◆ Climate-adjusted
De Icing in Burnaby, BC.
Burnaby Mountain holds snow longer than the rest of the Lower Mainland — SFU often closes for snow when downtown Vancouver is just wet. Winters here run mild by Canadian standards, so the season turns on a handful of heavy events rather than steady accumulation — and streets are tight and parking is on-road. The local economy leans on SFU, BC Hydro, and Electronic Arts Burnaby, which means our routes pre-treat SFU's sites before residential bookings whenever a storm is forecast inside their shift change.
Why Burnaby's mild-winter operations are different
- Annual snowfall: 38 cm typical (mild-coastal band)
- De-icer cutoff: rock salt above −12 °C, calcium chloride below
- Response SLA: ≤ 4 hours from trigger
- Plowing trigger: 5 cm accumulation
- Winter temperature: 4 °C average (mild baseline)
- Coastal factor: salt-spray corrosion drives equipment wash cycles and chloride-blend tuning
Why de icing in Burnaby?
De Icing in Burnaby is dispatched from a depot inside the city, not a regional call centre — local crews know your block, your gate code, and the windrow that always blocks Metrotown.
Where we cover in Burnaby
- Neighbourhoods: Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed, and Highgate
- Coastal corridor: salt-spray-rated equipment on routes within 2 km of the shoreline
- Lake-effect zones: pre-treatment ahead of forecast lake-effect bands
How we route Burnaby
- Dispatch density: mid-tier metro coverage
- Priority routes: BC Hydro, Electronic Arts Burnaby on a separate route book — Brentwood and Lougheed contracts never wait behind residential queues
- Unit replacement target: < 45 minutes during storm events (tier-C priority)
- Local depot crew: lives in Burnaby, knows the streets, named in your dispatch record — not a national call centre
38 cm
Annual snowfall
4°
Avg winter temp
249k
Population
On-call
Dispatch
What's included for Burnaby
- +Plowing trigger at 5 cm, response within 4 hours.
- +Pre-treatment brine pass before forecast events when temperatures sit above −10 °C.
- +Salt + calcium chloride blend tuned to Burnaby's typical freeze-thaw cycles.
- +Photo + GPS proof report within 30 minutes of completion, time-stamped at the Burnaby depot.
- +End-of-season haul-away to the Metrotown pile-off site (commercial accounts).