On this page:

• Planning worksheet
• Salt storage bin sticker
• Health and safety materials
• Area closed sign
• Free property review
• Templates and forms
• Guidelines and beneficial practices
• Webinar recordings and videos
• Fact sheets and articles

Free winter maintenance planning resources for business and commercial properties.

Planning worksheet

Includes beneficial practices to consider when developing a winter maintenance plan such as:

• Training and record keeping
• Preventing ice formation
• Parking lot design
• Winter maintenance practices
• Salt storage
• Preparing your site map

Salt storage bin sticker

• Attach to salt storage containers as a reminder about responsible salt use
• 8 x 6 inch sticker with peel off back

Caution window decal

• Caution slippery during winter conditions window decal
• Display at entrances as a health and safety reminder
• Vinyl window cling, printed on one side
• Self-sticks to glass, removable at end of season
• 5 x 7.5 inches
• Available in four layouts

Poster: Winterize your feet

• Health and safety reminder to wear proper winter footwear
• Two designs available
• 8.5 x 11 inches
• Request printed copies or download PDF file to print
• Winterize your feet poster 1 PDF print file
• Winterize your feet poster 2 PDF print file

Area closed outdoor sign

• Display at closed areas not receiving winter maintenance
• Use as a communications tool to inform staff and visitors
• Close off unneeded areas that do not block emergency exits, accessibility ramps or entrances
• Examples of areas to close include overflow parking, seasonal patios, and extra walkways and stairways

Benefits of closing areas might include:

• Focus efforts on high traffic areas
• Reduce plowing and salting costs and repairs from salt damage
• Manage risk from potential slip and fall hazards
• Provide space to store plowed snow

Sign specifications:

• Size: 30 cm wide x 45 cm high (12 inches wide x 18 inches high)
• Material: aluminum steel
• Weight: 0.5 kg (1.1 lbs.)
• Display options: hang from chains, mount on post or attach to fence (property owner responsible for hardware to display sign)

Free property review

Properties near municipal groundwater wells may need to follow a winter maintenance Risk Management Plan as a requirement of the Grand River Source Protection Plan, 2022 and Clean Water Act, 2006.

For a limited time, the Region of Waterloo is offering free property reviews to properties requiring a risk management plan. During the 60-minute consultation, a Region of Waterloo representative will walk the property with you to identify actions to reduce salt use while maintaining winter safety.

Find out if your business requires a risk management plan and qualifies for this free service. If your property does not require a risk management plan, you will be directed to an alternate planning worksheet you can use to design your winter maintenance plan.