Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal

All Tribunal hearings are held by way of video conference and are open to the public unless otherwise indicated. Any member of the public who wishes to observe a hearing should contact AFRAAT@ontario.ca.

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January 2026

CANCELLED – Sinclair Municipal Drain– Hearing

• Appellants: Ronald (Scott) MacGregor
• Respondent: Municipality of Huron East
• Statute: Drainage Act  
• Date: January 6, 7, 8 and 9, 2026 at 10:00 am

CANCELLED – Coates Municipal Drain – Hearing

• Appellants: Dalton and Sandra Jaques, Brockwood Farms Ltd.
• Respondent: Municipality of South Huron
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: January 12 and 13, 2026 at 10:00 am

Creek Road Municipal Drain – Electronic Motion Hearing

• Appellants: George C. Horton
• Respondent: Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: January 14, 2026 at 10:00am

CANCELLED – Cobb’s Lake Creek Municipal Drain– Hearing

• Appellants: Doyle Harrigan.
• Respondent: City of Clarence-Rockland
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: January 14 and 15, 2026 at 10:00am

Sunova Implement Ltd. v CLAAS of America Inc.

• Applicant: Sunova Implements Ltd.
• Respondent: CLAAS of America Inc.
• Statute: Farm Implements Act
• Date: January 14, 2026 at 2:00pm

Howe Drain – Electronic Motion

• Appellant: Howe Farms (Ontario) Ltd.
• Respondent: Township of Zorra
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: January 16, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Bessette Drain – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Applicant: Town of LaSalle
• Respondent: All Assessed Landowners
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: January 19, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

New Care Farms Inc. v Director of Regulatory Compliance – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellant: New Care Farms Inc.
• Respondent: Director of Regulatory Compliance
• Statute:  MAFRA Act
• Date: January 20, 2026, at 10:00 am

2371922 Ont. Inc. et al. v DFO – Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: 2371922 Ont. Inc. et al.
• Respondent: Dairy Farmers of Ontario
• Statute: MAFRA Act
• Date: January 22, 2026  at 3.00 p.m.

Minto Drain 119-2025 – Electronic Hearing

• Appellant: James and Colleen Gibson
• Respondents: Town of Minto
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: January 26 and 27, 2026 at 10:00 am

CANCELLED – Howe Drain – Electronic Motion Continuation

• Appellant: Howe Farms (Ontario) Ltd.
• Respondent: Township of Zorra
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: January 28, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

General Drain – Town of Amherstburg – Electronic Hearing

• Appellant: Jones Realty Inc.
• Respondent: Town of Amherstburg
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Dates:
  • January 30, 2026, beginning at 10.00 a.m
  • CANCELLED – February 2, 2026, beginning at 10.00 a.m
  • CANCELLED – February 3, 2026, beginning at 1.00 p.m
  • ANCELLED – February 4, 2026, beginning at 10.00 a.m.

February 2026

Bannister Drain – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellant: Leystra Farms Ltd
• Respondent: Township of Plympton-Wyoming
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: February 3 , 2026 at 10:00am change to February 4, 2026 at 1:00pm

CANCELLED – Beaudoin v R.E.Egger Truck & Kioti Tractor – Electronic Hearing

• Appellant: Wayne Joseph Beaudoin
• Respondents: R.E. Egger Truck& Machine Ltd., Daedong Canada Inc. – Kioti Tractor
• Statute: Farm Implement Act
• Date: February 9, 10 and 11, 2026, at 10:00 am

Park Street Municipal Drain – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: Heather J Dundas and Bill & Lisa Meyer
• Respondent: Township of Huron-Kinloss
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: February 12, 2026 at 10:00am

McIntyre-Scobie Municipal Drain – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: Frank and Barbara Chieffallo
• Respondent: City of Ottawa
• Statute:  Drainage Act
• Date: February 18, 2026 change to April 29, 2026 from 10:00am – 1:00pm

McKinnons Creek Municipal Drain (City of Ottawa) – Electronic Motion Hearing

• Appellants: Irene Meagher, Ihsan Kerbaj & Yousra Jaramani and Jaron Cotton
• Respondent: City of Ottawa
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: February 25, 2026 at 2.00 p.m.

