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Cleaning Standards and Schedule

Custodial services

Every day, custodial porters move through each building continuously and do any needed spot cleaning, restock the toilet paper in every stall, verify that the soap dispensers and hand dryers are operating, and make sure the plumbing is working properly by flushing every toilet and checking every faucet. 

Deep cleaning of offices, classrooms and labs is performed at night. If students, faculty or staff have concerns about cleanliness anywhere on campus, they may contact the Facilities Help Desk at fixit@torontomu.ca or fill out the  (google form) Cleaning Services Request (external link)  form online and custodial services will be dispatched to address the issue.

Cleaning standards and schedule

All cleaning activities are controlled and monitored using a quality assurance program. This helps ensure that consistent custodial services are provided to all buildings.

All cleaning solutions are dispensed through a metering system to decrease the amount of solution applied, reducing the environmental impact. Day-to-day cleaning is done using ECOLOGO (external link) -certified cleaning solutions.

Our staff complete a wide range of tasks on a defined schedule that aims to maximize our resources while providing the best standard of service. These are prescribed and scheduled based on the nature of each space, the types of activities carried out within it, and the furniture, fixtures and equipment that it contains.

Area Schedule
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Weekly
Corridors Weekly
Offices Weekly
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Washrooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Corridors Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Lounges and lunch rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Weekly
Washrooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Area Schedule
Lounges and lunch rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Washrooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Area Schedule
Lounges and lunch rooms Weekly
Offices Weekly
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Weekly
Area Schedule
Main stairs Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Secondary stairs Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Lounges and lunch rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Offices Weekly
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Washrooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Corridors Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Lounges and lunch rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Offices Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Washrooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Annually
Corridors Annually
Main stairs Annually
Secondary stairs Annually
Lounges and lunch rooms Annually
Offices Annually
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Annually
Washrooms Annually
Elevators Annually
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Corridors Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Offices Weekly
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Washrooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Corridors Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Main stairs Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Secondary stairs Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Lounges and lunch rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Offices Weekly
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Washrooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Weekly
Corridors Weekly
Main stairs Annually
Secondary stairs Annually
Lounges and lunch rooms Monthly
Offices Annually
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Annually
Washrooms Annually
Elevators Quarterly
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Annually
Corridors Annually
Main stairs Annually
Secondary stairs Annually
Lounges and lunch rooms Annually
Offices Annually
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Annually
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Corridors Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Main stairs Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Secondary stairs Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Lounges and lunch rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Offices Weekly
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Washrooms Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Elevators Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Area Schedule
Lobbies, entrances and corridors Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Main stairs Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Secondary stairs Nightly (Monday to Friday)
Lounges and lunch rooms Weekly
Offices Weekly
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Weekly
Area Schedule
Lobbies and entrances Annually
Corridors Annually
Main stairs Annually
Secondary stairs Annually
Lounges and lunch rooms Annually
Offices Annually
Classrooms, labs and computer rooms Annually
Washrooms Annually
Elevators Nightly (Monday to Friday)
If something needs attention contact Fixit.

Is something a mess? Is something amiss? Contact Fixit!

We share the responsibility of good campus stewardship with the greater TMU community — your service requests and reports help us continuously maintain a clean, hygienic and good-working environment and infrastructure. If you see something that needs our attention, please contact the Facilities Help Desk. — We can fix it!