Buying a snow blower toronto means buying for 115 cm of snow a season, for the way that snow behaves in Ontario, and for whatever the plow leaves across the end of your driveway. This page covers all three, then shows the machines we hold in Canada and ship to Toronto.
Snow blower Toronto at a glance
Here is the whole answer for Toronto in one table.
| Toronto | |
|---|---|
| Season snowfall | 115 cm |
| Clears that need a machine | About 5 a winter |
| Driveway we size for | Single width, about 400 sq ft |
| Width we would fit | 22 to 26 inch |
| Plow ridge | Occasional |
| Season length | The Toronto season realistically runs from the middle of December to the beginning of March |
Snowfall and what it means
Toronto averages roughly 115 cm of snow in a season. Toronto sits in the mildest band of any large Canadian city outside the coast. The lake holds the temperature up, so a good share of the season arrives as wet snow rather than powder, and a fair amount of it melts before the next event.
The trap is under buying. A hundred and fifteen centimetres sounds gentle, so people buy the smallest machine, then meet one February event of dense lake effect snow that a light single stage machine simply pushes around.
| City | Season snowfall | What we would fit |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 115 cm | 22 to 26 inch |
| Sudbury | 267 cm | Two stage |
| Barrie | 253 cm | Two stage |
| Ottawa | 223 cm | Two stage |
| Vancouver | 38 cm | Powered shovel |
The Toronto season realistically runs from the middle of December to the beginning of March, with January doing most of the work.
What size suits a Toronto driveway
Housing runs from narrow downtown lots with a single track drive to wide suburban doubles in Scarborough and Etobicoke. Storage is the constraint downtown, where a two stage machine has to live somewhere and there is often no garage.
A drive in Leslieville and a drive in north Etobicoke are barely the same job, and the machine that suits one is wrong for the other.
| If your driveway is | And the surface is | Then buy |
|---|---|---|
| Under 400 sq ft | Paved | A powered shovel or compact single stage |
| 400 to 900 sq ft | Paved, no plow ridge | A single stage machine of 18 to 22 inch |
| 400 to 900 sq ft | Gravel, or plowed in | A two stage machine of 24 inch or more |
| Over 900 sq ft | Anything | A two stage machine of 26 inch or more |
The 22 to 26 inch band is where most Toronto driveways land. Treat it as a starting point rather than a rule, then check it against your own numbers with the size calculator.
Snow blowers we ship to Toronto
Every machine below is held in Canadian stock and ships to Toronto addresses, priced in Canadian dollars with no duty on arrival.
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Gas Snow Blowers
42″ Snow Blower, Stand-On, 420 cc, tracks, 12V electric start, LED light (Available August 18, 2026)
$5,999.00 to $6,249.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Gas Snow Blowers
32″ Motorized brush and 22″ snow blower , 2 in 1, 212 cc
$1,299.00 to $1,449.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Gas Snow Blowers
28″ Snow Blower, 252 cc, electric and recoil start, heated handles, LED light
$1,599.00 to $1,799.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Gas Snow Blowers
34″ Snow Blower, 375 cc, electric and recoil start, heated handles, LED light
$1,999.00 to $2,199.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Gas Snow Blowers
34″ Snow Blower, 420 cc, tracks, electric start, heated handles, LED light
$2,399.00 to $2,599.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Gas Snow Blowers
26″ Snow Blower, 252 cc, tracks, electric and recoil start, heated handles, LED light
$1,799.00 to $1,999.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Gas Snow Blowers
30″ Snow Blower, 302 cc, electric and recoil start, heated handles, LED light
$1,799.00 to $1,999.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Gas Snow Blowers
26″ Snow Blower, 212 cc, electric and recoil start, heated handles, LED light
$1,349.00 to $1,549.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Single stage or two stage in Toronto
Toronto only sends plows to residential streets once accumulation passes a threshold, so in a light winter the ridge never appears and in a heavy one it appears several times in a week. Buying for the average here is how people get caught out.
