[ChazYEG]

That’s confusing to hear because Ottawa is often touted as one of the best for snow clearing, has WAY faster clearing by policy (24-48hrs vs 5-10 days for us), and anecdotally I have 2 friends that grew up in ottawa and they always complain how much worse it is here vs Ottawa.

I wonder why it was so bad for your trip.

It was weird because the major freeways were in really good shape, which kinda goes to what your friends say and the policy you mentioned, but downtown was absolutely horrendous.