How to hire trades in the GTA: licences to check, quotes to expect, red flags to avoid.
6 guides
The WSIB says you don't need a contractor's clearance for repairs on the home you live in, but it's free to check, and it's the first of five papers worth asking for before you pay.
Seven GTA firms' published prices, the exclusions written into the standard of practice and the inspection agreement, the specialists you still have to hire, and the licence Ontario has never switched on.
No Ontario law caps a contractor deposit. Here is what the Consumer Protection Act actually gives you, and what 26 GTA roofing companies publish about deposits.
Roofer is one of Ontario's 121 voluntary trades, so no provincial licence or register exists. Here is what a roofer must carry instead, and the six GTA municipalities that licence the work.
The checks you can actually verify, what a renovation contract must contain before it binds you, how the 10-day cooling-off period really starts, and the holdback that makes you liable twice.
Published hourly rates from seven GTA firms and by sub-market, the minimum call-out that absorbs your first hour, and the line between a handyman and licensed work.
