Your driveway
Cleared edge to edge, down to the surface, wide enough to get a car out without a three-point turn. Snow is stacked where it will not block sightlines at the end of the drive.
3:00 AM
Snow removal in Ottawa,done before you wake up
The storm does not wait for business hours. Neither do we.
AT A GLANCE
Snow removal Ottawa homeowners can set and forget
BlueGuard is a residential snow removal service run from a base in Barrhaven, covering Ottawa, Kanata, Barrhaven, Nepean, Stittsville, Manotick and south Gloucester, plus Aylmer and Hull, all within 20 km. Your driveway and the city windrow are cleared automatically at 5cm, at one flat price fixed in writing for the season.
- Season
- Oct 15 – Apr 15Every snowfall of 5cm or more in that window, on one season price
- When we come
- 5cmAutomatically, once 5cm has accumulated. No call needed.
- Included
- Driveway + windrowYour driveway to the surface, and the windrow the city plow leaves
- Add-ons
- Walkway · saltWalkway and steps, and salting per application
- Coverage
- 275cmUp to 275cm of cumulative snowfall, stated in your agreement
- Service area
- 20 kmWithin 20 km of Barrhaven, Aylmer and Hull included (plus GST and QST there)Check your postal code
- Price
- One flat priceSet by driveway size, the same anywhere inside the 20 km radiusSee my price
CHOOSE YOUR PLAN
Season pass or one-time: which snow removal plan fits?
For snow removal Ottawa households can budget for, the season pass fits best: one price, fixed in writing, covers every snowfall of 5cm or more from October 15 to April 15. One-time clearing suits you if you travel through the winter or only want help after the big storms. Both plans include the driveway and the city windrow.
Season pass
Every snowfall from October 15 to April 15
Start from$499for the season
Suits a household that leaves early and cannot risk a late clear.
- Automatic dispatch — no call needed
- Every snowfall of 5cm or more
- Up to 275cm of cumulative snowfall
- Driveway and the city windrow
- Return visit if the plow comes back
One-time clearing
Booked when you need it, priced per visit
Start from$49per visit
Suits a household that travels, or only wants help after a big storm.
- Book a single storm
- Same driveway and windrow work
- No season commitment
- Priced before we arrive
Prices shown are starting points. Your exact range depends on driveway size and area.
HOW IT WORKS
How does snow removal work with BlueGuard?
Snow removal Ottawa residents never have to chase: you book once and we take it from there. We price your driveway, watch the Environment Canada forecast for the Ottawa area, and dispatch automatically once 5cm has fallen. Crews run overnight, so the driveway and the windrow are clear before the commute. You do not call, and you do not need to be home.
Step 01
Get your price
Enter your driveway size and postal code and the calculator returns a range in a few seconds. Nothing is hidden until a phone call. When you book, that range becomes a fixed written price for the season — we confirm it after looking at your property, and it does not move afterwards.
Step 02
We watch the forecast
You do not call us and you do not need to be home. We monitor Environment Canada for the Ottawa area, and when accumulation reaches 5cm your property is dispatched automatically. The trigger is written into your agreement, so there is no argument later about whether a storm counted.
Step 03
We clear before you wake up
Crews run overnight and through the early morning so the driveway is open before the commute. If the city plow comes back afterwards and leaves a new windrow across the end of your driveway, we return for it — that return is part of the service, not an extra visit you pay for.
WHAT YOU GET
What does residential snow removal include?
The base price of the snow removal Ottawa homeowners book with us covers two things: your driveway, cleared edge to edge down to the surface, and the windrow the city plow leaves across the end of it. Walkway and steps, and salting, are add-ons priced separately, so nobody pays for work their property does not need. Here is each one, so the first invoice holds no surprise.
The city windrow
The ridge the city plow pushes across the end of your driveway is the part people actually dread. It arrives after you have already shovelled, it is heavy and compacted, and the City is clear that clearing it is the property owner’s responsibility, not theirs. We come back for it.
Walkway and steps
Front walk and steps cleared on the same visit. Priced as an add-on because plenty of households only need the driveway, and there is no reason for them to pay for a walk they do not use.
Salting
Applied per application rather than bundled, because how often you need it depends on your slope, your shade and the freeze-thaw cycle that week. You are charged for the applications you actually get.
