Tire collection, large producers
 6. (1) Every producer, other than a producer who only supplies large tires or vehicles on which large tires are provided, who is required under section 4 to collect 10,000 kilograms or more of calculated weight in a calendar year shall, (a) satisfy the following four requirements: (i) in local municipalities with one or more retail locations that supplied the producer’s tires or vehicles on which their tires were provided to consumers in the previous calendar year, the producer shall establish and operate as many tire collection sites in the subsequent calendar year as are equal to or greater than 75 per cent of the number of retail locations in the municipality that were operating in the previous calendar year and had supplied more than 1,000 kilograms of calculated weight in that year, (ii) in local municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more, as reported by Statistics Canada in the most recent official census, but without a retail location that supplies the producer’s tires or vehicles on which their tires are provided to consumers, the producer shall establish and operate at least one tire collection site, (iii) in territorial districts, the producer shall establish and operate a tire collection site within 30 kilometres of each retail location that supplies the producer’s tires or vehicles on which the tires are provided, and (iv) in territorial districts with a population of 1,000 or more, as reported by Statistics Canada in the most recent official census, but without a retail location that supplies the producer’s tires or vehicles on which their tires are provided to consumers, the producer shall establish and operate at least one tire collection site or hold at least one public tire collection event each calendar year; or (b) satisfy the following two requirements: (i) in local municipalities with a population of 1,000 or more, as reported by Statistics Canada in the most recent official census, the producer shall establish and operate, (A) at least one tire collection site if the population is less than 3,000, or (B) if the population is 3,000 or more, at least one tire collection site for every 3,000 people or portion thereof, and (ii) in territorial districts with a population of 1,000 or more, as reported by Statistics Canada in the most recent official census, the producer shall establish and operate at least one tire collection site. O. Reg. 225/18, s. 6 (1). (2) Subject to subsection (4), with respect to a tire collection site owned or operated by the Crown in right of Ontario or by a municipality with a population of less than 1,000, as reported by Statistics Canada in the most recent official census, if the operator of the site collects 200 or more tires, (a) the operator may notify a producer referred to in subsection (1); and (b) the producer shall collect all of the tires of which it was notified from the site within one year from the day the producer was notified. O. Reg. 552/22, s. 5. (3) Subject to subsection (4), with respect to a tire collection site located on a reserve, as defined in the Indian Act (Canada), if the operator of the site collects 200 or more tires, (a) the operator may notify a producer referred to in subsection (1); and (b) the producer shall collect all of the tires of which it was notified from the site within one year from the day the producer was notified. O. Reg. 552/22, s. 5. (4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a tire collection site that is located in the Far North, as defined under the Far North Act, 2010. O. Reg. 552/22, s. 5.