South Shore city will pay residents $100 for ditching gas-powered gardening tools
Posted July 27, 2026 2:33 pm.
Last Updated July 27, 2026 2:34 pm.
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville on the South Shore is offering $100 to residents willing to swap their gas-powered gardening tools in favour of electric alternatives.
The City says the initiative is part of its efforts to reduce the environmental footprint.
“By choosing electric equipment, residents are directly helping to create quieter, healthier, and more sustainable living environments,” said Ludovic Grisé Farand, mayor of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville.
The City has allocated an annual budget of $10,000 for the incentive program.
Under the program, eligible residents will be be reimbursed half the price of an electric gardening tools such as electric or battery-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers, string trimmers, and hedge trimmers.
There is a limit of $100 per year per household. Applications need to be submitted by Nov. 30.
More details are available on the City website.
Other cities and boroughs in the Montreal area have implemented bylaws to ban or restrict the use of some gardening tools. For instance, the Côte-des-Neiges–NDG borough in Montreal banned gas-powered or vacuum-based leaf blowers in between June and September in 2023. Beaconsfield banned leaf blowers in the summer over noise concerns in 2018.
