Buying a snow blower st johns means buying for 335 cm of snow a season, for the way that snow behaves in Newfoundland and Labrador, 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 St Johns.
Snow blower St Johns at a glance
If you only read one part of this page, read this.
| St Johns | |
|---|---|
| Season snowfall | 335 cm |
| Clears that need a machine | About 13 a winter |
| Driveway we size for | Short steep drive, about 400 sq ft |
| Width we would fit | 30 inch two stage |
| Plow ridge | Yes, most storms |
| Season length | The season runs from late November to the middle of April |
Snowfall and what it means
St Johns averages roughly 335 cm of snow in a season. St Johns is the snowiest and windiest major city in Canada, and the two facts compound. Storms arrive off the Atlantic carrying wet snow, then the wind reworks it into drifts long after the snow itself has stopped.
Drifting is the real enemy here, not the snowfall figure. You can clear a drive at nine in the morning and find it filled again by noon without a single new flake having fallen.
| City | Season snowfall | What we would fit |
|---|---|---|
| St Johns | 335 cm | 30 inch two stage |
| Barrie | 253 cm | Two stage |
| Thunder Bay | 185 cm | Two stage |
| Hamilton | 150 cm | Two stage |
| Toronto | 115 cm | Compact or mid size |
The season runs from late November to the middle of April, which is among the longest in the country, and April here is not a formality.
What size suits a St Johns driveway
The city climbs steeply from the harbour, and the older streets have short, sharply sloped drives with nowhere at all to put what you remove.
Between the hills, the wind and the age of the housing, no two St Johns drives behave quite the same, and local knowledge beats any seasonal average.
| Driveway | Typical area | Suggested width | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single car, short | Under 400 sq ft | 13 to 18 inch | One pass each way and you are finished |
| Single car, standard | 400 to 700 sq ft | 18 to 22 inch | Wide enough to be quick, light enough to turn |
| Double car | 700 to 1,200 sq ft | 24 to 28 inch | Below this the pass count starts costing real time |
| Long or rural | Over 1,200 sq ft | 28 inch and up | Time per clear is the limit, not capability |
For St Johns we would begin at 30 inch two stage and adjust from there: longer drives push the number up, a shed with no spare corner pushes it down. The calculator does this arithmetic properly if you have a tape measure to hand.
Snow blowers we ship to St Johns
Every machine below is held in Canadian stock and ships to St Johns 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 St Johns
Clearing runs continuously through a storm and the city has a long history of full removal operations after the big ones. Between passes, the bank at the end of the drive is dense and frequently reworked by wind.
The mechanical difference is simple. A single stage machine drives a rubber paddle that touches the ground and throws in one movement. A two stage machine runs a steel auger that gathers and a separate impeller that throws, and the auger never touches 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 |
In St Johns the answer comes down to two things: what is under the snow, and whether the plow banks you in. Gravel or a regular ridge means two stage. Clean asphalt on a quiet street means you can save the money and the storage space. This guide explains why the auger matters.
Delivery to St Johns
Everything on this page ships to St Johns from Canadian stock. There is no shop floor, and no shop floor markup either.
- $999 is the free shipping threshold, which most machines clear on their own.
- Large machines are palletised and delivered by a truck with a lift, with a call ahead to arrange the window.
- Canadian inventory throughout, so there is no exchange rate surprise and no customs charge waiting.
- Assembly is a short job, well under an hour on the biggest machines and minutes on the smallest.
Buy in autumn rather than mid storm. Demand climbs steeply through November and December and availability follows it down. If you need a firm date for St Johns, tell us and we will give you a real one.
Parts and service
The question worth putting to any seller is what happens in year five. We hold 244 service parts by manufacturer stock number against 72 machines, so a belt or a shear pin is an order rather than a search.
- 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
Everything on this island arrives by boat or plane, which is precisely why we hold parts in Canadian stock rather than ordering them in after a failure.
Browse the full parts catalogue, or work through the repair guide if something has already stopped working.
Getting ready for a St Johns winter
Almost everything that goes wrong with a snow blower in St Johns is a storage problem rather than a running problem. What you do in April decides whether it starts in December.
