The Mining and Lands Commissioner has been assigned the authority, duties and powers of the Minister of Natural Resources under the Ministry of Natural Resources Act to hear appeals from the decisions of conservation authorities made under the Conservation Authorities Act regarding a refusal to grant permission to a property owner for the development of lands within floodplains, hazardous lands, dynamic beaches and wetlands. Substantive and procedural requirements are set out in Part VI of the Mining Act.
Participating Municipalities against which a discounted equalized assessment have been levied for both the funding and the operation and maintenance of flood control structures can appeal directly to the Mining and Lands Commissioner.
The official version of the Orders of the Mining and Lands Commissioner and the Deputy Mining and Lands Commissioner is the signed original in the Office file. In the event that there is a question about content, the original in the Office file takes precedence.
The specialized publications found below are available in English only according to Regulation 411/97 which exempts them from translation under the French Language Services Act. To obtain information in French, please contact the Office of the Mining and Lands Commissioner at (416) 314-2320 or info@mlc.gov.on.ca
There is no fee for filing an appeal under the Conservation Authorities Act.
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OMLC jurisdiction - Speech of Mining and Lands Commissioner to Urban Development Institute outlining jurisdiction under Conservation Authorities Act. PDF HTML
- Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
- Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority
- Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority
- Conservation Halton
- Credit Valley Conservation
- Grand River Conservation Authority
- Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
- Hamilton Conservation Authority
- Kawartha Conservation Authority
- Kettle Creek Conservation Authority
- Lakehead Region Conservation Authority
- Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
- South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority
- Mattagami Region Conservation Authority
- Moira River Conservation Authority (now part of the Quinte Conservation Association)
- Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
- Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority
- Otonabee Conservation Authority
- Quinte Conservation
- Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
- Saugeen Conservation Authority
- St. Clair Region Conservation Authority
- Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
- Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
Decision
| Release Date
| Format
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Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority | ||
Douglas & Marilyn Dick | June 8, 1995 | |
Stewart Clutton & Florita Hunt
| Aug. 28, 1989 | |
Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority | ||
Robert Willis | Sept. 25, 1992 | |
John L. Smith Refusal to grant permission to place fill in the valley of the East Branch of Little Cataraqui Creek. | Dec. 24, 1975 | |
Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority | ||
Yorkville North Development Ltd. | May 25, 1990 | |
