Airdrie, AB
City of Airdrie Waste and Recycle Collection areas.
Calgary, AB
Calgary, AB garbage collection by address.
Enter a Calgary, AB street address to check trash, recycling and organics pickup as published by City of Calgary.
Trash Day Trends · Calgary, last 30 days
Tuesday is a trash day for 50% of Calgary homes we checked.
Monday and Wednesday tie as the busiest days to check here. See the national trends.
- 0%Homes we checked with recycling on a trash day82% nationally
- 2Published alongside trash: recycling, organics
Verified schedule
Calgary collection days, read from City of Calgary.
Trash / garbage: Wednesday, Nov 11; Wednesday, Nov 25; Wednesday, Dec 9; Wednesday, Dec 23.
Recycling: Tuesday, Nov 3; Tuesday, Nov 10; Tuesday, Nov 17; Tuesday, Nov 24.
Organics / compost: Tuesday, Nov 10; Tuesday, Nov 24; Tuesday, Dec 8; Tuesday, Dec 22.
These dates are what one Calgary address returned on November 2, 2026.
Your collection day
Why Calgary days differ by address.
Pickup days in Calgary depend on your street. Enter your address above to see yours.
The example days above are read from City of Calgary and were last checked on November 2, 2026.
How days are assigned
How Calgary assigns collection days.
Calgary publishes a per-address collection calendar (City of Calgary collection calendar) through the ReCollect service. There is no single weekday for all of Calgary to quote: each address has its own dated calendar, which is why the lookup shows upcoming dates for your property.
We last checked Calgary on September 12, 2026: 5 of 6 addresses returned an exact collection day. The days they returned were Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That is what our check saw, not a full list of Calgary's pickup days.
Local source
City of Calgary sets Calgary's collection days.
City of Calgary publishes trash, recycling and organics days for Calgary; this page last read them on November 2, 2026. Service alerts, cart standards and missed-pickup reports belong with City of Calgary, not here.
Good to knowChecked against City of Calgary in Nov 2026: trash, recycling and organics.
Nearby
Around Calgary: nearby guides and who collects there.
The nearest guides to Calgary are Airdrie, Red Deer, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. Who collects, and on which days, can change at the boundary, so use the guide for the place your address is in.
Red Deer, AB
City of Red Deer.
Lethbridge, AB
City of Lethbridge Waste & Recycling Services.
Medicine Hat, AB
City of Medicine Hat Environmental Utilities.
Edmonton, AB
City of Edmonton.
Strathcona County, AB
Strathcona County.
Common questions
Questions residents ask.
What day is trash collected in Calgary, AB?
It depends on your street. City of Calgary sets the day for each address, and the lookup above reads it for yours.
Which collections are published for Calgary?
City of Calgary publishes trash, recycling and organics for Calgary.
When is the next Calgary pickup?
The next pickups for the example address are Wednesday, Nov 11; Wednesday, Nov 25; Wednesday, Dec 9; Wednesday, Dec 23. Holiday weeks can shift them — City of Calgary is the authority if the two disagree.
Local source
Verify with City of Calgary.
The Calgary address result links City of Calgary directly.
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- Calgary, AB
- Local source
- City of Calgary
- Schedule
- Checked by full address
- Page updated
- Nov 2026
Collection services in Calgary
- trash
- recycling
- organics
Calgary schedule lookup