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Commercial grounds and snow removal in Oshawa, Whitby and Ajax.

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Snow from $3,450 a season

Commercial grounds and snow removal in Oshawa, Whitby and Ajax, one contractor for both seasons.

Book by November 1. Every commercial site is walked and surveyed before the first storm.

$5M liability, you named on it
Photo record of every attendance

Request a site survey Call or text 905-244-5779

See the starting prices

Green in summer. Clear in winter.

Recent commercial work

The first visit of a twelve month grounds and litter contract on a retail plaza. Litter had built up in the beds, along the walkways and around the bins. Every storefront receptacle was emptied and relined, the lawns were mowed and trimmed, and the rear laneway was swept. Drag the line on any photo to compare. How groundskeeping works.

The lawns

The same lawn strip mowed and trimmed along the building and the sidewalk — Boulevard lawn. Mowed and trimmed along the building and the sidewalk.

A long, untrimmed lawn strip between a commercial building and the sidewalk — Boulevard lawn. Mowed and trimmed along the building and the sidewalk.

The same corner lawn cleared of debris and timber — Corner lawn. Debris and broken timber cleared off the grass.

A corner lawn beside a commercial property with debris and broken timber on the grass — Corner lawn. Debris and broken timber cleared off the grass.

A freshly mowed commercial corner lawn trimmed around a yellow fire hydrant — The corner lawn after the cut, trimmed tight around the hydrant and back off the sidewalk.

The beds

The same side bed with the litter picked out from under the shrubs — Side bed. Wrappers, bags and broken brick picked out from under the shrubs.

A side garden bed at a commercial property with litter under the shrubs — Side bed. Wrappers, bags and broken brick picked out from under the shrubs.

The same garden bed with the litter cleared — Side bed by the building. A season of litter cleared from the soil.

A garden bed beside a commercial building with a pile of litter in the soil — Side bed by the building. A season of litter cleared from the soil.

The same shrub bed cleaned out and cleared of litter — Shrub bed beside the paver walk. Litter removed and the bed cleaned out.

A shrub bed along a paver walkway at a commercial property, with litter in the bed — Shrub bed beside the paver walk. Litter removed and the bed cleaned out.

The storefronts

The same receptacle emptied and given a new liner — Storefront receptacle. Emptied, cleaned out around the base and relined.

An overflowing storefront garbage receptacle at a commercial property — Storefront receptacle. Emptied, cleaned out around the base and relined.

The same walkway with the litter cleared — Storefront walkway. Litter picked from the walk and the turf edge.

The walkway in front of the stores at a commercial property, with litter on the concrete and the grass edge — Storefront walkway. Litter picked from the walk and the turf edge.

The bins and the laneway

The same dumpster area with the litter raked out and gathered for removal — Dumpster area. Loose litter raked out from behind the bins and gathered for removal.

Litter scattered behind the dumpsters at a commercial property — Dumpster area. Loose litter raked out from behind the bins and gathered for removal.

The same enclosure raked out with the litter gathered into one pile — Dumpster enclosure. Raked out and the litter gathered for removal.

A fenced dumpster enclosure at a commercial property with litter across the ground — Dumpster enclosure. Raked out and the litter gathered for removal.

The same laneway swept clean from end to end — Rear laneway. Swept from end to end.

The rear service laneway behind a commercial property before sweeping — Rear laneway. Swept from end to end.

A rear service laneway behind a commercial property after it was swept — Rear laneway after the sweep.

The shrubs and hedges

The same juniper bed cut back into separate mounds with clear soil between them — Juniper bed. Cut back off the lawn and shaped.

An overgrown juniper bed sprawling out across the lawn beside a commercial building — Juniper bed. Cut back off the lawn and shaped.

The same juniper bed cut back clear of the driveway edge — Juniper bed. Cut back off the driveway edge.

A juniper bed grown out over the edge of a commercial driveway — Juniper bed. Cut back off the driveway edge.

The same hedge line cut back square and clear of the laneway — Hedge line. Cut back clear of the laneway.

A hedge line spilling out into a commercial service laneway — Hedge line. Cut back clear of the laneway.

The same corner bed trimmed back, weeded and edged — Corner bed. Trimmed, cleared and edged.

