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Leaving a home vacant in Ontario
Ice storms, lake-effect snow, humidity and freeze-thaw across a very large geographic range.
Ontario spans a wide range of conditions, from the relatively moderate southwest to genuinely severe northern winters. Southern Ontario's distinctive vacancy risks are ice storms, freeze-thaw cycling, and summer humidity that produces basement moisture and mould in unconditioned properties.
Ice storms are the standout regional risk: extended power outages leave properties without heat for days, which turns an ordinary winter vacancy into a freeze event.
This page is a resource. Direct property-care services are currently provided in Greater Calgary only.
Vacant-property risks in Ontario
- Ice storms causing extended power outages and loss of heating.
- Lake-effect snow producing very heavy localised accumulation.
- Freeze-thaw cycling with ice damming and meltwater intrusion.
- Summer humidity producing basement moisture and mould in unconditioned properties.
- Radon concentrations above guideline in parts of the province.
Property in Greater Calgary?
Direct property-care services are currently provided there. This page is a resource for everywhere else.