COMMERCIAL SNOW & ICE MANAGEMENT — TORONTO — 24 HOURS A DAY
East-West Snow Services · Toronto · Since 1958
Serving every type of property since 1958. Keeping Toronto safe 24 hours a day.
Snow plowing, snow removal, sidewalk clearing and premium de-icing for commercial, industrial and multi-residential properties across Toronto and the GTA — delivered by our own crews, our own fleet and our own salt supply.
Safety and Service
East-West has operated under the same family name since 1958. Over more than six decades we have built the fleet, the facilities and the crews required to service commercial, industrial and multi-residential properties through a full Toronto winter — not just the easy storms.
Our goal is straightforward: safety and service. We monitor weather conditions 24 hours a day and respond as conditions change, keeping parking lots, entrances, sidewalks and walkways passable for tenants, employees, customers and visitors.
At the end of each season, customers can receive a detailed GPS Service Verification Report showing every recorded visit to their property. Many property managers are surprised by the number of service calls their site actually received.
We do not depend on outside brokers to deliver our core snow services. The equipment on your property is our equipment, operated by our people.
By The Numbers
Capacity is what separates a snow contractor from a snow promise. Here is ours.
Complete Winter Property Care
A full commercial snow and ice management program — every service delivered in-house, coordinated from one storm centre.
Parking lot snow removal across Toronto — access roads, loading docks, driveways and commercial yards, plowed to bare pavement on a defined trigger depth.
When piles start costing you parking spaces or sightlines, we load and haul snow off site with loaders and single or tandem-axle trucks.
On-site stacking and relocation to designated storage areas, planned around drainage, fire routes and accessible parking.
Sidewalk snow clearing across Toronto — entrances, walkways, AODA accessibility routes and emergency exits, cleared by dedicated sidewalk machines and hand crews.
Ice management for downtown Toronto and beyond — proactive and reactive treatment on freeze-thaw cycles, black-ice events and freezing rain, the conditions that generate slip-and-fall claims.
Calibrated road-salt application by spreader units from 1 to 20 yards, drawn from our own domes so supply does not stop when regional demand spikes.
Meltco premium de-icer on walkways, entrances and high-pedestrian areas — faster melt, less residue, less spring cleanup than rock salt alone.
1 to 8 yard loaders for large lots, industrial yards and heavy accumulation events where pickup plows alone are not enough.
24-hour dispatch from our storm centre for unexpected events, refreezes, insurance-driven callouts and urgent site access.
Built for Major Storms
We own our equipment. That means we control readiness, maintenance and deployment — and we are not competing with other contractors for subcontracted trucks the night a storm lands.
More than 20 dedicated sidewalk machines plus hand crews service entrances, walkways, ramps and pedestrian routes — the areas where most winter injury claims originate.
Every truck and machine is GPS tracked. Service activity is logged automatically and rolled into a season-end verification report you can hand to ownership or your insurer.
Loaders, blowers and haulage units are staged before the storm, not sourced during it. Large industrial sites get the machine class the site actually needs.
Our Storm Protocol
Most contractors describe what they own. Here is what we actually do, in order, every time a system moves toward the GTA.
Our storm centre tracks the system, models expected accumulation and temperature profile, and schedules crews and shifts against it. Salt is loaded and spreaders are calibrated before anyone goes home.
On freezing-rain and flash-freeze events, we pre-treat entrances, ramps and high-risk walkways. Preventing a bond between ice and pavement is faster, safer and cheaper than breaking one.
Sidewalk machines and hand crews go out ahead of, or alongside, the plows. Pedestrian surfaces are where the injury claims come from, so they are cleared and treated before the lot is finished.
Long-duration storms get repeat passes, not one visit. Our yard is inside the city at Warden and Eglinton, which is why we can return to the same site multiple times in a night instead of once.
Windrows are cleared, parked-car spots are opened up, snow is relocated to designated storage areas, and surfaces get a final de-icing application ahead of the overnight refreeze.
Freeze-thaw cycles get re-treated. Every visit is logged by GPS and rolls into the season-end verification report you can put in front of your board, your owner or your insurer.
East-West Infrastructure
Most snow contractors rent yard space and buy salt as they go. We built the infrastructure instead.
Regional salt shortages are the single most common reason snow contracts fail mid-season. Our two domes give us a secured on-site supply, which means faster response times and far less exposure to the market when everyone in the GTA is calling the same suppliers on the same morning.
Premium Materials
We apply Meltco premium de-icer to walkways, entrances and other high-pedestrian areas. It works at lower temperatures than rock salt and stays active longer, which matters most during overnight refreeze.
On parking lots and driveways we use a combination of premium de-icer and road salt — fast melt, less residue tracked into lobbies, and less spring cleanup.
East-West does not use a sand-and-salt winter mix. Sand gives temporary traction but does not melt ice, so the hazard is still there when the sand blows or washes off.
Sand also washes into catch basins and storm drains, which leads to blockages, drainage problems and a spring cleanup bill that lands on the property owner.
Why Property Managers Choose Us
Same family, same name, since 1958. We have serviced properties through every kind of storm this city produces.
Every visit is recorded. You get documentation, not assurances — useful for ownership reporting and for defending liability claims.
Our storm centre runs continuously through the season. Crews are dispatched on forecast, not on a phone call from you at 5 a.m.