One moving assembly against two. Single stage machines scoop and throw with the same rubber paddle, which is why they contact the ground. Two stage machines separate the jobs: an auger collects, an impeller throws, and nothing rides on the surface.
| Question | Answer that means single stage | Answer that means two stage |
|---|---|---|
| What is underneath? | Concrete or asphalt | Gravel, stone or an unsealed edge |
| Is your street plowed? | Rarely, or never | Most storms |
| How deep is a bad event? | Under 20 cm | Over 20 cm |
| Where will it live? | A shed or a corner | A garage with room to move |
For Toronto the plow ridge is the deciding factor. If a bank appears across the end of your drive most storms, buy two stage and stop weighing it up. If your street is seldom plowed and the surface is paved, a single stage machine is lighter, cheaper and easier to live with. The mechanics are set out in what is a 2 stage snow blower.
Delivery to Toronto
There is no Toronto showroom to walk into. We hold stock in Canada and ship it out, which is a large part of why the prices are where they are.
- Orders over $999 ship free anywhere in the country.
- Two stage machines go freight rather than parcel, delivered on a lift equipped truck by appointment.
- No border in the transaction. The stock is already here, so the price on the page is the price you pay.
- Set up takes an unhurried hour at most, and a powered shovel is out of the box and working in ten minutes.
Order ahead of the season if you can. Once the first real storm lands, stock moves in every city at once and the choice narrows to whatever is left. Ask us about timing to Toronto before you commit.
Parts and service
A snow blower is a ten year purchase, and the parts position matters more than the specification sheet. We carry 244 lines of spares against the 72 machines we sell.
- Belts, both drive and auger
- Shear pins
- Wear items: paddles, scraper bars, skid shoes
- Friction wheels and drive plates
- Carburettors, filters and fuel line
- Chutes, deflectors and cranks
Being in a large city does not help as much as people assume. Independent small engine workshops have thinned out across Toronto, and the ones left are booked solid the week you need them.
See what we hold in the parts catalogue. Diagnosing first is cheaper than guessing, and the repair guide covers the common failures.
Getting ready for a Toronto winter
The habit that saves Toronto owners the most workshop visits is fuel discipline. Petrol left in a carburettor over a Canadian summer turns to varnish, and a machine that will not start in December usually failed the previous August.
Toronto machines spend long stretches idle between events, which makes fuel stabiliser more important here than in a city where the blower runs weekly.
- Run it dry or stabilise it before storage, and never leave untreated fuel in the tank across the summer.
- Change the oil at the end of the season rather than the start, so the engine sits on clean oil.
- Check the shear pins in autumn. They are meant to break, and a spare set costs a few dollars against a February callout.
- Store batteries part charged rather than flat, and keep them out of an unheated shed if you can.
- Test start it in October, in daylight, with time to fix whatever it tells you.
The full sequence is in the maintenance checklist, and if it is already refusing to start, work through snow blower will not start before assuming the worst.
What a season costs in Toronto
At 115 cm a season, Toronto works out at roughly 5 meaningful clears in an average winter, plus a handful of light passes a shovel would cover.
| Option | Cost across five Toronto winters | What you give up |
|---|---|---|
| Shovel only | About $40 | Your back, and roughly 40 hours |
| Contractor | $2,000 to $4,500 | Control of when it gets done |
| Compact machine | $400 to $1,050 | Capability on a plow ridge |
| Two stage machine | $1,500 to $2,800 | Storage space in the garage |
Seasonal contracts in Toronto run high because labour does, and a full winter contract on a modest drive frequently costs more than a decent single stage machine outright.
The arithmetic is not subtle. In Toronto a contractor overtakes the price of a capable two stage machine somewhere in the third or fourth season, and after that the machine is free and the contract is not.
Rental works for a one off. It does not work for a season, because the day you want it is the day every other person in Toronto wants it too. The honest comparison is set out in rent or buy, and current pricing sits on the Canadian price guide.
Other cities we ship to
The same stock and the same free delivery threshold apply right across Canada. If you are near Toronto, these pages carry the local snowfall and sizing detail.
