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One call for any lock or key emergency — home, business or vehicle — a mobile technician, 24/7.
- Category
- Emergency
- Availability
- 24/7
- Coverage
- 10 GTA cities
- The visit
- 4 steps
✳On this page
What this actually involves
A single number to call when a lock, key or fob has failed outright and it cannot wait: locked out of a house, a business that cannot open, a vehicle with no working key left to it. The technician who answers is the one who drives out, with cutting, programming and entry equipment already on the vehicle, across residential, commercial and automotive work alike.
What makes a lock-and-key problem an emergency
Most of what a locksmith does is scheduled — a rekey after a move, a hardware upgrade, a planned lock change. An emergency is the other kind: something has already failed, and whoever is standing on the wrong side of it cannot wait for a slot next week. A locked door with someone still inside, a vehicle with no working key left to it, a storefront that will not open for staff already arriving — none of these get better by waiting, and none of them are jobs to sort out over the phone alone.
One technician, three property types
The same locksmith who handles a house lockout at midnight is equipped to open a stuck commercial door the next morning or originate a lost car key the evening after that — the cutting, programming and non-destructive entry equipment lives in the vehicle, not back at a shop. That is the practical reason an emergency call is one call rather than three different specialists: whichever kind of lock has failed, the visit starts the same way, with the same person.
How the visit goes
Start to finish, so nothing on the day is a surprise.
- Step 01
Call and describe what has failed
Which door or vehicle, and what state it is in — locked with the key inside, key lost entirely, or hardware that has physically broken. That is what determines what equipment comes out with the technician.
- Step 02
Ownership or authority checked on site
Photo ID, and whatever ties you to the property or vehicle — the same check on every visit, regardless of the hour.
- Step 03
Non-destructive entry tried first
Wherever the lock allows it, the door or vehicle is opened without damaging the hardware — cutting or drilling is a last resort, discussed before it happens.
- Step 04
Secured before the technician leaves
A lockout ends with a working lock, not just an open door — if the hardware itself failed, that gets fixed or flagged in the same visit.
What to expect
24/7 availability — the same technician answers and attends, not a call centre passing the job along
Mobile: the equipment travels to the door or the vehicle, not the other way around
Covers all three property types — home, business and vehicle — under one call
Asked before calling
The questions this job actually gets, answered the way they would be on the phone.
No — the same number reaches us any hour. "Emergency" describes the job, not a separate line.
Where we go
Emergency work is mobile across the GTA — the technician and the equipment come to you, 24/7. Based at 470 N Rivermede Rd, Vaughan.
- Toronto
- Vaughan
- Markham
- Brampton
- Mississauga
- Richmond Hill
- Scarborough
- Pickering
- Ajax
- Oshawa
More emergency work
Not the job you have? The rest of what we do on this side of the trade — every one of them its own page, written the same way.
01Emergency Lockout Services
Locked out of your home, business or vehicle — non-destructive entry tried first, any hour.
02Emergency Car Key Service
Any car key problem that cannot wait — lost, broken, a dead fob, or a key that will not start the car — diagnosed and fixed on site.
03Emergency Car Key Replacement
Every key to the vehicle gone — a new one originated from the car's own data and programmed on site, the same visit.
The other doors
Everything LAK does sits in one of these: your car, your bike, your home or your business.