Frankland Homes Ltd. and Ravine Developments Inc. | Mar. 28, 1988 | |
Marko Dragicevic | Feb. 25, 1987 | |
Douglas R. Menzie | Feb. 3, 1987 | |
Harry Schmude | Dec. 16, 1982 | |
J. Ihnat | July 27, 1979 | |
Shell Canada Limited | June 25, 1979 | |
Ginael Holdings Limited | Apr. 9, 1979 | |
Ginael Holdings Limited | June 25, 1976 | |
R.G. Wright | May 27, 1975 | |
Sheldon Fischman | Jan. 29, 1975 | |
Conservation Halton | ||
Michael Hanna & Susan Hanna | Oct. 15 2009 | |
Murray Curk | Dec. 5, 2001 | |
Charles Churchill | May 11, 1988 | |
Donald K. Hartin | Apr. 25, 1988 | |
Ridley Cartage Limited | Apr. 17, 1986 | |
Victor Odorico | Dec. 1, 1983 | |
Vilis Kleperis | Dec. 17, 1982 | |
Douglas Swallow | Dec. 17, 1982 | |
James R. Turnbull | Dec. 14, 1982 | |
Michele Recchia | May 19, 1982 | |
John Farkas and Rozalia Farkas | May 15, 1979 | |
George Galat
| April 5, 1977 Decision | |
Credit Valley Conservation | ||
Samir Messieha | April 4, 1989 | |
Field Aviation Limited and Derek Teele | Oct. 26, 1982 | |
Michael Hosinec | Jan. 18, 1982 | |
Guy E. Muschett | June 8, 1981 | |
Credit Mountain Land Co. Limited | Dec. 19, 1978 | |
James Young and Madelaine Young | Apr. 17, 1978 | |
Roland Haines | Dec. 22, 1977 | |
Ronald John Catcher and Bonnie Jane Catcher | Jan. 27, 1976 | |
George H. Buchanan | June 20, 1975 | |
Kathleen M. O'Donnell | May 2, 1975 | |
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Coe | May 2, 1975 | |
Grand River Conservation Authority | ||
Wm. J. Gies Construction Limited | July 14, 2000 | |
Bill Chalmers | Nov. 13, 1997
| |
Gordon Junker & Jeanette Junker | Dec. 14, 1992 | |
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Junker | Aug. 12, 1992 | |
Robert D.P. Blake | Mar. 20, 1992 | |
John Markou | May 30, 1990 | |
Allan K. Earl & Patricia Earl | June 17, 1988 | |
Margaret Kale | June 8, 1989 | |
Emil Wozniak and Beverly Wozniak | Jan. 14, 1988 | |
John S. Fetherston | Nov. 12, 1987 | |
Grace Sellmer | Nov. 20, 1986 | |
Annabel Drover and Wilson Drover OSCJ Order - Nov. 3, 1987 - available upon request | Sept. 16, 1986 | |
Annabel Drover and Wilson Drover | Mar. 7, 1985 | |
Joan Kropf | July 14, 1986 | |
Kathryn Gail Thomson | Jan. 15, 1986 | |
Hendric Oosterveld and Alison Oosterveld | Aug. 26, 1983 | |
Jan Gawrylik | May 1, 1980 | |
George Nablo and Lois Nablo | Jan. 16, 1979 | |
Elizabeth Vanderzwaag | Nov. 3, 1978 | |
Jan Gawrylik | July 28, 1978 | |
Brewer's Warehousing Company, Limited | Feb. 21, 1978 | |
Ronald O'Geil | Feb. 21, 1978 | |
The Brant County Board of Education | July 5, 1977 | |
Eyrie Estates | Feb. 10, 1977 | |
Elizabeth G. Vanderzwaag | Feb. 9, 1977 | |
Brian McMullan | Dec. 9, 1976 | |
United Croats of Canada | Oct. 7, 1976 | |
Bert Dobben | May 11, 1976 | |
Brian Taylor | Mar. 18,1976
| |
The Brant County Board of Education | Mar. 1, 1976
| |
James R. Taylor | Oct. 16, 1975 | |
Grey Sauble Conservation Authority | ||
Ken Fox | Nov. 8, 2011 | |
Hamilton Conservation Authority | ||
Anne Demeter | Jan. 25, 1983 | |
W.W.W.S. Limited
| Mar. 25, 1980 | |
Kawartha Conservation Authority | ||
Corporation of the Township of Manvers, Corporation of the Township of Verulam, Corporation of the Township of Emily, Corporation of the Village of Bobcaygeon, Corporation of the Village of Omemee, Corporation of the Town of Lindsay
