Ottawa's Trail Road landfill rates versus a bin company's price per tonne?

They are two different prices, and one cannot stand in for the other.

The City of Ottawa's Trail Waste Facility rates page lists 2026 gate rates: residential garbage, including construction material from the homeowner, $172.70 per tonne above 250 kg, with a minimum charge of $43.20; fill (asphalt, masonry, concrete without rebar) $144 per tonne; soil $81.90 per tonne; mixed garbage and recyclable materials $345.40 per tonne. The same page says the landfill does not accept commercial garbage. We did not find where bin companies take their loads or what those sites charge.

A bin company's disposal charge is its own price. Published prices from Ottawa bin companies, seen October 2026, follow two models:

• Bin fee plus weight: about $200 to $350 for delivery, pickup and about a week, plus disposal at about $150 to $160 per tonne.
• All-in: about $460 to $540 plus tax for a 14 to 20 yard bin for about a week, with 1 to 2 tonnes included.

The two models are not comparable line by line, and neither is a City gate rate.

What moves your bill is the weight of what goes in. Heavy material such as soil, concrete and brick usually needs a small or dedicated bin, or a partly filled one, billed by weight. On an all-in quote, ask what happens when the load passes the included tonnes and what each extra tonne costs.

If you are hauling the waste yourself instead of renting a bin, the City's residential rates above are the ones that apply at the gate.

Ask each bin company for its per-tonne rate in writing, whichever model it uses.