How to Recycle Paint in Canada
Recycling paint in Canada depends on where you live and the type of material. This guide explains what is accepted, how to prepare it, and where to drop it off.
Can paint be recycled?
Yes, paint is recyclable in most Canadian municipalities through curbside programmes or drop-off depots.
Product Care Association manages leftover paint recycling in many provinces. Must be in original containers with labels.
Preparation tips
Keep lids on, store upright, and do not mix products.
Why recycling paint matters
Diverting paint from landfills reduces environmental impact, conserves raw materials, and supports Canada's circular economy. Many provinces have extended producer responsibility programmes that make recycling convenient and often free.
Cities with Paint drop-off
Below are Canadian cities with locations that accept paint. Click a city to see addresses, hours and materials accepted.
100 Mile House
BC
70 Mile House
BC
Abbotsford
BC
Acadia Valley
AB
Acme
AB
Acton
ON
Advocate
NS
Advocate Harbour
NS
Agassiz
BC
Aguanish
QC
Airdrie
AB
Ajax
ON
Aldergrove
BC
Alert Bay
BC
Alexandria
ON
Algonquin Highlands
ON
Alhambra
AB
Allardville
NB
Alliance
AB
Alliston
ON
Alonsa
MB
Altona
BC
Alyesford
NS
Amherst
NS
Amherstburg
ON
Amisk
AB
Amos
QC
Ancaster
ON
Annapolis Royal
NS
Anola
MB
Anselmo
AB
Antigonish
NS
Apsley
ON
Arborg
MB
Ardmore
AB
Area P (Rivers and the Peaks)
BC
Arichat
NS
Ashcroft
BC
Ashern
MB
Ashmont
AB
Assiniboia
SK
Athabasca
AB
Atholville
NB
Atikameg
AB
Augusta
ON
Aurora
ON
Aylesford
NS
Baddeck
NS
Baie Ste Anne
NB
Baie Verte
NL
Baie-Comeau
QC
Baldur
MB
Bancroft
ON
Banff
AB
Barrhaven
ON
Barrhead
AB
Barrie
ON
Barrie
ON
Barrington
NS
Bassano
AB
Bay St. George
NL
Beamsville
ON
Bear Canyon
AB
Bear Island
ON
Bearhills Lake
AB
Beaver County
AB
Beaver Lake
AB
Beaver Lake Cree Nation
AB
Beaverdell
BC
Bedford
NS
Beiseker
AB
Bella Bella
BC
Bella Coola
BC
Belleville
ON
Belleville
ON
Bellis
AB
Belmont
MB
Belwood
ON
Beresford
NB
Bergeronnes
QC
Berry Mills
NB
Bertrand
NB
Bewdley
ON
Big Lakes County
AB
Big Valley
AB
Biggar
SK
Binbrook
ON
Binscarth
MB
Birtle
MB
Black Tickle
NL
Blackfalds
AB
Blackville
NB
Blaine Lake
SK
Bloodvein
MB
Blue River
BC
Blueberry Mountain
AB
Bluehills
AB
Bluffton
AB
Blumenort
AB
Boissevain
MB
Bolton
ON
Bonanza
AB
Bonnyville
AB
Botha
AB
Botwood
NL
Bourget
ON
Bow Island
AB
Bowmanville
ON
Boyle
AB
Bracebridge
ON
Bradford
ON
Bragg Creek
AB
Brampton
ON
Brandon
MB
Brantford
ON
Brentwood
BC
Bridgenorth
ON
