When is Christmas tree collection?

In January, on one or two specific days that vary by sector. The City only loads those dates into Info-Collectes shortly before Christmas, so they aren't known for the rest of the year.

How should I prepare my tree?

Strip it of every decoration, garland, bag and wrapper, and take it off its stand. A decorated or bagged tree will not be collected.

What if I missed the collection?

Once the collection period is over, the tree has to be taken to an écocentre. It shouldn't be left at the curb outside the announced days.

Are artificial trees collected?

No. The collection is for natural trees, which are turned into wood chips. An artificial tree in good condition can be donated; otherwise it follows the bulky-item rules.

Christmas tree collection in Montréal

Enter your address to see whether your sector publishes a natural Christmas tree collection date, and how to prepare the tree.

Next January's dates aren't published yet: the City only loads them into Info-Collectes just before Christmas. Check back in mid-December — meanwhile, here's how to prepare your tree.

Natural trees are collected in January, stripped of every decoration, bag and stand. The date is the hard part: the City publishes the rules year-round but states plainly that “collection dates for this address are available in Info-Collectes just before Christmas”, and the borough pages that announce them are taken down once the season ends.

To be clear about what this page can do: only a few territories put their dates in the open dataset, and only inside the green-waste collection's exception text. The table below shows exactly which. Everywhere else the honest answer is “not published yet” — and the counts above the table say so without rounding up.

Boroughs whose dates are known: 4 of 19
Green-waste sectors publishing a tree-collection date: 17 of 93

What the dataset says about trees

By borough. Dates come from the green-waste collection's exception text, topped up by hand for boroughs that aren't in it. Boroughs not listed don't publish their dates in the open data.

Borough	Collection dates
L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève3 collection sectors	January 21 and 28, 2026
LaSalle4 collection sectors	January 13 and 20, 2027
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal5 collection sectors	January 12 and 19, 2026
Pierrefonds-Roxboro5 collection sectors	January 14, 21 and 28, 2026Dates vary between sectors within the borough.

Frequently asked questions

When is Christmas tree collection?: In January, on one or two specific days that vary by sector. The City only loads those dates into Info-Collectes shortly before Christmas, so they aren't known for the rest of the year.
How should I prepare my tree?: Strip it of every decoration, garland, bag and wrapper, and take it off its stand. A decorated or bagged tree will not be collected.
What if I missed the collection?: Once the collection period is over, the tree has to be taken to an écocentre. It shouldn't be left at the curb outside the announced days.
Are artificial trees collected?: No. The collection is for natural trees, which are turned into wood chips. An artificial tree in good condition can be donated; otherwise it follows the bulky-item rules.