Tree Removal

Let us help you better understand the tree bylaws in your area....
call storybook today and better understand your options and associated costs.

Common inquiry:

"We have a large tree in the middle of our back yard and it has made it impossible for us to enjoy our yard. It is constantly dropping stuff on our decks, clogging our gutters, may be responsible for a foundation leak and providing access to our roof for racoons and squirrels. Ideally we'd like to remove it, but if that proves too difficult (unable to secure permits) we'd like it severely trimmed back."
- Bronte resident

The team at Storybook Tree Services are experts in tree removal and pruning in Oakville, Mississauga and Burlington. For more information about our professional tree removal services, please view the PDFs below.

• Burlington Tree Protection and Preservation
• Oakville tree removal Notification Form
• Oakville Application for Tree Permit
• Oakville: Private Tree By-law
• Mississauga Tree Injury or Destruction Questionnaire and Declaration
• Mississauga Tree Permit Application form
• Mississauga: What Ward Do I Live In?
• Mississauga: Private Tree By-law
• Toronto Application to Injure or Destroy Trees on Private Property
• Toronto: Private Tree By-law
• EAB Emerald Ash Borer. You may move Ash wood within these areas

If you suspect an unlawful tree removal or to report a hazardous tree condition
Contact Enforcement Services

in Oakville

Enforcement Services:
Mon. to Fri.
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
serviceoakville@oakville.ca
905-845-6601
emergency after hours may be coming soon

in Mississauga

Compliance and Licensing Enforcement
Inquiries: 3-1-1 (Mon - Fri 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.).
Outside City Limits: 905 615-4311.
For an emergency after hours from 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.: 905-615-3000.
E-mail: bylaw.enforcement@mississauga.ca

in Burlington

There is no by law in place at the time of this edit March 20th 2017
Check updated by-laws before commencing work

in Toronto

Inquiries: 3-1-1 (Mon - Fri 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.).

Reasons for having trees removed and/or inspected:

• Dead and dying
• Steep decline due to being near construction
• Too close to home, utility lines or pools
• High risk, compromised by storm or other weather
• EAB (Emerald Ash Borer)
• Roots can pose serious threat to various foundations and underground utility
• Cracks on the main trunk or leaders
• Interior Decay (such an ant infestation, pictures included below)
• Leaning the wrong direction

Ants make a home inside of dead dying trees.

That's what the ants were living in "they take out dead rotten wood".

Sometimes stumps may reveal reasons why the tree may have been in a decline.

Carpenter Ants can destroy more than just your trees.

Thousands of ants.

Ants can destroy your trees - have your trees inspected annually

Working near Burlington Hydro lines safely thanks to their crew, while removing a large tree.