How London handles a real snow season.
London sits squarely in the Lake Huron snowbelt — 2 m winters are normal and Highway 401 closures west of London happen every winter. London's 422,324 residents, 200 cm of annual snowfall, winters averaging -5°C make this a city where sustained December-through-February snowfall stacks faster than ploughs can clear.
The London crew base sits inside the metro footprint with overflow capacity from neighbouring depots when a named storm hits. Major sites including London Health Sciences, Western University, and 3M Canada rely on contracted snow programs that meet Ontario insurance and accessibility standards. Routes are built around London's distinct districts — Old North, Byron, Masonville, and Wortley — each with its own driveway density, road-width profile, and salt sensitivity from boulevard trees.
London operates under the Ontario Occupiers’ Liability Act and the city’s 12-hour sidewalk-clearing bylaw from end-of-storm; contracted operators are documentation-liable for the cleared interval. Every visit is GPS-tracked, insured to $5M general liability, and photo-stamped before invoice.
London runs as a Tier-C coverage zone — per-visit commercial dispatch via partner-crew network, seasonal residential routes through January-February, and centralised dispatch from the nearest depot. Storm-event commercial response averages 6 hours from a 2 cm trigger; residential service trips at 5 cm with morning completion. Property managers with portfolios spanning Tier-A and Tier-C cities get one contract covering both — same documentation, same billing.