
City of Toronto
Snow Removal in Etobicoke
Etobicoke gets the lake-effect edge of every storm off Lake Ontario and has the industrial lots to prove it. Homeowners here have wide suburban driveways; the plazas and warehouses around the 427 and Queensway have acres of asphalt and a fire route that has to stay open.
Flat seasonal price, confirmed before the first snow.
The Etobicoke sidewalk rule and your quote
Etobicoke sidewalks have been City-plowed for years, and under the current Toronto rule the City handles them at 2 cm citywide. For homeowners the live obligation is Chapter 719's 24-hour rule for private driveways, walks, steps and parking spaces, plus the sidewalk only on days with under 2 cm. For the commercial and industrial properties that make up so much of south Etobicoke, the relevant rules are different: the Occupiers' Liability Act duty of reasonable care on private lots and walkways, the 60-day written-notice rule for snow and ice injuries in force since January 29, 2021, and Toronto's prohibition on plowing private-lot snow onto the street, which the City fines at $610 per offence.
The properties we see most in Etobicoke
Etobicoke is where a plow pays for itself. Detached homes in Markland Wood, Princess Gardens and Alderwood sit on wide lots with two-car driveways and a proper front walk, and the lake wind builds drifts across them. South of the Queensway and along the 427 the properties are strip plazas, warehouses and small industrial units where the quote is about aisle width, loading-dock approaches, fire-route access and where a season's worth of snow can be stacked without swallowing the parking.
Neighbourhoods we quote
- Mimico and New Toronto
- Long Branch and Alderwood
- Islington–City Centre West
- Markland Wood
- Princess Gardens and Eatonville
- Rexdale and West Humber
- The Kingsway
- Humber Bay Shores
Services in Etobicoke
Etobicoke, answered
- Can you handle an industrial unit or warehouse lot in south Etobicoke?
- Yes. Loading-dock approaches, fire routes and the stacking plan are set on the site walk, and every visit is logged with time, depth and product applied. Quotes for industrial lots follow the walk, never the phone.
- Where does the snow from a plaza lot go?
- Onto an agreed stacking area on the property. Plowing it onto the City street is prohibited and fined, so if a lot has no room the contract includes haul-away terms.