Aluminum cans scrap price in Ontario
Clean, dry, no steel cans mixed in.
Typical Ontario yard price, checked October 27, 2026
$0.87/lb
Range $0.74 – $1.00/lb
What counts as aluminum cans
Clean, dry, no steel cans mixed in. Crushed or whole. Keep steel cans, foil and aerosol cans out; one magnet pass before you bag them saves a downgrade.
How the price is set
This grade tracks the London Metal Exchange price for aluminium (2026-10-26), converted at the Bank of Canada rate of 1.4038 CAD per USD. Ontario yards typically pay about 45% of the exchange price for it; the rest covers sorting, freight and the yard's margin.
Other grades
| Aluminum extrusion | $1.65/lb |
| Aluminum sheet and siding | $1.20/lb |
| Cast aluminum | $1.13/lb |
| Aluminum rims | $1.55/lb |
| Aluminum radiators | $0.97/lb |