NOTE: The City of Ottawa Toilet Replacement Program is now officially over (effective July 1) but there are still great reasons for considering changing your old toilet with a new low water use toilet especially with water prices expecting to increase by over 20% over the next year.

To learn more about why changing your old toilets is good for you and the environment call us at

613-224-0041

The following program is no longer available but will remain on our website for those customers who already changed their toilets within the specified time and now have until September 1, 2010 to get their paper work completed.

City Of Ottawa Toilet Replacement Program

Below is the information about the City of Ottawa toilet replacement program.  Please note that this program is going to be cancelled at the end of June so this may be the last chance to cash in on replacing your old toilet with a new water savings low flow toilet not to mention saving the extra 8% PST tax!  For more information see:

• Application for toilet replacement program 
• Terms and Conditions 
• Approved toilet listing for toilet replacement program 

City of Ottawa

Toilet Replacement Program

The City's target, taking into consideration population growth, is to reduce maximum day production at the Lemieux and Britannia water purification plants by 25 per cent by the end of 2008, and by 50 per cent by the end of 2014.

To help achieve this target, the City is offering Ottawa homeowners a cash incentive to replace their old toilet with a City-approved water-efficient toilet. If you rent, please discuss the program with the property owner, as a rebate will only be processed for the owner.

Toilets represent approximately 30 per cent of all household water use. Some older toilets use as much as 20L per flush. Based on a family of four and four flushes per person per day, that's 116,800L of water per year just to flush waste. Newer, more efficient toilets use as little as 4L of water to do the same job and provide a savings of 93,440L of water per year. By replacing your existing water guzzling toilet you can reduce your water usage and save money.

A $60 rebate will be processed for single-flush 6L and dual flush 3/6L toilets. A $75 rebate will be processed for high-efficiency toilets that flush with 4.8L or less.

To be eligible, under the Toilet Replacement Program, a home must:

An application must include:

For more information see:

• Application for toilet replacement program 
• Terms and Conditions 
• Approved toilet listing for toilet replacement program 

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