New skylight installation and skylight replacement across the city, from a VELUX certified crew based in Etobicoke. The west end is closest — the Kingsway, Bloor West, High Park, Swansea and the Junction — and we work North York, Scarborough and the rest of Toronto as well.
A new skylight installation in Toronto starts with the roof you already have, not with a catalogue photo. From the shop at 17 Peterlee Avenue we see the same houses over and over: brick semis with a steep front gable and a low-slope kitchen at the back, Kingsway roofs with dormers, and lakeshore cottages that picked up an extra pitch every decade. The visit is there to answer four questions. Is there a rafter bay the unit can sit in, or are we looking at trusses? What is the roofing material, because the flashing kit has to match it? Does the room below need a finished shaft, or is the ceiling already vaulted? And is this a new opening, or a skylight replacement in a hole that already exists?
Those two jobs are different kinds of work. A replacement reuses the opening. We lift the old unit, check the curb for soft wood, rebuild the curb if it needs it, and set a new VELUX unit with the manufacturer’s flashing and ice-and-water membrane. If the roof is due for replacement in the next few years, doing both at once saves opening the same area twice. A new opening cuts structure. In a Toronto house of three storeys or less, a single unit set between existing rafters commonly qualifies for the permit exemption, provided the work does not remove more than one rafter or joist. Take out a second member and you are into an engineered header and a City of Toronto permit. Heritage conservation districts can add a review when the unit would be visible from the street. We say which side of that line the job is on before you commit. The same steps are on the skylight installation page.
Skylight cost in Toronto has two parts, and only one of them is a list price. The unit itself is published — fixed, manual venting, solar and electric venting, and sun tunnels, at VELUX 2026 suggested retail — on the skylight cost page. Flashing is a separate line and has to be the genuine kit for your shingles, metal or low-slope membrane, or the warranty does not apply. Installation is not on that list. Access on a narrow lot, a curb that has to be rebuilt, a shaft that needs drywall, and a flat rear roof that should not be shingled all move the labour. We quote that after a free site visit, in writing. A photograph of the front of the house does not show the curb, so we do not pretend there is one installed price for the city.
People comparing skylight companies in Toronto are usually trying to tell a roofer who also sells glass from a crew that installs skylights every week. The useful checks are ordinary. Ask whether the installer is VELUX certified, and whether the flashing is the VELUX kit for your roof rather than a generic step flashing. Ask who finishes the inside. A lot of jobs stop at the roof deck and leave you to find a carpenter and a drywaller for the shaft. We frame, board and tape the shaft and hand it back paint-ready. Ask who deals with the permit when the opening is structural, and whether the quote is written after someone has been in the attic. West of the Humber is the shortest trip from our shop. The same crew also installs in Vaughan, where the typical house is a newer truss roof rather than a Toronto semi. Call (416) 999-9706, or send the details through the contact page, and we will book the visit.
Toronto’s west end packs a century of housing into a few kilometres. Each type brings its own roof and its own skylight opportunities.
Early-1900s brick homes with steep front gables and low-slope rear kitchens. The back of the house is usually the darkest room — a skylight or flat-roof VELUX unit there changes everything.
Period roofs with steep pitches, dormers and slate or cedar history. Placement matters: we locate skylights on rear slopes to keep the street view intact.
Lakeshore cottages that grew over the decades, often with three roof pitches from past additions. Each needs its own detail where the planes meet.
Old framing, big trees and tight lots make west-end roofing more about details than square footage.
A new opening is structural work and needs a City of Toronto building permit; replacing a skylight in the same opening usually does not. Heritage Conservation Districts can add a review for visible changes. We check both before you commit.
Book a free assessment →Because we are local, west-end jobs get quick site visits and fast emergency response.
Fixed, venting and solar VELUX skylights for pitched roofs, flat-roof skylights for rear additions, and sun tunnels for windowless bathrooms and hallways.
Shingle roofs on steep fronts, proper low-slope systems on rear additions, and new flashing at chimneys, dormers and party walls.
VELUX Longlight and Ridgelight modules for flat-roof homes, lofts and commercial buildings across Toronto.
Photos from our own jobs in the Greater Toronto Area — no stock imagery.
Etobicoke, in Toronto’s west end. That is why we can usually visit west-end homes within a few days and respond quickly to leaks.
Yes. We use VELUX flat-roof skylights or modular units on a raised curb, detailed into a proper low-slope roofing system so they stay watertight.
No, but it needs care. We build a clean transition at the party wall so your roof and skylight are watertight on their own, and we talk to your neighbour about access if needed.
VELUX list prices for 2026 run $285 to $1,035 for fixed units and $1,738 to $3,609 for solar venting, plus $138 to $272 for flashing. Installation is quoted after a site visit. Full details in the skylight price guide.
No — we cover all of Toronto, including North York and Scarborough. The west end is simply closest to our base.
A visit, then the roof you actually have. We check whether the opening sits between rafters or meets a truss, which flashing kit matches the roofing, and whether the room below needs a finished shaft. A replacement reuses the opening. A new opening that removes more than one rafter or joist in a house of three storeys or less needs an engineered header and a City of Toronto permit. A single unit between existing rafters commonly qualifies for the exemption. We tell you which one it is before you commit.
Ask four things. Is the installer VELUX certified? Is the flashing the genuine kit for your roof, rather than a generic step flashing? Who finishes the shaft, or does the job stop at the roof deck? And is the quote written after someone has been in the attic? Unit list prices are on the skylight cost page. Installation is quoted after a free site visit.
The Kingsway, Humber Valley, Baby Point, Bloor West Village, High Park, Swansea, Roncesvalles, Parkdale, The Junction, Junction Triangle, Runnymede, Lambton, Islington, Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch, Alderwood, Markland Wood, Eatonville, St. Clair West — and the rest of Toronto
Local crew, quick site visit, written quote — no pressure.
