List of Available Sections
Access various resources offered on this page directly.
- Resources from Tree Canada
- Resources from the Canadian Forest Service
- CNESST Resources
- BNQ Resources
- Other Resources
Resources Published by Trees Canada
- Growing Green Cities: A Practical Guide to Urban Forestry in Canada
- Growing Green Cities: A Practical Guide to Urban Forestry in Canada

Resources Published by the Canadian Forest Service
Technical guides for monitoring urban trees. The translation was carried out by the Canadian Forest Service, in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service Research and Development.
A series of training videos on YouTube explaining the practical guide and resource guide (5 videos, each lasting 5 to 8 minutes). These videos were made with support from Forest Service Region 5.
Links to the Canadian Forest Service bulletin L'ÉCLAIRCIE - Laurentian Forestry Centre
- On the Elm Leaves Zigzag the Sawfly
- Ten Years of Knowledge Creation on the Spruce Budworm Epidemic
- A Threat at the Borders: Oak Wilt Caused by Bretziella fagacearum
- Mild Weather and Cold Waves: A Challenge for Spruce Budworm?
- Enemies of the Spruce Budworm Uncovered by their DNA
- Where Do You Come From, Little Gypsy Moth?
- The Emerald Ash Borer: A Difficult Insect to Monitor!

CNESST Resources and Accident Reports
Accident Reports
- Death of a worker during the felling of a tree - April 2024
- Death of a worker during pruning work, in Trois-Rivières - October 2023
- Death of a volunteer worker struck by a tree trunk in Saint-Sixte - March 2022
- Death of a manual feller from the forestry company Claude Gravelle S.E.N.C. on Île-du-Grand-Calumet – November 2021
- Death of a manual feller employed by Lauzon – Exclusive wood products following the fall of a tree at Lac Cayamant – July 2020
- Worker trapped in a tree stump grinder – March 2020
- Electrocution of a tree climber from the company Patrick Turgeon (Arb’attage) in Québec City - May 2019
- Assistant pruner fatally struck by a branch in Gatineau
Health and Safety Prevention Info

Resources from the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ)
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The following documents are available for purchase on the BNQ website.
It costs $25 to purchase the standard in PDF format and $75 for a network license (multiple users)
- Standard 0605-200 - Arboricultural and Horticultural Works
- Standard 0605-100 - Landscape Maintenance Using Plants