Smashburgers pressed thin and seared to order, hand-cut fries cooked in peanut oil for extra crunch. A seasonal truck on Foster St in Perth, open May through October.
37 Foster St · May to October · Sep 2026 · owner submission via email, photo from the owner
A family owned food truck serving up fresh-cut fries, loaded poutines, juicy burgers and all your comfort-food favourites, made fresh and served with a smile. Nine years on Hwy 7 east of town, next to Paws Oasis. 613-812-3217.
They had great gluten free options. I tried their loaded baked potato poutine and fell in love.
A reader · Sep 2026
Excellent food.
Hawley's Haunted Farm · Sep 2026
17716 Hwy 7, Perth · Sep 2026 · owner submission by email, address and phone confirmed by the owner on a follow-up; photo from the truck's own Facebook page
A food truck in Sharbot Lake. The owners tell us it's open seven days a week, 11am to 8pm.
· Oct 2026 · owner submission via the site form, with their logo (fries and hot dogs on it, hence the Chip Truck Census); no street address, website or season given, so none is printed
A family chip truck at the Hwy 7 and 41 corner with a long list of poutines, burgers, wraps and Kawartha ice cream. Hours move with the season, so call ahead in the shoulder months.
Parked beside Stoco Lake, and second-generation — the family bought a Tweed coffee route in 1978 and added the chip wagon in 1981. Fries, burgers, sausages and deep-fried veg.
240 Victoria St S · Aug 2026 · the wagon's own site, dufferschipwagon.com
A chip truck on Marmora Mine Road with an ice cream window beside it. Fries, onion rings, burgers and dogs, chicken fingers, fish and chips and poutine, made to order, and Kawartha Dairy cones to finish. There's a picnic table if you'd rather sit than eat in the car.
8 Marmora Mine Rd, Marmora, ON · Summer · Sep 2026 · owner submission through the site, with the truck's own Facebook page and their photo
Burgers, fresh-cut fries, a long board of poutines and mini donuts made to order, out of a silver trailer at the 11th Line corner between Havelock and Norwood. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 11 to 7, and Fridays until 8. Turn in from Havelock-Belmont-Methuen County Rd 11.
They have the best poutine, pulled pork and some killer mini donuts for dessert. It's a father son operation and they are always busy. The father and son are very friendly and always make sure their customers are taken care of. Also, their portions are big.
Jaclyn M. · Aug 2026
5140 Hwy 7 · Aug 2026 · the trailer's own Facebook page
The list above is the census — who’s out there, and where. The ranking is a
separate job, and it can only be done one way: by eating a lot of fries. When
the census drive happens, every truck gets the same order — a regular fries,
eaten on site, no toppings — and gets scored on four things:
The fry itself — cut, colour, crunch, interior fluff. Fresh-cut is table stakes on this corridor.
The gravy question — offered, and if so, is it real?
The wait — a chip truck is fast food; twenty minutes is a restaurant with wheels.
The spot — shade, picnic tables, and something to look at count for more than people admit.
Before you pull over
Chip trucks keep their own hours. Most have no website, plenty are cash-only,
and a good number run a season that ends somewhere between Thanksgiving and the
first snow without ever announcing a date. That’s part of the charm, and it’s
also worth a phone call — especially in spring and late fall, when a truck
that was busy last weekend might not be open this one.
Everything in the census was checked against a county tourism listing, local
news, or the truck’s own site.
Also on the route
Trucks we know are out there and haven’t documented yet. They’re on the list
for the next drive:
Jossy’s Grill & Chill — Sharbot Lake
Totally Fryed — Hwy 7, Havelock
Ma & Pa’s Country Fries & Scoops — Lombard St, Smiths Falls
T’s Chips and More — William St W, Smiths Falls
Mr. Norm’s — Hwy 7, Carleton Place
Hank’s On the Run — Rideau Ferry, mostly at fairs and festivals
Have a nomination?
Every census misses a truck someone swears by. The corridor east of Kaladar is
where we’d most like tips — Madoc, Marmora and Norwood especially.
Send it in: a name and a rough location is plenty, and it
goes on the route.
