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A standard 20-by-20-foot garage slab runs $5,000 to $8,000 installed by a GTA subcontractor, materials and labour included, according to 2AZ Group. The concrete itself is $245 per cubic metre for 25 MPa and $255 for 30 MPa at the plant gate before delivery and HST (Canada Building Materials, January 2026). Labour drives the rest: GTA crews charge $35 to $55 an hour and budget 4 to 6 hours per cubic metre poured.
Every figure below is quoted from the page it names. These 12 rows rest on 4 independent Canadian sources, each linked on the row it carries. Where sources disagree, each row keeps one publisher's own published figure rather than a range assembled across several, so you can check any number against the sentence it came from.
| Item | Typical range | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ready-mix concrete, 25 MPa strength mix, delivered (GTA plant price)A single published plant price, not a range, and it is before delivery charges, the $7.00/m3 environmental charge, a $2.00/m3 fuel surcharge and 13% HST. CBM's residential R3 25 MPa mix is $248 and its CSA C-4 25 MPa is $260. All prices rise by a $15.00/m3 escalator each January 1. | $245–$245 | per m³ | Canada Building Materials (GTA price list, in effect Jan 15 2026) |
| Ready-mix concrete, 30–35 MPa, delivered (GTA)Plant prices before delivery, surcharges and HST: $255 for 30 MPa and $270 for 35 MPa. Strengths above 35 MPa require a minimum load of 3 m3. The $350 ceiling this guide used to show is not on CBM's list. | $255–$270 | per m³ | Canada Building Materials (GTA price list, in effect Jan 15 2026) |
| Small-load delivery charge (partial truck, 1–4 m³)Charged per load and it rises as the load shrinks: $175 for 3.2 to 4 m3, $300 for 1.2 to 3 m3, $400 for a single cubic metre. The minimum load size is 1 m3, and one part load is allowed to finish a pour on orders over 7 m3. | $175–$400 | per load | Canada Building Materials (GTA price list, 2026) |
| Winter handling surcharge (Nov 1 – Apr 30)A flat charge, not a range: $22.00 per cubic metre on every load between November 1 and April 30 inclusive. Lightweight mixes carry a separate $30.00 winter charge. The $20 to $40 range this guide used to show is not on CBM's list. | $22–$22 | per m³ | Canada Building Materials (GTA price list, 2026) |
| Truck waiting/unloading time beyond 60 min included60 minutes per load is allowed for unloading; beyond that it is $2.00 a minute, which is the $120 hourly rate. A pour cancelled after noon the day before carries a minimum $600 charge. | $120–$120 | per hour | Canada Building Materials (GTA price list, 2026) |
| Concrete line pump with operator (residential pours)Rockit says the rate depends on project duration, concrete volume and total hose length, and quotes each job on distance and mix. 2AZ Group prices a trailer-mounted line pump at $800 to $1,200 for a half day. | $500–$1,200 | per day | Rockit Concrete Pumping (Toronto) |
| Boom pump with operator, 28 m to 42 m+ boomHalf-day rates, and the span covers two machine sizes: $1,200 to $1,800 for a 28 m to 36 m boom and $1,800 to $2,500 for 42 m and up. Pump trucks are booked separately from the ready-mix order. | $1,200–$2,500 | per half-day | 2AZ Group - Real Cost of Concrete Work in the GTA 2026 |
| Concrete finisher wage, Toronto Region (employee, not charge-out)An employee wage, not a contractor's charge-out rate. Job Bank's figures are for the Toronto Region over the 2023-2024 reference period, updated 19 November 2025, from Employment Insurance Survey data. | $28.80–$47.00(typ. $43.58) | per hour | Government of Canada Job Bank - Concrete Finisher, Toronto Region |
| Contractor crew charge-out: finisher / formwork carpenter2AZ Group's GTA labour rate for a formwork carpenter. A concrete foreman is $45 to $65 an hour on the same list, and they budget 4 to 6 labour hours per cubic metre poured. | $35–$55 | per hour | 2AZ Group - Real Cost of Concrete Work in the GTA 2026 |
| Garage slab, 20 ft x 20 ft, installed (subcontractor price)2AZ Group's subcontractor rate table, installed prices including materials and labour. The wide range reflects straightforward pours on easy sites against complex work with access issues, slopes or engineering requirements. A standard residential basement floor is $6,000 to $10,000 on the same table. | $5,000–$8,000 | per project | 2AZ Group (GTA subcontractor rates, early 2026) |
| Rebar, 10M–15M, 20-ft barThe span covers two bar sizes: $8 to $12 for 10M and $12 to $18 for 15M, both in 20-foot lengths. 20M runs $18 to $28. 2AZ says rebar prices stabilised in late 2025. | $8–$18 | per bar | 2AZ Group (GTA, early 2026) |