| Jan. 14, 2000 | |
Kettle Creek Conservation Authority | ||
William A. Barber
| Oct. 29, 1985 | |
Lakehead Region Conservation Authority | ||
Glen Strey and Nancy Strey | Apr. 6, 1995 | |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority | ||
Wesley Cooper OSCJ - Order - June 29/05 - available upon request | Feb. 14, 2003
|
|
Richard Rinaldi | Feb. 3, 2003 | |
Shawn Avery | Mar. 29, 1999 | |
Walter Bak Farms Limited | Jan. 19, 1999 | |
Gervaslo Piccirilli and Fiorina Piccirilli | Sept. 6, 1996 | |
Douglas Bible | Apr. 26, 1996 | |
John Valcheff | Apr. 1, 1996 | |
Joyce Allerton | March 25, 1996 | |
Sam Kyriazis | Dec. 21, 1995 | |
Sam Kyriazis | Aug. 26, 1994 | |
Walter Bak Farms Limited | July 15, 1994 | |
A Reissing-Reissing Enterprise Limited | May 24, 1994 | |
David Cullen and Beth Cullen | Mar. 17, 1993 | |
Margarita Flores (Landry) | Jan. 31, 1991 | |
Margarita Flores (Landry) | May 24, 1989 | |
Sergei Kovaliv and Olga Kovaliv | Dec. 19, 1989 | |
Udo Bauer | Oct. 4, 1989 | |
David Graham | Oct. 3, 1989 | |
Peter Doll and Hollister Doll | Apr. 17, 1989 | |
Vito Ditta | Oct. 28, 1988 | |
Ken Stewart
| Mar. 28, 1988 | |
South Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority | ||
Harm Horlings | June 4, 1985 | |
M.T. Sieniecki | Dec. 19, 1984 | |
Louis Chaltas and Mary Chaltas | Dec. 3, 1984 | |
Robert Rennie | Jan. 4, 1984 | |
George Kapit and Robert Kapit | Jan. 4, 1984 | |
Mrs. J. Janssen | Dec. 21, 1983 | |
Peter Walley | Apr. 28, 1983 | |
Chris Boncheff | Dec. 17, 1982 | |
Amadale Company Limited | Nov. 17, 1982 | |
Graham Double | June 22, 1982 | |
Milton A. Chomyn | Jan. 21, 1982 | |
Reg Prince | Jan. 14, 1982 | |
Edward O. Membery, Verna M. Membery and Frank Morriello | Nov. 12, 1981 | |
Beppino Bisaro | Nov. 10, 1981 | |
Victor Debbert | Nov. 2, 1981 | |
Mattagami Region Conservation Authority | ||
Melrose Northern Associates
| Nov. 12, 1974 | |
Moira River Conservation Authority | ||
Edward Sprague and James Sprague | Aug. 22, 1995 | |
Gerald Pope | June 23, 1995 | |
Jack Christie, Ralph Crosby & James Appleby | Dec. 2, 1988 | |
Ray Cassidy | Apr. 28, 1987 | |
Ron Binch | Feb. 12, 1987 | |
Diane White | Jan. 16, 1987 | |
Donald J. Rashotte | Dec. 29, 1981 | |
Francis Mahoney | May 13, 1981 | |
Leonard P. Steel
| Oct. 28, 1980 | |
Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority | ||
3437400 Canada Inc. Refusal to grant permission for development within valley lands. OSCJ - Order - Aug. 20, 2012 - available upon request
| May 11, 2010
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|
| William Vanden Brink & Marianne Vanden Brink Refusal to grant permission to construct a residential structure. | June 1, 1992
| |
Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority | ||
Alex & Tania Gilmor v. Nottawasaga Valley C.A. & Township of Amaranth | June 5, 2012 | |
Audrey Nelson and Willard Nelson | May 10, 1990 | |
Kenneth Davies | June 19, 1989 | |
Bruce Tidd and Rickey Tidd | July 27, 1988 | |
Brian G. Smith | Oct. 9, 1985 | |
Valdino Santos | Apr. 8, 1983 | |
Ralph M. Stephens and Roy Stephens | Jan. 10, 1977 | |
Debra Hogan and Stephen Hogan
| Dec. 24, 1976 | |
Otonabee Conservation Authority | ||
Sheila Denise McConkey | Sept. 9, 1993
| |
Donald Bye v. Corporation of the City of Peterborough | Nov. 19, 1993 | |
