Dumpster rental · Ontario
Renting a dumpster in Cornell? Markham's New Urbanist community in the city's southeast puts most garages on rear service lanes rather than front driveways, so where the bin can legally sit is the first question on a lot of jobs here. Get matched with local operators for a free, no-obligation quote.
Local operators
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Eco-friendly GTA garbage bin rental company running a bio-diesel fleet, offering driveway-friendly 6, 10 and 14 cubic-yard bins for residential renovation, construction and cleanup projects across Toronto, Vaughan and Markham.
Vaughan-based bin rental company (Gap Waste Management Inc.) operating out of Maple with 20+ years serving the GTA, offering 14, 20 and 40 yard bins for home renovations, roofing, construction, demolition and heavy debris including concrete, asphalt, dirt and brick.
Peel-region disposal-bin rental service offering bins from $299/week for cleanouts, renovations and landscaping, plus demolition and material-delivery services, across Mississauga and Brampton.
Long-running Scarborough-based bin rental offering 4-to-40-yard roll-offs, from small-gardening 4-yard bins to 40-yard full-demolition containers, with online ordering across the eastern GTA and York Region.
Family-owned, Ontario Ministry of Environment-certified GTA bin-rental service with 22+ years' experience, offering roll-off and mini bins from 4 to 40+ cubic yards on a 7-day rental with published flat prices, handling renovation, construction, concrete/brick/asphalt, clean fill and landscaping waste across Markham, Vaughan and York Region.
Locally owned York Region bin-rental company based in Markham, offering 10, 14 and 20 yard driveway bins with flat-rate online pricing, driveway protection and no fuel surcharges or full-ton penalties, for residential cleanouts, renovations, construction and commercial waste.
GTA-wide waste-management company offering 14-to-40-yard roll-off bins plus a 4-yard mini, with online or phone booking, dedicated bin-rental coverage across York Region and Peel, and its own network of transfer stations.
Quick facts
Cornell fills the southeast corner of Markham between Highway 407, 16th Avenue, Ninth Line and Donald Cousens Parkway. It was planned from 1994 by New Urbanist firm Duany Plater-Zyberk and Associates and built out from 1997 across four sub-areas — Cornell Village, Cornell Rouge, Grand Cornell and Upper Cornell — around the retail spine on Bur Oak Avenue, with a traditional street grid instead of curving crescents. Narrow lot frontages and porches set close to the sidewalk leave modest working room, so a 10- or 14-yard walk-in bin handles most kitchen, bathroom and basement jobs, stepping up to a 20-yard for a whole-house renovation. GTA operators serve Cornell as part of their city-wide Markham coverage.
Garages here sit at the back of the lot off service lanes, a deliberate choice to keep the streetscape pedestrian-scaled — and it flips the usual placement calculus. On the townhome and semi-detached rows served by laneways there is often no conventional front driveway to stage a bin on, so it ends up on the lane or the street frontage, which is exactly the scenario that brings the City's road-occupancy rules into play. The detached pockets still have ordinary front driveways, where a bin can sit on the property with no permit at all. For self-haul, York Region's Elgin Mills Community Environmental Centre in Richmond Hill takes household drop-offs, though from this corner of the city it is the longest run of any Markham neighbourhood.
Choose a size
A popular residential size for a kitchen or bathroom remodel, a whole-room cleanout, or a small roofing job — driveway-friendly with low walk-in walls.
12 × 6 × 3.5 ft · ≈ 3 pickup-truck loads
from $300 indicative
Rent a 10 Yard dumpsterA versatile mid-size bin for a full-room or multi-room renovation, a large furniture clear-out, or a whole-house cleanout without stepping up to a 20-yard.
12 × 7 × 4.5 ft · ≈ 4 pickup-truck loads
from $300 indicative
Rent a 14 Yard dumpsterThe most commonly rented size in Canada — a workhorse for larger renovations, re-roofing, deck teardowns and general construction debris.
14 × 8 × 5 ft · ≈ 6 pickup-truck loads
from $400 indicative
Rent a 20 Yard dumpsterPricing
A guide to typical rental rates. Heavy debris (soil, concrete, brick) is usually booked in a dedicated bin and priced by weight — request a quote for your exact job.
| Dumpster size | Capacity | Best for | Indicative (per rental) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Yard Dumpster | 4 yd³ | Small driveway or garage cleanouts | $250 – $350 |
| 10 Yard Dumpster | 10 yd³ | Medium home cleanouts | $300 – $460 |
| 14 Yard Dumpster | 14 yd³ | Medium renovations | $300 – $480 |
| 20 Yard Dumpster | 20 yd³ | Larger renovations and roofing | $400 – $560 |
A bin placed entirely on private property, such as a driveway, needs no City of Markham permit. Cornell's lane-served blocks often leave the lane, road or boulevard as the only option, and that requires a road occupancy or boulevard encroachment permit first — a York Region / City of Markham process, separate from Toronto's. The City's fee schedule (By-law 2012-137, effective 1 January 2026) lists a $152.50 application fee for minor work by a resident and $5.00 per device per month to place a device within the right-of-way, but no line item names a disposal bin specifically, so confirm which applies with the City before delivery. Your operator can usually advise on placement.
Questions
Not if it stays on private property. Because many Cornell homes are served by rear laneways rather than front driveways, the bin often has to go on the lane or street instead, and that needs a City of Markham road occupancy or encroachment permit first. The City's 2026 schedule lists $152.50 for a resident's minor-work application and $5.00 per device per month within the right-of-way; no line names bins, so check with the City before booking delivery.
A 10- or 14-yard walk-in covers most kitchen, bathroom and basement work and suits the narrow frontages here; a whole-house renovation usually needs a 20-yard where there is room to place it. An operator can confirm once they know the job and whether the bin is going on a driveway or a laneway.