Only in Ottawa could snow plows become local celebrities.
The City has officially given names to 24 snow plows, after inviting residents to submit ideas and vote on their favourites. What’s usually just part of the background of winter has suddenly become something people are talking about, sharing, and smiling over.
Because if you live here, you know: those plows matter. They’re the reason you can get to work after a storm, why your street is passable at 6 a.m., and how the city keeps moving when winter really shows up.
For the drivers behind the wheel, it’s serious work that starts before most alarms go off. But for residents watching a brightly lit plow roll down their street in the dark, seeing that it has a name adds a small, unexpected bit of personality to the moment.
It also feels very Ottawa. This is a city that truly embraces winter, skating on the canal, walking through snowstorms like it’s normal, and now… naming the machines that clean it all up.
What started as a simple public engagement idea turned into a reminder of how connected people feel to the rhythms of winter here. Even the snow plows are part of the story.
And now, they have names to match.
Here are the names to keep an eye out for next time you see a snowplow:
- Austin Plowers
- Blizzard Wizard
- Croque-Neige
- Edward Blizzardhands
- Fast and Flurious
- Flurrious George
- Good SnOmens
- Han Snowlo
- Jon Bon Snowvi
- Pacman Contre la Neige
- Plowasaurus Rex
- Plowy McPlow
- Sherlock Snowmes
- Shiver Me Blizzards
- Sir Plows a Lot
- SnoMore
- Snow Big Deal
- Snowbi Gon Kenobi
- Snowmageddon
- Taylor Drift
- Tim Snowtons
- Winter Wonderplow
- You Don’t Snow Me
- You’re a Blizzard, Harry