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$10 – $18 / sq ft installed Subfloor checked first Nail-down over wood Main floor in 2 – 4 days

Solid hardwood installation in Toronto

Ontario Flooring Contractors installs solid hardwood in Toronto houses, over a subfloor we have measured rather than assumed. Half the older stock in this city needs an overlay before a single board goes down.

Subfloor thickness checked against our 19 mm standard
Boards acclimatised before installation
Nail-down over wood, sleeper system over slab
Stairs matched to the floor they meet

Price your hardwood floor

Tell us the rooms, roughly the square footage and what is on the floor now.

What can we help with?

So the right crew reviews your project.

No obligation. Any workmanship warranty is set out in your written quote, job by job.

$10-$18 Installed, per sq ft
19 mm Subfloor we want under nail-down
L/360 Code deflection limit under live load
30-50% Indoor humidity solid wood needs
Before the boards

Most Toronto houses need subfloor work before hardwood installation

We want a 3/4 inch (19 mm) panel subfloor under nail-down hardwood over joists at 16 inch centres, which is thicker than the building code requires. A large share of the pre-war housing in Old Toronto, East York and along the York corridor was built with a thinner panel or with a diagonal plank subfloor, and neither holds a cleat the way modern hardwood expects. Where the reading comes up short we quote a plywood overlay at $2 to $3 per square foot as its own line. It raises the finished floor, which then changes the door undercuts and the transitions, so it is better known before you choose a board thickness.

What decides your hardwood floor installation quote

Subfloor thickness and condition

Under 19 mm and you need an overlay. Squeaks and movement get fixed before boards go down, not after.

Species and board width

Red oak, maple and birch sit at the lower end of the material range. Walnut and exotic species run considerably higher, and wide boards move more seasonally.

Room shape and layout

Angled rooms, multiple thresholds and running the boards against the joists all add cutting and time.

Our Process

How a hardwood floor installation runs

1

Measure and read the subfloor

Panel thickness, flatness, fastening and any movement. Over slab we also read moisture.

2

Acclimatise the wood

Boards sit in the room they will live in, at the humidity they will live at, before anything is fastened.

3

Prepare or overlay

Squeaks fixed, dips filled, plywood overlay added where the subfloor is under 19 mm.

4

Lay, fasten and finish

Boards racked and blind-nailed, then transitions, thresholds and trim.

Light hardwood floor running through a kitchen, hallway and stairs in a King West home
Worth knowing

Hardwood stairs are the line people forget to budget

A hardwood quote for a main floor is straightforward until the staircase enters it. Stairs cannot take a floor sander, so every tread, riser and nosing is hand worked, and the honest unit is per step rather than per square foot. A typical Toronto flight is thirteen or fourteen steps at eighty to two hundred dollars each, which is a meaningful number to meet for the first time after you have already committed to the floor. We price stairs on the same quote as the floor so the total is the total.

Solid hardwood floor installation prices in Toronto

Toronto 2026, installed. Labour alone starts around $2.00 per square foot when you supply the material.

Labour only

from $2.00 / sq ft

You supply the boards
Racking, nailing and trimming
Transitions and thresholds
Manufacturer warranty stays with you

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Most popular

Domestic species installed

$10 – $14 / sq ft

Red oak, maple, birch, ash
Material and labour together
Removal of the old floor extra
Subfloor prep extra

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Premium and exotic installed

$14 – $18 / sq ft

White oak, walnut, exotic species
Wider and longer boards
Material and labour together
Pre-finished or site-finished

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Hardwood floor installation clients on the result

Reviews collected directly from clients.

5/5

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.

Michael C.

Client direct

5/5

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.

Christopher W.

Client direct

Hardwood floor installation questions

Can I put solid hardwood over my basement slab?

Not directly. Solid hardwood needs a wood subfloor to nail into. Over a slab you either build a sleeper or plywood system first, which raises the floor and adds cost, or you use engineered hardwood, which is designed for that situation.

Site-finished or pre-finished?

Pre-finished boards arrive coated, install faster and have a factory-cured finish. Site-finished boards are sanded and coated after laying, which gives a completely flat surface with no bevels and lets you match an existing floor exactly. Site finishing adds days and dust control to the schedule.

How long before I can move furniture back?

Pre-finished hardwood is walkable immediately and takes furniture the next day. Site-finished floors depend on the coating – water-based finishes generally allow light traffic sooner than oil-modified, and full cure takes longer than the floor looks like it needs.

Will my floor squeak?

Not from the new boards if the subfloor was fastened properly first. Squeaks come from subfloor panels moving against joists, which is why we fix that during preparation. A squeak appearing months later in a floor we installed is worth a call.

Get your subfloor measured for hardwood

The reading decides the method, and the method decides the price.

Request a quote Call (343) 842-1450
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