THE COST OF WAITING
What does an uncleared driveway actually cost?
Three things: a liability if someone slips on your property, a windrow the City leaves for you to clear, and a car that cannot get out on a workday morning. Only the last one is about inconvenience. The first two come from City of Ottawa rules, and each is sourced below.
Liability on your own property
Ottawa’s Property Maintenance By-law requires an owner or occupant to keep the roof and surrounding lands free of snow or ice accumulation that might create an accident hazard. Enforcement runs through a notice with a compliance deadline. Separately from the by-law, anyone injured on your property may have a claim against you.
City of Ottawa — Property Maintenance By-law 2005-208The windrow is yours to clear
When the plow clears your street it deposits a windrow across the end of every driveway on it. The City states that removing it is the property owner’s responsibility. It is also the heaviest snow you will move all winter, because it has been compacted by the plow blade and often refrozen.
City of Ottawa — Clearing snow from your propertyA car that cannot get out
A storm that finishes overnight lands on a workday morning. Shovelling a windrow before a commute is the difference between leaving on time and not leaving at all, and it is the one cost that arrives on the worst possible morning rather than gradually.
WHY BLUEGUARD
How do you choose a snow removal company?
Get six answers in writing before you sign: insurance and a City permit, the dispatch trigger, how you hear about a visit, a fixed price, the snowfall cap, and what happens when a car blocks the driveway. Snow contracts get signed in September and tested in January, so put the same six questions to anyone offering snow removal Ottawa homeowners rely on, us included.
An unnamed contractor
- No proof of insurance until you ask, if at all
- Trigger decided storm by storm, after the fact
- You find out by looking out the window
- Quote moves once the crew sees the driveway
- A cap you discover in February
- Blocked visit marked complete, no return
BlueGuard
Insured and permitted
Commercial general liability in place and a City of Ottawa snow removal permit before the season opens.
Dispatch trigger in writing
The 5cm trigger is written into your agreement, so what counts as a storm is not decided after one.
Storm alerts by SMS
A message when your route is dispatched, so you know whether to expect us before you look outside.
Fixed price before signing
Your range is confirmed after we look at the property, then it is fixed for the season.
No mid-season cap surprise
Coverage runs to 275cm of cumulative snowfall, stated up front rather than found in a clause in February.
Free callback for a blocked driveway
If a vehicle was in the way when we came, we return at no charge rather than marking the visit complete.
The left column describes gaps worth asking about — not any particular company. Ask whoever you choose to put their answers in writing.
BlueGuard Lawn Care
Summer is covered too
When the snow melts, the same BlueGuard team looks after your lawn: weekly mowing, clean-ups and feeding, from April to November.
GOOGLE REVIEWS
The company behind the snow service
BlueGuard has been working in Ottawa homes for years — duct cleaning, dryer vents and home services — and holds a 4.9-star Google rating for that work. Our snow removal Ottawa service is new for this winter. Same company, same crews, same insurance and the same written-price approach; the reviews below are for our existing services, not for snow.
What carries over to snow
- The same insured crews and the same equipment standards.
- The same written-price approach, applied to snow contracts.
- A company with a service record you can check before you sign.
I recently had my air ducts cleaned, and I was pleased with how smoothly everything went. The technicians arrived on time, were friendly and professional, and explained the cleaning process clearly. They took good care of my home while working and made sure the area was clean before leaving. I also appreciated that they answered my questions patiently and paid attention to the details instead of rushing through the job. It was a hassle-free experience, and the team made a great impression with their courteous service.
Great service, friendly people! Happy I chose them. :)
Team is really ptoffesional and they have no hidden price
Today i had the air duct cleaning job. Team was very professional and showed me before and after pictures
Arrived within time frame. Cleaned all ducts plus cleaned up after. Fixed seal off of screen door that was dislocated as equipment was brought in. Very happy with serive.
déçu de l’expérience. L’équipe est arriver 15 minutes en retard, a endommagé la peinture à un endroit et a laissé beaucoup de saleté après son départ, notamment chez le voisin. On nous avait pourtant mentionné que le nettoyage serait fait. Pour le prix de 492$ je m’attendais à mieux.