Bridgewater
NS
Brighton
ON
Broadview
SK
Brockton
PE
Brockville
ON
Brooklin
ON
Brooklyn
NS
Brooks
AB
Brule
AB
Bryson
QC
Buchans Junction
NL
Buckhorn
ON
Buffalo Head
AB
Buffalo Lake
AB
Buffalo Narrows
SK
Burgeo
NL
Burin
NL
Burks Falls
ON
Burlington
ON
Burnaby
BC
Burns Lake
BC
Burnt Islands
NL
Byemoor
AB
Cache Creek
BC
Cadomin
AB
Cadotte Lake
AB
Caledon
ON
Caledonia
NS
Caledonia
ON
Calgary
AB
Calling Lake
AB
Cambridge
ON
Cameron
ON
Campbell River
BC
Camrose
AB
Canmore
AB
Canning
NS
Cannington
ON
Canora
SK
Canso
NS
Canwood
SK
Cap-Pele
NB
Caraquet
NB
Cardston
AB
Carleton Place
ON
Carman
MB
Caroline
AB
Carp
ON
Carseland
AB
Cartwright
MB
Cartwright
NL
Casselman
ON
Cassidy
BC
Castlegar
BC
Castor
AB
Central Butte
SK
Champion
AB
Change Islands
NL
Chapel Island
NL
Chapleau
ON
Charlottetown
PE
Charlottetown
NL
Chatham
ON
Cherhill
AB
Chester
NS
Chester Basin
NS
Chestermere
AB
Cheticamp
NS
Chetwynd
BC
Chilliwack
BC
Chipewyan Lake
AB
Chisholm
ON
City of Langley
BC
Clairmont
AB
Clandonald
AB
Clarenville
NL
Claresholm
AB
Clarington
ON
Clarksburg
ON
Clear Prairie
AB
Cleardale
AB
Clearwater
BC
Clinton
BC
Cloyne
ON
Cluny
AB
Coaldale
AB
Coaticook
QC
Cobble Hill
BC
Cobourg
ON
Cochrane
AB
Cogmagun
NS
Colborne
ON
Cold Lake
AB
Coleman
AB
Collingwood
ON
Colombier
QC
Comber
ON
Conception Bay South
NL
Concord
ON
Condor
AB
Conklin
AB
Consort
AB
Contrecoeur
QC
Coombs
BC
Coquitlam
BC
Corner Brook
NL
Cornwall
ON
Coronach
SK
Coronation
AB
Coteau-du-Lac
QC
County of Grande Prairie
AB
County of Two Hills No. 21
AB
County of Vermilion River
AB
Courtenay
BC
Courtice
ON
Cow Lake
AB
Craigend
AB
Craigmyle
AB
Crammond
AB
Cranbrook
BC
Crossfield
AB
Crossroads
AB
Crowsnest-Pincher Creek
AB
Cudworth
SK
Cumberland
BC
Cypress County
AB
Dalhousie
NB
Dartmouth
NS
Darwell
AB
Dauphin
MB
Davidson
SK
Davidsville
NL
Dawson Creek
BC
Daysland
AB
DeBolt
AB
Debert
NS
Deep River
ON
Deer Lake
NL
Deerhill
AB
Delhi
ON
Deloraine
MB
Delson
QC
Delta
BC
Demmitt
AB
Derwent
AB
Devon
AB
Dewberry
AB
Didsbury
AB
Digby
NS
Dingwall
NS
Dingwells Mills
PE
Dixonville
AB
Doaktown
NB
Donalda
AB
Doris Creek
AB
Dorset
ON
Drayton Valley
AB
Drumheller
AB
Drummondville
QC
Dryden
ON
Dubreuilville
ON
Duffield
AB
Duncan
BC
Dundalk
ON
Dundas
ON
Dunmore
AB
Dunstable
AB
Durham
ON
Dwight
ON
East Gwillimbury
ON
East Preston
NS
East York
ON
East. St. Paul
MB
Eastern Passage
NS
Echo Bay
ON
Edgar
ON
Edgerton
AB
Edmonton
AB
Edmundston
NB
Edson
AB
Eganville
ON
Elk Point
AB
Elkwater
AB
Elm Creek
MB
Elmsdale
NS
Elmworth
AB
