Snow Blower Laval: Sizing for 205 cm Winters

Buying a snow blower laval means buying for 205 cm of snow a season, for the way that snow behaves in Quebec, 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 Laval.

26 inch tracked two stage snow blower, 252 cc, with electric start, suited to 205 cm seasons in Laval, Quebec

Snow blower Laval at a glance

Everything below expands on these six numbers.

Laval
Season snowfall 205 cm
Clears that need a machine About 8 a winter
Driveway we size for Double width, about 700 sq ft
Width we would fit 26 to 28 inch two stage
Plow ridge Yes, most storms
Season length The season runs from late November into early April

Snowfall and what it means

Laval averages roughly 205 cm of snow in a season. Laval takes a heavy island season with the same dense snow Montreal gets, but with more room to deal with it. What falls tends to stay put, and it accumulates through the season rather than melting off between events.

The driveways here are wide rather than long, which flips the usual sizing logic. A narrow machine on a Laval double means three or four extra passes every single clear, and over a two hundred centimetre season that is hours.

City Season snowfall What we would fit
Laval 205 cm 26 to 28 inch two stage
Sudbury 267 cm Two stage
Kitchener 160 cm Two stage
Edmonton 124 cm Compact or mid size
Saskatoon 106 cm Compact or mid size

The season runs from late November into early April, and in a heavy year the machine is out most weeks of January and February.

What size suits a Laval driveway

This is a post war suburb of bungalows and split levels, which means an unusually consistent job: wide double driveways, short approaches, and a garage at the end of most of them. Clearing width matters more here than throwing distance.

Laval is unusually consistent. Street after street of post war bungalows means the sizing conversation here is nearly the same from one end of the island to the other.

Machine class Clearing width Suits Rough price
Powered shovel 10 to 13 inch Paths, steps, small city frontages $139 to $580
Compact single stage 16 to 21 inch Short paved drives $279 to $850
Mid size 22 to 24 inch Standard doubles $321 to $1,449
Large two stage 25 to 34 inch Long drives and plow ridges $1,299 to $2,399

We would fit 26 to 28 inch two stage for a typical Laval property. Where that answer changes is on very long drives and in houses with nowhere to put a large machine, and the calculator accounts for both.

What a season costs in Laval

At 205 cm a season, Laval works out at roughly 8 meaningful clears in an average winter, plus a handful of light passes a shovel would cover.

26 inch two stage snow blower, 212 cc, on deep lugged winter tires, a common choice for 205 cm winters in Laval
Route Up front Per season Five year total
Clearing by hand $40 for a shovel Nothing but time and risk About $40
Hiring a contractor Nothing $400 to $900 in Laval $2,000 to $4,500
A compact machine $278 to $850 $20 to $40 in fuel or power About $400 to $1,050
A two stage machine $1,299 to $2,399 $40 to $80 plus the odd part About $1,500 to $2,800

Because the drives are wide, contractors price Laval by area rather than by length, and a season on a double here is not far off the price of a capable machine.

The arithmetic is not subtle. In Laval 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.

Hiring by the day suits an unusual storm and nothing else. Across a whole Laval winter the daily rate overtakes ownership quickly. The honest comparison is set out in rent or buy, and current pricing sits on the Canadian price guide.

Snow blowers we ship to Laval

Every machine below is held in Canadian stock and ships to Laval addresses, priced in Canadian dollars with no duty on arrival.

Single stage or two stage in Laval

Laval clears residential streets on a route cycle and reserves full removal for the arterials, so the bank left across a residential drive stays where it lands rather than being hauled away.

A single stage machine has one job to do and does it with a paddle that reaches the ground. A two stage machine splits the work between an auger that breaks the snow up and an impeller that sends it away, and it never scrapes the surface at all.

Situation What actually happens
Single stage on gravel It picks up stones and throws them, at speed
Single stage on a plow ridge It climbs the bank rather than cutting it
Two stage on a short paved drive It works, but you are storing and pushing more machine than you need
Two stage on a long or gravel drive It is the only sensible answer

The honest Laval rule: buy two stage if the surface is loose or the plow banks you in, and buy single stage if neither is true. Everything else, price, brand, colour, is secondary to those two questions. Here is why.

30 inch tracked two stage snow blower, 302 cc, for uneven and sloped ground, the size we most often fit in Laval

Getting ready for a Laval winter

The habit that saves Laval 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.

With a garage at the end of nearly every drive, storage is rarely the constraint in Laval, so buyers can size on the width of the job rather than on where the machine will live.

