Gardening & grounds maintenance

Gardening and grounds maintenance in Canada: prices and rules

Updated 4 November 2026

Garden maintenance in Canada costs about CA$80 to CA$120 per visit for an average garden, and hourly work runs from CA$25 to CA$100 depending on the province and the task. The quickest way to current prices is a request on BlaBlaPrice, where you describe the garden once and the AI shows the prices and businesses it finds.

Local licences and rules

Requirements differ by town and province. In Oakville, Ontario, a by-law requires landscapers to hold a licence: local guides quote CA$180.45 for a lawn-care-only company and CA$507 for a landscaping or property-maintenance company. In other places a provincial licence may be needed to apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides or pesticides, so ask the company which products it uses and whether it holds that licence.

Season and the cold months

Winter here runs from December to February and summer from June to August, so most gardening work happens in the warm months. November is late autumn, when the work shifts to clearing and preparing beds. One source notes that garden maintenance is needed all year round, so ask whether the company offers visits outside the growing season.

How the work is bought here

Companies quote per visit, per hour, per day for a crew, or on a seasonal contract for maintenance. Monthly pricing is common for regular lawn care: a standard residential property in Victoria, BC, starts at about CA$170 a month. Garden size appears in square feet in some quotes and in square metres in others, so state the area in the unit you know.

What to put in the request

Say what work is needed, the plot area, the number of plants, the condition of the plot and whether green waste must be taken away. Give your city, such as Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa or another place, the frequency you want, the date of the first visit and your budget. With these details, companies can price one visit or a monthly plan without a long back-and-forth.

Get offers through BlaBlaPrice: describe the garden in a request, and the AI asks about anything missing, then looks through companies' websites and price lists in Canada and shows the prices and businesses it found. Companies that receive the request reply in the chat with their own price and terms. Your contact details stay hidden until you choose to share them. For related work, see household services, or create a request on the home page.