Programs & Resources

Residential Wood Burning

Wood Smoke and Your Health

A BC Lung Foundation and the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy brochure that addresses wood smoke and your health with tips on what you can do to reduce your impact and exposure to wood smoke.

Community Wood Smoke Reduction Program

The Village of Valemount offers rebates to residents within the municipal boundaries to replace older polluting wood burning appliances cleaner heating options such as an electric heat pump or pellet stoves and CSA B415/ EPA certified wood burning appliances.

For more information on rebates and to how to apply:

Clean Wood Heating Practices

Properly install and correctly used wood-burning appliances should generate very little smoke.

Following good burning practices lessens air pollution and benefits the health of the entire community.

Do you heat with wood? Here are some helpful resources on clean burning:

Clean Burning Tips

Fraser Basin Council – Online Wood Smoke Education Course

Province of B.C. – Wood burning Practices

Applicable Bylaws and Regulations

Wood Burning Applicance Regulation Bylaw (No. 838)

A Bylaw to regulate Wood Burning Appliances within the Village of Valemount, including a fireplace, woodstove or central furnace. Solid Fuel Burning Domestic Appliance Regulation – identifies what appliances can sold in B.C., what can be burnt in appliances, and for certain appliances such as outdoor wood boilers, where they can be installed.