Tree Service in Orléans, ON

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Orléans: Two Generations of Trees, Two Different Jobs

Orléans is really two neighbourhoods stacked on top of each other, and which one you live in decides what your trees need. Convent Glen, Queenswood Heights and the older parts of Chapel Hill were built from the mid-1970s, and their canopy is now fully mature — big maples and spruce right up against the houses. Avalon, Springridge and the Trim Road side went in from the late 1990s, and those trees are barely into adolescence.

What both halves share is ash. Orléans was planted heavily with green ash along streets and in back yards, and emerald ash borer has worked through the east end thoroughly. If you have an ash still standing, the question is no longer whether it will die but whether it comes down while it can still be climbed safely.

The other Orléans factor is the river. Properties on the north side toward the Ottawa River sit in more exposed ground, and the wind that comes off the water in a spring storm finds every weak union in a mature crown.

The Orléans Ash Question

Emerald ash borer kills from the top down. The first sign most homeowners notice is a thinning crown — leaves only on the lower branches, bare fingers of deadwood above. By then the tree has usually been infested for two or three years. Look also for heavy woodpecker activity stripping bark, vertical bark splits, and small D-shaped exit holes about four millimetres across.

The reason this matters for cost: ash wood goes brittle quickly once the tree is dead. A standing-dead ash after two or three winters cannot be trusted to hold a rigging load, which forces a bucket or crane rather than a climb, and the price moves accordingly. An ash removed while it still has structural integrity is a straightforward job. The same tree three years later is not.

The by-law. Orléans is inside the City of Ottawa’s urban area, so By-law 2020-340 applies to private trees 30 cm and over on lots of one hectare or less. Dead trees are exempt — which, for a confirmed dead ash, usually simplifies matters considerably.

Tree removal by climbing arborist in Orléans by Max Trees
Stump grinding in progress in Kanata by Max Trees

Tree Services We Offer in Orléans

In Orléans, Max Trees handles the full job, start to finish:

Orléans Tree Service FAQs

Look at the top of the tree first. EAB kills from the crown down, so thinning or bare upper branches with healthy growth low on the trunk is the classic pattern. Then check the bark for heavy woodpecker damage, vertical splits, and small D-shaped exit holes about 4 mm across. If you are seeing those, the tree has usually been infested for two to three years already.

Now, in almost every case. Dead ash goes brittle fast. While the tree still has structural integrity it can be climbed and rigged down conventionally. After two or three winters standing dead it cannot be trusted to hold a rigging load, which forces a bucket or a crane — a different and more expensive category of job for the same tree.

Dead trees are exempt from Ottawa’s Tree Protection By-law, so a confirmed dead ash generally does not need a distinctive-tree permit even at 30 cm or more. A declining but living ash is a different matter and may well need one. We assess which category your tree is in before the job is booked.

Yes, though the work is different. Avalon and Springridge trees are young enough that structural pruning, hedge shaping and stump grinding make up most of what we do out there, with removals being the exception rather than the rule.

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