Buying a snow blower windsor means buying for 111 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 Windsor.
Snow blower Windsor at a glance
Here is the whole answer for Windsor in one table.
| Windsor | |
|---|---|
| Season snowfall | 111 cm |
| Clears that need a machine | About 4 a winter |
| Driveway we size for | Double width, about 650 sq ft |
| Width we would fit | 22 to 24 inch |
| Plow ridge | Occasional |
| Season length | The season is short |
Snowfall and what it means
Windsor averages roughly 111 cm of snow in a season. Windsor is the mildest city on this list and the furthest south in the country. A good share of what falls here turns to rain before it lands, and much of the rest is gone within days.
This is one of the few cities where we regularly talk people out of a two stage machine. On a flat paved Windsor double that is rarely plowed in, a good single stage machine clears faster and stores in a fraction of the space.
| City | Season snowfall | What we would fit |
|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 111 cm | 22 to 24 inch |
| Quebec City | 303 cm | Two stage |
| Montreal | 210 cm | Two stage |
| Calgary | 129 cm | Compact or mid size |
| Regina | 101 cm | Compact or mid size |
The season is short, running from late December to the end of February, and some winters barely justify the name.
What size suits a Windsor driveway
The city is flat, the streets are wide and the driveways are conventional suburban doubles with room to work. Physically this is close to the easiest clearing job in Canada.
Windsor is consistent. Flat ground, wide streets and conventional driveways from one end of the city to the other make this an unusually simple sizing conversation.
| 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 |
For Windsor we would begin at 22 to 24 inch 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.
Single stage or two stage in Windsor
With a total this low, residential plowing is infrequent and the municipal ridge is a minor part of the decision rather than the thing you buy the machine for.
Think of it as contact against clearance. The paddle on a single stage machine is meant to touch the driveway, which is what gives it bite on a flat surface. A two stage auger sits above the ground on adjustable shoes and hands the snow to an impeller.
| 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 |
Do not overthink it. A Windsor driveway that gets plowed in wants an auger, every time. One that does not, and that is properly paved, is well served by a paddle machine at half the price and a third of the weight. There is more detail in what is a 2 stage snow blower.
Snow blowers we ship to Windsor
Every machine below is held in Canadian stock and ships to Windsor 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
What a season costs in Windsor
At 111 cm a season, Windsor works out at roughly 4 meaningful clears in an average winter, plus a handful of light passes a shovel would cover.
| What you pay for | Contractor | Your own machine |
|---|---|---|
| The clearing itself | Every winter, forever | Once |
| Turning up when you want | On their schedule | On yours |
| A second pass after the plow | Often extra | Free |
| Paths, steps and the car | Rarely included | Included |
| Resale at the end | Nothing | A working machine |
Contract clearing here is cheap because there is so little to clear, which is one of the few cities where the contract genuinely competes with owning a machine.
Contract clearing in Windsor 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.
The flaw in renting is timing. Availability collapses precisely when the snow arrives, and a machine you cannot collect is worth nothing. The honest comparison is set out in rent or buy, and current pricing sits on the Canadian price guide.
Delivery to Windsor
There is no Windsor 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.
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 Windsor, tell us and we will give you a real one.
Getting ready for a Windsor winter
The habit that saves Windsor 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 only a handful of real clears a year, a Windsor machine spends eleven months idle, which makes fuel stabiliser and a dry storage spot the whole of the maintenance story.
- No untreated fuel over the summer. Varnish in a carburettor is a workshop job, and it is entirely avoidable.
- Change oil when you put it away, so it stores clean rather than dirty.
- Spare shear pins on the shelf. A snapped pin with no replacement ends the day.
- Charge batteries to about half before storage and keep them somewhere heated.
- Test it in the autumn, before the weather makes a small fault into a large inconvenience.
The complete routine sits on the maintenance checklist page, and snow blower will not start deals with the machine that has already let you down.
Parts and service
Buying the machine is the easy part. Keeping it running in year six is what separates a good purchase from an expensive one, which is why we stock 244 parts against 72 machines rather than selling and walking away.
- Drive and auger belts
- Shear bolts
- Paddles, scrapers and skid shoes
- Friction discs
- Fuel system components
- Chute assemblies and control cables
Small engine work in Windsor is mostly lawn and garden work, so snow machine parts are less commonly stocked locally than they are further north.
Everything above is listed in the parts catalogue, and the repair guide walks through what usually goes wrong and in what order.
Guides worth reading
Background reading, none of it borrowed from American buying guides.
- Single stage against two stage
- The Canadian buying guide
- Snow blower sizes compared
- How to operate one safely
- Snow blower size calculator
- How to start a snow blower
- The maintenance checklist
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.
Other cities we ship to
The same stock and the same free delivery threshold apply right across Canada. If you are near Windsor, these pages carry the local snowfall and sizing detail.
- Snow blowers in London, 194 cm a season
- Snow blowers in Cambridge, 152 cm a season
- Snow blowers in Hamilton, 150 cm a season
- Snow blowers in St Catharines, 122 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.
Snow blower Windsor buying checklist
Work through these before you buy. Almost every snow blower windsor return we process traces back to one of these points being assumed rather than checked.
- Write down three numbers: driveway length, driveway width, and the narrowest gap the machine must fit through. Every snow blower windsor decision follows from those.
- Identify the surface honestly. Half gravel still counts as gravel, and it still means two stage.
- Think about February, not December. The compacted plow bank is what a snow blower windsor has to beat, and fresh powder tells you nothing about that.
- Convert width into time. Four extra inches on a snow blower windsor is several minutes per clear, multiplied across a whole winter.
- Match the power source to the driveway. Battery for short and frequent, petrol for long and cold.
- Check spares before you spend. A snow blower windsor whose parts are stocked in Canada is a different purchase from one whose parts are not.
Snow blower Windsor prices
Snow blower Windsor prices start at $139.34 for a powered shovel and reach $5,999 for a tracked commercial machine. Most Windsor driveways settle between $500 and $1,600, and because delivery is free across Canada the snow blower windsor figure you see is the figure you pay.
Snow blower Windsor delivery
Every snow blower windsor 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 is the right snow blower size in Windsor?
Windsor is a 111 cm city, which puts a standard double driveway on 22 to 24 inch. The case we size for is a flat paved double of about 48 by 18 feet with a garage at the end and proper turning room, which is close to the easiest job in Canada.
Is shipping to Windsor free?
Above $999, yes, anywhere in Canada. Below that, standard courier rates apply. Delivery across Windsor and Essex County is straightforward, and driveways here are wide enough that freight is rarely an issue.
Will a light machine cope in Windsor?
On a paved Windsor driveway that is rarely plowed in, yes. On gravel, or where the plow banks you in, no amount of care makes a paddle machine the right tool.
Is a snow blower worth it for only 111 cm?
It is about 4 clears a winter, and each one is 10 to 15 minutes with a machine against an hour with a shovel. The season is short, running from late December to the end of February, and some winters barely justify the name.
Which power source suits Windsor?
With only a handful of real clears a year, a Windsor machine spends eleven months idle, which makes fuel stabiliser and a dry storage spot the whole of the maintenance story. Both are represented in the range on this page, and neither is wrong for the city as such.
Are parts available for these machines in Windsor?
All 244 of the parts we carry ship to Windsor. Small engine work in Windsor is mostly lawn and garden work, so snow machine parts are less commonly stocked locally than they are further north.
When do you recommend ordering for Windsor?
Autumn. It gives you the full range, an unhurried hour to assemble the machine, and time to fix anything the first test start reveals. The season is short, running from late December to the end of February, and some winters barely justify the name.