Green waste and dead leaf collection in Montréal
Enter your address to see what your sector accepts as yard waste, which containers to use, and when it is picked up.
Green-waste collection is running — until December 10, 2026 in the last sectors.
Yard waste goes out in rigid reusable containers, paper bags or cardboard boxes — never in plastic bags, including bags sold as compostable. The City publishes those rules clearly, but sends you to a per-address lookup for the dates. The table below gathers what the Secteurs Info-collectes open dataset says for the whole island.
The second thing the City states only in a footnote: in several boroughs there is no separate green-waste collection at all — yard waste is picked up year-round with organics. There is no season to wait for at those addresses, and the table says so sector by sector.
- Sectors with a dated calendar
- 77 of 93
- Sectors where green waste follows the organics collection
- 16 of 93
- Last collection of the season across the island
- December 10, 2026
- Sectors still collecting in November
- 70 of 93
- Distinct calendars across the island
- 30
- Sectors that explicitly prohibit plastic bags
- 57 of 93
The green-waste season, sector by sector
By borough, from the City's open dataset: first to last collection of the year. Dates vary between sectors within a single borough — enter your address above for yours.
| Borough | Collection season |
|---|---|
| Ahuntsic-Cartierville4 collection sectors | April 6 to November 26Dates vary between sectors within the borough. |
| Anjou4 collection sectors | April 1 to November 25 |
| Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce8 collection sectors | April 1 to November 27Dates vary between sectors within the borough. |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève3 collection sectors | October 3 to November 242024 dataDates vary between sectors within the borough. |
| Lachine2 collection sectors | Year-round, with the organics collection |
| LaSalle4 collection sectors | April 15 to December 2 |
| Le Plateau-Mont-Royal8 collection sectors | Year-round, with the organics collection |
| Le Sud-Ouest8 collection sectors | April 6 to November 27Dates vary between sectors within the borough. |
| Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve7 collection sectors | April 20 to November 20Dates vary between sectors within the borough. |
| Montréal-Nord5 collection sectors | April 4 to November 272025 dataDates vary between sectors within the borough. |
| Outremont | April 7 to November 24 |
| Pierrefonds-Roxboro5 collection sectors | October 3 to November 242024 data2 sectors: year-round with organics; in October and November, containers go beside the brown bin |
| Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles8 collection sectors | April 20 to November 26Dates vary between sectors within the borough. |
| Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie8 collection sectors | April 8 to November 25 |
| Saint-Laurent4 collection sectors | Year-round, with the organics collection |
| Saint-Léonard4 collection sectors | April 22 to November 18 |
| Verdun5 collection sectors | April 20 to December 10Dates vary between sectors within the borough. |
| Ville-Marie4 collection sectors | April 15 to November 11 |
| Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension | April 15 to November 18 |
Frequently asked questions
- Are plastic bags accepted?
- No. Yard waste must go out in rigid reusable containers, paper bags or cardboard boxes. Plastic bags are prohibited, including bags sold as compostable.
- When does leaf collection start?
- It depends on your sector: the autumn season doesn't start the same week everywhere, and some boroughs have no separate collection at all because yard waste is picked up with organics year-round.
- Can I rake my leaves into the street?
- No. The City prohibits leaving leaves in the street: they must be in an accepted container, put out at the curb during your sector's deposit window.
- Are branches accepted?
- In many sectors, yes, if they are tied into bundles — typically no more than 1 m long, 50 cm across and 25 kg. Large trunks go to an écocentre instead.