How Much To Paint A House In Toronto 2025
How Much Does It Cost to Paint a House in Toronto 2025?
One of the most common questions homeowners ask when looking for professional painters in Toronto is, “What is the cost of painting a house?” or “What’s the painting cost per square foot?” While these are straightforward questions, the answer can vary significantly based on several factors. Below, we’ll explore the key considerations that determine the cost of house painting in Toronto.
Factors That Influence House Painting Costs in Toronto
1. Size of Your Home
The size of your home plays a significant role in estimating the painting cost. Larger homes require more labor hours and gallons of paint. For instance, a 2,000-square-foot home will cost more to paint than a 1,200-square-foot one due to the increased surface area.
2. Number of Floors
Is your house a standard two-story home or a multi-level townhouse?
Townhouses with three or four floors often have additional walls in landing areas and stairwells, which increases the surface area to be painted. Additionally, homes with rooftop patios might appear to have three floors from the outside but actually require painting on four levels.If the walls on the main floor connect to the basement, even more wall space may need painting compared to a standard two-story house.
3. Occupied vs. Empty Homes
Painting an empty home is faster and more efficient than painting an occupied one. Empty homes allow painters to move freely without needing to navigate around furniture or personal belongings.For occupied homes, we recommend organizing your space in advance and moving furniture to the centre of the room. This helps minimize disruption, although more labor hours are typically required compared to empty homes.
4. Scope of Work
Are you painting only the walls, or do you also need the trim, doors, and windows painted?
While doors and windows don’t have a large surface area, they require meticulous attention and often take longer to paint. For example, painting one door and its frame with two coats can take an hour, which is equivalent to the time it takes to paint a small room. If you have eight doors to paint, this adds significant labor time to the project.
5. Popcorn Ceilings vs Smooth Ceiling
There are two types of ceilings commonly found in Toronto homes: stucco (popcorn) ceilings and smooth ceilings.
Smooth Ceilings: Easier to paint, similar to painting walls.
Popcorn Ceilings: Require extra preparation. If unpainted, they must be sealed with an oil-based primer before applying two coats of paint. Unsealed stucco absorbs moisture from the paint and may start to crumble. Painting popcorn ceilings is also messier and involves dealing with the odor of oil-based primers.
6. Tall Walls and Open-to-Above Spaces
Homes with open-to-above foyers or living rooms feature tall walls that are harder to reach and may require scaffolding. These areas also use more paint; for example, painting a single tall wall in such spaces may require two gallons of paint, which could otherwise cover an entire bedroom.
7. Additional Features: Wainscoting and Closets
Wainscoting: Painting walls with wainscoting involves extra cutting work along the ceiling, baseboards, and the wainscoting itself, doubling the labor required compared to plain walls. Closets: Custom closets with multi-shelf systems require detailed work and increase labor time.
8. Paint Quality
We primarily use premium paints from Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams, which offer three categories of paint: regular, mid-grade, and premium.
Regular: $38/gallon
Mid-Grade: $68/gallon
Premium: $85/gallon
Upgrading from regular to mid-grade paint for a 10-gallon job increases the cost by approximately $280 plus tax. The choice of paint affects both the cost and the durability of the final result.
9. Primer and Paint Colors
If you’re changing wall colors drastically, additional coats of paint or primer may be required. For example, painting dark-colored walls white often involves applying two coats of primer followed by two coats of paint.
Our Price of Painting a House in Toronto
After considering all these factors, the average cost to paint a house in Toronto starts at approximately $1.50 per square foot for walls only. For example: A 2,000-square-foot home with minimal wall damage and a simple color change requiring two coats would cost around $3,000 plus paint.
Why Choose Us?
With over 12 years of experience painting houses across Toronto and the GTA, including Richmond Hill, Markham, Aurora, Vaughan, Newmarket, Ajax, and Oakville, we’ve developed a streamlined pricing system to provide accurate and transparent quotes.
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November 22, 2021We extremely happy that we choose Patrick’s painting company to paint our house. We have 19’ feet high ceilings in family room and fouetté. The crew was working very professionally,... read more
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November 22, 2021Very pleased from the painting I received. Price was reasonable, and I received quality work. Would highly recommend their service to others.
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