Frequently asked questions

Every contractor doing electrical work for hire in Ontario has to hold an Electrical Contractor Registration Agency licence, and the licence number has to appear on their advertising, quotes and invoices. If you cannot find a number, that is your answer.

Ours is ECRA/ESA 7018190. You can look it up on the Electrical Safety Authority's public register of licensed contractors, along with whether the licence is in good standing.

In Ontario most electrical work has to be reported to the Electrical Safety Authority before it starts — that notification is what people usually mean by a permit. It applies well beyond big projects: new circuits, panel changes, service upgrades and EV charger installations all require one.

As a licensed contractor we file the notification and deal with the inspector as part of the job. You do not need to arrange it separately.

It is the document the Electrical Safety Authority issues after an inspector has looked at the finished work and found it compliant with the Ontario Electrical Safety Code. It is the proof that the work was done properly.

Keep it. Insurers ask for it after a claim, and buyers' lawyers ask for it when you sell — unpermitted electrical work is a common reason for a sale to stall.

It depends on what you are adding, not on the age of the house. A 100 amp service is often fine for a home that has stayed roughly as it was built. It usually stops being fine once you stack modern loads onto it — an EV charger, electric heat or a heat pump, an induction range, air conditioning, a hot tub, a workshop.

The honest way to find out is a load calculation against the actual panel, not a guess from the street. If your existing service has room, we will tell you so rather than sell you an upgrade you do not need.

No. A Level 2 charger runs on a dedicated 240 volt circuit, and in Ontario that work has to be done by a licensed electrical contractor and notified to the ESA. Doing it yourself puts both your insurance coverage and the charger's own warranty at risk.

The install itself is usually straightforward. The part worth getting right is whether your panel has the spare capacity for it, which is the first thing we check.

Yes. Both are common in older housing stock across Toronto and the western GTA, and both are worth taking seriously — many insurers will refuse or load a policy on a home that still has active knob-and-tube.

Neither necessarily means a whole-house rewire. We would rather look at what is actually there and scope the work honestly than quote a rewire by default.

We are based in Mississauga and cover Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton and Toronto, along with the areas around them.

If your area is not on that list it is still worth asking. Depending on the project we may be able to take it on.

Within one or two business days, and from Lucas directly rather than a call centre. The more you can send up front — photos, drawings, the panel label, a rough budget and timeline — the more useful that first reply will be.