Removal is the last recommendation we make, not the first, but when a tree's decline or damage has gone past the point of saving, we handle the whole job - cutting, hauling and cleanup in one visit.
A few signs tend to matter most: a canopy that's more dead than alive, a trunk that's hollow or visibly split, or root or structural damage severe enough to threaten stability. Age alone is never the reason - plenty of Lawrence Park's oldest trees are perfectly sound and should stay exactly where they are.
Heritage conservation district status, where it applies or is being studied, doesn't generally add a separate approval step for tree removal on top of the City's standard permit process, but it does mean documenting the reason for removal carefully is worth the extra effort here.
The 30-centimetre trunk diameter threshold triggers a permit requirement, and it catches a large share of what's growing here simply because of how old the neighbourhood's trees tend to be. We take care of that paperwork regardless of the outcome.
By default, the wood goes with us - trunk, branches, all of it - though we'll leave firewood-length rounds behind if you'd rather keep them. Getting equipment in and out of a mature, established property is something we plan around carefully, so nothing else on the lot takes damage in the process.
Get in touch at (647) 370-3917 with where the tree is and what condition it's in, and a visit gets set up toward a firm quote. Not quite the service you had in mind? Everything we do is listed on the home page.
A handful of additional jobs come up regularly enough here to mention as well.
A well-planned trim removes what's failing or in the way while leaving the tree's natural form intact - and on a hundred-year-old tree, getting that judgment right matters more than on a young one still finding its shape.
View Tree Trimming and Pruning
A dead branch has already made its decision - it's coming down eventually, the only open question is when and onto what. Getting ahead of it before that answer arrives on its own is the whole point of this service.
View Dead Branch Removal
Storm damage on a hundred-year-old tree can mean a lot more wood coming down than expected, and we treat every call that way until we've actually seen the site.
View Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup
Outgrowing its original footprint isn't, by itself, a reason to remove a tree that's spent a hundred years getting to this size. Thinning and reduction offer a middle path - scaling the canopy back into proportion while keeping the tree that took generations to build.
View Crown Thinning and Canopy Reduction
A cable installed between two major limbs takes the load off a weak union before it fails - often the difference between keeping a tree that's stood for a century and losing it over one bad storm.
View Tree Cabling and Bracing
Left alone, a stump sticks around far longer than anyone wants to wait, and one from a tree that spent a century building out its root system is no exception. A single grinding visit takes it down below grade, freeing up the spot the same day.
View Stump Grinding and RemovalExplain the situation to (647) 370-3917, and we'll put together a written number after we've had a chance to see it in person.
Species, size and roughly how old the tree might be - send that over and expect a reply within a business day. Or just tell us over the phone: (647) 370-3917.
