As Top 5 lists go, this is one Canadian cities do not want to be on.

Just ahead of the 2011 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup in September, the organizers of the event released a list of Canada’s dirtiest shorelines, measured by how many kilograms of litter were picked up per each kilometre of shore in last year’s cleanup.

The dirtiest shoreline is Millhaven Creek in Kingston, Ont., where 5,000 kg of food wrappers, plastic forks and other junk were collected.

The other four top offenders were:

Kanaka Creek/Kanaka Creek Regional Park, Maple Ridge, B.C. – 3,200 kg

Baie des Chaleurs, Charlo, N.B. – 2,720 kg

Tom Hopkins Ravine Park, Delta, B.C. – 1,200 kg

Brownsville Bar Park on the Fraser River, Surrey, B.C. – 1,200 kg

The organizers also listed the five cleanest shorelines:

Running Creek in Crothers Conservation Area, Wallaceburg, Ont. – .10 kg

Lynde Shores Conservation Area, Whitby, Ont. – .13 kg

Eagle Points Blue Rapids Park, Drayton Valley, Alta. – .20 kg

Ferry Island, Terrace, B.C. – .36 kg

Beach at Firelane 14, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. – .50 kg

A total of 98,071 kg of litter was removed in the 2010 cross-country cleanup. Of all the garbage collected, the top 5 items were cigarette butts (227,830), food wrappers (83,660), plastic bags (55,880), caps and drink lids (55,443), and disposable cutlery and dishes (28,755).

The annual cleanup has taken place since 2002, co-ordinated by the Vancouver Aquarium and the World Wildlife Fund.

Visit shorelinecleanup.ca for more info.