrich/Monteith, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Meaford, Municipality of | Grey |
| Melancthon, Township of | Dufferin |
| Merrickville-Wolford, Village of | Leeds and Grenville |
| Middlesex Centre, Municipality of | Middlesex |
| Minden Hills, Township of | Haliburton |
| Minto, Town of | Wellington |
| Mississippi Mills, Town of | Lanark |
| Montague, Township of | Lanark |
| Morris-Turnberry, Township of | Huron |
| Muskoka Lakes, Township of | Muskoka |
| Newbury, Village of | Middlesex |
| Niagara Falls, Municipality of | Niagara |
| Nipissing, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Norfork County | Norfolk |
| North Dumfries, Township of | Waterloo |
| North Dundas, Township of | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
| North Frontenac, Township of | Frontenac |
| North Glengarry, Township of | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
| North Grenville, Municipality of | Leeds and Grenville |
| North Huron, Township of | Huron |
| North Kawartha, Township of | Peterborough |
| North Middlesex, Municipality of | Middlesex |
| North Perth, Municipality of | Perth |
| North Stormont, Township of | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
| Northern Bruce Peninsula, Municipality of | Bruce |
| Norwich, Township of | Oxford |
| Oro-Medonte, Township of | Simcoe |
| Otonabee-South Monaghan, Township of | Peterborough |
| Ottawa, City of | Ottawa |
| Papineau-Cameron, Township of | Nipissing |
| Paxton, Geographic Township of | Nipissing |
| Plympton-Wyoming, Town of | Lambton |
| Pelee, Township of | Essex |
| Perry, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Perth East, Township of | Perth |
| Perth South, Township of | Perth |
| Port Colborne, City of | Niagara |
| Port Hope, Municipality of | Northumberland |
| Powassan, Municipality of | Parry Sound |
| Prescott and Russell, United Counties of | Prescott and Russell |
| Prince Edward, Country of | Prince Edward |
| Quinte West, City of | Hastings |
| Ramara, Township of | Simcoe |
| Renfrew, County of | Renfrew |
| Rideau Lakes, Township of | Leeds and Grenville |
| Ryerson, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Sarnia, City of | Lambton |
| Saugeen Shores, Town of | Bruce |
| Scugog, Township of | Durham |
| Seguin, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Severn, Township of | Simcoe |
| Shawanaga, Geographic Township of, except that part in The Archipelago, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Selwyn, Township of | Peterborough |
| South Algonquin, Township of | Nipissing |
| South Bruce, Municipality of | Bruce |
| South Bruce Peninsula, Town of | Bruce |
| South Dundas, Township of | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
| South Frontenac, Township of | Frontenac |
| South Glengarry, Township of | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
| South Huron, Municipality of | Huron |
| South Stormont, Township of | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry |
| Southgate, Township of | Grey |
| Southwest Oxford, Township of | Oxford |
| Southwest Middlesex, Municipality of | Middlesex |
| Southwold, Township of | Elgin |
| Springwater, Township of | Simcoe |
| St. Clair, Township of | Lambton |
| Stirling-Rawdon, Township of | Hastings |
| Stone Mills, Township of | Lennox and Addington |
| Strathroy-Caradoc, Municipality of | Middlesex |
| Strong, Township of | Parry Sound |
| Tay Valley, Township of | Lanark |
| Tay, Township of | Simcoe |
| Tecumseh, Town of | Essex |
| Thames Centre, Municipality of | Middlesex |
| Thorold, City of | Niagara |
| Tiny, Township of | Simcoe |
| Trent Hills, Municipality of | Northumberland |
| Tudor and Cashel, Township of | Hastings |
| Tweed, Municipality of | Hastings |
| Tyendinaga, Township of | Hastings |
| Wainfleet, Township of | Niagara |
| Warwick, Township of | Lambton |
| Wellington North, Township of | Wellington |
| West Elgin, Municipality of | Elgin |
| West Lincoln, Township of | Niagara |
| West Perth, Municipality of | Perth |
| Whitby, Town of | Durham |
| Whitchurch-Stouffville, Town of | York |
| Whitestone, Municipality of | Parry Sound |
| Wilmot, Municipality of | Waterloo |
| Wollaston, Township of | Hastings |
Updated: August 22, 2024
Published: August 14, 2015