About Landfills.ca

Landfills.ca is Canada's most comprehensive public directory of landfill sites, engineered waste disposal facilities, and dump sites. We track over 800 active and inactive facilities across every province and territory.

Our Data

All data is sourced from the Statistics Canada Open Database of Infrastructure (ODI), which compiles facility information from provincial environment ministries, municipal governments, and territorial authorities. Our directory includes:

• 813 landfill and waste disposal sites across 11 provinces and territories
• Engineered landfills, municipal dumps, transfer stations, and waste treatment facilities
• Facility classifications including active/inactive status, landfill type, and provider information
• Geographic coordinates for every facility

Why Landfills.ca Exists

Waste disposal infrastructure is critical to public health and environmental management, yet finding comprehensive, accurate information about landfill locations across Canada has historically been difficult. Government data is fragmented across dozens of provincial and municipal portals. Landfills.ca consolidates this information into one searchable, navigable directory — free and open to the public.

Coverage

Our directory covers engineered landfills (Class I, II, and III), municipal solid waste facilities, industrial waste landfills, dump sites, and waste treatment facilities. Data is updated periodically from the ODI dataset. We do not include private residential garbage collection services or recycling centres — those are covered by our companion site, RecyclingCentres.ca.