Junk removal is a crew that loads and hauls away what you cannot leave at the curb: furniture, mattresses, appliances, renovation debris, a garage, or a whole property. We take single items through full truck loads across Ottawa and Gatineau, do the lifting, and agree the price before anything goes on the truck.
Most cleanouts need a crew because the City of Ottawa collects three garbage items every two weeks, and one couch counts as one item.
What we handle.
This is our flagship. We clear single items, full basements, garages, and post-cleanout piles across Ottawa and Gatineau, then load and haul it all in one visit. We sort as we go so usable goods get donated and recyclables get recycled before anything heads to landfill.
Ottawa Site Restoration does junk removal across Ottawa and Gatineau, from a single couch to a whole property. The reason people call is local: the City of Ottawa collects three garbage items every two weeks, and its Bulky Waste page excludes appliances and electronic waste from collection outright, so a fridge, a dryer or an old television has no curbside route at all.
We pull scrap metal and electronics out as we load, because the City takes both free at Trail Waste Facility when they are source separated, and we price by what leaves the property rather than by the hour.
- Same-day and next-day pickup across all 7 service areas
- We do all the lifting, loading, and sweep-up
- Donate and recycle first, landfill last
- Up-front pricing by the volume we haul, no surprise fees
What we take
Everything the job covers.
One item, or the whole property
A single couch off a third-floor walk-up, one mattress, one fridge. Or a basement, garage, shed, attic, storage unit, or a full house clear-out. Single-item pickups are a normal booking rather than a favour, and either way the load leaves in one visit instead of over six months of garbage days. Looking for junk removal in Barrhaven? Visit our dedicated Barrhaven service page.
The things the City will not collect
The City of Ottawa's Bulky Waste page excludes appliances from collection outright: refrigerators, freezers, stoves, microwaves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, air conditioners, hot water tanks, oil tanks, and furnaces. Electronic waste is excluded on the same page. None of it is ever a curbside option, so an appliance always needs somebody to come and get it. We handle appliance disposal of any kind—fridges, stoves, washers, dryers, and more.
Renovation and cleanout debris
Drywall, flooring, cabinets, deck boards, shingles, and the pile in the driveway left over from the reno. Renovation debris is priced by weight, because that is how the landfill scale prices it. If the renovation runs for weeks, a bin rental lets you fill a container over several weekends instead.
Sorted on the way out, not at the gate
We separate as we load. The City accepts source-separated scrap metal and electronic waste at Trail Waste Facility free of charge, so pulling those out is worth doing every time. Usable furniture goes to donation, and landfill is the last stop rather than the first.
What we will not put on the truck
Asbestos, liquid waste, and household hazardous waste. The City's Trail Waste Facility rates page lists all three as not accepted, along with commercial garbage, and requires oil tanks and drums to be cut in half or perforated. Set those aside and tell us rather than hiding them in a bag.
Start to finish.
Four steps, and the first one matters most in Ottawa. Photos of the load and the way out come first, because access changes the job more than the pile does: stairs, a narrow doorway, a parking problem.
The price is agreed on site before anything is lifted, and metal and electronics are sorted out on the way so the City takes them free at Trail Waste Facility instead of charging landfill rates.
Tell us what has to go
Call or text (613) 852-4059 with a description, or send photos. Photos are enough for most jobs and they are the fastest route to a reliable number. Say if there are stairs, a narrow doorway, or a parking problem, because those change the job more than the pile does.
Price agreed before anything is lifted
We confirm the price on site, once we can see the load and the access, and you approve it before the work starts. Nothing moves on an estimate that nobody has looked at.
We carry it out
You point, we lift. Doorways, stairs, and floors get protected on the way through, and taking a bed frame or a shelving unit apart to get it out of the room is part of the work.
Sorted, swept, and gone
Metal, electronics, and anything still usable come out of the load while it is going on the truck, because sorting after the fact never happens. Then the space gets swept, so you get the floor back rather than an outline of where the pile was.
Local disposal permits and regulations in Ottawa.
