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.
Residential snow removal — Ottawa and area
Snow clearing Ottawa core
Automatic at 5cm, written pricing
Snow clearing Ottawa homeowners need on central streets is not really about lifting snow; it is about finding somewhere it still fits in March. On a narrow Hintonburg, Sandy Hill or Lowertown lot we plan the season around that, with a fixed written price, automatic dispatch at 5cm, and the same rates as the suburbs.
Same price as the suburbs, no distance fee
Banks stacked to still fit in March
Fixed price, written before you sign
Automatic dispatch at 5cm
Your Ottawa price
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THE SPACE
Snow clearing
Ottawa
— where does the eighth storm go?
Wherever it was planned to go in November. Anyone can move one storm off a Hintonburg driveway; the eighth needs a bank that was kept low enough to still take it. Without that plan the driveway narrows storm by storm until one car fits, which is where most central driveways are by the middle of February.
The lifting is not the hard part: finding somewhere it still fits in March is, and that is decided in December.
OUR PROCESS
Here's exactly what happens when you book a visit
A season pass covers the four surfaces below in the base price. What sets snow clearing Ottawa core lots apart is the last decision of every visit: which bank takes this load, so there is still room for the storms that come in March.
WHO WE SERVE
Who needs a cleared driveway in Ottawa
most often
WHAT TRIGGERS THE ROUTE
A snowfall trigger alone
does not detect a drift
in Ottawa
Get that wrong in December and the driveway narrows a little with every storm, until by February only one car fits and the walk has become a trench. It is also why the honest recommendation is sometimes a haul-away rather than a bigger machine: on the tightest lots there comes a point where the snow has to leave the property, and a service that only pushes runs out of places to push it.
5cmAutomatic dispatch
Measured against what falls in Hintonburg and Sandy Hill, not a regional average.
Season pass agreement15 kmFrom our base
Postal codes K1N, K1P, K1R, K1Y, K1M, K1H, K1L, K1K: inside our 20 km radius, so one price list and no distance surcharge.
Service area275cmSeason snowfall cap
The season runs 2026-10-15 to 2027-04-15.
Season pass termsCentral routes are dense, and they fill early. Booking in the autumn also means the stacking plan is made in daylight, with the garden visible, rather than mid-storm.
WHY BLUEGUARD
Not all snow removal services are the same
— here's the difference
On a narrow central lot the skill is in where it all goes. Here is the difference by the time March arrives.
Clears today, ignores March
Stacks against the nearest edge and moves on
Driveway loses width until one car fits
No answer when the lot genuinely runs out of room
Walk left as a trench between two banks
Price quoted per visit and revised later
Every storm starts with a phone call and a wait
BlueGuard — Ottawa
A stacking plan made at the property before the season
Working edges kept low so they still take snow in March
Haul-away recommended honestly where pushing runs out
Walk and steps kept full width, not just passable
Written price confirmed before anything is signed
Out at 5cm on its own — no call, no confirmation
GOOGLE REVIEWS
What clients say about
BlueGuard
BlueGuard has worked in Ottawa homes for years. Snow removal is new this winter — same company, same crews, same insurance and the same written prices.
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
WHAT IS INCLUDED
Snow removal:
Insured. Written. Automatic.
What makes it harder here than in a suburb is not the volume, it is that the ridge is dense plowed material and you have nowhere convenient to put it. On a wide lot it goes onto the lawn and is forgotten. On a narrow one it has to join a bank that is already working at capacity, which is how a driveway loses a foot of width per storm.
Insured operators
The same insured crews and equipment standards as every other BlueGuard service line, on lots where the sidewalk is a metre away.
Written price up front
The calculator range is confirmed in writing before anything is signed, and it does not move for the season.
Overnight routes
Runs go out overnight, so a central street that gets plowed twice in a storm still has an open entrance in the morning.
PRICING
How much does snow removal in Ottawa cost?
All three include the plow ridge, and the return for it when a central street is plowed more than once in a storm.
Prices are the same everywhere in our 20 km service area, plus HST. The calculator confirms your exact figure from the postal code, and the price is put in writing before anything is signed — see the full snow removal cost breakdown for how each band is worked out.
COVERAGE
Our service area
Grouped by how much room the lot gives you, since that is what decides whether a season pass is solving a real problem or simply saving you an hour on a Saturday. The Glebe, Centretown and Westboro each have their own page.
Live service area
Live service area
- Our Barrhaven base
- Routes we run
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Ready to book
your Ottawa driveway?
One price list for the whole service area, with nothing added for distance. Give the calculator a central postal code and a driveway size and it prices snow clearing Ottawa lots like yours in about twenty seconds: a real range, with nothing to sign at the end of it.
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Get a free quote100% free — no commitmentCall nowMo-Fr 08:00-18:00, Sa 09:00-16:00- Season pass from
- $499
- Service radius
- 20 km
- Areas on the route
- 7
Snow clearing Ottawa: common questions
Often yes, but not for the reason people expect. A small central driveway is quick to clear and hard to keep usable, because there is nowhere to put what comes off it. What you are buying is the stacking plan across a whole season — banks kept low and back so the driveway is still full width in February. If your lot has real side ground, we will tell you per storm is enough.
On the tightest lots the snow eventually has to leave the property rather than move around it, and we would rather identify that in November than in the middle of a February thaw. It is a conversation about the specific lot rather than a standard line item, and it is one of the reasons booking before the season is worth more here than anywhere else on our map.
Not quite: each of those has its own page, because each has its own winter problem — shared lanes in the Glebe, parking pads and walk-ups in Centretown, short icy slopes in Westboro. The service and the price list are the same everywhere, so the calculator works for any central postal code.
No, it is in the base price on every plan, including the return trips when a central street is plowed more than once in a storm. On a narrow lot that ridge also has to be found a place in the banks, so ask any quote you compare whether it is in the price — the City leaves it behind and does not return for it.
No. When 5cm has built up on your street the central route goes out on its own, without a call from you or a confirmation from us. The threshold is measured against what fell where you are rather than at the airport, though in the core those are usually close.
No. Everything inside our 20 km radius is on one price list, set by driveway size, plan and add-ons, so a Hintonburg driveway is priced like a suburban one of the same size. The lots here are more skilled work rather than more expensive work, and nothing is added for how far the core sits from our base.
Yes. Hintonburg, Lowertown, Sandy Hill, New Edinburgh, Old Ottawa South, Vanier and Alta Vista are all on the routes, including the residential streets behind the ByWard Market and around Strathcona Park. A central postal code in the calculator comes back as covered, with a price, straight away.
Before the first storm. A route holds a fixed number of properties and the central streets fill early because they are dense. Booking in the autumn also means we look at the lot in daylight with the garden visible, which is when a stacking plan is actually made well — that decision is much easier to take once, in November, than in the dark during the first real snowfall.
NEARBY
Other towns on our routes
The same crews and written pricing run out to each of them, but none is short of places to put snow the way these central lots are — each has its own winter problem and its own page.
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in under 60 seconds
Book before the season starts. The route through Hintonburg, Sandy Hill and Lowertown holds a fixed number of properties, and it fills before Christmas.
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