March 2026

Leslie and Leach v Dairy Farmers of Ontario and the Director of Regulatory Compliance – Hearing Continuation

• Appellants: Chantelle Leslie and Erik Leach
• Respondents: Dairy Farmers of Ontario and the Director of Regulatory Compliance
• Statute: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.16
• Date: March 4^th and 5^th, 2026, beginning at 10:00 am

McDonald-Andrews Drain – Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: Glen and Mary Dailey, Kevin and Laurie McLaughlin, Douglas and Dorothy Maitland, and Arthur Eyre
• Respondent: St. Clair Township
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: March 6,  2026 at 10:00 am.

Gingerich Application – Pre-Hearing Conference

• Applicant : Charles Stephen Gingerich
• Statute: Farm Registration and Far Organization Funding Act
• Date: March 9, 2026 at 10:00 am.

Branches A&O of the Twelfth Concession Drain – Electronic Hearing

• Appellants: John Ryan Anderson and Jacqueline Marie Anderson
• Respondent: Municipality of West Perth
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: March 9, 10 & 11, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

New Care Farms Inc. v Director of Regulatory Compliance – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Applicant: New Care Farms Inc.
• Respondent: Director of Regulatory Compliance
• Statute:  MAFRA Act
• Date: March 12, 2026, at 10:00 am

Leslie and Leach v Dairy Farmers of Ontario and the Director of Regulatory Compliance – Hearing Continuation

• Appellants: Chantelle Leslie and Erik Leach
• Respondents: Dairy Farmers of Ontario and the Director of Regulatory Compliance
• Statute: MAFRA Act
• Date: March 19^th, 2026, beginning at 10.00 a.m
• CANCELLED – March 20^th, 2026, beginning at 11.00 a.m via Zoom

MacDonald Turkey Point Marina Inc. v Smith et al – Electronic Hearing

• Applicant: MacDonald Turkey Point Marina Inc.
• Respondents: Darrin Smith and 2455379 Ontario Inc.
• Statute:  FFPPA
• Date: May 19, 20 and 21, 2026, at 10:00 am

CANCELLED – Arkwood Road Drains – Municipality of Chatham-Kent – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants : Andrew Oscar Velle, Anne Leona Velle,1164872 Ontario Inc. and Fair Valley Produce Ltd.
• Respondent: Municipality of Chatham-Kent
• Statute: Section 48 of the Drainage Act
• Date: March 20, 2026 beginning at 10.00 am

CANCELLED – Maple Leaf Farms Inc. v Chicken Farmers of Ontario – Hearing

• Appellant: Maple Leaf Farms Inc.
• Respondent: Chicken Farmers of Ontario
• Statute: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Act 
• Date: March 23 and 24, 2026 at 10:00 am

Waite Municipal Drain – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellant: David B Gardner
• Respondent: City of Kawartha Lakes
• Statute:  Drainage Act
• Date: March 26, 2026 from 10:00am-1:00pm

Poldervaart-Webster Municipal Drain – Electronic Hearing

• Appellant: Christopher Smith
• Respondent: Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands
• Statute: Drainage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. D.17
• Date: March 31, 2026 and April 1, 2026 at 10:00 am

April 2026

Port Abino Drain – Hearing

• Appellants: 1254345 Ontario Inc., Kirsten and Boris Fijavz, David, Janet and Patrick Butsch and Jennifer Wright, Constance S. Constantine, Daniel Ward, Pere Abineau Park Association, Elizabeth Humason, Sally Howard, Salvitore and Franca Andreacchi, Wayne Patterson, Donald and David Page, Greenberg International Inc., Arthur Cryer, Karin and Jeffrey Dieters, and Sally Howard
• Respondent: City of Port Colborne
• Statute:  Drainage Act
• Date: April 7, 8, 10, 15, 17, 27 and 28, 2026 and May 1, 2026 at 10:00 am

2371922 Ont. Inc. et al. v DFO – Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: 2371922 Ont. Inc. et al.
• Respondent: Dairy Farmers of Ontario
• Statute: MAFRA Act
• Date: April 9,  2026  at 2.00 p.m.

