Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infested Place Order, 2025

In the matter of a hemlock woolly adelgid infestation located in the regional municipality of Niagara, Haldimand county, the City of Hamilton and the township of Alnwick/Haldimand in the province of Ontario, the counties of Kings, Lunenburg, Digby, Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Annapolis in the province of Nova Scotia and the entire province of British Columbia.

Whereas, paragraph 15(3)(b) of Plant Protection Act empowers the Minister to determine and subsequently vary the area of any place that is declared infested;

Whereas, the ministerial order dated May 28, 2020, replaced by the ministerial order issued on June 3rd, 2022, declared an area in the city of Niagara Falls, the township of Wainfleet and the town of Fort Erie in the Province of Ontario, the counties of Kings, Lunenburg, Digby, Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Annapolis in the Province of Nova Scotia and the entire province of British Columbia, infested with hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae, Annand).

Whereas, hemlock woolly adelgid has been detected outside of the already declared infested area in the regional municipality of Niagara, county of Haldimand, the City of Hamilton and the township of Alnwick/Haldimand in the Province of Ontario;

Therefore, I hereby vary the area of the place declared infested on June 3, 2022, by adding the regional municipality of Niagara, county of Haldimand, the City of Hamilton and the township of Alnwick/Haldimand in the Province of Ontario, as described in Schedule 1.

Ottawa, August 21 2025

The Honourable Heath MacDonald
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

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Interpretation

  • 1. In this order,
    • "infested place" means the area described in Schedule 1; (lieu infesté)
    • "inspector" has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Plant Protection Act; (inspecteur)
    • "movement certificate" has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Plant Protection RegulationsFootnote 1; (certificat de circulation)
    • "pest" means the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae, Annand), in all its life stages, (parasite)
    • "regulated thing" means firewood of all species and plants and plant parts containing bark or foliage from Hemlock (Tsuga spp.), Yeddo spruce (Picea jezoensis), and Tiger-tail spruce (Picea polita) which may include, and is not limited to: plants for planting; Christmas trees; fresh decorative wreaths; foliage and branches; forest products with bark attached such as logs and lumber with bark; bark chips; wood mulch with bark; and dried branches. (chose réglementée)

Prohibitions or restrictions of movement

  1. 2. (1) No person, except an inspector, shall move or cause the movement of the pest out of the infested place, unless the person is authorized beforehand to do so in writing by an inspector under a movement certificate.
    1. (2) Subject to subsection (3), no person, except an inspector, shall move or cause the movement of a regulated thing out of the infested place unless the person is authorized beforehand to do so in writing by an inspector under a movement certificate.
    2. (3) No authorization is required to move any regulated thing out of the infested place if the regulated thing:
      1. a) originated from outside the infested place;
      2. b) is in a container that is sealed or closed in a manner that prevents the escape from, access to, removal or release of the pest or the regulated thing; and
      3. c) its entrance into, movement through and exit out of the infested place, all occur within a period of time that is less than five (5) consecutive days.
  2. 3. Notwithstanding subsection 2(2), no authorization is required to move or cause the movement of a regulated thing out of an infested place if it will be exported via a public port that is located within the infested place, and that the export of the regulated thing complies with the Plant Protection Act and Plant Protection Regulations.

Schedule 1: Infested place

The regional municipality of Niagara, county of Haldimand, the City of Hamilton and the township of Alnwick/Haldimand in the Province of Ontario, counties of Kings, Lunenburg, Digby, Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Annapolis in the province of Nova Scotia and the entire Province of British Columbia.

Infested places with the hemlock woolly adelgid

Text version – Map of infested places with the hemlock woolly adelgid

British Columbia

The entire province

Nova Scotia

The entire counties of Kings, Lunenburg, Digby, Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Annapolis

Ontario

The entire regional municipality of Niagara, county of Haldimand, the City of Hamilton and the township of Alnwick/Haldimand in the province of Ontario.

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