Elora
ON
Embrun
ON
Emsdale
ON
Enchant
AB
Enderby
BC
Entrance
AB
Eriksdale
MB
Erskine
AB
Escoumins
QC
Essex
ON
Essipit
QC
Esterhazy
SK
Estevan
SK
Eston
SK
Etobicoke
ON
Etzikom
AB
Eureka River
AB
Everdell
AB
Everett
ON
Exeter
ON
Fairview
AB
Falcon Lake
MB
Falher
AB
Faraway
AB
Faust
AB
Fenelon Falls
ON
Fergus
ON
Ferintosh
AB
Fernie
BC
Fisher Branch
MB
Fishing Lake Metis Settlement
AB
Flatbrush
AB
Flatbush
AB
Flin Flon
MB
Fogo Island
NL
Fonthill
ON
Foothills County
AB
Foremost
AB
Forest
ON
Forestburg
AB
Forestville
QC
Fort Chipewyan
AB
Fort Erie
ON
Fort Frances
ON
Fort McMurray
AB
Fort Nelson
BC
Fort Qu'Appelle
SK
Fort Saskatchewan
AB
Fort St. James
BC
Fort St. John
BC
Fort Vermilion
AB
Fournier
ON
Fox Creek
AB
Fraser Lake
BC
Fredericton
NB
GLACE BAY
NS
Gabriola
BC
Gadsby
AB
Gander
NL
Garson
ON
Gem
AB
Georgetown
ON
Georgina
ON
Gibsons
BC
Gift Lake
AB
Gilbert Plains
MB
Gilwood
AB
Gimli
MB
Ginew
MB
Gladstone
MB
Gleichen
AB
Glenboro
MB
Gloucester
ON
Gloucester
ON
Glovertown
NL
Goderich
ON
Gold River
NS
Gold River
BC
Golden
BC
Goodridge
AB
Goodwood
NS
Goose Lake
AB
Gore
QC
Grand Bank
NL
Grand Bay - Westfield
NB
Grand Forks
BC
Grand Manan
NB
Grand Sault
NB
Grande Cache
AB
Grande Pointe
MB
Grande Prairie
AB
Grandview
MB
Grassy Lake
AB
Gravelbourg
SK
Gravenhurst
ON
Greenwich
NS
Greenwood
BC
Greenwood
NS
Grenfell
SK
Grimsby
ON
Grimshaw
AB
Gros Morne
NL
Grouard
AB
Grovedale
AB
Guelph
ON
Gull Lake
SK
Gunn
AB
Guysborough
NS
Gwynne
AB
Hairy Hill
AB
Haliburton
ON
Halifax
NS
Halkirk
AB
Hall's Glen
ON
Hamilton
ON
Hamilton
ON
Hampden
NL
Hampton
NB
Hanna
AB
Hanover
ON
Hanover
ON
Hants Co.
NS
Hants County
NS
Hanwell
NB
Happy Valley–Goose Bay
NL
Hardisty
AB
Harmon Valley
AB
Hartfield
NB
Hartney
MB
Harvey
NB
Hattonford
AB
Havelock
ON
Havre-aux-Maisons
QC
Hays
AB
Heart River
AB
High Level
AB
High Prairie
AB
Hilda
AB
Hilda Lake
AB
Hilgartner
AB
Hillcrest
AB
Hillsborough
NB
Hillsburgh
ON
Hines Creek
AB
Hinton
AB
Holland
MB
Holmesville
ON
Hope
BC
Hopedale
NL
Horn Hill
AB
Hornby Island
BC
Houston
BC
Hudson Bay
SK
Hughenden
AB
Humboldt
SK
Huntsville
ON
Hussar
AB
Hylo
AB
Indian Bay
NL
Indian Head
SK
Inglis
MB
Ingram Port
NS
Ingramport
NS
Innisfail
AB
Invermere
BC
Inverness
NS
Iron Springs
AB
Iroquois Falls
ON
Irricana
AB
Irvine
AB
Ituna
SK
Janvier
AB
Jasper
AB
Joggins
NS
Joussard
AB
Kamloops
BC
Kamsack
SK
Kananaskis
AB
Kanata
ON
Kapasiwin
AB
Kaslo
BC
Kebaowek
QC
Kedgwick
NB
Keene
ON
Keephills
AB
Kelowna
BC
Kemptville
ON
Kenora
ON
Kensington
PE
Kentville
NS
