A need to predict nutrient export from unmonitored forested stream catchments in Ontario has been identified as part of a program to estimate the impact of shoreline development on lake trophic status. This paper presents empirical regression models for prediction of annual NH4+, NO3- total organic N and total P export from forested stream catchments in the Precambrian shield as functions of geology, physiography, hydrology and limited annual meteorological data. The data were collected from 32 streams in the Muskoka-Haliburton area of central Ontario measured during the 8 year period 1976/77 to 1983/84. A minimum of 6 consecutive years of sampling was necessary to avoid the possibility of a low R2.