The Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital is a citywide cleanup campaign that occurs in the spring and fall of every year. Residents come together as a community and combine efforts to make our city clean and green. Litter pickup or graffiti removal projects must be registered, and participating teams, upon request, receive a cleanup starter kit to assist them with their projects. Participants who register their cleanups during the campaigns’ early bird registrations and/or submit their on-line cleanup reports are eligible to win prizes donated by the campaign’s generous sponsors.

2016 marks the 23rdd year of the Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital! The annual cleanup campaign first began in 1994 as a springtime cleanup only. In 2006, due to the spring campaign’s overwhelming success an annual fall cleanup was added. Since 1994, over 1 million volunteers have participated in over 16,000 cleanup projects throughout the city. As a result, an estimated 1.7M kilograms of waste have been removed from our public spaces and properly disposed of.

The Tim Hortons Cleaning the Capital is not for profit and relies heavily on the generosity of our sponsors who support the campaign through financial and in-kind provisions. Cleaning the Capital is an exciting way for residents to foster community pride by cleaning up their parks, bus stops, woodlots, ravines, shorelines and pathways, while enjoying the outdoors and ensuring that Ottawa stays clean, green, graffiti and litter-free.