Crown Land Policies

The MNR’s Policies for administering Crown Land are grouped into nine (9) main sections. Each section contains a number of different policies and procedures.

Each policy is identified by a unique number (e.g. PL 2.05.01), while a procedure may be identified by the same number as the related policy (e.g. PL 2.05.01), or it may have a unique number (e.g. PM 11.07):

• 1.0 Strategic Planning
  • PL 1.01.01 – Strategic Direction for Management of Ontario Crown Land
• 2.0 Lands Administration
  • PL 2.02.01 – Quit Claims Letters Patent
  • PL 2.02.02 – Ownership Determinations – Beds of Navigable Waters Act
  • PL 2.03.01 – Appraisal and Valuation of Public Lands
  • PL 2.05.01 – Consent to Assign, Transfer, Mortgage or Charge Crown or Ministry Documents
  • PL 2.05.02 – Power of Sale Assignments
  • PL 2.05.03 – Breach of Terms and Conditions of Crown and Ministry Documents
  • PL 2.06.03 – Waterfront Boundaries for Grants of Public (Crown) Lands
  • PL 2.09.01 – Restricted Areas – Section 13, Public Lands Act
  • PL 2.09.03 – Depatenting of Acquired Land
• 3.0 Public Land Stewardship
  • PL 3.01.01 – Exercise of Percentage Reservation for Roads
  • PL 3.02.01 – Shoreline Reservations for Recreation and Access – Section 3, Public Lands Act
  • PL 3.03.01 – Free Use Policy
  • PL 3.03.02 – Unauthorized Occupations of Public Land
  • PL 3.03.03 – Withdrawal and Reopening of Surface and/or Mining Rights – Section 35, Mining Act
  • PL 3.03.04 – Work Permits – Section 14, Public Lands Act
  • PL 3.03.06 – Trapline Buildings on Public Land
  • PL 3.03.07 – Non-Resident Crown Land Camping – Northern Ontario
  • PL 3.03.08 – Buildings for Bait Harvesting Management
  • PL 3.04.01 – MNR Waste Management Activity
  • PL 3.05.01 – Incidental Buildings on Public Land (Interim)
• 4.0 Public Land Disposition
  • PL 4.02.01 – Application Review and Land Disposition Process
  • PL 4.03.01 – Release and Voidance of Reservations and Conditions in Land Grants
  • PL 4.03.02 – Application for Certification for Title under the Certification of Titles Act
  • PL 4.05.02 – Recreation Camp Site Management
  • PL 4.06.01 – Commercial Outpost Camps
  • PL 4.06.02 – Advertising Signs on Public Lands
  • PL 4.08.01 – Waste Disposal Sites on Crown Land – Land Use Occupational Authority
  • PL 4.09.01 – Disposition of Public Land to Other Governments and Government Agencies
  • PL 4.10.02 – Communication Tower Sites on Crown Land
  • PL 4.10.03 – Utility Corridors on Public Land
  • PL 4.10.05 – Waterpower Site Release and Development Review
  • PL 4.11.01 – Ontario Building Code
  • PL 4.11.03 – Road Allowances, Dedicated Roads, and Crown Shoreline Reserves – Disposition
  • PL 4.11.04 – Easements (Grants of)
  • PL 4.11.06 – Disposition of Crown Land to a Ministry Employee
  • PL 4.11.07 – Municipal Road Allowances
  • PL 4.11.08 – Dedicated Roads in Private Plans of Subdivision in Unincorporated Territory
• 6.0 Non-Tax Revenue
  • PL 6.01.02 – Crown Land Rental Policy
  • PL 6.01.03 – Disposition of Public Land at Less Than Market Value
  • PL 6.02.01 – Administrative Fees for Public Land Transactions
• 7.0 Property Acquisition
  • PL 7.01.02 – Forfeiture Acquisitions
• 8.0 Property Management
  • PL 8.03.01 – Acquired Vacant Land and Land with Buildings
• 9.0 Compliance
  • PL 9.01.02 – Post Disposition Compliance Monitoring
  • PL 9.02.01 – Appointment of Public Lands Officers
  • PL 9.02.02 – Entry Onto Private Land
  • PL 9.03.01 – Stop Work Orders
  • PL 9.03.02 – Court Orders for Removal and/or Restoration
• 10.0 Crown Land Roads
  • PL 10.04.00 – Work Permits – Roads, Trails, and Water Crossings
  • PL 10.05.00 – Bridges and Water Crossings
  • PL 10.06.00 – Geometric Standards
  • PL 10.07.00 – Engineering and Detailed Design
  • PL 10.08.00 – Snowmobile Bridge Design Guidelines
  • PL ##.##.?? – Resource Access Roads Geospatial Data – Information Management Plan & Data Management Guide
  • PL ##.##.?? – Water Crossing Inventory Instruction Manual

Note that the Crown Land Roads Manual (PL 10.00.00 – 10.03.01) is not yet included in this set of policies. We believe that the Crown Land Roads Manual has not been fully approved as of late 2009.

It will be interesting to see how all of these policies coincide with the intent and wording of the Public Lands Act itself. Remember, the Act and Regulations are the law. The policies are the MNR’s interpretation of how their staff should administer the law.