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What flooring costs in Toronto

Toronto Flooring Co publishes the real Toronto and GTA ranges rather than a single headline number, because the honest answer depends on what is under your floor.

Ranges collected September 2026
Supplied and installed unless noted
Condo and house priced differently
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1. What do you need done?

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3. What kind of property?

4. What is under the old floor?

5. Anything else?

New floors, supplied and installed

Toronto and GTA ranges, September 2026, material and labour together. Labour-only rates from independent Toronto installers run roughly $1.50 to $4 per square foot depending on the material.

Soft surfaces and laminate

$3-$11 / sq ft

  • Laminate $3-$8 per sq ft
  • Carpet $3-$10 per sq ft
  • Vinyl plank and SPC $5-$11 per sq ft
  • Carpet material by fibre: olefin $1-$3, polyester $2-$5, nylon $3-$8, wool $10-$20
  • Allow 10-20% waste on carpet, 5-15% on plank
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Wood

$8-$18 / sq ft

  • Engineered hardwood $8-$16 per sq ft
  • Solid hardwood $9-$18 per sq ft
  • Species examples: red oak around $8, maple $9, white oak $10, walnut $12 per sq ft in material
  • A 1,000 sq ft main floor lands between $9,000 and $18,000 all in
  • Labour timeline on 1,000 sq ft: three to five days
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Tile, basement and commercial

$5-$20 / sq ft

  • Porcelain tile $10-$20 per sq ft installed
  • Tile labour alone $8-$15 per sq ft
  • Large-format tile labour $15-$25 per sq ft
  • Basement flooring $5-$18 per sq ft by moisture control
  • Commercial flooring $6-$12 per sq ft installed
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Keeping the floor you have

Refinishing beats replacement on price whenever there is wear layer left. Note the inverse scaling: the smaller the room, the higher the rate per square foot, because setup and equipment haul cost the same either way.

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Refinishing

$3.50-$9 / sq ft

  • Sand and three coats, one sealer and two topcoats
  • 150 sq ft bedroom: $8-$12 per sq ft
  • 250 sq ft living and dining: $6-$8 per sq ft
  • 600 sq ft semi main floor: $5.50-$6.50 per sq ft
  • 1,000 sq ft: $5-$6 per sq ft
  • Dustless sanding carries a 25-40% premium
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Repair and structure

$1-$4 / sq ft

  • Board replacement $150-$600 per board with stain matching
  • Small patch, two to five boards, $300-$1,500
  • Multi-room board work $800-$3,000
  • Subfloor repair $1-$4 per sq ft
  • Floor levelling $2-$4 per sq ft, or roughly $1,000-$1,500 flat for a whole floor
  • Century-home subfloor work adds $800-$2,000
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Removal and prep

$1-$5 / sq ft

  • Carpet, laminate and vinyl removal $1-$3 per sq ft
  • Ceramic and porcelain tile removal around $4 per sq ft
  • Furniture moving $25-$75 per room
  • Squeaky floor repair: a base visit covering assessment and the first six squeak locations, then a set rate per additional location
  • Transitions, trim and thresholds $200-$600
  • Disposal included in the removal rate
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Stairs, trim and specialty

Stairs are handwork and are always priced separately from floor area. The spread on stair refinishing is wide because the scope is wide, so read the ladder rather than the headline.

Stairs

$25-$300 / stair

  • Whole-scope envelope: $25-$130 per stair
  • Treads sanded and coated only: $25-$50 per step
  • Treads and real wood risers: around $100-$130 per tread
  • Whole staircase including stringers and skirt: from $3,500
  • New hardwood treads over carpet: $80-$300 per step
  • Old stair removal $300-$700
  • A typical flight is 13 to 14 steps
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Trim and heat

$2.80-$15 / ft or sq ft

  • Baseboard $2.80-$5 per linear foot
  • Shoe moulding $1.50 per linear foot
  • Baseboard removal and replacement $4 per linear foot
  • Heated floor system $8-$15 per sq ft of heated area
  • Thermostat $100-$400, electrician connection $200-$500
  • Heated area is 60-80% of room area, not all of it
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Coatings

$5-$14 / sq ft

  • Solid epoxy $5-$8 per sq ft
  • Flake and chip systems $6-$10 per sq ft
  • Metallic and decorative $8-$12 per sq ft
  • Polyaspartic $7-$14 per sq ft
  • Two-car garage 380-500 sq ft: $2,660-$5,000 standard
  • Surface prep surcharge $1-$3 per sq ft where the slab needs it
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The three things that move your number most

Subfloor condition

The largest hidden variable in Toronto, every time. Prep runs $1 to $4 per square foot. On a century home, subfloor work adds $800 to $2,000. Self-levelling in an older house runs roughly $1,500. None of it is visible from the doorway.

