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How much does junk removal cost in Toronto?
Junk removal in Toronto is published at a $49 minimum, at $89 for a small load, at $199 for a half load and at $389 for a full load by one Toronto hauler, and at $40 per hour by a marketplace. The City of Toronto also collects oversized items at the curb, already paid for in your annual bin fee.
Junk removal is the only trade where the price is set after the work is done. The truck arrives, someone looks at the pile, and a number appears. By then the sofa is on the truck and you are not in a negotiation — you are in a transaction you already lost.
What does a "full truck load" actually mean in Toronto?
"Full truck load" is not a unit of measurement, and in Toronto it does not have to be.
One Toronto hauler publishes a full load from $389 and never publishes how big the truck is. A national marketplace publishes the same work from $40 an hour and adds that the dump and recycling fees are on top. One of those is a volume, one is a duration, and neither converts into the other. A three-hour job at $40 an hour is $120 plus tipping fees; the same junk sold as "a full load" is $389. You cannot know which one you are buying unless you ask which unit the quote is in.
And two other Toronto junk companies I opened publish no dollar figure at all — not in the body, not in the page head, not in their structured data. One of them writes at length about being locally based and open seven days, and never once says what any of it costs.
Meanwhile the City of Toronto will take your mattress, your box spring, your sofa and your lamps off the curb on your normal garbage day, and it has already charged you for it in your annual bin fee whether you use it or not. That does not cover renovation debris, and it does not carry anything down three flights of stairs. But if what you have is a mattress and a bookshelf, the cheapest junk removal in Toronto is the one you have already bought.
Toronto junk removal prices, by load
One Toronto junk-removal company publishes a four-tier price ladder on its Toronto page and a national marketplace publishes an hourly rate for the same work — and the two cannot be compared, because one sells volume and the other sells time.
| What is being priced | Published price (CAD) | Unit basis | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum fee | $49 | per job | Toronto junk removal, volume not published |
| Small load | from $89 | per load | Toronto junk removal, volume not published |
| Half load | from $199 | per load | Toronto junk removal, volume not published |
| Full load | from $389 | per load | Toronto junk removal, volume not published |
| Junk pickup, hourly | from $40 | per hour | Toronto, national marketplace, dump/recycling fees extra |
What the City of Toronto will and will not take
Before you pay a hauler, check whether the City already collects it — because you are billed for that service every year whether you ever use it or not.
| Item type | Who collects it | What it costs you at the curb | Scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oversized and metal items — box springs, furniture, lamps, luggage, mattresses | City of Toronto, on your garbage collection day | Nothing extra. The annual fee is already charged to every house and multi-residential unit | Houses and multi-residential units, City of Toronto |
| Set-out requirement | — | Place items next to your garbage bin, leaving 0.5 metres between items | City of Toronto |
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How much does junk removal cost in Toronto?
Junk removal in Toronto is published at a $49 minimum, at $89 for a small load, at $199 for a half load and at $389 for a full load by one Toronto hauler, none of which state the truck volume. A national marketplace publishes $40 per hour in Toronto with dump and recycling fees charged on top.
Where can I get free junk removal in Toronto?
There is no free junk removal in Toronto, but there is one you have already paid for. The City of Toronto collects oversized items at the curb on your garbage day and charges an annual fee to every house and multi-residential unit, regardless of whether or not the service is used. Renovation debris is not included.
How do I dispose of large items in Toronto?
Place oversized and metal items — box springs, furniture, lamps, luggage and mattresses — next to your garbage bin on your collection day, leaving 0.5 metres of space between items, and the City of Toronto collects them. For anything the City will not take, or anything that has to come down stairs, a hauler quotes by load or by hour.
What is the cheapest way to remove junk in Toronto?
The cheapest way to remove junk in Toronto is the City's curbside oversized collection, because the annual fee is charged to your household whether you use it or not. A private hauler's published minimum is $49 and a small load is $89. Hourly pickup is published from $40 per hour, plus dump and recycling fees.
What does a full truck load actually mean in Toronto?
A full truck load in Toronto has no published volume at the company quoting $389 for one, so the same three words can mean different amounts of junk at different companies. Ask for the truck's dimensions or its cubic yards before comparing two full-load prices, and ask whether the quote is by volume or by the hour.
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