#CleanCanadaTogether

Please note that many communities are delaying or suspending their spring cleanup plans due to COVID-19. We will keep you posted as communities across Canada resume their activities.

We are planning on further expanding #CleanCanadaTogether in 2020--please join us!

Will you be part of our goal of a cleaner Canada?

In 2017, Canada celebrated the 150th anniversary of Confederation. To recognize this milestone year, ten communities and regions proudly participated in a simple initiative dubbed #CleanCanadaTogether.

Close to 285,000 people across Canada volunteered their time in the spring to pick up litter within their communities! Stats were updated weekly on the Clean Canada Together website to show the progress of events across the entire country.

As far back as 2005, various communities from across Canada have participated in annual spring clean-up activities with GLAD as a major sponsor. These cleanups serve as launching points for community litter management programs throughout the year. Each of these jurisdictions delivers engaging programs, which increase citizen awareness around the impacts of litter, help keep communities clean and safe, and give people a meaningful way to CONTRIBUTE to the sustainability of their city.

With the success of #CleanCanadaTogether since 2017, we would like to invite even more communities to get involved!

In creating a nation-wide litter campaign, communities, big and small, can share ideas and encourage each other to engage their residents in activities that help address a consistent issue that faces all municipalities, ultimately building litter awareness as part of our national consciousness.

We want to get more people involved and spark a Canada-wide conversation on litter control.

How can you get involved?

Register your cleanup event with your local campaign.(If your community isn't listed, email us and we can add it!)
Use the hashtag #CleanCanadaTogether on social media to share photos of your cleanup. You can also tag Clean Canada Together (@CleanTogether) on Twitter!
Tell your friends to get involved!
Have fun!

Does your town or city want to start up or expand a litter cleanup campaign? Come join us!

For more information and to register, please email Carrie Lund: carrie@takepride.mb.ca

2019 Participating Communities:

Click the community name for a link to the local website and information on how you can get involved in your local community cleanup--many groups will have cleanup supplies to provide when you volunteer. Cleanup numbers will be updated regularly. View the promotional video from GLAD Canada. Over 458,000 people have registered for cleanups so far, picking up over 1,259 TONNES of litter!

Population 500,000+:

Brampton, ON--272 cleanups; 43,000 participants; 2,500 bags.

Calgary, AB--34 cleanups; 3,743 participants; 156 bags.

Edmonton, AB--8,412 cleanups; 29,754 participants; 31,255 bags.

Hamilton, ON--360 cleanups; 22,809 participants; 9,461 bags.

Mississauga, ON--93 cleanups; 2,981 participants; 4,417 bags.

Nova Scotia--414 cleanups; 7,560 participants; 4,966 bags.

Ottawa, ON--1,049 cleanups; 54,340 participants; 29,655 bags.

Surrey, BC--55 cleanups; 2,230 participants; 250 bags.

Toronto, ON--1,403 cleanups; 200,107 participants.

Vancouver, BC--2,813 cleanups; 15,692 participants; 7,962 bags

Winnipeg, MB--153 cleanups; 20,687 participants; 35,777 bags.

Population 100,000 to 500,000:

Guelph, ON--140 cleanups; 1,330 participants; 3,000 bags.

Langley, BC--1 cleanup; 409 participants; 239 bags.

Oakville, ON--2 cleanups; 5,980 participants; 1,746 bags.

Markham, ON--47 cleanups; 5,332 participants.

Richmond Hill, ON--118 cleanups; 10,300 participants.

Saskatoon, SK --80 cleanups; 6,032 participants; 2,660 bags.

Vaughan, ON--94 cleanups; 12,400 participants.

Population 50,000 to 100,000:

Caledon, ON--7 cleanups; 237 participants; 186 bags.

St. Albert, AB--32 cleanups; 6,412 participants; 1,537 bags.

Sarnia, ON--1 cleanup; 746 participants; 175 bags.

Population 25,000 to 50,000:

Brockville, ON--1 cleanup; 925 participants; 177 bags.

West Vancouver, BC--2 cleanups; 70 participants.

Population 10,000 to 25,000:

Aurora, ON--1 cleanup; 500 participants; 85 bags.

Portage La Prairie, MB--10 cleanups; 477 participants; 93 bags.

Selkirk, MB--1 cleanup; 17 participants; 30 bags.

Population 5,000 to 10,000:

East St. Paul, MB--1 cleanup; 250 participants; 30 bags.

Flin Flon, MB

La Broquerie, MB--1,000 participants; 1.1 tonnes of litter collected.

Morinville, AB--1 cleanup; 1,150 participants; 100 bags.

Population 2,500 to 5,000:

Oakbank, MB--1 cleanup; 43 participants; 106 bags.

Stonewall, MB--1 cleanup; 70 participants; 70 bags.

Population under 2,500:

Cooks Creek, MB--1 cleanup; 50 participants; 25 bags.

Mitchell, MB--1 cleanup; 345 participants; 175 bags.

Montague, PE

Oxford House, MB

Roblin, MB--1 cleanup; 20 participants; 10 bags.

Teulon, MB

Woodlands, MB--1 cleanup; 135 participants, 50 bags.

(cleanups in progress)

2018 Participating Communities:

(over 305,000 participants collected over 690 tonnes of litter)

Population 500,000+:

Edmonton, AB--10,810 cleanups; 38.124 participants; 12.998 bags
Hamilton, ON--139 cleanups; 17,402 participants; 3482 bags (with more cleanups planned this fall!)
Mississauga, ON--82 cleanups; 3,830 participants; 5,745 bags
Nova Scotia--231 cleanups; 10,444 participants; 1,010 bags
Surrey, BC--38 cleanups; 900 participants; 200 bags
Toronto, ON--1,211 cleanups; 189,306 participants
Vancouver, BC--2,643 cleanups; 18,408 participants; 11,175 bags
Winnipeg, MB--117 cleanups; 17,629 participants; 37,510 bags