An overgrown corner bed with weed growth coming up through the shrubs — Corner bed. Trimmed, cleared and edged.

The same boulevard shrub cut back into a tight even shape — Boulevard shrub. Reshaped and cleaned out.

A boulevard shrub grown leggy and out of shape — Boulevard shrub. Reshaped and cleaned out.

The same specimen shrub reshaped with the base cleared out — Specimen shrub. Reshaped and the base cleared.

A large specimen shrub with loose growth breaking up its shape — Specimen shrub. Reshaped and the base cleared.

The same frontage bed cut back below the windows and shaped — Frontage bed. Cut back off the windows and shaped.

A frontage bed grown up over the storefront windows — Frontage bed. Cut back off the windows and shaped.

The same entrance bed seen from the walkway side — Entrance bed along the curb.

Junipers along a commercial entrance curb — Entrance bed along the curb.

A commercial corner bed cut back clear of the sidewalk — Corner bed after the cut, clear of the walkway.

On every contract

What comes with a commercial contract here

If somebody falls on your lot, you will be asked when the site was last attended and what went down on it. Every contract here is built so that answer already exists in writing, and so the insurance standing behind it is bound before we ever turn up.

$5M liability, bound before your first serviced day

Commercial general liability of five million dollars, bound before your first serviced day, with the property owner and the management company named as Additional Insured as standard, rather than something you have to ask for.

The certificate goes out before we start on site and is reissued at every renewal, with current WSIB clearance alongside it.

Every attendance logged and photographed

Arrival time, departure time, conditions, work performed, material applied, and photographs, recorded on site, every single visit, at every service level.

Delivered to you monthly. This is the file you need if somebody falls, and Ontario gives them 60 days to serve notice, so the first you hear of it can be two months after the day in question.

The owner answers the storm line

At 5 AM in a storm, the person who picks up is the person who can actually make a call on your site, rather than a call centre taking a message.

Your site is looked after by the owner, on his own route: we do not sublet the overflow to someone you have never met.

Now surveying for the 2026 to 27 season

Commercial contracts run November 15 to April 15, and we survey, measure and quote year round. Tell us when your current contract ends and we will time the follow up to that.

The 60-day rule, and why your records matter more than they used to

Since January 2021, section 6.1 of Ontario's Occupiers' Liability Act has required anyone injured by snow or ice to serve written notice within 60 days. A late claim usually fails. A proper one lands two months after the incident, when nobody remembers what the lot looked like at 4 AM in January. Unless it was written down, which is why the site log is standard on every contract rather than an upgrade.

Who we work for

Four kinds of property, four different jobs

Here is what each one actually needs. The price is confirmed when we walk the site.

Small plazas & strip malls

Tenants complain to the landlord first, so reliability beats price.

Condo & townhome complexes

Visitor parking, the fire route and every walkway between the blocks, cleared on the same pass, so no resident is left waiting on a second visit.

Small offices, medical & professional

Staff and patients all arrive inside the same narrow window, so the lot and the front entrance matter far more than the back of the property.

Churches, schools & community buildings

Everybody arrives at once, at a service time or a school bell, so the clearing is timed to that rather than to wherever we happen to be on the route.

Pricing

What it costs

Snow and ice starts at $3,450 for the full season, November 15 to April 15, with as many visits as the storms need at a measured 5 cm trigger, so a heavy winter costs you what a mild one does.

Grounds starts at $3,500 a season across 26 visits, one a week on a fixed day. Every visit carries a hard edge, and across the season it covers the beds, the shrubs, the fertilizer program and both cleanups. A written site report reaches you every month.

Put both on one contract and it is billed in twelve equal monthly instalments, with one agreement, one invoice and one number to call. It also means no argument in April about whether the plow or the mower damaged the turf edge, because it was us either way and we will fix it.

Every tier above those starting prices is published in full on the two pages below, because you should not have to ring for a range.

Snow and ice, every tier priced Grounds, every tier priced

How it works

From first call to first storm

We survey the site

At no cost, in person, with a measuring wheel. Yours to keep either way.

You get three options

In writing within 48 hours. Scope, exclusions in bold, three priced options.

We set the site up

Certificate of Insurance naming you, a marked site plan, hazard markers in before the freeze.

We deliver, and prove it

Text before every storm with our timing. Every attendance logged and photographed, delivered monthly.

