Rock Salt.

Rock Salt in Markham, ON.

Markham sits in the GTA snow-belt fringe — 15-20 cm storms that drop nothing in Toronto are routine here, just 25 km north. Winters here deliver sustained snowfall through December, January, and February, and storm clusters can stack faster than ploughs can clear — and cul-de-sacs and curvilinear streets shape every routing decision. The local economy leans on IBM Canada, AMD, Markham Stouffville Hospital, and Aviva, which means our routes pre-treat IBM Canada's sites before residential bookings whenever a storm is forecast inside their shift change.

What a real Markham season demands

• Annual snowfall: 130 cm typical (standard-prairie band)
• De-icer cutoff: rock salt above −12 °C, calcium chloride below
• Response SLA: ≤ 3 hours from trigger
• Plowing trigger: 3 cm accumulation
• Winter temperature: -4 °C average (cool baseline)
• Inland factor: deep-cold reserve unit hot at the Cornell depot, winterised diesel blend below −20 °C

Why rock salt in Markham?

Rock Salt stocked at the Markham depot. Lot-traceable, AMS-2014 compliant where applicable. Order by 14:00 for same-day pickup; freight to surrounding counties moves on our route trucks.

Where we cover in Markham

• Neighbourhoods: Unionville, Cornell, Cathedraltown, and Berczy
• Postal coverage: every postal-code unit inside the city limits
• Outlying districts: same-day for accounts within 15 km of the Markham depot

How we route Markham

• Dispatch density: mid-tier metro coverage
• Priority routes: AMD, Markham Stouffville Hospital, Aviva on a separate route book — Cornell and Cathedraltown contracts never wait behind residential queues
• Unit replacement target: < 20 minutes during storm events (tier-A priority)
• Local depot crew: lives in Markham, knows the streets, named in your dispatch record — not a national call centre