Moving firewood in New Brunswick: the emerald ash borer counties, the Memramcook beetle zone and European larch canker

This page reports what the official source says. It is not legal advice: ask the office named here. It follows the CFIA firewood page, pest directives and beetle pages, read October 9, 2026.

What the CFIA lists for New Brunswick

The CFIA firewood page, modified September 22, 2026, lists four regulated pests for New Brunswick: Dutch elm disease, emerald ash borer, European larch canker and spongy moth. It says moving firewood outside a regulated area is prohibited, and that firewood moved out of places where a regulated pest has been found can put the mover in breach of the Plant Protection Act, with penalties of up to CA$50,000 and/or prosecution.

Emerald ash borer

The CFIA regulated areas page, modified August 12, 2026, lists nine regulated counties: Madawaska, Victoria, Carleton, York, Sunbury, Queens, Kings, Westmorland and Albert. It says moving ash firewood out of a regulated area is prohibited whether for commercial or private purposes, and that non-ash firewood can leave only through facilities registered under the Emerald Ash Borer Approved Facility Compliance Program. The activity list for the province reads:

Date	What the CFIA recorded
May 17, 2018	Detection and prohibition of movement in the City of Edmundston
September 28, 2018	Regulated area added: County of Madawaska, excluding the Municipality of Grand Falls
July 24, 2019	Detection and prohibition of movement in the Town of Oromocto
August 23, 2019	Detection in the City of Moncton, and expansion of the regulated area to Albert, Carleton, Kings, Queens, Sunbury, Victoria, Westmorland and York counties
July 30, 2026	Detection and prohibition of movement in Restigouche County (confirmed through regular CFIA surveillance) and in Saint John County (a member of the public noticed it)

The CFIA emerald ash borer page, modified July 27, 2026, says the beetle is regulated in all of the southern and middle areas of New Brunswick.

Brown spruce longhorn beetle at Memramcook

The CFIA Memramcook question and answer page, modified April 11, 2017, says movement of some species of wood out of an area in southeastern New Brunswick is prohibited because of the beetle, under a Prohibition of Movement order in place near Memramcook since 2015. It says the CFIA was increasing the radius to two kilometres from the central trap, and calls the order an interim measure while the agency consults on longer term measures. The CFIA beetle page says movement of spruce logs and firewood out of the Nova Scotia regulated area is restricted. Its question and answer page was last modified May 4, 2016 and says the beetle had been identified in North America only in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The beetle page says its presence was confirmed in the regional county municipality of Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec in 2024.

European larch canker

The CFIA directive D-97-10 regulates larch logs, pulpwood, isolated bark and other larch material with bark. It sets the New Brunswick regulated area as the whole province except the counties of Madawaska, Restigouche, Gloucester, Victoria and Carleton, the part of Northumberland County west of the Southwest Miramichi River, and the part of York County west of highway 8 and north of the Saint John River. Larch material with bark may not move from regulated to non-regulated areas of Canada, with one exception: logs and pulpwood going directly to a pulp and paper mill under a movement certificate. Material found moving in violation is returned to origin or destroyed at the owner's expense.

Dutch elm disease

The CFIA directive D-97-07, effective June 16, 2026, lists New Brunswick among the generally infested provinces. It sets no federal requirement for elm firewood and other elm material with bark moving between generally infested provinces, with provincial and municipal law possibly applying, and prohibits that material moving to Alberta or Newfoundland and Labrador.

Not published

A New Brunswick provincial penalty for moving firewood: not published on the pages read.
The Memramcook radius after April 11, 2017: the page read gives two kilometres and carries that date.

For other states and provinces see the table on moving wood and firewood.