Two (2) regular collections per year, provided free of charge and no registration required:

• Spring: generally, in mid-April (may be postponed if there is still snow) — Monday April 14, 2025
• Fall: starts approximately mid-October — Tuesday, October 14, 2025
• Entire city covered as part of the same collection in one single tour (meaning each street will be visited only one time)
• View the calendar

Every collection:

• Takes 4 to 5 weeks*.
  *may be extended if municipal employees must focus their efforts on emergency work (e.g.: water main break, etc.) or on snow removal instead.
  
• If you miss the collection, please note that branches are not accepted at ecocentres. As such, you will need to hold on to them until the next collection or hire a private company to pick them up at your expense ($).

Special collection:
Any special collection organized due to special circumstances (ice storm, wind gusts) is announced in the municipal newsletter.

• Branches (in piles)
• Piles must not be more than 15 m (49 feet) wide x 3 m (10 feet) deep x 1.5 m (5 feet) high
• Branches larger than 9 inches (25 cm) in diameter are not accepted
  

• Piles of branches that do not respect the above mentioned dimensions
• Piles of branches placed on the street after the official collection start date
• Branches containing debris and garbage (e.g.: stones, pieces of metal)
• Logs
• Roots
• Stumps
  

• Place only accepted branches at the curb in the manner specified;
• Perpendicular to the street;
• Branches with the largest diameter facing the street (max. 9 inches or 25 cm);
• Make sure your branches do not spill over into street and impede traffic
  (safety of motorists, cyclists, street cleaners and collection trucks).
  
  

Position:

• Clearance of 2 feet (or 0.61 m) 
• Place in your private entrance
  
• Left side when facing your home
• 5 feet (1.5 m) from the street 
  
  

When to place your branches at the curb:

• No later than 7 a.m. on the date collection starts
• And, NO EARLIER than 7 days before the announced collection start