Keswick
ON
Killaloe
ON
Killarney
MB
Kimberley
BC
Kincardine
ON
Kindersley
SK
Kingston
ON
Kingsville
ON
Kinqston
ON
Kipling
SK
Kitchener
ON
Kitimat
BC
Kitscoty
AB
Kitwanga
BC
Kyle
SK
L'Orignal
ON
La Corey
AB
La Crete
AB
La Guadeloupe
QC
La Pocatière
QC
La Ronge
SK
Labrador Straits
NL
Labrador West
NL
Lac Du Bonnet
MB
Lac Ste Anne County
AB
Lac- Beauport
QC
Lac-Mégantic
QC
Lacombe
AB
Ladysmith
BC
Ladysmith
QC
Lafond
AB
Lake Charlotte
NS
Lake Cowichan
BC
Lakedell
AB
Lakefield
ON
Lameque
NB
Langdon
AB
Langenburg
SK
Langford
BC
Langley
BC
Lanigan
SK
Lantier
QC
Laurier
MB
Lawrence Station
NB
Lawrencetown
NS
Lax Kw'alaams
BC
Leamington
ON
Leduc
AB
Lequille
NS
Les Bergeronnes
QC
Les Escoumins
QC
Leslieville
AB
Lethbridge
AB
Lethbridge
NL
Lethbridge County
AB
Libau
MB
Lillooet
BC
Limoges
ON
Lindbrook
AB
Linden
AB
Lindsay
ON
Listowel
ON
Little Buffalo
AB
Little Current
ON
Little Smoky
AB
Lively
ON
Lloydminster
AB
Logan Lake
BC
Lomond
AB
London
ON
London
ON
Long Lake
AB
Longue-Rive
QC
Longueuil
QC
Loon Lake
SK
Lorette
MB
Loretto
ON
Loring
ON
Louis Creek
BC
Louisbourg
NS
Lower Nicola
BC
Lower Sackville
NS
Lower South River
NS
Lucknow
ON
Lunenburg
NS
Lytton
BC
Lévis
QC
MacGregor
MB
Mackay
AB
Mackenzie
BC
Macklin
SK
Madeira Park
BC
Magog
QC
Magrath
AB
Makkovik
NL
Malartic
QC
Mallaig
AB
Manning
AB
Manola
AB
Manotick
ON
Manseau
QC
Maple Creek
SK
Maple Ridge
BC
Mapleton Twp.
ON
Marathon
ON
Marie Reine
AB
Markham
ON
Marlboro
AB
Marten Beach
AB
Martinsville
SK
Marwayne
AB
Mary's Harbour
NL
Marystown
NL
Maskwacis
AB
Maskwascis
AB
Masset
BC
Massey
ON
Matane
QC
Mattawa
ON
Mayerthorpe
AB
McCreary
MB
Meadow Lake
SK
Meadowview
AB
Mecca Glen
AB
Medicine Hat
AB
Meleb
MB
Melfort
SK
Melville
SK
Memramcook
NB
Merritt
BC
Meteghan
NS
Meteghan Center
NS
Meteghan Centre
NS
Miami
MB
Michichi
AB
Midland
ON
Mildmay
ON
Milk River
AB
Mill Bay
BC
Millet
AB
Millicent
AB
Milltown
NL
Milo
AB
Milton
ON
Minburn
AB
Minden
ON
Miniota
MB
Minnedosa
MB
Minto
ON
Minto-Odanah
MB
Mirabel
QC
Miramichi
NB
Mission
BC
Missisauga
ON
Mississauga
ON
Mississippi
ON
Mitchell
ON
Monastery
NS
Moncton
NB
Montréal
QC
Moon Lake
AB
Moose Jaw
SK
Moosehorn
MB
Moosomin
SK
Morden
MB
Morinville
AB
Morley
AB
Morris
MB
Mossleigh
AB
Mount Currie
BC
Mount Pearl
NL
Mount Pleasant
ON
Mount William
NS
Mulhurst Bay
AB
Munson
AB
Muriel Lake
AB
Murray River
PE
Muskoka
ON
Myrnam
AB
Naicam
SK
Nain
NL
Nampa
AB
Nanaimo
BC
Neepawa
MB
Nelson
BC
Nepean
ON
New Dayton
AB
New Fish Creek
AB
New Germany
NS
New Hazelton
BC
