Regional Holiday Hours - December 2024 to January 2025

All essential services provided by Niagara Region are available through the holiday season. However, most Niagara Region offices and facilities are closed on Dec. 24, 25, 26, 31 and Jan. 1, including:

Administrative offices
Child care centres
Public health
Sexual health clinics
Provincial Offences Court

Garbage, recycling and organics collection

There will be no collection on Dec. 25 (Christmas Day) or Jan. 1 (New Year's Day). Collection will be postponed by one day during those weeks.

Holiday collection schedule
Regular collection day	Rescheduled collection day
Wednesday, Dec. 25	Thursday, Dec. 26
Thursday, Dec. 26	Friday, Dec. 27
Friday, Dec. 27	Saturday, Dec. 28
Wednesday, Jan. 1	Thursday, Jan. 2
Thursday, Jan. 2	Friday, Jan. 3
Friday, Jan. 3	Saturday, Jan. 4

Designated Business Areas

If your property is an industrial, commercial, institutional or mixed-use building within a Designated Business Area, your Wednesday, Thursday and Friday collection days during the weeks of Christmas (Dec. 25) and New Year's (Jan. 1) will be delayed by one day.

There are no changes to collection days for the following Designated Business Areas:

St. Catharines Downtown
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Grimsby
West Lincoln
Thorold - ONLY Wednesday shifts to Thursday, all other collection days remain unchanged

Holiday garbage exemptions

During holiday exemption weeks, households may put out two extra bags or cans of garbage without a garbage tag. This applies to the first garbage collection day following the week of Dec. 25.

Dec. 26 - 28 and Jan. 6 - 7: Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Pelham, St. Catharines, Thorold, Wainfleet and West Lincoln
Dec. 30 - Jan. 4: Grimsby, Lincoln, Niagara Falls, Port Colborne and Welland

Christmas tree collection - Jan. 6 - 10

Christmas tree collection is on your regular collection day during the week of Jan. 6 - 10.

Trees must be at the curb by 7 a.m. with all ornaments and decorations removed. Trees wrapped in plastic or buried in snow will not be collected. No artificial trees.

Landfill / residential waste and recycling drop-off depots

All Niagara Region landfills and residential waste and recycling drop-off depots will be closed on Dec. 25 (Christmas Day) and Jan. 1 (New Year's Day). Statutory holiday hours will be in effect on Dec. 26 (Boxing Day).