A bin on the road needs a City permit
The paperwork depends on where the bin stands. On your own driveway there is nothing to apply for. In the roadway or a public laneway, the City of Ottawa lists a roll off or disposal bin as work that needs a Temporary Construction Related Encroachment permit under Road Activity By-law 2003-445, and it asks for a minimum of 10 business days to issue one.
Our bin and dumpster rental page has the 2026 fees. A crew loads straight onto the truck and leaves in the same visit, so there is no bin standing on the road to permit.
Business waste follows different rules
Trail Waste Facility is the City's landfill, and its 2026 rates page says it does not accept commercial garbage, alongside asbestos and hazardous waste. So an office or shop clear-out cannot go over the residential scale the way a basement can.
For regular collection, a small business applies to the City's Yellow Bag Program, which is open to businesses setting out 16 or fewer City yellow bags of garbage every two weeks. A business with more than that pays a private hauler.
Taking a structure down is a permit question first
When the junk is a shed, a deck or a detached garage, the job is demolition before it is junk removal. The City requires a building permit to demolish a building or structure, and its demolition page lists only three exemptions: silos, barns and non-load-bearing interior partitions.
So a kitchen gut usually needs none, while taking down a detached garage usually does. The permit belongs to the property owner, and our demolition services page covers who at the City to ask.
Three items every two weeks is why the pile is still there.
The City of Ottawa introduced a three-item garbage limit on curbside collection in 2024, and those three items are collected every two weeks. A garbage item means one bag, or one bin under 140 litres and 15 kg with a removable lid, or one bulky item, and furniture counts as a bulky item. So a dresser, a mattress, and a bed frame is the entire fortnight.
Anything above the limit has to go out in a City branded yellow bag, and large bulky items and furniture cannot be bagged at all, so they simply do not go, and whatever is left over gets a courtesy tag at the curb explaining why.
Carpet has to be tied and bundled to a maximum of 1.2 metres long, 60 centimetres in diameter, and 15 kg, and cardboard boxes are not accepted as garbage containers. Recycling and green bin stay unlimited. It is all on the City's curbside garbage collection page at ottawa.ca, and none of it applies to us, because we are not a collection truck.
For curbside rules and disposal options, read the Ottawa mattress disposal guide.
What drives the price.
Junk removal is priced on what leaves the property, not by the hour. What moves the number: how much room the load takes in the truck, how heavy it is, how far it has to be carried and how many stairs are in the way, whether anything has to be dismantled to get it out, and where the material is allowed to go.
Disposal is the part people underestimate, and the City of Ottawa publishes the figures. For 2026 its Trail Waste Facility Landfill charges $172.70 per tonne for residential garbage, with a flat $43.20 minimum under 250 kg, and $345.40 per tonne for garbage mixed with recyclable materials. An unsorted load costs almost exactly double a sorted one at the scale, which is the arithmetic behind sorting as we load.
Tell us what you have and we quote before we load, on (613) 852-4059.
Junk Removal, answered.
Still unsure? Call or text (613) 852-4059 and we will tell you straight.
It is priced by the job rather than by the hour, and it turns on volume, weight, access, and where the material is allowed to go. We quote before anything is loaded, so you have the figure before the work starts.
You can check the disposal arithmetic yourself: the City publishes 2026 Trail Waste Facility rates of $172.70 per tonne for residential garbage, minimum $43.20 under 250 kg. Send photos to (613) 852-4059.
About the price of one item. Two Ottawa haulers publish theirs: Junk Ninja lists a single item at $139 before tax, and JunkPal says its minimum starts at around $150 for very small loads. We read both pages on 2026-10-05, and those are their prices, not ours.
The landfill sets a floor of its own. For 2026 the City charges a flat $43.20 for a residential load under 250 kg at Trail Waste Facility. Send a photo of the item to (613) 852-4059 and we will quote it before anything is loaded.
Not for the labour. Anyone advertising it is usually taking only the part with resale value. Some material does move for free though. The City accepts source-separated scrap metal and electronic waste at Trail Waste Facility at no charge, plus up to ten passenger or light truck tires per person per day.
Charities on the City's own Bulky Waste page, among them Habitat for Humanity and the Matthew House Ottawa furniture bank, take usable furniture. If your item is metal, electronic, or still good, try those routes first. Tires can also go back to a tire retailer free, which our tire disposal guide explains.
