Active Rehabilitation

Active Rehabilitation

Dufferin Aggregates is committed to the responsible stewardship of the natural environment; actively seeking opportunities to create diversified and connected natural systems. Our progressive and award winning rehabilitation efforts are an ongoing activity at all of our sites, to recreate landforms for eventual uses such as conservation, recreation and agriculture.

In 2016, there were approximately 7,000 trees planted at Dufferin Aggregates sites.

In 2017, as part of Earth Day events at the Acton, Milton, Paris and Mosport sites, approximately 6,000 native trees, shrubs and grasses were planted with Scouts Canada and local schools.

Several of our sites have won numerous industry and community awards for property enhancement, progressive rehabilitation and community relations.

Our Milton quarry proudly donated 1,000 acres of land to Conservation Halton as part of our rehabilitation program.

Biodiversity

Dufferin Aggregates runs an extensive biodiversity and restoration program across its quarries and pits in Canada. The Milton Quarry is a designated World Biosphere area and progressive rehabilitation has created new habitats for wildlife. More than one third of the area permitted for extraction has been restored to wetlands, meadows, lakes and wooded areas. Ongoing biodiversity monitoring shows that 120 bird species, 37 butterfly species and 6 amphibian species now use the rehabilitated area.