House or condo

A condo costs more for reasons that have nothing to do with the plank: acoustic underlay at roughly $0.80 to $3.50 per square foot, board approval taking one to four weeks, a refundable damage deposit often $500 to $2,000, restricted working hours and same-day debris removal.

Room size

Rate per square foot rises as the room shrinks, because setup and equipment haul are fixed. Refinishing runs $8 to $12 per square foot on a 150 square foot bedroom and $5 to $6 at a thousand. A quote for one room is not a rate card for the house.

How to read a Toronto flooring quote

Two quotes for the same floor can differ by thousands and both be honest, because Toronto contractors publish prices on two different bases. A flooring store quoting $2 per square foot is quoting labour only, with the material bought separately. A contractor quoting $12 is quoting supplied and installed. Adding one to the other is the most common way a homeowner ends up comparing nothing at all.

The second thing to check is what the number excludes. A published Toronto figure of roughly $7,400 for a thousand square feet of solid red oak is real, and it is material plus labour only. Add removal at around $1.50 per square foot, trim at about $2.80 per linear foot and typical subfloor preparation, and the same job lands near $10,000, which is where the all-in sources sit. Neither figure is wrong. They answer different questions.

Where the money actually goes

On a typical 800 to 1,000 square foot Toronto hardwood project, materials run roughly a quarter to a half of the total, labour and installation a fifth to a third, subfloor preparation close to a tenth, and trim and finishing a small remainder. That distribution is why subfloor condition dominates the conversation: it is a small share when the deck is sound and it is the thing that blows the budget when it is not.

The condo premium is not a markup

A condo job carries real extra cost, and it is worth naming so it does not look like a surcharge. Acoustic underlay runs roughly $0.80 to $3.50 per square foot depending on the performance the corporation requires. Board approval adds one to four weeks before work can start. Many buildings hold a refundable damage deposit of $500 to $2,000 and charge an elevator fee on top. Working hours are usually restricted to weekday daytime with Sundays prohibited, so a job that takes two days in a house takes three or four in a tower. Many boards require debris to leave the building the same day. And the contractor has to carry commercial general liability insurance, commonly at two million dollars, plus a WSIB clearance, which is precisely why the cheapest handyman tier cannot bid the work at all.

What we will not do

We will not quote your floor over the phone and we will not publish a single price per square foot as though subfloor condition did not exist. We also will not promise to undercut whatever number you were given yesterday. A cheaper number that skips the moisture test on a slab is not a saving, it is a deferred teardown.

Cost questions

Where do these numbers come from?

Published Toronto and GTA contractor and retailer pricing, collected in September 2026 and cross-checked across multiple independent sources before being printed here. Where sources disagreed materially we show the scope ladder instead of averaging them, which is why stair refinishing appears as three different figures rather than one. No figure here is interpolated from United States pricing.

Why is there a range instead of a price?

Because the two biggest variables are invisible until someone opens the floor: the condition of the subfloor and how flat it is. A published range is an honest starting point. Ontario law then caps us: where we have given you an estimate, we cannot charge more than ten percent above it unless you authorise the extra work in a signed amendment.

What does a 1,000 square foot hardwood floor cost?

Toronto sources published in 2025 and 2026 put it between $9,000 and $18,000 all in, with roughly $10,000 to $12,500 the most common outcome. A useful way to read it is by component: materials around a quarter to a half of the total, labour roughly a fifth to a third, subfloor preparation about a tenth, and trim and finishing the remainder. Labour on a floor that size is three to five days.

Is winter cheaper?

In the GTA, yes, and two independent sources point the same way. Spring installations run 10 to 15 percent higher because of moisture mitigation, and epoxy contractors here discount November to March by 10 to 15 percent for scheduling. If your project is not urgent, the winter window is the cheaper one.

How much deposit should I pay?

Ontario guidance recommends a deposit no higher than ten percent of the project cost. That is guidance rather than a statutory cap, but it is the right benchmark. If a contractor wants half up front, they are asking you to finance their business. We ask for ten percent.

Do you charge for the estimate?

No. The site visit, the subfloor survey and the written quote are free. Some Toronto specialists charge a feasibility fee and credit it against the job, which is a legitimate model, but it is not ours.

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