Richard Hirst | Mar. 3, 1992 | |
Hayden Butters | Dec. 1, 1989 | |
Corporation of The City of Peterborough | Sept. 15, 1988 | |
Melvin Cooke | Nov. 17, 1986 | |
Carlos (Carl) Reginald McMillan | Jan. 16, 1985 | |
Margaret Lonsdale | Dec. 10, 1981 | |
Patricia A. Cochrane
| May 9, 1980 | |
Quinte Conservation Association | ||
Ross Baker
| May 11, 2001 | |
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority | ||
Kimberley Hope | Jan. 18, 2006 | |
Katalin Poor | July 28, 2003 | |
Wayne Robbins | Jan. 31, 2001 | |
Carol Ann Hinde | Mar. 30, 1995 | |
Rene and Patricia Lacelle | Jan. 16, 1995 | |
Don Lowe | Nov. 24, 1993 | |
William M. Comerford and Marilou Comerford | Jan. 31, 1992 | |
Gerald Hayes and Ellen Hayes | Jan. 31, 1992 | |
Ann McGahey | Feb. 26, 1991 | |
Dwayne Haddad | May 14, 1990 | |
Linda Saunders | May 26, 1989 | |
Verna Cook | Apr. 10, 1989 | |
Robert Thompson | Nov. 25, 1988 | |
Marshall Hogan and Lisa Hogan | July 27, 1988 | |
Mike E. Senyck | July 27, 1988 | |
Daryl Dick | July 27, 1988 | |
J. Edwin Brown | June 27, 1988 | |
Robert Soumako | June 17, 1988 | |
Richard Craig | June 17, 1988 | |
Hans Snippe | June 17, 1986 | |
John D'Aoust and Lillian D'Aoust | Nov. 22, 1985 | |
Peter C. Pivko and Susan Pivko | Nov. 22, 1985 | |
Esther Pearson and William Pearson | May 24, 1985 | |
Rajiv Nundy | Dec. 3, 1984 | |
Ian E. Ross | Dec. 3, 1984 | |
E.B. Barry | Sept. 19, 1983 | |
Tadeusz Trynda | Dec. 24, 1981 | |
Hector Reid and Florence Reid | Apr. 30, 1981 | |
Robert D. White | Apr. 28, 1978 | |
Neil Van Galder | Apr. 27, 1978 | |
Valley Homes Limited | Nov. 28, 1977 | |
Jostan Enterprises Limited
| Nov. 23, 1977 | |
Saugeen Conservation Authority | ||
Gerhard Pelz | July 14, 2000 | |
David Robert Miller
| Oct. 29, 1982 | |
St. Clair Region Conservation Authority | ||
Nelvis Pez and Linda Pez
| Mar. 25, 1993 | |
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority | ||
Manousos Doulaverakis | June 21, 2012 | |
Ontario Khalsa Darbar Inc. | Dec. 20, 2012 | |
Derek Russell v. TRCA | May 27, 2009
| |
611428 Ontario Limited OSCJ Order - Apr. 22/96 - available upon request
| Feb. 11, 1994 | |
John Anga | Sept. 15, 1988 | |
John M. Fedyna | July 29, 1985 | |
George Hinder | Oct. 22, 1984 | |
Polish Army Veterans Association of America | Apr. 13, 1982 | |
W. Takahashi | Sept. 29, 1981 | |
Rueben Parnes | Sept. 25, 1979 | |
Josef Nagy | Mar. 19, 1979 | |
Shipp Corporation Limited | Oct. 11, 1977 | |
United Jewish Welfare Fund of Toronto
| June 16, 1977 | |
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority | ||
John Stoyanovich and Mary Stoyanovich | May 23, 1990 | |
McIntyre Ford Inc. | Feb. 21, 1990 | |
Pearl Ling and Temvak Holdings Limited | Aug. 28, 1989 | |
William Henry Almas | July 14, 1989 | |
Jack van den Berg and Evelyn van den Berg | June 19, 1989 | |
Nella Soufan | June 1, 1989 | |
Dee White | May 23, 1989 | |
Sam Watson | Sept. 16, 1986 | |
James R. Stannard, Jr. | May 24, 1985 | |
Norman F. Clarke and Theresa R. Clarke | Dec. 18, 1984 | |
Harold Grayson and Joan Grayson | Dec. 11, 1984 | |
Mobile Mix Concrete Products (1971) Ltd. | Nov. 7, 1979 | |
Jack Landon and Blanche Landon | Nov. 2, 1979 | |
Mobile Mix Concrete Products (1971) Ltd. | Mar. 24, 1977 | |
Lloyd D. Nichols | Nov. 19, 1976 | |
Toyotatown Limited | May 5, 1976 | |