New Minas
NS
New Sarepta
AB
New Wes Valley
NL
New Westminster
BC
Newbury
ON
Newcastle
ON
Newmarket
ON
Newmarket
ON
Niagara Falls
ON
Nicolet
QC
Nipawin
SK
Nisku
AB
Niton
AB
Niverville
MB
Nobleford
AB
Nordegg
AB
Norris Arm
NL
North Battleford
SK
North Bay
ON
North Dundas
ON
North Perth
ON
North Sydney
NS
North Vancouver
BC
North York
ON
O'Chiese
AB
Oakbank
MB
Oakville
ON
Obed
AB
Ochre River
MB
Odessa
ON
Okotoks
AB
Oliver
BC
Onanole
MB
Onoway
AB
Orangeville
ON
Orford
QC
Orillia
ON
Orion
AB
Oromocto
NB
Oshawa
ON
Osoyoos
BC
Ottawa
ON
Otter Lake
QC
Outlook
SK
Owen Sound
ON
Owl River
AB
Oxford
NS
Oxford Mills
ON
Oyen
AB
Paddle Prairie
AB
Paradise
NL
Paradise Valley
AB
Paris
ON
Parkcourt
AB
Parkland County
AB
Parksville
BC
Parrsboro
NS
Parry Sound
ON
Parsons Industrial Park
SK
Pasadena
NL
Peace Hills
AB
Peace River
AB
Peerless Lake
AB
Peers
AB
Peguis
MB
Pemberton
BC
Pembroke
ON
Pembroke
ON
Pender Island
BC
Penticton
BC
Peterborough
ON
Petit-Rocher
NB
Pickering
ON
Pickering
ON
Picture Butte
AB
Pierreville
QC
Pierson
MB
Pilot Mound
MB
Pinawa
MB
Pinedale
AB
Pioneer
AB
Pitt Meadows
BC
Plamondon
AB
Plevna
ON
Point Leamington
NL
Ponoka
AB
Ponteix
SK
Porcupine Plain
SK
Port Alberni
BC
Port Au Choix
NL
Port Aux Basques
NL
Port Clements
BC
Port Colborne
ON
Port Coquitlam
BC
Port Elgin
ON
Port Elgin
NB
Port Hardy
BC
Port Hawksbury
NS
Port Hood
NS
Port Hope Simpson
NL
Port McNeill
BC
Port Perry
ON
Port-Cartier
QC
Portage la Prairie
MB
Porters Lake
NS
Portneuf-sur-Mer
QC
Postville
NL
Powassan
ON
Powell River
BC
Preeceville
SK
Preston
AB
Prince Albert
SK
Prince George
BC
Prince Rupert
BC
Princeton
BC
Pritchard
BC
Providence Bay
ON
Provost
AB
Pugwash
NS
Puskwaskau
AB
Puslinch
ON
Quatsino
BC
Quebec
QC
Queen Charlotte Village
BC
Quesnel
BC
Québec
QC
Radium
BC
Rainbow Lake
AB
Rainier
AB
Ranfurly
AB
Rapid City
MB
Raymond
AB
Red Deer
AB
Red Earth Creek
AB
Redcliff/Cypress
AB
Redvers
SK
Redwater
AB
Regina
SK
Renfrew
ON
Reno
AB
Reston
MB
Revelstoke
BC
Rhineland
MB
Rich Lake
AB
Rich Valley
AB
Richibucto
NB
Richmond
BC
Richmond Hill
ON
Richmond Hill
ON
Rigolet
NL
Rimouski
QC
Riverhead
NL
Riverstown
ON
Riverton
MB
Riviere Verte
NB
Rivière du-loup
QC
Rivière-Ouelle
QC
Rivière-Rouge
QC
Robb
AB
Roblin
MB
Rochfort Bridge
AB
Rockland
ON
Rocky Harbour
NL
Rocky Mountain House
AB
Rocky View County
AB
Rockyford
AB
Rockylane
AB
Rogersville
NB
Rorketon
MB
Rosebud
AB
Rosetown
SK
Rossburn
MB
Rosseau
ON
Rosser
MB
Rosthern
SK
Royce
AB
Rumsey
AB
Russell
MB
Ryley
AB
Saanich
BC