After a 2020 style event a machine is worth nothing if the fuel is stale and the shear pins are missing, so a St Johns owner should be storm ready by the end of November.
- 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 St Johns
At 335 cm a season, St Johns works out at roughly 13 meaningful clears in an average winter, plus a handful of light passes a shovel would cover.
| Winter | Contractor in St Johns | Owning a two stage machine |
|---|---|---|
| First | $400 to $900 | $1,299 to $2,399 |
| Second | $800 to $1,800 | Plus about $60 |
| Third | $1,200 to $2,700 | Plus about $60 |
| Fourth | $1,600 to $3,600 | Plus a belt, say $90 |
| Fifth | $2,000 to $4,500 | Under $1,700 all in |
Contract clearing in St Johns is expensive because the work is genuinely hard and the season is long, so owning a machine pays back inside two winters on most drives.
Contract clearing in St Johns is a subscription. Buying is a purchase. Over any period longer than about three winters, the purchase wins on cost even after you allow for a service part or two.
Renting looks attractive right up to the moment you try to rent during a storm, which is exactly when you need it and exactly when the yard is empty. The honest comparison is set out in rent or buy, and current pricing sits on the Canadian price guide.
Other cities we ship to
Delivery does not stop at the St Johns boundary. Neighbouring cities have their own pages, built on their own snowfall data.
- Snow blowers in Halifax, 154 cm a season
- Snow blowers in Moncton, 264 cm a season
- Snow blowers in Charlottetown, 268 cm a season
- Snow blowers in Saguenay, 330 cm a season
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.
Guides worth reading
Background reading, none of it borrowed from American buying guides.
- Snow blower size calculator
- Snow blower sizes compared
- Single stage against two stage
- How to start a snow blower
- How to operate one safely
- The maintenance checklist
- The Canadian buying guide
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.
Snow blower St Johns buying checklist
Work through these before you buy. Almost every snow blower st johns return we process traces back to one of these points being assumed rather than checked.
- Measure, do not estimate. Ten minutes with a tape settles the snow blower st johns question better than a week of reading reviews.
- Check what the snow is sitting on. Anything loose underneath rules out a paddle machine on safety grounds alone.
- Find out how your street is cleared. A regular municipal ridge is the single strongest argument for a snow blower st johns with an auger.
- Count the minutes, not the inches. Clearing width on a snow blower st johns listing is really a statement about how long you stand in the cold.
- Choose petrol or battery on use, not preference. Short clears favour cordless; long or very cold ones favour an engine.
- Confirm the parts position. Our 244 stocked lines are the reason a snow blower st johns bought now is still running in a decade.
Snow blower St Johns prices
Snow blower St Johns prices start at $139.34 for a powered shovel and reach $5,999 for a tracked commercial machine. Most St Johns driveways settle between $500 and $1,600, and because delivery is free across Canada the snow blower st johns figure you see is the figure you pay.
Snow blower St Johns delivery
Every snow blower st johns 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
How big should my snow blower be for St Johns?
Size on the area you actually clear, not on the snowfall figure. The case we size for is a steep single of about 35 by 11 feet, often with a wall on one side and a drop on the other, and always exposed to wind. At 335 cm a season that lands most St Johns properties on 30 inch two stage.
How does delivery to St Johns 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. Freight to St Johns is reliable but weather dependent, so ordering in the autumn rather than in the middle of a January system is strongly advisable.
Single stage or two stage for St Johns?
Two stage, for most St Johns driveways. At 335 cm with a municipal ridge across the end, a paddle machine spends the storm losing ground.
How many times a winter does St Johns need clearing?
Roughly 13 meaningful clears in an average year. The season runs from late November to the middle of April, which is among the longest in the country, and April here is not a formality.
Petrol or cordless for St Johns conditions?
Cordless is quieter, starts every time and needs no fuel care. Petrol runs indefinitely and does not fade in deep cold. After a 2020 style event a machine is worth nothing if the fuel is stale and the shear pins are missing, so a St Johns owner should be storm ready by the end of November.
Can I get spares delivered to St Johns?
Yes, on the same terms as the machines. Everything on this island arrives by boat or plane, which is precisely why we hold parts in Canadian stock rather than ordering them in after a failure.
Is it too late to buy once it snows in St Johns?
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.