Do you clear the windrow the City plow leaves at the end of a Scarborough driveway?

Yes. The City cuts a roughly three-metre opening on eligible residential streets; the rest of a double apron, and the whole pile on streets that are not eligible, is part of your contract.

Is the sidewalk in front of my Scarborough house my responsibility?

Only for snowfalls under 2 cm, and then within 12 hours. At 2 cm and above the City plows it. Your driveway, walk and steps must be cleared within 24 hours regardless, and that is what the seasonal contract covers.

Residential street in Scarborough after snowfall

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Snow Removal in Scarborough

Scarborough has the driveways the rest of Toronto envies and the windrows to match. Wide postwar lots, double aprons and corner properties mean more square footage to clear than anywhere else in the city, and a heavier pile at the curb after the street plow passes.

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Flat seasonal price, confirmed before the first snow.

The Scarborough sidewalk rule and your quote

Scarborough was one of the postwar suburbs where the City has mechanically plowed sidewalks for decades, well before the 2022 expansion covered the old city. The rule that applies here is the same Toronto Municipal Code, but in practice it means this: your sidewalk is handled by the City at 2 cm, your obligation to shovel it only bites on the smallest snowfalls under 2 cm, and your real responsibility is the private side, cleared within 24 hours. Windrow openings are cut by the City on eligible residential streets to about three metres wide; on arterial and collector roads only when the windrow is over 25 cm. Everything the City opening does not reach, which on a double driveway is most of it, is the contract.

The properties we see most in Scarborough

Bungalows and side-splits on 50-foot lots from Agincourt to Guildwood, with double driveways that hold two cars and sometimes a third on the pad. Corner lots on the grid streets carry two frontages of snow. Along Kingston Road and Lawrence East the plazas are older strip malls with tight aisles and nowhere to stack, so commercial quotes here almost always include a stacking plan and occasional haul-away. Guildwood, West Hill and Port Union add long private drives and ravine slopes that ice early.

Snow plowing in Scarborough

Scarborough is the one part of Toronto where a plow truck earns its keep on residential streets: double driveways on 50-foot lots, corner properties with two aprons, and long drives in Guildwood and West Hill. A plow contract here covers the driveway and the windrow across it; hand-clearing for the walk and steps is added on the same quote when the truck cannot reach them.

Neighbourhoods we quote

Agincourt
Malvern
Wexford and Maryvale
Birch Cliff and Cliffside
Guildwood
West Hill and Port Union
Scarborough Village
Woburn

Services in Scarborough

Scarborough, answered

Do you clear the windrow the City plow leaves at the end of a Scarborough driveway?: Yes. The City cuts a roughly three-metre opening on eligible residential streets; the rest of a double apron, and the whole pile on streets that are not eligible, is part of your contract.
Is the sidewalk in front of my Scarborough house my responsibility?: Only for snowfalls under 2 cm, and then within 12 hours. At 2 cm and above the City plows it. Your driveway, walk and steps must be cleared within 24 hours regardless, and that is what the seasonal contract covers.