Questions property managers ask

What insurance do you carry?

$5,000,000 commercial general liability, $2,000,000 non-owned automobile, full commercial auto on every vehicle. The $5M limit is bound before your first serviced day, and you get the certificate and a current WSIB clearance before we start, with the owner and the management company named as Additional Insured.

Are you Smart About Salt certified?

We are completing it: ask for the certificate before you sign. It means salt is applied to a documented standard rather than by guesswork, and it supports a due diligence defence if a claim is ever made.

How quickly will our site be cleared?

Full Service means the site is clear before your doors open: overnight snowfall targeted for 7 AM, daytime snowfall within six hours of it stopping. Zero Tolerance holds bare pavement through the storm, with a target two-hour cycle between passes. We will tell you if your site is too far from our routes to hold that cycle. We would rather lose the contract than miss it in February.

We are tendering. Can you bid?

Yes. Send the documents and we will respond in the format you need. If your board wants three quotes, we are happy to be one of them and to be measured on documentation and insurance rather than on price alone.

What three of our customers wrote on Google

Every word below is theirs, copied from the public listing. Three reviews, three five star ratings, nothing edited.

“Absolutely wonderful guy to deal with! He cares about improving the look of your property. Does excellent work and I highly recommend him”

Kelly B14 reviews on Google

“Andrew knocked on my door in Oshawa and I signed up for snow removal before the first storm. He walked the driveway with me, explained exactly when they clear and what happens on a smaller snowfall, and did not dodge a single question about price. Everything was in writing before I signed. I have dealt with plow guys who disappear by January, so knowing my driveway is on a route and I am not chasing anyone at 6 AM is worth it. Will update after the first storm.”

David HoganLocal Guide, 21 reviews on Google

“I was delighted to meet Andrew yesterday. Andrew provided me with a fall cleanup, and I found him to be a very responsible worker. He went above and beyond by doing many extras for me. I also entrusted him with my winter services. I gave him consent to shovel the snow and salt my property for the full season.”

Louise Corby3 reviews on Google, price assessment: reasonable price

Read all three in full, one page each, or check every word on Google

The work, photographed

Real Northline properties, before and after, every one of them in Oshawa and every one of them this year. Drag the line to compare.

A front walk after a Northline cut and trim — Residential. A front walk, cut and trimmed back to the edge of the path.

The same front walk before the visit — Residential. A front walk, cut and trimmed back to the edge of the path.

A front garden bed cleared of leaves after a Northline fall cleanup — A front garden bed, leaves raked out of the bed and blown off the lawn.

The same front garden bed covered in fallen leaves — A front garden bed, leaves raked out of the bed and blown off the lawn.

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What a commercial occupier in Whitby is actually on the hook for

Whitby brought in a new Clean Community By-law on April 1, 2026, and it gives every non residential property twenty four hours to clear its own walkways, driveways, lanes and parking areas. That is the only hard deadline any government puts on a private lot in this town, and it sits beside a separate and much older question about liability after a fall. Both are written out, with the sections quoted and the penalties named, in commercial snow removal in Whitby, read clause by clause.

The money side of all of it, meaning how a seasonal figure gets built, when a per visit agreement is the better buy, and why one property is measured against a different legal standard in each community we serve, is set out in commercial snow removal cost in Durham Region.

If you are not ready to ask for a price yet

How the snow service actually runsThe season, the trigger, the order of service and the hours the machine runs, all in one place.When to book snow removalThe route closes November 30, and this is what booking early does and does not get you.What snow removal costs in OshawaPer clear against the season price, with the arithmetic shown.

Andrew answers, October 2026

Why is your season longer than everybody else's?

Because November and April are when the awkward storms happen, and a season that ends on March 31 ends three weeks before the last one. November 1 to May 1 is six months and both ends of it are published, which is the part that matters: a season you can read is a season you can hold me to.

One of these goes on each page and it is replaced monthly. If the question you have is not here, ask it: 905-244-5779.

Get a commercial quote for your property

Send me the address and I will walk the property, measure it and put three priced options in writing inside 48 hours, at no cost. The survey is yours to keep whether you hire us or not.

Request a site survey Call or text 905-244-5779

Green in summer. Clear in winter.