This consultation was open from:
January 29, 2026
to March 15, 2026
Decision summary
The Ministry issued a new environmental compliance approval to Waste Connections of Canada Inc. for waste processing and transfer activities near the County of Brant, Ontario.
The permit will allow the company to perform waste management activities withing the province of Ontario.
Location details
Site address
779 Powerline Road
Brantford,
ON
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
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Waste Connections of Canada Inc.
6220 Highway 7, Unit 600
Vaughan,
ON
L4H 4G3
Canada
Decision details
The Site will accept municipal solid waste (MSW) including recycling, construction and demolition (C&D) and industrial, commercial, and institutional (IC&I) residual waste. The facility will serve as a waste processing and transfer facility for the province of Ontario.
The Waste Unit is satisfied that the proposed design of the waste transfer building incorporates appropriate engineering controls to prevent the release of leachate, runoff to the natural environment and nuisance issues and site operations are consistent with similar waste approvals. All waste processing will occur indoors and any waste received at the public drop-off will be placed inside at the end-of-day.
Effects of consultation
There was one email from the public (Brian Manese) received at the waste proposal comments email address. The comments provided were:
"It appears that WCC was successful in their zoning bylaw application and allowed to build a transfer station which would be approximately 1300 m2 (39m X 34m). However , now they are trying to increase capacity by “providing a Public drop off for waste.” Covered bins would be placed outside of the proposed building.” Under “limited operational flexibility” So in essence they are already pushing to expand the approved 39m X 34m Building with these “covered bins”.
I would assume that people can drop off waste 24/7 . Question – Will there be security 24/7 to monitor illegal dumping? Illegal dumping happens ALL the time!
Question – How many covered bins are they proposing? There should be a limit.
Question – I think it would be prudent to revisit this in a 1 year time period to see and hear what the local business concerns are /if any? Therefore, I suggest putting this on hold for a 1 year time period."
Response: In reviewing the application it was the reviewers opinion that operational flexibility was not required. Section 5 of the Design and Operations Report states that the waste contained in the bins for public drop off is part of total waste quantity to be stored on Site so the waste from these bins was already captured in the requested on-site waste storage quantity of the ECA. The Design and Operations Report also states that bins in this area will be used for recyclables. There is language included in the ECA reflect the number of bins that can be used (e.g. 4). From a technical and permitting perspective, there was no basis for putting the application on hold.
Supporting materials
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40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1M2
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from November 3, 2026 to begin the appeal process.
Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.
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Start the process to appeal
If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.
First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.
If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.
Seek leave to appeal
To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- mail your application to three parties
1. Prepare your application
You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:
- A document that includes:
- your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
- the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
- a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
- your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
- the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
- whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
- the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
- the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
- the outcome you’d like to see
- A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
- Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered
The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:
- is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
- could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?
2. Provide your notice
You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.
In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
- grounds for granting leave to appeal
You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:
College Park 5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
3. Mail your application
You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:
- appellate body
- issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
- proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)
Waste Connections of Canada Inc.
6220 Highway 7, Unit 600
Vaughan,
ON
L4H 4G3
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Include the following:
This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.
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40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1M2
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) with the Operational Flexibility for a non-hazardous solid waste transfer facility. The total site area is 2.29 hectares, and the proposed transfer station building would be approximately 1,300 square metres property located at 779 Powerline Road, Brantford, Ontario.
The existing property is already owned by Waste Connections Canada (WCC) and is used as a base for its waste hauling and bin rental business.
The proposed transfer station would accept municipal solid waste (MSW) and industrial, commercial, and institutional waste (IC&I), and some recyclable materials. In the future, WCC contemplates a modification including future public drop-off for waste and recyclables that would be placed in covered bins outside the proposed building. All materials will be stored indoors excluding the future public drop-off materials.
The maximum quantity of waste delivered to the site on any given day is 500 tonnes, and 146,000 tonnes annually. The facility will operate from 5:00 am to 11:59 pm, seven days a week. Internal operations at the facility, including the loading of trucks, may occur 24 hours each day, 365 days of the year.
The Environmental Compliance Approval with Operational Flexibility (waste), when issued, permits pre-determined modifications to the site’s operations without a requirement to make an application for amendment to the Environmental Compliance Approval (waste).
Supporting materials
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Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1M2
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from January 29, 2026
to March 15, 2026
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Client Services and Permissions Branch
40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1M2
Canada
Comments received
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