Saving the planet one car at a time.

Retire Your Ride was funded by the Government of Canada and delivered by Summerhill Impact and its partners. The program was designed to reward people who took their old high-polluting cars off the road and to ensure these vehicles were responsibly recycled. The result would be cleaner air and a cleaner environment, and the target was at least 50,000 retired vehicles per year until March 31, 2011.

Results

(from January 2009 to March 31, 2011)
Province # of applications received by the program * # of vehicles permanently retired ** # of participating recyclers
Alberta 14,694 11,653 23
British Columbia 19,396 18,854 27
Manitoba 6,312 5,515 4
New Brunswick 2,233 1,796 11
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,584 1,255 9
Nova Scotia 3,199 2,567 22
Ontario 57,355 50,372 118
Prince Edward Island 959 757 4
Quebec 47,362 39,963 102
Saskatchewan 6,239 5,051 15
Total 159,333 137,783 335

*Total number of applications received by the program.
**Total number of all vehicles completely off the road and handed over to recyclers.