Two domes, roughly 1,000 tons on site. We are not bidding against the rest of the GTA for material mid-storm.
A licensed repair station and Ontario MTO inspection facility. Broken equipment gets fixed on our floor, overnight, not in a queue at a third-party shop.
Core snow services are delivered by East-West crews on East-West equipment. One accountable contractor, one point of contact.
East-West Service Standards
At the end of each season you can request a detailed GPS Service Verification Report listing every recorded visit to your property — date, time and duration. It is the documentation property managers need for board reporting, tenant questions and insurance files, and it is why our customers rarely have to argue about whether a site was serviced.
While the City Sleeps
Commercial properties have to be open and safe before the first tenant, shopper or delivery truck arrives. That means our crews work through the night — plowing, stacking, hauling and de-icing while the lot is empty and we can actually clear it properly.
Clearing a full parking lot around parked cars is slow, incomplete and leaves ice bonded to the pavement under every vehicle. Working overnight means we clear to bare surface, apply de-icer to a clean lot, and finish before your morning traffic — which is also why our crews have on-site sleeping and kitchen facilities at the yard during extended storms.
Serving Every Type of Property
Property management snow services across Toronto — multi-site portfolios with consistent standards, one point of contact and season-end reporting across every address.
Condo corporations, apartment buildings and multi-residential sites — visitor parking, ramps, garbage routes and resident entrances.
Office buildings, retail plazas, shopping centres and mixed-use properties that need to be open and safe before customers arrive.
Manufacturing sites, distribution centres and warehouse yards where loading docks and truck routes cannot go down.
Medical facilities, long-term care, schools and government properties with accessibility and emergency-access obligations.
Active sites, staging yards and laydown areas that need access maintained through the winter build season.
Service Area
The City of Toronto recognizes 140 official neighbourhoods. We service all of them. What makes that worth something is route density — our sites cluster tightly inside these communities, so we return to each customer several times during a single snow event instead of once.
Our yard at 201 Hymus Road near Warden and Eglinton keeps the fleet inside the city rather than an hour outside it. Commercial snow removal in downtown Toronto, the Financial District and the surrounding core is minutes from our gate.
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Our Equipment, Our People
Every image on this page is an actual photograph of East-West equipment, facilities and crews. No stock photography.
In-House Capability
East-West Disposal Services is a licensed repair station and an Ontario Ministry of Transportation inspection facility. We repair snow removal equipment and assemble new units in our own 8,000 square foot shop.
This matters more than it sounds. Equipment breaks during storms — that is the nature of the work. The difference is whether a broken plow sits in a queue at a third-party shop for a week, or gets welded, fitted and back on the road before the next round. Ours goes back out.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our storm watch centre monitors conditions 24 hours a day through the season and dispatches on forecast, not after the fact. Most commercial contracts specify a trigger depth — typically 2 to 5 cm — and crews are deployed as accumulation approaches that threshold. Sidewalks and entrances are usually serviced first because that is where pedestrian risk is highest.
Every East-West unit is GPS tracked. At the end of the season you can request a GPS Service Verification Report listing every recorded visit to your property with date, time and duration. Property managers use it for board reporting, tenant enquiries and insurance documentation.
No. East-West does not use a sand-and-salt winter mix. Sand provides temporary traction but does not melt ice, and it washes into catch basins and storm drains, causing blockages and expensive spring cleanup. We use road salt and Meltco premium de-icing products, matched to the surface and the conditions.
We maintain two dedicated storage domes with roughly 1,000 tons of combined capacity, filled before the season starts. That on-site supply insulates our customers from the mid-winter shortages that regularly disrupt contractors who buy material week to week.
From a single commercial entrance to large industrial yards and multi-site portfolios. Our fleet runs from sidewalk machines through 4×4 plow trucks up to 8-yard loaders and tandem-axle haulage units, so we can match equipment class to the site rather than forcing one approach onto every property.
We do not depend on outside brokers for our core snow services. The equipment on your property is East-West equipment operated by East-West crews, which is what allows us to guarantee response and stand behind our service records.
All of Toronto. The City recognizes 140 official neighbourhoods and we service every one of them, across the city and its former boroughs — Scarborough, North York, Etobicoke, East York and York. Because our sites cluster tightly within these communities, route density lets us return to each property several times during a single snow event rather than once. Our yard is at 201 Hymus Road near Warden and Eglinton, inside the city.
Most commercial contracts are secured between late summer and October. Booking early gives us time to walk the site, mark hazards, plan snow storage locations and stage salt bins before the first event. Late bookings are possible but options narrow as the season fills.
During a declared Major Snowstorm Condition, parking is prohibited on designated snow routes so City crews can clear and remove snow. Snow routes are marked by permanent signs and include roads with streetcar tracks. Vehicles parked on designated snow routes may be ticketed or towed. Property managers should follow current City of Toronto notices and use 311 for municipal snow information.
General information only. City rules, declarations and penalties may change. City of Toronto winter information.
Talk to East-West about a commercial snow and ice management program built around your property, your trigger depths and your reporting requirements. Site assessments are free.
East-West Snow Services — Serving Toronto and the GTA Since 1958
service@east-westservices.com | 201 Hymus Road, Toronto, Ontario M1L 4W5