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STO-Q6W1O0 · Ward 24 · Illegal Dumping

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Our ref

STO-Q6W1O0

City ref

09077885

Track on 311 ↗

Household waste illegally dumped in wooded area

A pile like this invites the next one. Dumping spreads where it looks ignored, near St Edmund Campion Catholic Elementary School.

We heard you

Case built & sent · Apr 6, 3:56 PM

City & councillor received it

City of Toronto

The city responded

Ref #09077885 ↗ Transportation Services

✓

Fixed

Confirmed Jun 2

Fixed, confirmed by Toronto 311 and checked on the ground.

Someone from this neighbourhood walked past on April 24 and confirmed the work was done, 57 days after you reported it. That is the loop closed by the people who live here.

The city marked this resolved Jun 2, 12:00 AM

Closed, on the record

Fixed in 57 days.

Military Trail in Scarborough-Guildwood is a little better today because somebody said something, neighbours stood behind it, and the city finished the work. That is how this is supposed to work.

Apr 6 · reported

✓ Resolved Jun 2 · confirmed

Reported this yourself? Add your after photo when you pass by. It completes the record.

57 days

report → fix

Toronto 311

confirmed by

Reported April 6 · resolved on June 2, 2026 · Confirmed complete by Toronto 311 · July 17, 2026 · checked against the city's records, not taken on faith

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What's nearby

St Edmund Campion Catholic Elementary School

School · anchors this report's story

470m

Highcastle Public School

School

492m

Ellesmere Rd at Military Trail (West)

Bus Stop

462m

Orton Park Rd at Ellesmere Rd

Bus Stop

492m

This street's story: Dumping clusters where there is a hidden edge: a dead end, a lane, the back of a lot.

The case we sent

Report details · AI-written, reviewed by the reporter

Multiple bags of household waste, clothing, plastic containers, and miscellaneous refuse are scattered across an overgrown wooded area near Military Trail close to the river. The dumping includes colored plastic bags, white containers, fabric, and other household debris spread across dried vegetation and fallen branches in what appears to be a sensitive ecological habitat. This illegal disposal of residential waste in a protected natural area poses environmental contamination risk to the nearby river ecosystem.

Description · in the reporter's words

Household waste dumped near river that is sensitive ecological habitat. The entire area should be spring cleaned

What we did for you

✓ We heard you, and saw what you saw 3:56:10
✓ Made sure no faces or licence plates travel with your photo 3:56:10
✓ Wrote the formal report in the city's own language, for you 3:56:10
✓ Matched your report to Ward 24, for you 3:56:10
✓ Delivered it to Toronto 311, the same minute 3:56:28
✓ Caught the city's reference number so you never have to chase it
✓ And when the city marked it fixed, we brought the answer back to you. That's the loop, closed. Jun 2