Residential

Most of what a locksmith does for a home comes down to one question: who can open this door, and who no longer should? Everything on this page is a different answer to it. A lockout puts you back on the right side of your own lock. A rekey silently retires every key you cannot account for — the previous owner's, the old tenant's, the contractor's. A replacement upgrades the hardware itself when it is worn, forced, or simply not good enough for the door it sits on. We work the way this market should but often does not. The GTA has a documented locksmith-fraud problem — CBC Marketplace counted more than 80 fake listings using stolen photos — so we put the checkable things first: you get a quote on the phone before anyone is dispatched, entry is non-destructive wherever the hardware allows, drilling is discussed before it happens rather than billed after, and we check ID and proof of residence before opening a door. That last one occasionally costs us a job. It is also exactly the policy you want your locksmith to have. The technician comes to you — Toronto, Vaughan, Markham, Brampton, Mississauga, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, Pickering and Ajax — with the cutting and pinning equipment on board, so new keys are made at your door rather than back at a shop. Not sure which of these services you actually need? Call and describe the door. Sorting that out is the first thing we do, and it costs nothing to ask.