Apply For A Permit

GRCA may require the issuance of a permit for projects in the Ganaraska Region in the vicinity of a:

• Watercourse
• Floodplain
• Valley slope
• Wetland
• Shoreline of Lake Ontario
• Shoreline of Rice Lake
• Hazardous lands

Please see GRCA Mapping Tool for information on our Regulated Areas. 

You may require a permit from the GRCA if you plan on doing any of the following work within the regulated area within the Authority’s jurisdiction:

• Construction, reconstruction, erection or placing of a building or structure of any kind;
• Changes that alter the use, or potential use, of a building or structure (i.e., commercial use to residential use, conversion of a garage to a habitable space)
• Increasing the size of a building or structure, or increasing the number of dwelling units in the building or structure (i.e. new apartment unit including basement apartments)
• Site grading
• Temporary or permanent placing, dumping or removal of any material (including, but not limited to fill, dirt, stone) originating on the site or elsewhere
• Straightening, changing, diverting or interfering with the existing channel of a river, creek, stream, or watercourse
• Changing or interfering with a wetland (including, but not limited to, fill in a wetland, dredging and grading)

The GRCA reviews permit applications to ensure consistency with GRCA Policies & Guidelines, including Policies for the Implementation of Ontario Regulation 168/06, found under the Policies & Guidelines on this page.