| Welded wire mesh, 4 ft x 8 ft sheet (6x6 W2.9)Material only, sold by the sheet. The $17 floor this guide used to show came from a retailer page that now blocks non-browser requests and could not be checked. | $25–$40 | per sheet | 2AZ Group (GTA, early 2026) |
per m³
Canada Building Materials (GTA price list, 2026)
Canada Building Materials (GTA price list, in effect Jan 15 2026)
Canada Building Materials (GTA price list, in effect Jan 15 2026)
per hour
Government of Canada Job Bank - Concrete Finisher, Toronto Region
2AZ Group - Real Cost of Concrete Work in the GTA 2026
Canada Building Materials (GTA price list, 2026)
6 of these 12 rows are drawn. The other 6 are priced in a unit no other row on this page shares, or carry an open-ended figure such as a “starting at” price with no published ceiling. Neither can be placed on a shared axis honestly, so they stay in the table above with their sources rather than being drawn to a number nobody printed.
Two quotes on the same job often differ because they are quoting different work, not different rates. This is how the trade splits it up, drawn from the rows and factors already on this page. It carries no prices on purpose: those belong beside the source that published them.
Where the money goes: the concrete, and everything done to it
A ready-mix price and a finished-work price are two different numbers, and a quote that blurs them is hard to compare. The plant sells a cubic metre. The crew turns it into a slab.
Bought from the ready-mix plant
Mix strength, and whether it is air-entrained
Exterior work in Toronto needs an air-entrained mix. Each step up in strength costs more per cubic metre because it carries more cement.
Partial-load charge
Order less than about a full truck and the plant adds a per-load fee, which is why a small pour costs far more per cubic metre than a large one.
Winter handling
From November to April the plant heats its water and aggregate and bills for it, on top of whatever the site has to do to keep the pour warm.
Delivery beyond the included radius
Delivery is normally included inside a set distance of the batch plant. Past it, the kilometres are billed.
Charged by the crew on site
Forming, pouring and finishing
The hours themselves. Complex forms, steps and decorative finishes push them up sharply over a plain rectangle.
A pump, when the truck cannot reach
Backyards, laneway garages and pours over a house mean the concrete is pumped rather than chuted, and the pump is its own line on the quote.
Demolition and disposal
Breaking out the old surface and getting it off the property, bin included. Quoted separately often enough that it is worth asking.
Waiting time on the truck
A fixed unloading window comes with the load. A crew that runs past it pays the mixer to sit there, and that lands on your invoice.
A rate per square foot is hard to picture. These are photographs published by ConcreteFinder companies working in this category across the Greater Toronto Area, at the size they deserve rather than as thumbnails. Each one links to that company's record, with its rating, its service area and its phone number.
Otto's Masonry
Leaside
Royal Work Basement Waterproofing Toronto
Harbourfront
Above & Beyond Construction
The Kingsway
Diamond Rope Machines inc
Willowdale
Hamilton Concrete Works
Burlington
MaConcrete Floors
Mimico
Spec, access and job size move concrete work pricing more than anything else in Toronto. Each factor below is tied to a figure in the table above, so you can read a quote and see where the money goes.
Yes, Ontario changes the math: 13% HST sits on top of every quote, City permits apply to anything touching the right-of-way, and the freeze-thaw season closes the practical pour window. Each point below is what applies locally.
The biggest savings come from job timing, bundling small pours into one mobilization, and doing demolition yourself. Each lever below is tied to a real number in the table above, not to cutting the parts that matter.
Every price on this page was re-opened at its source and matched to the sentence that carries it. Where sources disagree, ConcreteFinder keeps each row on one publisher's own figure and writes the disagreement down here rather than blending them into a range nobody published.
ConcreteFinder tracks 540 concrete contractors across the Greater Toronto Area, rated 4.75★ on average. The three below rank highest on our review-weighted score, based on ConcreteFinder's analysis of 540 GTA businesses, July 2026.
185/100 ConcreteFinder Score
91 reviews · 5.0
Queen West
3 of 4 details on file · Queen West concrete contractor, 91 Google reviews average 5.0★, posted working hours.