  • Deal with the fuel first. Either run the carburettor dry or add stabiliser before it goes away for the summer.
  • Oil change in spring so the engine is not sitting on contaminated oil for half a year.
  • Keep spare shear pins in the garage. They are pennies and they are the difference between a pause and a lost storm.
  • Do not store batteries flat. Part charged and indoors is what keeps capacity through the off season.
  • Run it up in October. A test start is how you discover a problem while there is still time to solve it.

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.

Delivery to Laval

There is no Laval 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.

  • Free shipping over $999, with standard courier rates below that.
  • Pallet freight on the large machines, on a tail lift truck, with the carrier calling to agree a time rather than leaving it at the kerb.
  • Canadian stock, Canadian dollars, so there is no exchange rate at checkout and no customs charge on arrival.
  • Assembly is modest, roughly 30 to 45 minutes on a petrol two stage machine including the first oil fill, and under 10 minutes on a powered shovel.

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 Laval before you commit.

Guides worth reading

Written for Canadian conditions rather than a generic North American average.

Every snowfall figure quoted here is taken from the climate normals that Environment and Climate Change Canada publishes for the nearest reporting station, not from a single memorable winter. If you are weighing clearing snow by hand against buying a machine, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety is worth reading first.

Parts and service

Most machines are retired because a part could not be found, not because the engine failed. We hold 244 service lines in Canada against the 72 machines in the range, for exactly that reason.

  • 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

The island is well served for small engine work, but the same storm that breaks your machine breaks several hundred others, and the queue forms immediately.

See what we hold in the parts catalogue. Diagnosing first is cheaper than guessing, and the repair guide covers the common failures.

Snow blower Laval buying checklist

These are the checks that actually change the answer. Skip them and a snow blower laval order becomes a guess dressed up as a decision.

  • Get the dimensions right first. Nearly every disappointing snow blower laval purchase starts with a driveway that was guessed rather than measured.
  • Surface decides the type. Loose stone and a rubber paddle are a bad combination at speed.
  • Ask a neighbour how often the plow comes. That answer changes the snow blower laval you should buy more than the snowfall figure does.
  • Be honest about how long you will tolerate. A narrower snow blower laval is cheaper and slower, and slower is the part people forget.
  • Petrol or battery is a use question. Neither is better in the abstract.
  • Look at parts availability last, and take it seriously. 244 lines held in Canada is what keeps a snow blower laval out of landfill.

Snow blower Laval prices

Snow blower Laval prices start at $139.34 for a powered shovel and reach $5,999 for a tracked commercial machine. Most Laval driveways settle between $500 and $1,600, and because delivery is free across Canada the snow blower laval figure you see is the figure you pay.

Snow blower Laval delivery

Every snow blower laval 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.

Other cities we ship to

The same stock and the same free delivery threshold apply right across Canada. If you are near Laval, these pages carry the local snowfall and sizing detail.

There is a full index at snow blowers by city. Not seeing your town does not mean we do not deliver there, it means we have not written the page yet, so get in touch.

Common questions

How big should my snow blower be for Laval?

Size on the area you actually clear, not on the snowfall figure. The typical Laval case is a wide double of roughly 40 by 20 feet with a garage at the end, so the job is short, broad and repeated rather than long and narrow. At 205 cm a season that lands most Laval properties on 26 to 28 inch two stage.

How does delivery to Laval work?

Small machines go by courier and large two stage machines travel by pallet on a tail lift truck, with the carrier calling to agree a time. Suburban Laval is straightforward for both courier and pallet freight, with driveways wide enough that a tail lift delivery is rarely a problem.

Single stage or two stage for Laval?

Two stage, for most Laval driveways. At 205 cm with a municipal ridge across the end, a paddle machine spends the storm losing ground.

How many times a winter does Laval need clearing?

Roughly 8 meaningful clears in an average year. The season runs from late November into early April, and in a heavy year the machine is out most weeks of January and February.

Petrol or cordless for Laval conditions?

Cordless is quieter, starts every time and needs no fuel care. Petrol runs indefinitely and does not fade in deep cold. With a garage at the end of nearly every drive, storage is rarely the constraint in Laval, so buyers can size on the width of the job rather than on where the machine will live.

Can I get spares delivered to Laval?

Yes, on the same terms as the machines. The island is well served for small engine work, but the same storm that breaks your machine breaks several hundred others, and the queue forms immediately.

Is it too late to buy once it snows in Laval?

Not too late, but the choice narrows sharply. Every city runs short at the same time, so mid storm buying means taking what is available rather than what suits your drive.

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