Start with what costs nothing and pay only for what is left. The curb takes three garbage items every two weeks, so one old chair can wait for garbage day. Sorted scrap metal and electronics go to Trail Waste Facility free, and usable furniture can go to a charity. Next comes a landfill run in your own vehicle, then a crew.
The crew becomes the cheaper of those two once a self-haul needs a rented truck, more than one trip or a day off work. When the pile already exists, a crew usually costs less than renting a bin as well, because with a bin the loading is still yours.
Yes, and appliances are worth calling about specifically, because the curb is never an option for them. The City of Ottawa's Bulky Waste page excludes appliances from collection outright, naming refrigerators, freezers, stoves, microwaves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, air conditioners, hot water tanks, oil tanks, and furnaces. Electronic waste is excluded on the same page. That rule is why a dead dryer sits in a garage for two years.
Yes. Hot tubs are on our list alongside furniture, appliances and renovation debris. Tell us when you book whether it sits on a pad or in a deck, and how wide the side gate is, because the access decides whether it leaves in one piece or in sections. If the deck around it is coming out too, that part is demolition, which we also do.
Asbestos, liquid waste, and household hazardous waste such as paint, solvents, motor oil, and propane cylinders. The City's Trail Waste Facility rates page lists all three as not accepted, so no legitimate hauler can put them on a truck. If you are unsure what a container holds, set it aside and ask us. The City's Waste Explorer tool on ottawa.ca will tell you where each one goes.
Sometimes yes, and we will say so. Trail Waste Facility Landfill sits at 4475 Trail Road, off Moodie Drive. It runs Monday to Friday, 7 am to 6 pm, closes Sundays, and opens on selected Saturdays only, which the City lists on its Trail Waste Facility page.
Payment at the scale house is contactless, and CSA green patch boots and hi-visibility clothing are required at the main tipping areas. One load and a free weekday is a real DIY job. Four loads on a Saturday is not.
Yes. We work across Ottawa, Kanata, Barrhaven, Orleans, Nepean, Gloucester, and Gatineau. Worth knowing on the Quebec side: access to Gatineau's ecocentres is restricted to defined categories of user, and you have to show both a valid proof of residence and valid identification.
The city's fact sheet on by-law 990-2025 also states it reserves the right to refuse construction debris mixed with household garbage. We also provide dedicated junk removal in Manotick for estate lots and village homes.
Where these facts come from
The City pages behind the collection limit, the sorting rules and the landfill answer above: one sets what three items means and what cannot be bagged, one decides which bin a given object belongs in, and one lists the landfill's hours and the Saturdays it opens.
The limit changed in 2024, the Waste Explorer is updated as programs change and the Saturday list changes through the year, so read the City's own page before planning a load around any of them. The last three are behind the permits and regulations section: the street bin permit, the landfill's refusal of commercial garbage, and the yellow bag program for small businesses.
- City of Ottawa, curbside garbage collection and the three-item limit read
- City of Ottawa, Waste Explorer, which container each item belongs in read
- City of Ottawa, Trail Waste Facility Landfill, hours and Saturday openings read
- City of Ottawa, temporary construction related encroachments: a bin in the roadway and the 10 business day minimum read
- City of Ottawa, Rates for the Trail Waste Facility Landfill: commercial garbage, asbestos and hazardous waste not accepted read
- City of Ottawa, Yellow bag programs: the small business program and its 16 bag limit read
Related reading
- Junk removal Barrhaven
- Junk removal Kanata
- Junk removal Orleans
- Junk removal Nepean
- Mattress disposal in Ottawa
- The Trail Road landfill: hours and fees
- Electronics recycling in Ottawa
- Appliance disposal in Ottawa
- Hoarding cleanup
- Estate cleanouts and pre-sale cleaning
- Demolition services
- Bin and dumpster rental
- Post-construction cleaning
- Commercial cleaning
- Mould removal and remediation
- Carpet cleaning
- Excavation
- Junk removal prices
Need junk removal?
Call or text for an up-front quote. Same-day and next-day service across Ottawa and Gatineau.