Saanichton
BC
Sackville
NB
Sacre-Coeur
QC
Sacré coeur
QC
Saddle Lake
AB
Saguenay
QC
Saint George
NB
Saint John
NB
Saint Quentin
NB
Saint Stephen
NB
Saint- Odilon- De - Cranbourne
QC
Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
QC
Saint-Basile-Le-Grand
QC
Saint-Francois-de-Madawaska
NB
Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
QC
Saint-Georges de Beauce
QC
Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup
QC
Saint-Hyacinthe
QC
Saint-Jean-de-Matha
QC
Saint-Jérôme
QC
Saint-Pascal
QC
Saint-Perpétue
QC
Saint-Quentin
NB
Saint-Sauveur
QC
Saint-Thomas
QC
Saint-Victor
QC
Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval
QC
Saint-fulgence
QC
Sainte-Adèle
QC
Sainte-Antoine
NB
Sainte-Béatrix
QC
Sainte-Eulalie
QC
Salford
ON
Salisbury
NB
Salmo
BC
Salmon Arm
BC
Salt Spring Island
BC
Saltspring Island
BC
Sangudo
AB
Sarnia
ON
Saskatoon
SK
Sault Ste Marie
ON
Sault Ste. Marie
ON
Scarborough
ON
Schuler
AB
Scotch Creek
BC
Seba Beach
AB
Sechelt
BC
Sedgewick
AB
Selkirk
MB
Seven Persons
AB
Shalath
BC
Shaunavon
SK
Shediac
NB
Sheet Harbour
NS
Shelburne
NS
Sherbrooke
NS
Sherwood Park
AB
Shoal Lake
MB
Shubenacadie East
NS
Sidney
BC
Siksika
AB
Silverton
BC
Simcoe
ON
Skiff
AB
Slave Lake
AB
Smith
AB
Smith Falls
ON
Smithers
BC
Smiths Falls
ON
Smoky Lake
AB
Snow Lake
MB
Sointula
BC
Sooke
BC
Sorel-Tracy
QC
South Slocan
BC
Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area
BC
Southgate
ON
Spedden
AB
Spiritwood
SK
Springdale
NL
Springhill
NS
Spruce Grove
AB
Spryfield
NS
Squamish
BC
St Albert
AB
St Catharines
ON
St Jacobs
ON
St Marys
ON
St Odilon
QC
St Thomas
ON
St Victor
QC
St- Zénon
QC
St. Alban's
NL
St. Albert
AB
St. Andrews
MB
St. Anthony
NL
St. Barbe
NL
St. Catharines
ON
St. Catherines
ON
St. Charles
ON
St. Edouard
AB
St. Francois Xavier
MB
St. Georges
MB
St. John's
NL
St. Laurent
MB
St. Lewis
NL
St. Lina
AB
St. Marys
ON
St. Michael
AB
St. Paul
AB
St. Peter's
NS
St. Pierre
MB
St. Thomas
ON
St.Thomas
ON
Standard
AB
Stayner
ON
Ste-Anne
MB
Steinbach
MB
Stephenville
NL
Stettler
AB
Stewart
BC
Stirling
AB
Stittsville
ON
Stonewall
MB
Stoney Creek
ON
Stony Plain
AB
Stouffville
ON
Strasbourg
SK
Stratford
ON
Strathclair
MB
Strathmore
AB
Strathroy
ON
Sturgeon County
AB
Sturgeon Heights
AB
Sturgeon Lake
AB
Sudbury
ON
Summerland
BC
Sunchild
AB
Sundre
AB
Sunnybrook
AB
Sunset House
AB
Surrey
BC
Sussex
NB
Sutton West
ON
Swan Hills
AB
Swan Valley West
MB
Swift Current
SK
Sydenham
ON
Sydney
NS
Sylvan Lake
AB
Taber
AB
Tadoussac
QC
Tangent
