Independent Forest Audits

Ontario Regulation 319/20 (Independent Forest Audits) under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act requires management units to be audited at least once every ten years. The Minister may also extend the period between audits by up to two years under certain circumstances.

Table 1. Independent Forest Audit schedule.

The following table presents the year of the most recent forest audit for each management unit in Ontario. This table includes recently-designated management units for which an audit has yet to be conducted.
Management Unit Number Management Unit Name Year of Last Audit
110 Abitibi River Forest 2017
615 Algoma Forest 2021
451 Algonquin Park Forest 2017
220 Bancroft-Minden Forest 2017
35 Black Spruce Forest 2017
406 Boundary Waters Forest (new)
Note: Audit will include former Management Units (Crossroute Forest and Sapawe Forest), amalgamated in 2020
Not applicable
175 Caribou Forest 2019
177 Dog River-Matawin Forest 2022
535 Dryden Forest 2018
230 English River Forest 2020
360 French-Severn Forest 2021
438 Gordon Cosens Forest 2023
601 Hearst Forest 2019
350 Kenogami Forest 2023
644 Kenora Forest 2018
702 Lac Seul Forest 2017
815 Lake Nipigon Forest 2016
796 Lakehead Forest 2021
574 Missinaibi Forest (new)
Note: Audit will include former Management Units (Martel Forest and Magpie Forest), amalgamated in 2021
Not applicable
140 Mazinaw-Lanark Forest 2022
390 Nagagami Forest 2017
754 Nipissing Forest 2016
680 Northshore Forest 2017
415 Ogoki Forest 2017
780 Ottawa Valley Forest 2018
966 Pic Forest 2022
421 Pineland Forest 2017
840 Red Lake Forest 2020
930 Romeo Malette Forest 2019
210 Spanish Forest 2023
889 Sudbury Forest 2016
898 Temagami Forest 2021
280 Timiskaming Forest 2023
120 Trout Lake Forest 2022
130 Wabigoon Forest 2020
443 Wabadowgang Noopming Forest
Note: This unit was previously part of the Lake Nipigon Forest before 2021
Not applicable
490 Whiskey Jack Forest 2019
60 White River Forest 2019
994 Whitefeather Forest 2018

Table 2. Management Units Scheduled for Independent Forest Audit in 2024.

The following table lists management units that are scheduled for audit in 2024. On average, it is intended that 3 to 5 management units will be audited annually.
Management Unit Number Management Unit Name Scheduled Year of Next Audit
451 Algonquin Park Forest 2024
574 Missinaibi Forest (amalgamation of former Martel and Magpie Forests) 2024
816 Lake Nipigon Forest 2024
443 Wabadowgang Noopming Forest 2024