CANCELLED – Hostine Drain East Branch – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: Gerard & Jodi Papineau and Gisele Hutchings
• Party: John and Linda Fontes
• Respondent: Municipality of Lakeshore
• Statute: Section 48, 54 and 65(11) of the Drainage Act
• Date:  April 17, 2026 starting at 10.00am

Howe Drain – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellant: Howe Farms (Ontario) Ltd.
• Respondent: Township of Zorra
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: April 21, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Gingerich FRFOF Act Application – Electronic Hearing

• Applicant: Charles Stephen Gingerich
• Statute:  Farm Registration and Farm Organization Funding Act
• Date: April 21, 2026, at 10:00 am

Sinclair Municipal Drain – Hearing

• Appellants: Ronald (Scott) MacGregor
• Respondent: Municipality of Huron East
• Party: Theodorus Van Miltenburg, Ron Denys
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: April 22,23 and May 20,22, 2026 at 10:00 am

McKinnons Creek Municipal Drain (City of Ottawa) – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: Irene Meagher, Ihsan Kerbaj & Yousra Jaramani
• Respondent: City of Ottawa
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: April 24, 2026 at 10:00 am

Creek Road Municipal Drain – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: George C. and Linda Horton
• Respondent: Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: April 30, 2026 at 10:00 am

Highroad Farms v Dairy Farmers of Ontario – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: James Bradley Huber and Gabrielle Gerda Huber
• Respondent: Dairy Farmers of Ontario
• Statute: MAFRA Act
• Date: April 30, 2026 at 2.00-5.00 p.m.

May 2026

Oil Mill Creek Drain – Electronic Hearing

• Appellants: Cathy and James Kalynuik, Christine Allen and Luigi Stinziani, Deborah and Sonja Sawdon, John McAdam, and Malektaj Hejazi
• Respondent: City of Port Colborne
• Statute: Drainage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. D.17
• Date: May 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2026 at 10:00 am

New Care Farms Inc. v Director of Regulatory Compliance – Electronic Hearing

• Applicant: New Care Farms Inc.
• Respondent: Director of Regulatory Compliance
• Statute:  MAFRA Act
• Date: May 11 and 12, 2026, at 10:00 am

Watson & Brzeczka V Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake – Lament Drain – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants: Peggy Lynn Watson and William Brzeczka and Maryann Brzeczka
• Respondent: Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: May 14, 2026 at 2.00 p.m.

Bannister Drain – Electronic Hearing

• Appellant: Leystra Farms Ltd
• Respondent: Township of Plympton-Wyoming
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: May 25-26 , 2026 change to February 4, 2026 from 9.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.

Waite Municipal Drain – Motion Hearing

• Appellant: David B Gardner
• Respondent: City of Kawartha Lakes
• Statute:  Drainage Act
• Date: May 27, 2026 from 10.00am-1.00pm

Park Street Municipal Drain – Electronic Hearing

• Appellants: Heather J Dundas and Bill & Lisa Meyer
• Respondent: Township of Huron-Kinloss
• Statute: Drainage Act
• Date: May 29, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

June 2026

McDonald-Andrews Drain – Electronic Hearing

• Appellants: Glen and Mary Dailey, Kevin and Laurie McLaughlin, Douglas and Dorothy Maitland, and Arthur Eyre
• Respondent: St. Clair Township
• Statute:  Drainage Act
• Date: June 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2026, at 10:00 am

July 2026

Arkwood Road Drains – Municipality of Chatham-Kent – Electronic Pre-Hearing Conference

• Appellants : Andrew Oscar Velle, Anne Leona Velle,1164872 Ontario Inc. and Fair Valley Produce Ltd.
• Respondent: Municipality of Chatham-Kent
• Statute: Section 48 of the Drainage Act
• Date: July 13, 2026 at 10.00 am

September 2026

2371922 Ont. Inc. et al. v DFO –  Electronic Hearing

• Appellants: 2371922 Ont. Inc. et al.
• Respondent: Dairy Farmers of Ontario and Director of Regulatory Compliance
• Statute: MAFRA Act
• Date: September 11, 14, 15 ,18 ,18  and 25 2026

 

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