The Ontario Trails Council is pleased to provide a list of professional service providers and Ontario Trails Guides, to help you manage your trail. From beginning to end.
Trail Management Aides
Ontario Trails Council - Regional Trail Development Guide: develped in partnership with the Trans Canada Trail, this guide helps communities develop trail stakeholder committees. Once formed these committees help to:
- Mitigate Trail Use Conflict
- Seek Funds
- Encourage Use
- Work to reduce Trespass
List of Regional Trail Committees in Ontario:
Want a copy or a seminar? Contact OTC - 613-484-1140
Ontario Trails Council - Safe Trails Guide: developed with the support of the Ministry of Health Promotion, this guide includes recommended best practices on:
- Code of Conduct
- Permits
- Trail Maintenance/Development
- Qualifications to Develop Trail
- Reporting
- Trail Audits
- Forms
- Waivers/Assumption of Risk
Want a copy or a seminar? Contact OTC - 613-484-1140
Ontario Trails Council - Event Planning Guide -perfect for the trail group planning to develop trail or hold a fundraising event to support an activity or a trail project. Content includes:
- Event Ideas
- Attracting Volunteers
- Promotion
- Critical Path to the Event (6 month step by step, from idea to event!)
Want a copy or a seminar? Contact OTC - 613-484-1140
Ontario Trails Council - Tourism Trail Planning Guide - developing a regional trails tourism approach. Our method included an inventory analysis for RTO12 - Explorer's Edge. Content includes:
- Regional Trail Inventory
- Current Outdoor Inventory to Business Ratio
- Promotion, Expansion and Opportunity
- Critical Path to Managing Trails Tourism
Want a copy or a seminar? Contact OTC - 613-484-1140
Risk Management and Insurance - download the questions.
- Ontario Trails Strategy
- Ontario Trails Council OTS Implementation Plan
- Trails for All Ontarians (planning document for trails)
Trail Master Plans
- Ajax
- Belleville
- Brampton
- Brockville
- Bruce-Grey
- Burlington
- Cambridge
- Cataraqui Creek Conservation
- Cornwall
- Durham Region
- Frontenac County
- Goderich
- Guelph
- Haldimand
- Haliburton County
- Halton Hills
- Hamilton - Cycling
- Hamilton Trails
- Kawartha Lakes
- Kingston
- Kitchener
- London
- Lower Trent Batawa
- Markham
- Merrickville-Wolford
- Niagara Region
- Norfolk County
- North Bay
- North Grenville
- Oakville
- Oakville - North
- Orangeville
- Orillia
- Ottawa Greenspace
- Ottawa - forests
- Owen Sound
- Oxford County
- Parry Sound
- Peterborough
- Quinte West
- Rouge Park
- Selwyn Township
- Shelburne
- Simcoe County
- South Glengarry
- Springwater Township
- Stratford
- Thames Centre
- Thunder Bay
- Timmins
- Toronto - Natural Environment Trails Strategy
- Toronto - Multi-Use Trail Design Guidelines
- Toronto Regional Conservation Authority
- Town of Lakeshore
- Township of Tiny
- Waterloo
- Waterfront Toronto Lake Ontario Park
- Whitby
- Windsor
- York
Other Papers or State-wide Trail Plans
- Alberta-1
- Alberta-2
- Halifax
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Oregon
- California - 1
- California – 2
- Colorado
- Ireland
- Kimberley New Zealand
Planners – as a public service
- Commercial Design
- Decarto Consulting - GIS - OTC Member/Supporter
- Harrington and Hoyle
- Marshall, Macklin and Monaghan
- Peil Planning and Engineering
- Brad Johnson
- Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
- Landscape Ontario - OTC Partner
- Brad Peterson
- RFA Planning
- Sustainable Trails - OTC Member/Supporter
- TSH
- Urban Strategies
Land Laws
- Ontario Law - e-law database
- Bill 100- The Supporting Ontario Trails Act
- Accessibility for Ontarians Act
- Algonquin Forestry Authority Act
- Beds of Navigable Rivers Act
- Conservation Authorities Act
- Conservation Land Act
- Crown Forest Sustainability Act
- Endangered Species Act 1990
- Endangered Species Act 2007
- Environmental Assessment Act
- Environmental Bill of Rights
- Environmental Protection Act
- Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
- Forestry Act
- Greenbelt Act
- Heritage Hunting and Fishing Act
- Horse Riding Safety Act
- Housing Development Act
- Insurance Act
- Kawartha Highlands Signature Park Site Act
- Land Registration Reform Act
- Land Titles Act
- Land Transfer Tax Act
- Law Society Act
- Line Fences Act
- Motorized Snowmobile Act
- Municipal Act
- Negligence Act
- Niagara Parks Act
- Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Act
- Oak Ridges Morraine
- Occupiers Liability Act
- Off Road Vehicles Act
- Ontario Heritage Act
- Ontario Mineral Exploration Act
- Ontario Planning Act
- Places to Grow Act
- Planning Act
- Professional Engineers Act
- Professional Foresters Act
- Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act
- Public Lands Act
- Private Land Use Agreement
- Registered Insurance Brokers Act
- Road Access Act
- Shoreline Property Assistance Act
- St Clair Parks Commission Act
- St Lawrence Parks Commission Act
- Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation Act
- University Health Network Act
- Waterfront Regeneration Trust Act
- Wilderness Areas Act