284/100 ConcreteFinder Score
257 reviews · 5.0
Burlington
3 of 4 details on file · A concrete contractor working Burlington, 257 Google reviews average 5.0★, also listed under stamped & decorative concrete.
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38 reviews · 5.0
Oakville
2 of 4 details on file · Listed for concrete contractor work around Oakville, 38 Google reviews average 5.0★.
One thing the address genuinely changes is access, which every quote on this page is sensitive to: a downtown lot a truck cannot chute into means a pump or a wheelbarrow crew, and a rear-laneway job is formed differently from an open suburban frontage. The other is how many companies will bid at all. These are the Greater Toronto Area areas where ConcreteFinder tracks the most concrete contractors, with the count on each.
Put your own dimensions through the numbers above. Each calculator shows the working line by line, so you can hold a contractor's quote against it.
Volume for a slab, footing, column or set of steps, in cubic feet, cubic yards and cubic metres at once, with bag counts and a delivered price.
How many 25 kg or 30 kg bags for post holes, a shed pad or a short footing, with the post subtracted from the hole.
A quote is hard to compare when half of it is trade vocabulary. These are the terms used in the table above, defined in the words a contractor would use.
Most concrete work quotes arrive alongside another one. These are the three ConcreteFinder guides closest to this job, each priced from its own named sources.
A 20x20 garage slab runs $5,000 to $8,000 installed; shed pads are $15 to $25 per square foot.
Concrete driveways run $12 to $20 per square foot installed, about $5,500 to $9,000 for a two-car driveway.
Crack repair runs $750 to $1,500; resurfacing is $4 to $8 per square foot, about half the cost of replacement.
Canada Building Materials' January 2026 GTA list price is $245/m³ for 25 MPa and $255/m³ for 30 MPa, plus a $7 environmental charge and $2 fuel surcharge, before 13% HST. Market guides quote $175–$290 delivered depending on supplier and volume. Budget roughly $250–$280/m³ all-in for a typical residential exterior mix.
GTA plants run a practical 3 m³ minimum, and partial-truck charges punish small orders: CBM charges $175 per load for 3.2–4 m³, $300 for 1.2–3 m³, and $400 to deliver a single cubic metre. A 1.5 m³ backyard pad can cost roughly double its raw material value once the small-load fee lands.
Line pumps for residential pours run $500–$1,200 per day per Rockit Concrete Pumping. Boom pump trucks with operator run $1,200–$1,800 per half-day for a 28–36 m boom and $1,800–$2,500 for 42 m+ per 2AZ Group. You need a pump whenever the mixer truck can't chute directly into your forms - typically backyards and laneway garages.
Job Bank puts Toronto-region concrete finisher wages at $28.80 to $47.00 an hour, with a median of $43.58, over the 2023-2024 reference period. That is what finishers are paid, not what a contractor charges: 2AZ Group's GTA charge-out is $35 to $55 an hour for a formwork carpenter and $45 to $65 for a foreman. Budget 4 to 6 labour-hours per cubic metre poured, so a 3 m3 garage slab is roughly $1,200 to $1,800 in labour.
Yes, but it costs more. Canada Building Materials adds a $22 per cubic metre winter handling charge from November 1 to April 30, and $30 on lightweight mixes, because plants heat the water and aggregate. Add site protection (hoarding, curing blankets, accelerators), and note many flatwork contractors simply stop exterior pours from December through April.
Repaving your existing driveway footprint on private property generally needs no permit, but widening it, cutting the curb, or pouring on the boulevard requires a street work permit from Toronto's Right-of-Way Management office plus refundable financial securities. Front-yard parking pads are licensed and many streets ban new ones; zoning requires 50–75% of the front yard to stay soft landscaping.
In the GTA, 2AZ Group prices 10M rebar at $8 to $12 per 20-foot bar, 15M at $12 to $18 and 20M at $18 to $28, and 6x6 welded wire mesh at $25 to $40 per 4 by 8 sheet. On a typical 400 sq ft driveway, reinforcement adds a few hundred dollars in materials, which is cheap insurance against cracking.
2AZ Group prices a standard 20 by 20 foot garage slab at $5,000 to $8,000 installed by a subcontractor in the GTA, materials and labour included. A standard residential basement floor is $6,000 to $10,000 on the same list. Removing an old slab first is a separate line: 2AZ budgets $800 to $1,500 for demo and removal.
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