Winter service
Snow Removal & Plowing in Durham Region
Commercial plowing that keeps your lot open and safe all winter. We're on call around the clock, and we photograph every visit so you've got proof it was done.
What's included
Winter work is judged on one thing: whether the property was open and safe when people arrived. Everything else — equipment, headcount, how good the summer work was — is irrelevant at 6 a.m. on a storm morning. What makes that repeatable is deciding the plan in October, not improvising it in January.
Every snow removal & plowing program is scoped to the property. Here's what we typically cover:
- Parking-lot and driveway plowing
- Trigger response within 4 hours of snowfall
- Return visits on continued accumulation
- Walkway and entrance shovelling
- Timestamped photo proof-of-service on every visit
- Per-push or seasonal-contract pricing
Why property managers choose us
One local crew, documented work
We run snow removal & plowing with commercial-grade standards — the same crew every visit, full insurance and WSIB coverage, and documented proof of the work.
- Fully insured & WSIB-compliant
- Documented proof-of-service
- One dependable point of contact
- Local Durham Region crew
Season by season
The winter, month by month
A winter contract isn't one job repeated. Here's what each stretch of the season demands, and what we're doing about it.
A pre-season site plan
Before the first storm we walk the property and agree where snow gets stacked, which lanes and entrances clear first, where the catch basins and curbs are, and what has to be staked so a plow doesn't find it the hard way.
Plowing to a contract trigger
Service starts at the accumulation trigger set in your contract, and we're dispatched within about four hours of that snowfall rather than at the end of the storm.
Return visits on continued accumulation
A long storm isn't one visit. We come back while it's still falling to keep lanes and entrances usable, then do a proper clean-up pass once it stops.
Walkways and entrances
Shovelling and clearing of pedestrian routes, entrances and accessible parking — the areas that actually generate slip-and-fall claims, and the ones a plow can't touch.
Timestamped photo proof
Every visit documented with dated photos. For a commercial property that record is the thing an insurer or a claim adjuster asks for, and it's a lot easier to have it than to reconstruct it.
Pre-season setup
October
Site walk, snow-storage plan, staking of curbs, hydrants and beds, and the contract trigger confirmed in writing before anyone needs it.
Early winter
November to December
The messy part of the season — wet snow, marginal temperatures and freezing rain rather than clean plowable accumulation. More salting than plowing in most early-season events.
Deep winter
January to February
The consistent plowing months, and the point where snow-storage decisions made in October start to matter. Piles are at their largest and sightlines at their worst.
Thaw-freeze
March
Daytime melt running across lots and refreezing overnight is the most dangerous stretch of the winter. Drainage paths and low spots need watching more than the sky does.
Season close-out
April
Final events are usually short and wet. Site walk to check for plow damage, staking pulled, and anything that needs repair flagged before the growing season starts.
Durham Region considerations
Durham has two winters running at once. The Lake Ontario shoreline through Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa and Bowmanville is moderated by the lake, so it takes more freezing rain, wet snow and thaw-freeze than it does deep accumulation — the risk there is ice, not volume. Twenty minutes north, Brooklin, Uxbridge and Port Perry climb onto the Oak Ridges Moraine, run several degrees colder, catch squall snow tracking in off Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe, and drift back in on open farmland after the snow has stopped. A property portfolio spread across both needs two different response plans, and anyone quoting the same plan for Ajax and Uxbridge has not driven the route in February.
Booking the season
Winter contracts get signed in the fall
Snow capacity is finite. A crew can only commit to the properties it can physically reach inside a service window, which means the route for a given winter is largely decided before the first flake falls.
August and September — scoping
Site walks, scope written, snow storage located and clearing priorities agreed while the property is still visible under grass rather than under snow.
September and October — contracts
This is when winter agreements are actually signed. Properties that come in here get their choice of service window and their trigger set the way they want it.
November — staking and setup
Curbs, hydrants, catch basins and beds staked before the ground freezes. Miss this and a plow finds them the expensive way in January.
December onward — the route is committed
We take on late properties when we genuinely have the capacity to serve them properly, and we say no when we don't. A property added to a full route in January gets cleared late, which is worse than not having taken it.
Snow Removal & Plowing across Durham Region
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Questions
We serve Whitby, Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin and the surrounding Durham Region and GTA-East communities.
Yes. We work with both homeowners and commercial properties across Durham Region.
Yes — we're fully insured and WSIB-compliant, so your property is covered on every visit.
Call us at 437-937-2122 or request a free quote online. We respond fast — usually the same day.
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