Snow Hauling in London, ON.
London sits squarely in the Lake Huron snowbelt — 2 m winters are normal and Highway 401 closures west of London happen every winter. Winters here deliver sustained snowfall through December, January, and February, and storm clusters can stack faster than ploughs can clear — and lots are large and drive-times between properties dominate routing. The local economy leans on London Health Sciences, Western University, 3M Canada, and Labatt, which means our routes pre-treat London Health Sciences's sites before residential bookings whenever a storm is forecast inside their shift change.
What a real London season demands
- Annual snowfall: 200 cm typical (heavy-belt band)
- Winter temperature: -5 °C average (cool baseline)
- Plowing trigger: 3 cm accumulation
- Response SLA: ≤ 4 hours from trigger
- De-icer cutoff: rock salt above −12 °C, calcium chloride below
- Inland factor: deep-cold reserve unit hot at the Byron depot, winterised diesel blend below −20 °C
Why snow hauling in London?
Snow Hauling in London 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 Old North.
Where we cover in London
- Neighbourhoods: Old North, Byron, Masonville, and Wortley
- Postal coverage: every postal-code unit inside the city limits
- Outlying districts: same-day for accounts within 30 km of the London depot
How we route London
- Dispatch density: mid-tier metro coverage
- Priority routes: Western University, 3M Canada, Labatt on a separate route book — Byron and Masonville contracts never wait behind residential queues
- Unit replacement target: < 45 minutes during storm events (tier-C priority)
- Local depot crew: lives in London, knows the streets, named in your dispatch record — not a national call centre
What's included for London
- +Plowing trigger at 3 cm, response within 4 hours.
- +Pre-treatment brine pass before forecast events when temperatures sit above −10 °C.
- +Salt + calcium chloride blend tuned to London's typical mixed cycles.
- +Photo + GPS proof report within 30 minutes of completion, time-stamped at the London depot.
- +End-of-season haul-away to the Old North pile-off site (commercial accounts).