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What New Floors Cost to Install in Canada — LVP, Laminate, Hardwood, Tile and Carpet, With Your Province's Sales Tax
Pick a floor and enter the area to see professional installation priced in Canadian dollars: the flooring and the labour as separate lines, then removing the old floor, levelling the subfloor and baseboards if you need them, adjusted for installer wages where you live and taxed the way your province taxes it.
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Your flooring job
Location sets the provincial sales tax and the installer wage differential.
Material and area drive the material line and the installation line, priced separately.
Material and installation are priced separately.
C$4–C$10 per sq ft installed
Measure length × width of each room and add them up.
Removing the old floor and levelling the subfloor are separate lines, off unless you add them.
Carpet C$1–C$2; tile or hardwood C$2–C$5 per sq ft.
Levelling C$2–C$4; repair or replacement C$2–C$5 per sq ft.
C$3–C$8 per linear ft. Leave at 0 to skip.
Luxury vinyl plank (LVP / SPC) · City of Toronto, ON · 500 sq ft
C$2,089 – C$5,177
Contract price in Canadian dollars (CAD), BEFORE sales tax. With Ontario's HST 13%: C$2,360 – C$5,851.
What sales tax does to this job in Ontario
HST 13% applies to the whole contract — labour and materials alike. There is no separate provincial line and no exemption for labour.
Where the band comes from — and who disagrees
Material and labour are one Canadian publisher's separate per-square-foot columns (YaleTown Floor, updated 2026-05-28, mid-range Canadian markets). Only the labour column is scaled, by ×1.0710 — Job Bank's renovation-trade wage basket here against the national median (+7.1%).
A wage differential is not a local price. The labour differential is a Job Bank WAGE ratio, not a local price, and Canada's wage data and Canada's renovation price guides disagree about two major metros. Job Bank puts Montréal's renovation-trade wages 15% above the national median and Vancouver's 3% below it, while Canadian renovation price guides place Montréal below the national average and Vancouver 25% to 40% above it. So in Montréal this calculator's figure is pushed up and in Vancouver down — the opposite of what those guides report — and no provincial or city price level is modelled at all: only the sales tax and this wage ratio change with the address. The wage basket is Job Bank's five-trade renovation composite — Carpenters (NOC 72310), Electricians (except industrial and power system) (NOC 72200), Plumbers (NOC 72300), Painters and decorators (except interior decorators) (NOC 73112), Construction trades helpers and labourers (NOC 75110). It does NOT include roofers, sheet-metal workers or HVAC technicians, so for eavestrough and furnace-humidifier work the differential is a proxy for the installer's labour, not a measurement of it.
- RenoCalc: lvp installed, C$5.00–C$10.00 per sq ft
- Constructem: lvp installed, C$5.00–C$10.00 per sq ft
- Petun Flooring (Ontario): lvp installation labour only, C$2.00–C$4.00 per sq ft
What this calculator will not add
Not priced: underlay as a separate line (no source says whether its installed figures already include it), a waste allowance (every band read is per square foot of floor, the way installers quote), stairs, in-floor heating and asbestos abatement (priced per square foot by no Canadian source read), and a minimum job charge — except the carpet one, which is shown as a note.
Every figure is in Canadian dollars. The headline is before tax; the tax line follows the province the house is in, from government sources, and the wage is Job Bank's. Prices are dated Canadian commercial market sources. Estimate only; get written quotes.
New floors as part of a bigger job? The Canadian home renovation cost calculator prices whole rooms by province, and the Canadian basement renovation cost calculator covers finishing a basement in C$.
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Six floors, in C$ per square foot
| Floor | Material (CAD) | Labour (CAD) | Installed (CAD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury vinyl plank (LVP / SPC) | C$1.50–C$5 | C$2.50–C$5 | C$4–C$10 |
| Laminate | C$1.50–C$4 | C$2.50–C$5 | C$4–C$9 |
| Engineered hardwood | C$4–C$15 | C$4–C$11 | C$9–C$26 |
| Solid hardwood | C$7–C$18 | C$5–C$12 | C$14–C$30 |
| Porcelain or ceramic tile | C$2–C$10 | C$6–C$15 | C$8–C$25 |
| Wall-to-wall carpet | C$2–C$6 | C$2–C$4 | C$4–C$10 |
Per square foot of floor, before tax, from one Canadian flooring retailer's 2026 guide (YaleTown Floor, updated 28 May 2026), which prints material and labour separately. Extras: removing carpet C$1–C$2, tile or hardwood C$2–C$5 (RenoCalc); self-levelling C$2–C$4; subfloor repair C$2–C$5; baseboards C$3–C$8 per linear foot. These are commercial market figures; no Canadian government body publishes a flooring price.
