Most floor complaints in Toronto are not about the floor. They are about the subfloor. A click floor needs the substrate flat to within 3/16 of an inch over a 10-foot radius, and a concrete slab needs to read under 3 lbs of moisture emission per 1,000 square feet in 24 hours before anything goes over it. We measure both before we write a number down, which is why our quotes are itemized rather than a single figure per square foot.
Flatness, moisture and subfloor thickness are checked on site. The quote reflects what we found, not an average.
Removal, prep, material, labour, trim and disposal appear as separate lines so you can see what each part costs.
We supply the third-party IIC and STC test certificate naming your exact floor and underlay, in the format boards accept.
Hard-surface flooring and the preparation underneath it, across Toronto.
$10 – $18 / sq ft installed
Solid strip and plank nailed down over a 19 mm subfloor, or an overlay first.
Hardwood installation
$8 – $15 / sq ft installed
The practical wood floor over a concrete slab, a condo underlay or a heated floor.
Engineered hardwood
$5 – $9 / sq ft installed
Click-lock or glue-down SPC and LVP, over a substrate flat to 3/16 inch in 10 feet.
Vinyl plank installation
$3 – $7 / sq ft installed
The lowest installed cost of any hard surface, fitted with the gaps it actually needs.
Laminate installation
Before quoting a new floor we look at the edge of a board, at a threshold or a floor vent. If it is solid hardwood with a reasonable thickness of wood above the tongue, it has another sand in it, and refinishing at four to eight dollars a square foot is roughly half the cost of replacing at ten to eighteen. A great deal of Toronto’s older housing has original strip oak sitting under carpet, in better condition than owners expect, because the carpet protected it. We will tell you which one you have before you spend anything.
Installed ranges for the Toronto market, gathered from published 2026 GTA pricing. Your written quote is the only number that binds – these are for planning.
$3 – $9 / sq ft
Laminate installed $3 – $7
Vinyl plank and LVP installed $5 – $9
Old floor removal adds $1 – $3
Light subfloor prep adds $1 – $3
$7 – $20 / sq ft
Engineered hardwood installed $8 – $15
Solid hardwood installed $10 – $18
Ceramic tile installed $7 – $14
Porcelain tile installed $10 – $20
Refinishing existing wood $4 – $8
$7 – $45 / sq ft
Standard epoxy $7 – $14
Polyaspartic one-day $10 – $18
Two-car garage total $2,800 – $5,200
Electric heated floor $22 – $40
Stairs $80 – $200 per step
We measure the rooms, check flatness with a straightedge, read slab moisture where there is a slab, and look at what the existing floor is sitting on.
Removal, prep, material, labour, trim and disposal as separate lines, with the acoustic underlay spelled out if you are in a condo.
Old floor out, subfloor levelled or overlaid where the readings call for it, moisture barrier where the slab needs one.
Floor laid, transitions and trim fitted, site cleared. You walk it with us before we leave.
Straightedge across every room, a moisture reading over any concrete slab, and a look at what the existing floor is fastened to. The quote comes from those readings, not from an average.
Removal, subfloor preparation, material, labour, trim and disposal as separate lines, so you can see where the money goes and cut scope deliberately rather than negotiating one blended number.
A third-party accredited lab certificate naming your exact flooring and your exact underlay, referencing ASTM E492 and ASTM E90, which is the documentation Toronto boards accept.
The people who took the readings are the people laying the floor. Nothing is subcontracted out to whoever happens to be free that week.
Any workmanship warranty is set out in your written quote, job by job. Where refinishing beats replacing, or where a floor cannot take another sand, we say so before you spend.
Wood flooring is specified for thirty to fifty percent indoor relative humidity. Toronto heating season runs well below that for months, so boards give up moisture, shrink across their width, and gaps open between them. In July they take it back and close up again. That cycle is the material behaving exactly as designed, not a fault in the installation, and the single most effective thing you can do about it is hold the humidity in range through the winter. A gap that never closes, or a board that has cupped or lifted, is a different problem and worth a look.
Reviews collected directly from clients.
Ontario Flooring installed new hardwood flooring throughout our home, and the results look beautiful. The crew was careful, professional, and kept the work area clean from start to finish.
We chose Ontario Flooring for luxury vinyl plank installation in our basement. They prepared the subfloor properly, explained the process clearly, and delivered an even, durable finish.
The team refinished our existing hardwood floors and brought them back to life. The colour looks great, and the final finish is smooth and consistent.
Ontario Flooring replaced old carpet in our bedrooms with new flooring. They worked efficiently, helped us understand the options, and completed the installation on schedule.
We had several damaged floorboards that needed repair. The team matched the new boards closely with the existing flooring and completed the work with excellent attention to detail.
Floors our crew has laid and finished across Toronto, by neighbourhood.
Hardwood
Tile
Refinishing
Tile
Hardwood
Tile
Hardwood
Tile
Tile
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Hardwood
Tile
Tile
Downtown and the waterfront, the York and St. Clair West corridor, and the East York pocket.
Condo towers and converted lofts
Flooring installation and preparation across Downtown Toronto.
Flooring in Downtown Toronto
Loft conversions and mid-rise
Flooring installation and preparation across King West.
Flooring in King West
Converted industrial stock
Flooring installation and preparation across Liberty Village.
Flooring in Liberty Village
New-build towers
Flooring installation and preparation across CityPlace.
Flooring in CityPlaceNo. The site visit and the itemized written quote are free. We measure flatness and, over a slab, moisture, before pricing.
Because removal, subfloor preparation, material and labour move independently. A flat, bare subfloor and a dipped slab with glued-down tile on it are very different jobs under the same finished floor. Splitting the lines lets you see where the money goes and cut scope if you want to.
Usually not. Wood flooring is specified for 30 to 50 percent indoor relative humidity. Toronto heating season regularly runs well below that, so boards shrink and gap, then take the moisture back in summer. Seasonal movement is normal. A gap that stays open year-round, or a board that has cupped or lifted, is a different problem and worth looking at.
Yes, and the acoustic rules come first. Most Toronto declarations set a minimum of IIC 55 and STC 55, and older buildings with thinner slabs often require IIC 60 or higher. We supply the third-party lab certificate naming your exact flooring and underlay, referencing ASTM E492 and ASTM E90, which is the documentation boards accept.
Whatever is written into your quote for that specific job. Scope, substrate condition and the product chosen all change what can honestly be stood behind, so it is set out per job rather than published as a blanket promise across the site.