Where you can actually dump
clean fill on Vancouver Island
The short answer is nowhere public. All 6 regional-district gates on southern Vancouver Island refuse clean soil, two of them by name in a bylaw. Every soil tip we could find on this half of the Island is a private site, and most of them do not publish a rate.
6 of 6 district gates refuse it, and they get there three different ways. That distinction is worth knowing, because two of them are quotable and one of them is an absence.
Clean Soil is named Prohibited Waste in Bylaw 3881, Schedule D. So are concrete, asphalt, rubble and aggregate.
Clean Soil is marked prohibited at BOTH sites in Bylaw 1784, Schedule C — Cedar landfill and Church Road.
No soil line exists on the fee schedule at all, and yard waste explicitly excludes rock, sod and dirt.
The sites with a number on them
Read the unit column before the price column. Four sites, 9 rows, and no two of them priced the same way. Sooke Soil and Sharecost both price by the cubic yard. PND prices flat per load across three truck classes and two materials, which means the heavier you fill the box the cheaper the tonne gets, the exact opposite incentive to every regional district. MacNutt publishes a minimum charge and never the rate behind it, so its row is amber and is not comparable to anything else here.
| Site | Unit | Published rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Sooke SoilSooke. Fill soil or sod — clean. Note the unit — per YARD, not per tonne. Refuses fill containing concrete, brick, wire or other construction contaminants. | per cubic yard | $25/yd³ |
| 02 | Landscape Recycling CentreNanaimo. Excavated dirt & fill (clean fill, rock, gravel, dirt, soil, sod, sand). Bin #29, commercial truck or trailer, MAXIMUM 8 YARDS. Small loads: under 1/3 yd $13, under 2/3 yd $19, under 1 yd $23. A tandem typically runs 10 to 14 yards, so confirm before you send one. | per cubic yard | $23/yd³ |
| 03 | PND Soil & GravelLangford / Victoria. Pit run / gravel — tandem load. A tandem costs the same as a single axle here. Because it is a flat load price, the heavier you load the cheaper the tonne gets. | per tandem load, flat | $50/tandem load |
| 04 | PND Soil & GravelLangford / Victoria. Pit run / gravel — single axle load. | per single axle load, flat | $50/single axle load |
| 05 | PND Soil & GravelLangford / Victoria. Pit run / gravel — small pickup load. | per pickup load, flat | $30/pickup load |
| 06 | PND Soil & GravelLangford / Victoria. Clean topsoil — tandem load. Topsoil costs three times what gravel costs to tip here. | per tandem load, flat | $150/tandem load |
| 07 | PND Soil & GravelLangford / Victoria. Clean topsoil — single axle load. | per single axle load, flat | $50/single axle load |
| 08 | PND Soil & GravelLangford / Victoria. Clean topsoil — small pickup load. | per pickup load, flat | $40/pickup load |
| 09 | MacNutt Enterprises — VictoriaVictoria. Fill / soil waste. Effective Jan 1 2026. This is the floor, not the rate. MacNutt says it raised its minimum dump fees because Island disposal rates rose. | minimum charge only — the per-unit rate is not published | $31.50 minimum |
The MacNutt figure is a MINIMUM CHARGE, not a rate. MacNutt publishes the floor and not the per-yard price above it, so it sits in amber above rather than pretending to be comparable. Verified August 26, 2026.
The phone calls worth making
Compare access and acceptance as well as price. Coast Mountain Resources at Bamberton describes an all-weather site for tandem and truck-and-transfer loads; Butler at Sooke and Keating specifies clean structural fill. Other options are listed below. Ask each operator for a current rate and compare the haul distance before choosing.
MacNutt Enterprises — Nanaimo
MacNutt takes fill at all three yards. Only the Victoria minimums are published.
250-714-1112MacNutt Enterprises — Lake Cowichan
This yard states it accepts and recycles hardscaping debris such as concrete and asphalt. That is a concrete tip inside the Cowichan Valley that is not the CVRD, and the CVRD charges $94/tonne. Worth a price call.
250-749-4067Coast Mountain Resources — Bamberton Quarry
The source page calls it an "all-weather fill site" that "can manage a variety of truck types including tandem and truck and transfer". In a region where all three regional districts refuse soil, it is the phone call on this page most worth making.
778-356-4056Butler Concrete & Aggregate — Duncan
Takes clean structural fill here, but NOT concrete — Butler accepts clean concrete at Sooke and Keating only. butlerco.ca publishes one contact for incoming material: "Please contact Daryl Nash at 250-818-4921 for Pricing."
250-746-1080Butler Concrete & Aggregate — Sooke
butlerco.ca publishes one contact for incoming material pricing: "Please contact Daryl Nash at 250-818-4921 for Pricing."
