Yard Waste Collection Service

2026 BRUSH, LEAF & YARD WASTE COLLECTION GUIDELINES & SCHEDULE

Spring collection date: May 11 to May 22, 2026
Fall collection date: November 9 to November 20, 2026

Leaf & Yard Waste Curbside Collection – User Pay Service

To achieve cost efficiency, the leaf and yard waste collection service runs for 2 weeks in the spring and 2 weeks in the fall and is a user-pay service. Each bag of leaf and yard waste placed at the curb for collection must have a Town bag tag attached to it. 

Residents wishing to avoid the cost of this curbside service may take their leaf and yard waste to the Public Works Yard, free of charge, during regular operating hours. PW Yard Hours of Operation 2026

Set Out Guidelines: Leaf and Yard Waste Curbside Collection Service

  • must be bagged, in paper bags (plastic bags are not accepted)
  • must have a valid Town garbage tag attached to each bag ($2.50 each)
  • Bag tags can be purchased at Town Hall, White’s Grocery, Metro and Home Hardware at $2.50 each
  • must be placed neatly at the curb during the dates listed above
  • bags heavier than 40lbs will not be collected
  • must be visible and accessible
  • must NOT impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic
  • may be placed at the curb the weekend leading up to collection date, but not prior, as per By-Law 2011-61
  • Leaf bags will NOT be collected outside of the curbside collection dates

The Public Works Yard is open April 15 to November 30, Wednesdays and Saturdays 8am-12noon for residents to dispose of their brush, leaf and yard waste.

Brush Curbside Collection Service – free of charge

This free collection program will take place this year for two (2) weeks in the spring and two (2) weeks in the fall.

Set Out Guidelines:

  • must be piled neatly at the curb for chipping
  • should be piled with all ends laying in one direction (easy for handling & chipping)
  • no length limit – can be left as whole branches
  • diameter limit – cannot be larger than 10 inches in diameter
  • tree stumps are not collected
  • do not tie – no wire, string or rope
  • may be placed at the curb the weekend leading up to collection date, but not prior, as per By-Law 2011-61

For more information send an email to pwinfo@gananoque.ca or give your Public Works Department a call at 613-382-2149 Ext. 1613.