Public Notice: Good Friday and Easter Monday Schedule

Friday, April 18 and Monday, April 21, 2025

The Municipal office will be closed on Friday, April 18, 2025, for Good Friday, and Monday, April 21, 2025, for Easter Monday. The office will re-open on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. with normal business hours.

Parks & Recreation 

The North Kawartha Community and Fitness Centre will be open with weekend hours from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18, 2025, and closed for Monday, April 21, 2025, for Easter Monday.

Garbage & Recycling 

The Haultain and Anstruther Transfer Stations will open with normal business hours on Friday, April 18, 2025, and open with Sunday hours from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2025, per the winter schedule.

Curbside Garbage and Recycling collection will operate as normal on Monday, April 21, 2025.  Please have your material out at the curbside by 7:00 am.

For missed curbside garbage collection, please call Waste Connections at 705-742-4268 and for missed recycling collection, please call Emterra at 1-888-597-1541.

Flooding Resources

Flooding Resources
Links Crowe Valley Conservation Authority Flood Warnings/Watch, Otonabee Conservation Authority and Trent Severn Waterway are available on our Ice Storm Update page.
Sand and Sand bags are available to the public just inside the sand dome located at the The Township of North Kawartha Roads Garage 10230 Highway 28. Bring a shovel!

If flooding is imminent and there is threat to person or property call 9-1-1

Public Notice: Reduced Load Restrictions in Effect Starting March 10, 2025

Starting March 10, 2025, reduced load restrictions will be in effect for all Township of North Kawartha roads.

Reduced load restrictions are applied each spring during the thaw when the road network is most vulnerable to help prevent permanent damages to pavement and surface treated roads.

While in the reduced load restrictions are in place, vehicles are restricted to load limits of 5 tonnes per axle.

Your cooperation and understanding are greatly appreciated.

Ice Storm Debris Management

April 08, 2025

  • Please do not place your brush on the roadside. You are responsible for disposing of your brush at the locations below.

  • Do not pile debris on municipal roadways or ditches

  • Roads crews are chipping Township debris only in front of residences

Storm Debris

Brush Drop-Off

  • Please do not place your brush on the roadside. You are responsible for disposing of your brush at the locations below.

  • Do not pile debris on municipal roadways or ditches

The Anstruther and Haultain Transfer Stations are accepting brush (no stumps) from the storm.  Debris is accepted free of charge and debris over 6” in diameter needs to be separated.

Other Storm Debris Locations

Free Brush Drop Off Locations through Peterborough County until April 14th

  • Centre Line Depot – 1275 County Road 24
  • Douro Depot – 713 County Road 4
  • Millbrook Depot – 1111 County Road 10
  • Havelock Depot – 649 County Road 46
  • Buckhorn Depot – 2467 County Road 36

Crews are working to clear debris from municipal roads over the next several weeks. To report a roads emergency after hours please call 705-742-6823.

For County Road emergency after hours please call 705-742-4862.

For more Ice Storm Updates view our Ice Storm Update page.

Contact Us

Township of North Kawartha
280 Burleigh Street
PO Box 550
Apsley, ON K0L 1A0

Tel: 705-656-4445
Toll free: 1-800-755-6931
Fax: 705-656-4446
Roads After Hours: 705-740-6158
Call 9-1-1 for Emergencies

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