Drainage

Table of Contents

• Agricultural Drainage Infrastructure Program
• General Information
  • Common Law Problems
  • Working with the Drainage Act
  • Drainage Information for Municipalities
  • Drains and the Environment
  • Links
  • Projects
  • Tile Drain Installation Licensing Program
  • Tile Loan Program

Agricultural Drainage Infrastructure Program (ADIP)

• Final ADIP Administrative Policies
• News Release - September 22, 2005: Ontario Government Supports Rural Infrastructure

General Information

• Drainage Guide for Ontario (Publication 29)
  
  

Common Law Problems

• Top 10 Common Law Drainage Problems Between Rural Neighbours
• Overview of Drainage Law
  
  

Working with the Drainage Act

• Drainage Act
• Municipal Drains
  • So, What's a Municipal Drain?
  • Duties of the Landowner Under the Drainage Act
  • Understanding Drainage Assessment
  • Drainage Act Appeals
• Mutual Agreement Drains
  
  

Drainage Information for Municipalities

• Municipal World Forms (See Products Catalogue)
• Drain Improvement Request - PDF format (82 kb)
  
  

Drains and the Environment

• Class Authorization
• DFO Operational Statements
• Drains Primer
• Wetland Drain Restoration Project (PDF - 11.6 mb) (Disclaimer)
  
  

Links

Projects

• GIS Drainage Mapping
  • Constructed Drains Project
  • Rural Drainage Mapping Website
  • Tile Drains Project
    
    

Tile Drain Installation Licensing Program

• Agricultural Drainage Licensing
• Agricultural Tile Drainage Installation Act
• Licensed Drainage Contractors (as of October 31, 2009)
• Forms
  • Application for a Business Licence
  • Application for a Machine Licence
  • Application for a Machine Operator's Licence
  • Application to Upgrade a Machine Operator's
  • Notice of a Transfer of a Machine
    

Tile Loan Program

• Tile Drainage Act
• Tile Loan Calculator ( 20 kb, Excel worksheet)   Microsoft Excel viewer
• Tile Loan Program (Order No. 07-061)