10, 20 and 40 Cubic Yard
Dumpster Rental in Sainte-Madeleine

No by-law published by the municipality requires one for the dumpster itself, placed entirely on your land — and we word it carefully, because the conclusion comes from an absence of provision. Seven by-laws were read in full: 664-2026 (nuisances), 653-2025 (household waste), 654-2025, 655-2025, general by-law G300, 658-2025 (taxation, which sets no such fee) and 648-2024. The municipality's regulatory summary, updated June 19, 2026, lists every permit and its cost — from felling a tree at $15 to an in-ground pool at $50 — and provides none for a dumpster. Two honest caveats: zoning by-law 496 and the by-law on permits and certificates are not published online, and the municipality writes itself that its information “is only a summary of the regulations in force and does not have force of law”. Before work starts, a call to 450 795-3822 settles it.

No — and no more in front of a neighbour's. Two by-laws close the door: section 26 of general by-law G300 forbids “placing, installing or erecting a piece of equipment” on land belonging to the municipality without prior permission from the competent authority, and section 6 of by-law 664-2026 prohibits placing on public property “any harmful object or substance (soil, sand, mud, stone, waste, […] concrete […])” without prior authorization. Section 27 of G300 adds obstruction of traffic and of driveway entrances, and its section 25 sets a presumption: the owner of the land fronting the spot where an object is unlawfully placed “is deemed, unless proven otherwise” to have had it placed there. So the neighbour offering “their” spot settles nothing. We promise nothing on the roadway: the municipality publishes no procedure and no fee for occupying the street with a dumpster. The truck is covered — section 49 of G300 exempts delivery vehicles “during the loading or unloading period”.

Yes, and the rule is new: by-law 664-2026 on nuisances and salubrity was adopted on June 2, 2026. Its section 19 prohibits “placing or allowing to be placed demolition or construction debris or scrap metal […] outside a collection container provided for that purpose”. Section 18 does the same for “a pile of soil, sod, gravel, pebbles or stones”. Authorized work escapes the ban, but the same section adds that “at all times, materials intended for the continuation of the work must be placed or set down on the lot in an orderly manner”. And the price of straying is fixed: sections 8, 18 and 19 belong to the short list of specific offences in section 44, punished by $500 for an individual and $1,000 for a corporation, doubled on a repeat, each day forming a separate offence (s. 46). In Sainte-Madeleine the dumpster is not a convenience: it is what makes a job site compliant.

No, they are two separate municipalities — and we serve both. Sainte-Madeleine is a village of 2,268 residents on 5.36 km²; Sainte-Marie-Madeleine is the parish that surrounds it, 2,876 residents on 50.04 km², nine times the area for seven times less density. The Commission de toponymie du Québec puts it this way: the parish municipality of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine “sees its territory circumscribe the village municipality of Sainte-Madeleine”. The village is an enclave. The interlocking runs deep: Sainte-Madeleine's water network supplies residents of the parish, the Régie puts both on the same collection calendar with the same bulky waste dates, and the village's official map annotates two streets in the southwest sector with “(Ste-Marie-Madeleine)”. Their planning by-laws, however, are not the same. That is why we always confirm by civic address, never by the name of the town — and why the parish has its own page.

For a car trunk, yes. For a job site, no — and the arithmetic uses only the Régie's own figures. There is no drop-off centre in the village: you have to drive to Saint-Hyacinthe, on a Friday, a Saturday or a Sunday only, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., between April 10 and November 29 — “early closing possible depending on weather conditions” — in a car, a pickup or a pickup truck, with a trailer of at most 4 ft × 8 ft, one visit a day, and unload it yourself: “staff not being authorized to carry out that unloading”. A 4 ft × 8 ft trailer offers 2.97 m² of floor. A 10 yard box holds 7.6 m³, a 20 yard 15.3 m³, a 40 yard 30.6 m³. Add that the garbage bin refuses “demolition and excavation debris such as rubble and plaster, pieces of concrete and masonry, chunks of pavement, soil”, and the count is quick.

No, and the Régie leaves no room for doubt. Its 2026 reminder sheet reads: “Aucun entrepreneur, représentant d'entreprise ou gestionnaire d'immeuble à revenus n'est accepté; Aucun véhicule commercial accepté.” Its “Écocentres” page adds that “residues generated by commercial, industrial or institutional operations are not accepted on site” and that “non-occupant owners of rental buildings are deemed to be carrying out commercial operations”. In Sainte-Madeleine that covers a lot of people: 305 of the village's 955 dwellings are tenant-occupied, one in three. The bin is no fallback either — the commercial and institutional sector is capped at three 360-litre bins or six 240-litre bins per collection, and any quantity beyond that “must be removed at the occupant's expense” (by-law 653-2025, s. 2.3.2). A private dumpster is the only route left.

The municipality announces “approximately 30 days for a permit to be issued”. In the village core, allow more: by-law 644-2024 on site planning and architectural integration plans, adopted by council on March 5, 2024, covers zones 102, 104-P, 109-P, 114, 206-P, 207 and 301-P and subjects to a council resolution any change to the roof, to the openings or to the cladding of a street-facing façade, as well as any accessory building visible from the public road. The resolution is sent “no later than 60 days after the complete file is filed”, at a cost of $200 — and “the review period only begins once the file is complete”. The good news: replacing a floor covering, redoing interior wall coverings after water damage, replacing kitchen cabinets or repairing a roof with the same type of material require no permit at all. The dumpster is booked with a phone call.

Every one of our dumpsters arrives fitted with the PROTEC-O-SOL system: built-in planks that spread the load and protect the surface. Nothing to supply, nothing extra to pay. Our drivers' tip, for full protection: lay four flattened cardboard boxes, or a thin sheet of plywood, on the chosen spot before the truck arrives. Two Sainte-Madeleine specifics. The plank or ramp laid on the street curb to help the truck up is tolerated only “during the performance of works and for their duration” (by-law 664-2026, s. 8 d) — it does not stay there between working days. And cutting a concrete curb or a sidewalk is not a private matter: it takes an intervention request to the municipality and a refundable deposit of $50 (by-law 658-2025, s. 14 I).