2:30–6 a.m.
Unless the car is registered
No overnight street parking from 2:30 to 6 a.m. unless you register in advance. You can register up to 15 times a year. The ticket is $42.
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Snow removal in Waterloo, windrow included.
In Waterloo, the ridge the plow leaves across your driveway is yours to clear, and the sidewalk out front has 24 hours and a fine attached. Every time 5 cm falls, we take both off your list, along with the driveway and front path.
The windrow, left by the plow
Cleared, every visit
The windrow is yours. Unless it’s ours.
When plows clear the road, snow may be pushed across driveway ends. The city says clearing that windrow is the property owner’s job, because its crews have to focus on opening roads for everyone.
It’s the heaviest snow of the storm: packed by the blade, often with slush and ice in it, and it lands right where you need to drive out. Waterloo’s snow bylaw says no one may put snow or ice on the road, so it can’t go back in the street.
On our route, it’s part of every visit, with the driveway, the front path and the city sidewalk. Per visit or Winter Plan, no add-on.
The city on windrows, at waterloo.caPriority usually within 3 hours
Complete usually within 8 hours
Standard and per visit usually within 12 hours
Waterloo clears its roads up to 24 hours after it stops
24 h: your sidewalk deadline in Kitchener and Waterloo
Our times are usual clearing windows, counted from when the snow stops, the same way the city counts.
How Waterloo clears its roads.
- Main roads and bus routes first, for emergency access. Then the residential streets.
- Up to 24 hours for every street, counted from when the snow or ice stops. If more snow starts in the same storm, the clock starts again.
- Still not plowed after 24 hours? You can report it to the city. How to report it
- Big storms take longer. A significant weather event is declared for 20 cm or more of snow in 24 hours or 20 mm or more of ice. Clearing can take longer then.
Snow events and overnight parking.
In Waterloo a car parks on the street overnight only if it’s registered, up to 15 nights a year. During a snow event, a registration doesn’t count.
None of it changes your clearing: we clear the driveway, not the street, and you don’t need to move a car for a visit. It does decide where a second car spends a storm night.
Snow event
Usually about 24 hours
When heavy snow or ice is expected, the city declares a snow event. You can’t park on any city street or lot, even if you registered, and cars may be ticketed or towed. Most snow events last about 24 hours, longer if the snow or ice keeps coming.
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Assisted Snow Clearing Program
Clears sidewalks on the property, the driveway apron and the windrow, free of charge. Residents 65 or older, or with a disability that prevents snow removal, who own and live in the home, with no one in the household able to shovel. Income limits apply: $32,894 or less for one person, $46,000 or less for two or more.
Applications for 2026 to 2027 are closed. They reopen on September 1. If you qualify, it costs nothing; we’re a separate, paid crew.
The program on waterloo.ca
From Uptown to Laurelwood.
Waterloo’s neighbourhoods, in the names the city uses for them, from Uptown to the west side. Don’t see yours? If your street is in Waterloo, Ontario, it’s on our route.
Uptown and central
Uptown North, Uptown West, MacGregor Albert, Mary Allen, Moses Springer, Cardinal Crescent, Vermont Park, Roselea Park, Northdale, Village on the Green
North and Lakeshore
Lincoln Heights, Lincoln Village West, Hillside Park, University Downs, Lakeshore North, Lakeshore South, Sugarbush, Foxhunt, Wissler Old Abbey, Eastbridge, Carriage Crossing
Beechwood and Westvale
Beechwood, Upper Beechwood, Beechwood West, Craigleith, Erb West, Westvale, Glasgow Heights, Rummelhardt
The west side
Clair Hills, Vista Hills, Columbia Forest, Laurelwood, Laurel Creek, Conservation Meadows
Postal codes N2J, N2K, N2L, N2T, N2V. That’s Waterloo, Ontario. The full service area
What it costs in Waterloo.
Priced by driveway size, the same on every street, with the windrow in every price. The common sizes are below; every size to 10 cars is on the pricing page.
| Driveway | Per visiteach 5 cm snowfall | Standardseason, within 12 h | CompleteBest valueseason, within 8 h | Priorityseason, within 3 h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 carabout 154 sq ft | $53.99 | $769.36or 5 × $153.87$153.87/mo5 payments, $769.35 in all | $1,093.35or 5 × $218.67$218.67/mo5 payments, $1,093.35 in all | $1,376.86or 5 × $275.37$275.37/mo5 payments, $1,376.85 in all |
| 1.5 carabout 231 sq ft | $64.99 | $926.11or 5 × $185.22$185.22/mo5 payments, $926.10 in all | $1,239.16or 5 × $247.83$247.83/mo5 payments, $1,239.15 in all | $1,514.56or 5 × $302.91$302.91/mo5 payments, $1,514.55 in all |
| 2 carabout 308 sq ft | $69.99 | $997.36or 5 × $199.47$199.47/mo5 payments, $997.35 in all | $1,312.06or 5 × $262.41$262.41/mo5 payments, $1,312.05 in all | $1,583.41or 5 × $316.68$316.68/mo5 payments, $1,583.40 in all |
| 2.5 carabout 385 sq ft | $75.99 | $1,082.86or 5 × $216.57$216.57/mo5 payments, $1,082.85 in all | $1,384.96or 5 × $276.99$276.99/mo5 payments, $1,384.95 in all | $1,652.26or 5 × $330.45$330.45/mo5 payments, $1,652.25 in all |
| 3 carabout 462 sq ft | $85.99 | $1,225.36or 5 × $245.07$245.07/mo5 payments, $1,225.35 in all | $1,530.76or 5 × $306.15$306.15/mo5 payments, $1,530.75 in all | $1,789.96or 5 × $357.99$357.99/mo5 payments, $1,789.95 in all |
| 4 carabout 616 sq ft | $107.99 | $1,538.86or 5 × $307.77$307.77/mo5 payments, $1,538.85 in all | $1,822.36or 5 × $364.47$364.47/mo5 payments, $1,822.35 in all | $2,065.36or 5 × $413.07$413.07/mo5 payments, $2,065.35 in all |
All prices are before HST. HST (13%) is added at checkout on its own line. Season plans can be paid in 5 monthly payments, the first at sign-up and the last by the end of March.
Waterloo questions.
City rules here were checked on waterloo.ca on 9 October 2026. If something’s changed since, tell us and we’ll fix the page.
Questions to ask any snow contractorDo I have to clear the windrow myself in Waterloo?
The city says the windrow is the property owner’s job. If you’re on our route, it’s done for you: every visit clears the windrow along with the driveway, path and sidewalk.
Am I still responsible for my sidewalk if I hire you?
The bylaw responsibility stays with the property owner in Waterloo, but every visit clears the city sidewalk out front, so that box is checked either way.
Is the city’s assisted clearing program the same as your service?
No. The city’s Assisted Snow Clearing Program is free for residents who qualify. We’re a separate, paid crew. If you think you qualify, apply with the city directly.
I live on a corner lot. Is the side sidewalk included?
The sidewalk across the front of your home is included. The side-street run is an add-on at $105 a season or $7 a visit per started 10 m, plus HST.
Do you cover my part of Waterloo?
All of Waterloo, Ontario, from Uptown to Laurelwood and Clair Hills to Eastbridge. See the service area.
Keep reading
- Snow removalWhat every visit clears, and every price.
- Snow removal in KitchenerThe 24-hour rule, plowing and parking.
- Winter plansStandard, Complete or Priority, pay once or monthly.
- Service areaKitchener and Waterloo, out to Mannheim.
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