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Originally Posted by GreaterMontréal
One of the thing I know is that in Quebec, there is almost no sidewalks in new residential neighborhoods. They are often only present close to schools, sometimes as an afterthought. I think one of the reasons why is because of winter. In Quebec, there is no law that requires owners to clear the snow in front or adjacent of their properties. They expect the city to do all the job.
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Timmins is exactly the same. Sidewalks don't exist on most streets built since the 1980s. We also don't have laws that makes us clear the snow and expectations are on the city.
Only about a third of our sidewalks have snow removal and our city council recently discussed doing fewer sidewalks.