How Laval handles a real snow season.
Laval is built on Île Jésus — bridges in and out lock with ice every storm, and crews stage de-icer at the bridge approaches before the snow starts. Laval's 438,366 residents, 210 cm of annual snowfall, winters averaging -9°C make this a city where sustained December-through-February snowfall stacks faster than ploughs can clear.
Our Laval depot dispatches plows, salters, and roof crews across the metro and adjacent municipalities. Large lots and long drive-times between properties dominate routing, and routes are built around that. Routes are built around Laval's distinct districts — Chomedey, Vimont, Sainte-Rose, and Pont-Viau — each with its own driveway density, road-width profile, and salt sensitivity from boulevard trees. Major sites including Cité de la Biotech, Cirque du Soleil HQ, and Centre hospitalier de Laval rely on contracted snow programs that meet Québec insurance and accessibility standards.
Laval operates under Québec’s Règlement de propreté with a 12-hour sidewalk window, Charter of the French Language contract requirements, and SEAO procurement for municipal routes. Every visit is GPS-tracked, insured to $5M general liability, and photo-stamped before invoice. Service runs in EN and FR — contracts, dispatch, and invoices in either language.
Laval runs as a Tier-B snow.ca depot — full residential plus commercial SLA, 4-hour storm response on commercial accounts, photo-proof packets indexed by property and date for slip-and-fall defence, and seasonal-flat-rate plans for residential customers. The depot stocks rock salt, treated blends, and calcium-chloride pellets through the season; multi-property property managers get a named account lead who escalates issues directly across the portfolio.