- Description
- Help clearing snow
Snow Go Program:- provides a matching service for seniors and people with disabilities looking to hire an individual or contractor to clear snow from private driveways and walkways
- residents who participate in this program are responsible for paying the individual or contractor removing the snow
Snow Go Assist Program:- provides financial assistance to eligible low-income seniors or persons with disabilities looking to hire an individual or contractor to clear snow from private driveways and walkways
- approved participants may be reimbursed for 50 % of the cost of snow clearing per event, up to a seasonal maximum of $250
- rural applicants who have excessively high cost of snow removal, as defined by staff, are eligible up to 50% of the cost of snow clearing for their private driveways and walkways per event, up to a maximum of $450 per term
- Eligibility
- Snow Go Program:
- seniors and people with disabilities
- Seniors Go Assist Program:
- seniors 60 years and older or persons with disabilities who are physically unable to clear snow from their private driveway and/or walkway due to their own disability
- must demonstrate they qualify as low income (annual income of less than $46,500 for a single individual and less than $56,000 for a household of two people or more)
- participants must provide proof of active enrolment in one or more of the following programs:
- Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
- Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefit
- Ontario Works plus proof of disability and/or age
- Essential Health and Social Supports plus proof of disability and/or age
- Home Help plus proof of disability and/or age
- low income senior or person with a disability (proof may be required)
- Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
- Special circumstances may be considered
- detailed proof must be provided
- Application Process
- Apply through agency in the proper catchment area; a list of agencies offering this program and a map is available on the website
- Documents Required
- No documents required
- Office
- No public telephone number - Phone number depends on the location of the agencies
- Web Site
- Visit Website
- Languages
- English, French
- Fees
- None
- Social Media
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Copyright
- Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario / Navigation communautaire de l’Est ontarien
- Last Updated On
- November 25, 2025
- Location
- Ottawa
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible - for the majority of branches
- Hours of Operation
- Irregular, call for details
- Service Area(s)
- Ottawa