250-818-4921Butler Concrete & Aggregate — Keating
butlerco.ca publishes one contact for incoming material pricing: "Please contact Daryl Nash at 250-818-4921 for Pricing."
250-818-4921BTY Gravel Mart
BTY is a sell-only yard on paper, but it gives clean fill away free when it has it. Whether it accepts INCOMING fill is not published — ask.
250-478-7221Gates that will turn a load of dirt away
| Site | Basis | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Hartland LandfillSaanich. Clean Soil. | CRD Bylaw 3881, Schedule D — Prohibited Waste | PROHIBITED |
| 02 | Bings Creek Recycling & Waste Management CentreDuncan / North Cowichan. Clean fill / soil / dirt / sod. | CVRD accepted materials and fees — no soil or clean fill line | NO LINE |
| 03 | Peerless Road Recycling Centre & Garbage Drop-OffLadysmith. Clean fill / soil / dirt. | CVRD accepted materials and fees — no soil or clean fill line | NO LINE |
| 04 | Meade Creek Recycling Centre & Garbage Drop-OffLake Cowichan. Clean fill / soil / dirt. | CVRD accepted materials and fees — no soil or clean fill line | NO LINE |
| 05 | Regional Landfill (Cedar)Nanaimo (Cedar). Clean Soil. | RDN Bylaw 1784, Schedule C — Prohibited Waste | PROHIBITED |
| 06 | Church Road Transfer StationParksville. Clean Soil. | RDN Bylaw 1784, Schedule C — Prohibited Waste | PROHIBITED |
Why will no landfill here take dirt?
Where can I dump clean fill near Victoria BC?
Not at Hartland — CRD Bylaw 3881 Schedule D lists Clean Soil as Prohibited Waste. In Greater Victoria the published options are MacNutt Enterprises at 1410 Alan Rd in Victoria, which publishes a $31.50 minimum dump charge and does not publish the per-unit rate behind it, and Sooke Soil at the end of Ramsden Road, which takes clean fill soil or sod at $25.00 per cubic yard with a $25 minimum. Butler Concrete & Aggregate takes clean structural fill at its Sooke and Keating yards at a price on application. Every one of those is a private site.
Why will no landfill on Vancouver Island take dirt?
Landfill airspace is the scarce resource and clean soil consumes it without needing the containment a landfill provides, so all three southern Island districts route it elsewhere. The CRD and RDN both name Clean Soil as prohibited waste in a bylaw — CRD Bylaw 3881 Schedule D and RDN Bylaw 1784 Schedule C. The CVRD does not prohibit it so much as never mention it: there is no soil line anywhere on the fee schedule and its yard waste stream explicitly excludes rock, sod and dirt.
Is there a clean fill site near the Malahat or Mill Bay?
Compare Coast Mountain Resources at Bamberton, 1451 Trowsse Rd in Mill Bay, with Butler Concrete & Aggregate at Keating or Sooke if the extra travel suits the job. Bamberton describes an all-weather fill site for tandem and truck-and-transfer loads; Butler specifies clean, non-contaminated structural fill. Neither publishes a tipping rate in this dataset. Sooke Soil is another option, with a published $25 per cubic yard for clean fill soil or sod. Confirm acceptance, truck access and delivered cost before dispatch.
What counts as clean fill, and what gets a load rejected?
Every private site draws its own line and they are stricter than people expect. Sooke Soil refuses fill containing concrete, brick, wires or other construction contaminants outright. MacNutt turns away mixed loads or charges a sorting fee. Butler specifies clean non-contaminated structural fill. Separately, and independently of any gate rule, BC has its own soil relocation regime: under Part 8 of the Contaminated Sites Regulation, made under the Environmental Management Act, a Soil Relocation Notification completed by a qualified professional must be submitted to the Ministry of Environment 7 days before the project start date when soil leaves a site that has had a Schedule 2 commercial or industrial use. Projects moving less than 30 cubic metres from a site are exempt. Check the current regulation before you rely on that, because it is the part of this page most likely to move.
How much does it cost to dump a tandem load of dirt?
It depends entirely on how the site prices, and the two published models are not comparable. Sharecost in Nanaimo charges $23.00 per cubic yard for excavated dirt and fill, but the published commercial rate is stated for a truck or trailer up to 8 yards and a tandem typically runs 10 to 14. PND in Langford charges a flat $150 per tandem load for clean topsoil and a flat $50 per tandem for pit run or gravel, regardless of weight. Sooke Soil is $25.00 per cubic yard. Confirm the unit before you dispatch.
We already know where the dirt goes
Clean fill removal, soil relocation and export from the Cowichan Valley to Greater Victoria. Published hourly rates, Net 15.