About Our Winter Operations
 Snow Plowing/Removal
The City of Brampton is responsible for plowing City-owned roads. In addition to plowing, we remove snow from bus stops, bridge sidewalks, school crossings, walkways and when necessary, from the centre of courts. For more detailed information on our plowing operations, see our Levels of Service.
Anti-Icing
Before a storm, road crews apply a liquid salt brine mixture to the roads to keep snow and ice from building up and sticking to the road. Anti-icing makes the roads easier to plow and also reduces the need to use solid salt.
Salting
Salt is an effective material for controlling snow and ice on roads. When warning of a snowfall or icing is received, major arterial roads are anti-iced to prevent ice and snow from sticking to the roads when using granular salt, it is placed on a 2-metre strip in the centre of the road and through vehicular traffic works its way down the curb. The combination of vehicular traffic, snow, ice and salt creates salt brine, which enables de-icing.
Quick Facts
Annually, work crews clear more than:
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3,248 lane kilometres of roads
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2,095 transit stops
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719 kilometres of designated sidewalks/walkways
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146 designated school crossings
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60 recreation centre and City parking lots
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