Is the sidewalk included in a Pickering snow contract?

Usually, yes. Pickering By-law 6650/06 gives you 24 hours to clear the sidewalk beside your property, and the City only plows designated locations, so the sidewalk frontage is written into the quote unless your street is on the City's list.

Does Pickering clear the windrow at my driveway?

The City's snow page lists no windrow program, so the pile the street plow leaves is yours. It is part of every Pickering driveway contract.

Residential street in Pickering after snowfall

City of Pickering

Snow Removal in Pickering

Pickering hands the sidewalk back to the homeowner. Under the Ice and Snow Clearing By-law you have 24 hours after a snowfall to clear the sidewalk in front of your property, and the City plows only a list of designated sidewalk locations. That makes the sidewalk part of most Pickering quotes.

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The Pickering sidewalk rule and your quote

Pickering's Ice and Snow Clearing By-law 6650/06, as amended, requires property owners to clear snow and ice from the sidewalks adjoining their property within 24 hours after a snowfall ends. The City salts and plows sidewalks only in designated locations it publishes, mainly along major roads, and residents remain responsible everywhere else. City road plowing begins at about 5 cm. The City runs a Seniors and Persons with Disabilities Snow Clearing Program with registration opening in September each year; details and any fee are on the City's application form. No City windrow program appears on the City's snow page, so the plow pile at the end of the driveway is the owner's to clear.

The properties we see most in Pickering

Pickering is 1970s to 2000s subdivisions with two-car driveways, sidewalks on one or both sides of the street, and long crescents where the street plow leaves a solid windrow across every apron. Bay Ridges and West Shore add lake wind and older, tighter lots; Liverpool and Brock Ridge are wider and newer. Commercial work clusters along Kingston Road and around Pickering Town Centre, where plaza lots and office buildings need the sidewalk cleared to the bylaw clock as well as the lot itself.

Neighbourhoods we quote

Bay Ridges
West Shore
Liverpool
Amberlea
Brock Ridge
Highbush and Rouge Park
Dunbarton
Duffin Heights

Services in Pickering

Pickering, answered

Is the sidewalk included in a Pickering snow contract?: Usually, yes. Pickering By-law 6650/06 gives you 24 hours to clear the sidewalk beside your property, and the City only plows designated locations, so the sidewalk frontage is written into the quote unless your street is on the City's list.
Does Pickering clear the windrow at my driveway?: The City's snow page lists no windrow program, so the pile the street plow leaves is yours. It is part of every Pickering driveway contract.