City of Richmond Hill
Snow Removal in Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill does more of the public side than almost any GTA municipality: it plows about 750 kilometres of sidewalk at 5 cm and cuts a one-car opening in the windrow at more than 50,000 residential driveways. The private side, the whole driveway, walk and steps, is where a contract earns its keep.
Flat seasonal price, confirmed before the first snow.
The Richmond Hill sidewalk rule and your quote
Richmond Hill maintains roughly 750 km of sidewalks and begins sidewalk plowing at 5 cm or more, with a goal of 14 hours after the snow stops (roads 16 hours, windrows 13, cul-de-sacs 24). Its Windrow Clearing Program covers more than 50,000 local residential driveways, clearing a minimum of one car width starting about two hours after the plows begin, not to bare pavement and not on York Region roads; residents may opt out annually. We found no owner sidewalk-clearing by-law or fine published by the City, so sidewalks are excluded from Richmond Hill quotes. The City asks residents not to shovel snow onto the road or sidewalk, and the Highway Obstruction By-law 17-87 bars hard landscaping in the boulevard.
The properties we see most in Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill homes are large. Mill Pond and Bayview Hill have wide lots and long driveways, often double-width with a turnaround; Oak Ridges runs into the moraine with sloped drives that glaze over. The City's one-car windrow opening leaves the second half of a double apron and everything behind it, so the contract is the driveway in full, the front walk, the steps and salting on the slope. Commercial properties along Yonge, Major Mackenzie and Highway 7 are quoted after a site walk with a stacking plan.
Snow plowing in Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill searches for plowing as often as for removal, and the driveways explain why: Bayview Hill and Mill Pond drives are double-width with turnarounds, and Oak Ridges runs uphill onto the moraine. A plow pass clears the whole apron beyond the City's one-car windrow opening and the full length to the garage; the walk and steps are hand-cleared on the same visit when the quote includes them.
Neighbourhoods we quote
- Mill Pond
- Bayview Hill
- Oak Ridges
- Jefferson
- Richvale
- Langstaff
- Crosby
- Rouge Woods
Services in Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill, answered
- Does Richmond Hill clear my windrow?
- The City clears a minimum one-car width at more than 50,000 local residential driveways, starting about two hours after plows begin and not to bare pavement. The rest of the apron and the driveway are in your contract.
- Do you clear sidewalks in Richmond Hill?
- Not by default. The City plows its sidewalks at 5 cm and we found no owner deadline or fine, so paying for the sidewalk would be paying twice.