Ottawa. City Operations

Snow Go Assist Program

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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 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 $31,500 for a single individual and less than $39,200 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)