AB
Tatamagouche
NS
Tavistock
ON
Tecumseh
ON
Teepee Creek
AB
Temiskaming Shores
ON
Terra Nova
NL
Terrace
BC
Teulon
MB
The Pas
MB
Therien
AB
Thessalon
ON
Thetford Mines
QC
Thompson
MB
Thorhild
AB
Thorold
ON
Three Hills
AB
Thunder Bay
ON
Thunder Lake
AB
Tiger Lily
AB
Tilbury
ON
Tilley
AB
Tillsonburg
ON
Timberlea
NS
Timmins
ON
Tisdale
SK
Tofield
AB
Tomahawk
AB
Toronto
ON
Toronto
ON
Torrington
AB
Town of Carberry & Municipality of North Cypress
MB
Town of Erin
ON
Town of St Paul
AB
Town of Valleyview
AB
Tracadie
NS
Tracadie
NB
Trail
BC
Traverse Bay
MB
Treherne
MB
Trenton
ON
Trochu
AB
Trout Lake
AB
Truro
NS
Truro Industrial Park
NS
Tulliby
AB
Tumbler Ridge
BC
Turtleford
SK
Twillingate
NL
Two Hills
AB
Ty-Histanis
BC
Ucluelet
BC
Unity
SK
Upper Tantallon
NS
Valemount
BC
Vancouver
BC
Vanderhoof
BC
Vassar
MB
Vaudreuil-Dorion
QC
Vaughan
ON
Vauxhall
AB
Vega
AB
Vegreville
AB
Vermilion
AB
Vernon
BC
Verona
ON
Victoria
BC
View Royal
BC
Viking
AB
Vilna
AB
Vincent Lake
AB
Virden
MB
Vita
MB
Vulcan
AB
Wabasca
AB
Wadena
SK
Wainwright
AB
Wakaw
SK
Waldheim
SK
Walkerton
ON
Walsh
AB
Wanham
AB
Warman
SK
Warner
AB
Warner County 5
AB
Warren
ON
Wasaga Beach
ON
Waskada
MB
Waskatenau
AB
Water Valley
AB
Waterloo
ON
Watrous
SK
Watson
SK
Weaver
NB
Weberville
AB
Welland
ON
Wellington Centre
PE
West Buck Lake
AB
West Guilford
ON
West Kelowna
BC
West Lincoln
ON
West St. Paul
MB
Westbank
BC
Westlock
AB
Wetaskiwin
AB
Weyburn
SK
Whistler
BC
Whitby
ON
Whitecourt
AB
Whitelaw
AB
Whitemouth
MB
Whitney Lake
AB
Whynotts Settlement
NS
Wildwood
AB
Wilkie
SK
Williams Lake
BC
Willingdon
AB
Windsor
ON
Windsor
NS
Winfield
AB
Winkler
MB
Winnipeg
MB
Winnipegosis
MB
Woking
AB
Woodbridge
ON
Woodlands
MB
Woodstock
ON
Woodstock
NB
Woodstock
ON
Worsley
AB
Woss
BC
Wynyward
SK
Yarmouth
NS
Yellowhead County
AB
York
ON
Yorkton
SK
Zama
AB
Frequently asked questions
Can I put paint in my curbside recycling bin?
It depends on your municipality and the type of paint. Use our city and material pages to find accepted curbside items and nearby drop-off locations.
Do I need to pay to recycle paint?
Many recycling programmes in Canada accept paint for free, especially when covered by extended producer responsibility programmes. Some landfills or private facilities may charge for certain items.
How do I prepare paint for recycling?
Common preparation steps include rinsing, flattening, removing food residue, and separating different material types. Check the preparation tips above for specific guidance.