The Paramount Service teams throughout Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge started a salt service run as of 3 am on January 20, 2025 in Guelph. All management staff were monitoring all sites and the streamers that were coming through these areas during the early morning hours of January 20 and we had seen anywhere from a trace to a dusting of snowfall throughout. The salt service run was performed to help combat the snow that had fallen as well as any potential threats of snow squalls that may happen. Please note, with the frigid temperatures salt loses its effectiveness after -7°C so our teams are using Treated Salt but this can take time to react due to the temperatures sitting around -11°C. Temperatures throughout the evening and over the next few days this week are currently settling in what is being called the Polar Vortex. Temperatures are well below seasonal temperatures sitting around -7 with a low of -11 by 7 am on January 20 feeling like -21 with the windchill. ** UPDATE – As of 5 am on January 20 our salt supplier ran out of Treated Salt, our teams continued performing the service run with the regular salt. As mentioned, regular road salt loses its” effectiveness after -7°C and can take longer to react. All teams completed their salt service runs at 7 am on January 20, 2025. All teams remain on standby should further servicing be required. Our teams within Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge did not have to service, all teams remain on standby should this requirement change. Please check back to this site for future service level updates as our teams will continue to monitor.
Please check back to this site and our 24-Hour Snowline at 855-906-0279 ext. 1, as updates are made to both sites throughout any weather episode. For any questions or concerns regarding your properties, please email us, as phones and voicemails are not monitored regularly. Please email snowline@paramountlandscaping.ca, as this email is monitored throughout the winter months.