Plowing or shovelling: which do I need?

A single driveway with a short walk is usually a shovel-and-blower job. A double or long driveway, a shared drive or a private road is a plow job. Many homes need both: the truck for the driveway, hand-clearing for the steps. The quote says which you are getting.

Where does the plowed snow go?

Onto your property, at the edge agreed on the site check. Pushing it onto the road or sidewalk is illegal in Ontario and fined in Toronto, so a driveway with no room to stack may need a haul-away line on the quote.

Can you plow with a car in the driveway?

Around it, not under it. Tell us on the quote if a car stays in the driveway overnight so the pass and the price account for it.

Residential service

Snow Plowing Service in Toronto

Some driveways are a shovel job. A double-wide, a long shared drive, a laneway that serves six garages or a private road is a plow job. This is the plow-truck side of the seasonal contract: one price for the winter, cleared when snowfall passes the trigger depth, with the plow pile stacked where you agreed at the site check.

Get a seasonal price Get a seasonal price

A flat seasonal price from your address and photos, confirmed on a quick site check before the first snowfall — the number does not move mid-winter.

What this covers

Double, triple and long driveways plowed to the pavement
Shared drives, laneways and private roads between homes
Apron and the plow windrow the street plow leaves
Hand-clearing of the walk and steps a truck cannot reach, on request
Return passes when a storm keeps going past the trigger

How it works

1Send the address and photos of the driveway and where it meets the street
2Get a flat seasonal price or a per-visit rate, with the trigger depth written in
3Site check to stake the edges and agree where snow is pushed
4Plowed after every qualifying snowfall, with a service note each time

Why this page exists

Snow plowing service is the highest-value term in Toronto snow search and almost every result for it is a City plow-tracker page. Homeowners who type it want a truck for a driveway a shovel cannot keep up with. This page tells you what plowing covers, what it cannot (steps, tight walks, a car left on the drive), and how the two get combined on one contract.

What affects the price

Driveway width and length, and whether it is shared
Where the snow can be pushed: a lawn edge, a boulevard, or nowhere (haul-away)
Trigger depth: 5 cm standard, 2 cm on request
Hand-clearing add-on for the walk and steps
Salting per visit or included

Frequently asked

Plowing or shovelling: which do I need?: A single driveway with a short walk is usually a shovel-and-blower job. A double or long driveway, a shared drive or a private road is a plow job. Many homes need both: the truck for the driveway, hand-clearing for the steps. The quote says which you are getting.
Where does the plowed snow go?: Onto your property, at the edge agreed on the site check. Pushing it onto the road or sidewalk is illegal in Ontario and fined in Toronto, so a driveway with no room to stack may need a haul-away line on the quote.
Can you plow with a car in the driveway?: Around it, not under it. Tell us on the quote if a car stays in the driveway overnight so the pass and the price account for it.