An exemplary cleaning service that combines exceptional quality, meticulous attention to detail, and remarkable affordability.Truly commendable and highly recommended for anyone seeking premium service at a reasonable price.”
Excellent service
OUR COVERAGE
Where we offer snow removal: Ottawa, Kanata, Barrhaven and beyond
Our snow removal Ottawa routes cover every postal code within 20 km of our Barrhaven base, at one flat price. They run west to Kanata and Stittsville, south to Manotick, east to Gloucester, north into Nepean, Westboro, the Glebe and Centretown, and across the river to Aylmer and Hull. Pick your area for local detail on plow timing and street layout.
Live service area
- Our Barrhaven base
- Routes we run
Not on the list? We still come to every postal code within 20 km of our Barrhaven base, Aylmer and Hull included, at the same price. Check yours in the calculator.
OTTAWA WINTERS
What Ottawa winters mean for your driveway
Ottawa does not get one long freeze. It gets a cycle: snow, a thaw that turns the bottom layer to water, then a hard refreeze that welds whatever is left to the asphalt. A driveway cleared badly in December is a driveway with an ice layer you cannot lift in February. Clearing to the surface early is what keeps the rest of the season manageable.
The city plow is the second problem. Arterials are cleared first, so residential streets often get their pass late at night or early in the morning — which means the windrow lands across your driveway after you have already shovelled. It is dense, it is compacted by the blade, and the City is explicit that clearing it is the property owner’s job. That single ridge is the reason most people who hire a contractor say they finally gave up on doing it themselves.
A 5cm trigger is what makes this predictable. Below that a driveway is usually passable and sending a machine would be charging you for nothing. At 5cm and above, tires start packing snow into a layer that ices over, so that is where dispatch begins automatically. You are not deciding storm by storm whether to call, and we are not deciding storm by storm whether to come.
Call it snow plowing, a snow plow service or snow removal, Ottawa homeowners mean the same thing by all three: a driveway open to the surface and the windrow gone before work. That is the job we sell, by the season or by the visit, with the trigger and the price written down before the first storm.
QUESTIONS
Snow removal Ottawa: common questions
Season coverage runs from October 15 to April 15. Sign-up opens in September and routes fill before the first storm, because a route has a fixed number of properties and cannot be stretched once winter starts.
Snow removal Ottawa pricing depends on your driveway size, not on where you live inside the line: everywhere within 20 km of our Barrhaven base pays the same flat price. The plan cards above show the starting price for a season pass and for a one-time visit, and the calculator gives your own range in under a minute. Walkway and salting are add-ons.
Once accumulation reaches 5cm, your property is dispatched automatically — you do not call and you do not need to be home. Below 5cm a driveway is usually still passable. The trigger is written into your agreement, so nobody is deciding after the fact whether a storm counted.
Crews work overnight and into the early morning so driveways are open before the commute. During a long storm we may clear once while it is still falling and return afterwards, rather than waiting for it to end and leaving you stuck in the meantime.
Yes, and it is in the base price rather than an add-on. The City confirms that clearing the windrow is the property owner’s responsibility, and it usually arrives after your driveway has already been done — so if the plow comes back, we come back.
We clear what we can reach and leave the rest. Tell us and we return at no charge once the vehicle is moved. A blocked visit is not counted as a completed clear.
It depends on the winter. A season pass costs less than a handful of one-time visits and covers every storm above the trigger; one-time makes sense if you travel through the winter or only want help after the largest storms. The calculator shows both for your driveway.
We keep clearing at no additional charge. The 275cm figure is the coverage commitment stated up front rather than a cut-off discovered in February, which is the clause worth checking in any snow contract you are offered.
Every postal code within 20 km of our Barrhaven base. Ten areas have their own pages — Ottawa, Kanata, Barrhaven, Nepean, Stittsville, Manotick, Westboro, Centretown, the Glebe and Gloucester — and everywhere inside the line pays the same price, Aylmer and Hull on the Quebec side included (plus GST and QST there instead of HST). Past 20 km, we offer a callback instead. Enter your postal code in the calculator and it will tell you directly rather than making you call to find out.
GET YOUR PRICE
See your price before you commit
Every snow removal Ottawa quote works the same way, Aylmer and Hull included: the calculator gives you a range in under a minute. No account, no phone call, and no obligation to book.