- Snow blowers in Mississauga, 108 cm a season
- Snow blowers in Brampton, 110 cm a season
- Snow blowers in Hamilton, 150 cm a season
- Snow blowers in Barrie, 253 cm a season
Every city we have written up is indexed on snow blowers by city. We ship well beyond that list, so tell us where you are and we will give you a real delivery date.
Guides worth reading
Written for Canadian conditions rather than a generic North American average.
- Snow blower size calculator
- Snow blower sizes compared
- 2 stage against 3 stage
- How to start a snow blower
- How to operate one safely
- Shear pins and replacement
- The Canadian buying guide
The snowfall figures on this page come from the station level climate normals published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. On the safety side, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety sets out why clearing snow by hand is harder on the heart than most people expect.
Snow blower Toronto buying checklist
Five minutes with a tape measure and this list will tell you more than an hour of reading reviews. Every snow blower toronto decision below is one people get wrong.
- Take a tape measure to the driveway. Length, width, and the narrowest point the machine has to pass. A snow blower toronto sized from memory is how people end up with a blower that will not fit through the side gate.
- Look down at the surface. Gravel, stone or an unsealed edge means two stage, and careful driving does not make a paddle machine safe on it.
- Watch what the plow does. The ridge is the hardest snow you will meet all winter, and it is why most snow blower toronto buyers move up to two stage.
- Be realistic about time. Every snow blower toronto listing here states its clearing width, and width is simply how many minutes you spend outside.
- Pick the power source honestly. Battery is quieter and starts every time, petrol runs longer and does not fade in deep cold.
- Ask about spares before you buy. We hold 244 parts in Canada, which is what turns a snow blower toronto repair in year six into an order rather than a hunt.
Snow blower Toronto prices
Snow blower Toronto prices start at $139.34 for a powered shovel and reach $5,999 for a tracked commercial machine. Most Toronto driveways settle between $500 and $1,600, and because delivery is free across Canada the snow blower toronto figure you see is the figure you pay.
Snow blower Toronto delivery
Every snow blower toronto order leaves Canadian stock, which is why there is no customs charge and no wait at a border crossing. Order before the first storm and the machine is in the garage with time to spare.
Common questions
What size snow blower do I need in Toronto?
For a standard double driveway in Toronto we would fit 22 to 26 inch. Toronto averages 115 cm a season, and the deciding factor is usually whether the plow banks the end of your drive rather than the seasonal total. The common Toronto case we size for is a single width drive of about 45 by 9 feet, roughly 400 square feet, often with a fence on one side and no room to turn at the end.
Do you deliver to Toronto?
Yes. We ship to every Toronto address from Canadian stock, free above $999 and at standard courier rates below that. Courier coverage across Toronto is dense, so smaller machines move quickly, and pallet freight to a downtown address needs somewhere the tail lift can actually stop.
Is a single stage machine enough for Toronto?
Often yes. Toronto takes about 115 cm a season, so on a paved driveway the plow rarely banks, a single stage machine is lighter, cheaper and easier to store. Move to two stage if the surface is gravel or a ridge appears most storms.
How long does a clear take in Toronto?
On a typical double of about 1,000 square feet, a 24 inch machine takes roughly 12 to 15 minutes and a 28 inch machine closer to 10. Across 5 or so meaningful clears in a Toronto season, that gap adds up to real hours.
Should I buy battery or petrol in Toronto?
Battery suits shorter clears and starts without fuel maintenance. Petrol suits long driveways and sustained cold, because runtime does not fall away as temperature drops. In Toronto, battery is a genuinely practical choice for most owners.
Do you stock parts for Toronto customers?
Yes. We hold 244 service parts by manufacturer stock number against the 72 machines we sell, including belts, shear pins, paddles, friction wheels, chutes and carburettors. Being in a large city does not help as much as people assume. Independent small engine workshops have thinned out across Toronto, and the ones left are booked solid the week you need them.
When is the best time to buy in Toronto?
Before the season starts. Demand rises roughly sixteen fold by December and stock runs short nationally during the first serious storm. Buying in autumn means choosing the machine that fits your driveway rather than accepting what is left.