Branch collection

The city usually organizes two branch collections every year in spring and fall.

Next collections

Progress of the current branch collection

How to place branches

To make branch collection easier, branches must:

• enable unobstructed access to the public road and sidewalk; enable unobstructed access to the public road and sidewalk;
  
• be placed with the trunk facing the street at the curb and not be tied up together; be placed with the trunk facing the street at the curb and not be tied up together;
  
• not be wider in diameter than 10 cm (4 in.); not be wider in diameter than 10 cm (4 in.);
  
• not be longer than 3 m (10 ft.); not be longer than 3 m (10 ft.);
  
• branches with thorns must be marked and separated from the other branches (e.g., honey locusts and hawthorns). branches with thorns must be marked and separated from the other branches (e.g., honey locusts and hawthorns).
  

We do not collect:

• Tree stumps and logs
• Branches with soil clods
• Vines and yard waste
• Wooden boards
• Intertwined branches
• Felled trees and excessive quantities of branches

New this year

If piles of branches placed at the curb exceed 4 m³, the collection team will note the address and continue its route. In the following days, the resident will be informed of the rate based on the volume of the branches: $35 + tax for each additional volume of 4 m³. The branches will be collected once payment has been made.

Did you miss the collection?

People who wish to get rid of branches in bulk can also do so in the following two ways:

• by taking them all year long to the ecocentre . The service is free up to the limit of five visits every year from May 15 to May 14 of the following year.
• by contacting us to request individual branch collection at your home. Please note that we apply a $35 plus tax fee for this type of collection.