What the province adds to the invoice
The Province of British Columbia lists “flooring, including tile, linoleum, laminate, wall-to-wall carpeting and hardwood” among goods that become part of the house once installed (Defining real property — PST for real property contractors, updated 2025-11-27, read 2026-09-25). So in BC, and in Manitoba under the same rule, the installer pays the provincial tax on the flooring and your invoice shows GST alone.
| Province | On the invoice | Inside the price |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 13% | — |
| Quebecnot confirmed at the ministry | 14.975% | — |
| British Columbia | 5% | 7% on the flooring |
| Alberta | 5% | — |
| Saskatchewan | 11% | — |
| Manitoba | 5% | 7% on the flooring |
| Nova Scotia | 14% | — |
| New Brunswick | 15% | — |
A worked example: 500 sq ft of LVP in the City of Toronto
Flooring: 500 × C$1.50–C$5.00 = C$750.00 to C$2,500.00. Installation: 500 × C$2.50–C$5.00, scaled by Job Bank's Toronto renovation-trade wages against the national median (×1.0710) = C$1,338.73 to C$2,677.46. Before tax, C$2,088.73 to C$5,177.46; with Ontario's 13% HST, C$2,360.26 to C$5,850.53 — about C$4.18 to C$10.35 per square foot installed.
Not priced. Not priced: underlay as a separate line (no source says whether its installed figures already include it), a waste allowance (every band read is per square foot of floor, the way installers quote), stairs, in-floor heating and asbestos abatement (priced per square foot by no Canadian source read), and a minimum job charge — except the carpet one, which is shown as a note.
Sources
- Flooring Installation Cost in Vancouver & Canada 2026 — YaleTown Floor (Vancouver flooring retailer). Market source. Read 2026-09-25. Published Updated 2026-05-28.
- Flooring Installation Cost in Canada (2026): Per Sq Ft Guide — RenoCalc. Market source. Read 2026-09-25. Published 2026-02-20.
- Flooring Cost in Ontario (2026): A Price Guide by Material and Installation — Petun Flooring (Ontario). Market source. Read 2026-09-25. Published 2026-07-13.
- How Much Does Flooring Cost in Canada 2026? — Constructem Canada. Market source. Read 2026-09-25. Published 2026-09-16.
- Carpet Installation Cost in Canada: 2026 Guide — Reno Quotes. Market source. Read 2026-09-25. Published Updated 2026-09-23.
Every source is Canadian. No US or India dataset or price has been converted or used as a proxy, and no exchange rate appears in this route's code. Labour differentials are Employment and Social Development Canada's Job Bank 2025 wage file; provincial tax rules are the government sources recorded in this site's Canadian renovation tax table. Estimate only.
Next steps
New floors are often one line in a bigger job: the Canadian home renovation cost calculator prices whole rooms by province, the basement renovation cost calculator covers finishing a basement, and the interior painting cost calculator prices the walls in C$.
Frequently asked questions
How much does flooring installation cost per square foot in Canada?
A Canadian flooring retailer's 2026 guide, updated 28 May 2026, prices installed floors at C$4 to C$10 per square foot for luxury vinyl plank, C$4 to C$9 for laminate, C$9 to C$26 for engineered hardwood, C$14 to C$30 for solid hardwood, C$8 to C$25 for porcelain or ceramic tile and C$4 to C$10 for carpet, material and labour included, before GST, HST or PST. Removing the old floor, levelling and baseboards are extra.
What does it cost to install 500 sq ft of LVP in Toronto?
This calculator puts 500 square feet of luxury vinyl plank in the City of Toronto at a low of about C$2,089 and a high of about C$5,177 before tax, after Job Bank's Toronto renovation-trade wages add about 7% to the labour only; the flooring itself is not adjusted. Ontario's 13% HST takes the low to about C$2,360 and the high to about C$5,851 — roughly C$4.18 at the low end and C$10.35 at the high end per square foot installed.
How much does it cost to remove old flooring in Canada?
RenoCalc, a Canadian renovation publisher, puts carpet removal at C$1 to C$2 per square foot and tile or hardwood removal at C$2 to C$5 per square foot, because breaking out tile or prying up hardwood is slower and heavier work. Levelling an uneven subfloor adds C$2 to C$4 per square foot for self-levelling compound, according to a Canadian flooring retailer's 2026 guide.
Do flooring installers charge PST in British Columbia?
Not on the invoice. The Province of British Columbia lists flooring — including tile, laminate, wall-to-wall carpeting and hardwood — among goods that become part of real property once installed, and services to real property are not subject to PST. So a BC flooring invoice shows GST at 5% only, while the installer pays 7% PST on the flooring and prices it in. Manitoba works the same way with its 7% RST. Saskatchewan charges GST 5% plus PST 6% on the whole job; Ontario charges 13% HST.
Is tile or LVP cheaper to install in Canada?
LVP, mostly because of labour. The same Canadian guide prints LVP installation labour at C$2.50 to C$5 per square foot against C$6 to C$15 for porcelain or ceramic tile, while the materials overlap (C$1.50 to C$5 for LVP, C$2 to C$10 for tile). Other Canadian publishers disagree on tile labour — an Ontario flooring company prints C$4 to C$8 — and both are shown on the page.
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