Protect Ontario from unnecessary gravel mining

Residents and mayors rally against mega-quarries

On January 25, 2025, residents and mayors of Milton, Burlington and Caledon gathered to oppose mega-quarries that threaten their communities.

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4.6 billion

How many litres of water approved by the province for daily consumption by the gravel mining industry

5,000

How many acres of land gravel mining consumes on average each year in Ontario

13x

How much more gravel is licensed for extraction by the province each year compared to annual consumption

6,000

The number of approved gravel mining sites currently in Ontario

Ford's broken promise

In 2020, Premier Ford promised residents to stop the unwanted and unneeded Campbellville Quarry in Milton. In 2025, he's backtracking on his promise.

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We acknowledge that we work on the Treaty and traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Treaty 13 and the Williams Treaties, the Treaty and traditional territory of Williams Treaty Nations (Alderville, Hiawatha, Curve Lake, Hiawatha and Scugog Island, Beausoleil, Georgina Island and Rama Island First Nations). Ancestrally this territory was home to other First Nations including the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and the Pentun peoples. Today, this land is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. In addition, our work takes place nationwide, across all the Treaty and unceded lands of Turtle Island. We recognize, respect and strive to reconcile the inherent Aboriginal and Treaty rights of all the Indigenous peoples as upheld within the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Constitution of Canada.