Adopt-a-Highway program
Learn how you can adopt sections of provincial highways to keep Ontario clean.
About the program
Ontario’s Adopt-a-Highway program allows you to adopt a section of a provincial highway to help keep our highways clean. By participating in the program, you can make a direct contribution to the environment by volunteering your time to pick up litter along the sides (known as the right-of-way) of your adopted highway.
How to participate
Participants can be:
- individuals
- an organization or group
To apply to the program:
- Contact adoptahighway@ontario.ca for an Adopt-a-Highway volunteer application form with the following details for you/your organization/group:
- Name
- Location (City)
- Any additional information such as, the section of the highway you’re interested in adopting.
- Once received, ministry staff will send an application form back for your completion.
- Submit the completed application form back to ministry staff.
- Once accepted, complete ministry safety training (either from a ministry representative or from the ministry authorized group representative).
- Sign and return the Adopt-a-Highway agreement and obtain confirmation from the ministry before you start the program.
After being accepted in the program, the Ministry of Transportation will install a sign to recognize your efforts to keep our highways clean.
Contact us
For more information and to apply, contact adoptahighway@ontario.ca.
Updated: December 19, 2024
Published: November 01, 2021