10, 20 and 40 Cubic Yard
Dumpster Rental in Senneville

This is the one town where we do not write “no permit is required”. No Senneville by-law names a rental dumpster: the full-text search run on August 20, 2026 through by-laws 448, 451, 450, 482, 343 and 509 returns a single occurrence, and it targets the container turned into a shed — using containers “as a main or accessory building” is prohibited. But the list of certificates of authorization includes “the establishment of a temporary use or a temporary construction”, defined as “a fixed or mobile construction, erected or installed for a special purpose and for a duration limited to that purpose”, and the 2026 fee schedule prices it at $52. The dumpster is neither named nor excluded. Before delivery, we check with the village's planning department at 514 457-6020 or info-urbanisme@senneville.ca — and we make the call with you.

Not without a permit, and the text is blunt: “It is prohibited to use a road or street to store materials, receptacles or machinery of any kind whatsoever.” The word “receptacles” targets the object set down, not just the vehicle — a dumpster is one. The director general may authorize the occupancy of part of a street, the applicant taking “responsibility for any damage” and installing “appropriate signage, at their own expense”. Two municipal texts in force differ on duration: the parking by-law speaks of “a maximum period of two (2) days”, while the public-domain occupancy page and the fee by-law bill by the day, renewable monthly for a long occupancy. We report both without settling it; the village settles it, at 514 457-6020.

These are municipal fees, not ours, and the 2026 fee by-law publishes them: $21 to issue the permit, $21 in review fees, then $47 per day for up to 49 m² of street or sidewalk occupied, $94 per day from 50 to 99 m², $52 per day to obstruct a lane 3 m or narrower and $104 per day to close a local street. A 20 yard box takes up roughly 6 m by 2.4 — about 15 m², so the first bracket. What surprises people is not the rate: the application must be filed at least 5 business days ahead and requires a “signage or detour plan […] signed and sealed by an engineer”, plus proof of civil liability insurance on request. The village bills “about 2 weeks after the end of the occupancy period” and notes that rates “vary with the location, the total area occupied and the duration of the work”. A week on the street therefore runs into hundreds of dollars in municipal fees, before the engineer. In the driveway that procedure does not apply — what remains is the temporary-construction certificate question, to be confirmed with the village.

Because the nuisance by-law forbids it, and not only for hammer noise: it prohibits by name “the delivery of materials” Monday to Friday from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., Saturday before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m., and “on Sunday, on a legal holiday or a public holiday”. That last paragraph carries no time window at all: on Sundays and holidays it is the whole day. Our delivery and pickup window in Senneville is therefore Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. That is tighter than in several neighbouring towns, and it is exactly the kind of detail that cancels a weekend delivery when nobody mentioned it in advance: a Saturday job site gets booked accordingly.

It is the right question in Senneville, because zoning here allows gravel by name: parking surfaces are built “with a material that prevents dust from rising and is best suited to the site (gravel, asphalt, paver, concrete, open-cell slabs, gravel-grass, etc.)”. Unlike towns that prohibit ¾ gravel, a Senneville driveway stands a good chance of being gravel. Every one of our dumpsters arrives with the PROTEC-O-SOL system, built-in planks that spread the load — nothing to supply, nothing extra to pay. On gravel, our drivers' tip goes beyond the usual four flattened cardboard boxes: a sheet of plywood or two bearing planks on the chosen spot, before the truck arrives. And if the lane is soft after rain, say so when you book: it changes where the truck sets up.

Because Senneville posts the highest canopy index on the island of Montréal — 56% according to its urban plan — and its by-law does not protect a tree with a fixed radius. During work, the protective fence of at least 1.2 m must form a perimeter “of a diameter equal to or greater than the drip line of the tree's canopy”, and “construction materials as well as soil and debris must be placed outside the protection perimeter”. So the crown decides: under a mature maple, the no-dumping zone can run ten metres across. Add that felling without a certificate costs a minimum of $500, plus $500 to $1,000 per tree, and you see why our drivers choose the spot with you when you book, rather than once the truck is in the lane.

For a car trunk, yes. For a job site, no — and geography settles it before the rules do: Senneville has no drop-off centre, its “Écocentres” page redirects to the City of Montréal's, and the nearest of the seven is Saint-Laurent, at 3535 rue Sartelon, about 25 km away. Agglomeration residents get 12 m³ free per year, then $31 per extra cubic metre; a construction business pays $31 per m³ from the first one. The site is closed Mondays year-round and Sundays too from October 15 to April 14, the whole vehicle must measure under 11 metres, “no mechanical means (e.g. tipping trailer) may be used to unload materials” and staff “do not assist with unloading”. Conversion markers: a 10 yard box holds 7.6 m³, a 20 yard 15.3 m³, a 40 yard 30.6 m³ — a single 20 yard box already exceeds the free annual allowance.

No, and that is specific to Senneville. Zoning prohibits outdoor storage across the whole territory, apart from public and agricultural uses, and the list of permitted temporary constructions is closed: “temporary buildings, constructions and trailers required for construction sites” must be “installed on the site of the work”, may be installed “at most 7 days before” work begins and must be removed “no later than 30 days after the end of the work”. A dumpster tied to a job site fits in that window; a permanent one does not. Winter adds its own constraint: “No person may place or leave, on public property or a public right-of-way, any objects that may hinder snow-removal operations carried out by the municipality”, under penalty of a fine of at least $300, and each day counts as a separate offence. We pick up on the agreed date, and we remind you of the date.