Author: Muriel Schmidt

The Leslie Street Spit Landfill If you have a means of hauling the concrete waste, you can bring it to the Leslie Street Spit for a flat, tax-free $33 fee. The landfill is open Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 4:15pm. This is the best option for residents in the Downtown Core and surrounding areas. […]

Toronto Water The R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant, the City of Toronto’s oldest and largest water treatment plant Agency overview Annual budget Operating: CA$463.9 million Capital: CA$867.4 million Agency executive Lou Di Gironimo, General Manager Parent department City of Toronto Who is the water provider in Toronto? Toronto Water is responsible for all aspects of: […]

What You Can Do. Dog owners and walkers are asked to put dog poop in Green Bins in a plastic bag or paper bag. Bags do not have to be compostable or biodegradable. Where can I throw my dog’s poop? It is now perfectly fine to use any general litter bin to dispose of your […]

Because Toronto generally slopes downwards to the south and east, marshy Ashbridge’s Bay in the east end was a logical place for a sewer outlet, and, eventually, a wastewater treatment plant. In 1912 the Ashbridge’s Bay Sewage Treatment Plant was opened. When did sewers become common? The Romans began building sewers in the sixth century […]

After your street has been cleared by the City, you can maintain the public allowance by collecting and disposing of leaves with your regular yard waste collection. Please place leaves in reusable, rigid, open-top containers or kraft paper bags on your regular yard waste collection day. Can you put leaves in green bin Toronto? Scrape […]

2002. Started in 2002, Toronto’s Green Bin program was one of the first curbside organics collection programs in North America. When were green bins introduced? July 2006In Durham Region, the introduction of the Green Bin in July 2006, coupled with an increase in pickup frequency for other recyclables, has led to a 39% decrease on […]

2,770,000. The metro area population of Toronto in 2021 was 6,255,000, a 0.94% increase from 2020.Toronto, Canada Metro Area Population 1950-2022. Toronto – Historical Population Data Year Population Growth Rate 1975 2,770,000 1.28% 1974 2,735,000 1.30% 1973 2,700,000 1.31% When did Toronto become the biggest city? By the 1976 census, Toronto passed Montreal to become […]