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Commercial & Heavy-Civil Construction
Condo Snow Removal
Harrowgate Group holds winter accounts for condominium corporations across the GTA and Ontario, clearing garage ramps, fire routes, visitor and owner parking, walkways, and every entrance residents use.
- Licensed, Insured & WSIB-Covered
- 20 Years in Business
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Licensed, insured & WSIB-covered · Free, no-obligation quote & on-site assessment.
20 Years in Business
Licensed, Insured & WSIB-Covered Completed to code & Ontario requirements Completed on site and built to the drawings Performed & installed on site across Ontario
Why Harrowgate Group
What to expect from condo snow removal
Made to last
Durable materials and methods chosen for the load, traffic, and environment on site.
Quote-ready
Send specs, drawings, or photos and get a free, no-obligation site visit and estimate with no guesswork.
Code-conscious
Installation and site work completed in accordance with Ontario requirements.
Our Process
How we plan and deliver condo snow removal
Condo snow removal is winter service for condominium corporations, covering the garage ramp, the fire route, owner and visitor parking, the walkways, the stairs, and every entrance. Harrowgate Group performs it across the GTA and Ontario on a written service level, with pedestrian surfaces held to a tighter standard than parking, and every visit logged for the board.
- 01 Send your inquiry, a few photos or a description of the site.
- 02 We come out, assess the site, take measurements, and confirm the scope.
- 03 We complete the condo snow removal on site, to the load and finish the job needs.
- 04 We install it, finish to grade, and clean up, one accountable crew, start to finish.
Local Context
A closer look at condo snow removal
Scope
Understanding condo snow removal
How we run a condominium account
The site is walked and mapped in the fall, assigned to a route with committed equipment, and then serviced on a fixed sequence that puts the ramp, the fire route, and the entrances first.
The pre-season walk on a condominium focuses on the things that cause complaints. We stake curbs, islands, catch basins, hydrants, and bollards. We identify where meltwater comes off the deck and down the ramp, where downspouts discharge across a walkway, and which low spots pond and refreeze overnight.
We measure the walkway network and count entrances, because the walks on a condominium are usually a bigger scope than the parking. We locate snow storage that will not take visitor parking the site cannot spare, block a fire route, bury a catch basin, or occupy an accessible stall.
Equipment is sized to the property rather than borrowed from a commercial route. Compact plow trucks and skid steers work parking areas and drive aisles that a full-size loader cannot manoeuvre. The garage ramp is cleared and treated by hand or with compact equipment, and it is treated with the concrete in mind, not just the ice. Sidewalk machines and hand crews run the walkway network, the stairs, and the entrances.
Priority order is fixed: entrances and the fire route first, then the ramp, then the walkway network, then owner parking, then visitor parking. Walks and entrances usually run on a lower trigger depth than the parking areas, because that is where residents actually fall. De-icer is applied after clearing, at rates matched to pavement temperature. Every visit is logged with the trigger, arrival and departure times, areas cleared, and material applied, and the log goes to the manager.
Service levels, materials, and Ontario obligations
Condominium contracts commonly set a 2.5 cm trigger on parking with a lower or zero tolerance standard on entrances, the ramp, and the fire route. Sodium chloride is effective to about minus 10 degrees Celsius; colder events move to magnesium or calcium chloride blends.
The fire route has to stay passable at all times, which means it is cleared on every visit and never used for storage. Accessible parking and the barrier-free path to the entrance have to remain available under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, so an accessible stall is not a snow pile location.
The public sidewalk fronting the property falls under the municipal clearing bylaw, and in Toronto that means clearing within 12 hours of the snowfall ending and applying sand or salt if the surface stays slippery.
Salt selection on a condominium matters more than on most sites because of what it touches. Chloride drives corrosion in reinforcing steel and causes surface scaling on concrete, and a condominium has a garage deck, a ramp, and often exposed balconies and walkway slabs that the corporation is already spending reserve money to protect.
We keep rates calibrated to pavement temperature rather than applied by habit, pre-wet where it helps the material stay put, and use alternative products on young or vulnerable concrete. That is the same durability problem our concrete restoration crews work on the rest of the year.
Chloride volumes are managed nationally under the Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salts, which captures organizations using more than 500 tonnes a year on a five year rolling average and those operating in salt vulnerable areas.
Have drawings for condo snow removal? Send them over and we will scope it.
Finished On Site
Completed on site and built to last
Clean site work and a tidy finish, coordinated with your engineers, the other trades, and the surrounding site conditions, built to the engineered drawings and the applicable codes.
- Coordinated with the surrounding build
- Durable finishes for real-world wear
- Quote-ready support from scope to completion
FAQ
Condo Snow Removal FAQ
Who is responsible for snow removal at a condominium?
The condominium corporation is responsible for the common elements, which normally includes the parking areas, drive aisles, fire route, walkways, entrances, and the garage ramp. The corporation contracts that work out, and the declaration and any reciprocal agreements determine exactly where the boundary sits on shared or mixed-use sites.
How is a garage ramp cleared and treated?
By hand or with compact equipment, on every visit, as a named element in the contract rather than part of the parking scope. Ramps are sloped, they take meltwater from the deck above, and they refreeze quickly, so they are cleared first and treated with products chosen to limit scaling and corrosion on the concrete.
Can snow be piled in visitor parking?
Only where the plan allows it, and never in accessible stalls, on fire routes, over catch basins, or where it blocks sightlines. Storage is mapped before the season so the site keeps the stalls it needs. Once piles start costing parking or sending meltwater across the drive aisle, the snow is loaded and hauled off site.
What trigger depth should a condominium use?
Commonly 2.5 cm on parking areas, with entrances, the ramp, and the fire route held to a lower or zero tolerance standard because that is where residents walk. The exact numbers are written into the contract along with the response window and the priority order.
What documentation does the board receive?
A written service plan before the season and a time-stamped record after every visit showing the trigger, arrival and departure, areas cleared, and de-icing material applied. It is formatted so a manager can forward it to a board or an insurer without rewriting it.
Who is liable if a resident slips on the walkway?
Section 6.1 of Ontario's Occupiers' Liability Act requires written notice within 60 days of a snow or ice injury, served on the occupier or on the contractor hired to clear the site, so the corporation and the contractor are both in the chain. Complete service records are the practical defence for both.
Does salt damage the garage deck and concrete?
Chloride drives corrosion in reinforcing steel and causes scaling on concrete, particularly on younger pours. That is managed with calibrated application rates matched to pavement temperature, pre-wetting so material stays where it lands, and alternative products on vulnerable surfaces rather than blanket salting.
When should a corporation tender its snow contract?
Late summer to early fall, so the award leaves time for the pre-season walk, staking, and route mapping before the first event. It also matters for budgeting, since seasonal pricing has to be set before the fiscal year the board is approving.
Still have a question about condo snow removal? Ask our team directly.
Explore
Related Harrowgate services
Property Management Snow Removal, one standard across a managed portfolio of buildings.
Sidewalk and Walkway Snow Clearing, the pedestrian scope where claims start.
Salting and De-Icing, material selection that protects garage decks and concrete.
Seasonal Snow Contracts, budgeting a season and comparing tenders fairly.
Snow Hauling and Off-Site Removal, when piles start taking visitor parking.
Heated Ramps and Snowmelt Systems, the permanent fix for a ramp that ices every year.
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