Answers to what Willowdale homeowners ask most, tree bylaw changes included.
Call (647) 370-1865 and ask us directly.
It depends on the tree's size and species, plus whether nearby construction complicates access to the property. A written price comes only after we've seen it in person.
As of September 2026, Toronto added a protected category for trees over 61 centimetres in diameter, on top of the existing 30-centimetre threshold for standard permits. For a tree in that larger category, the City can refuse a removal permit outright rather than approving it with conditions.
It genuinely can. Root damage or soil compaction from an adjacent build often takes a season or two to show up as visible decline, which makes the connection easy to miss until the tree is already struggling. If there's a project nearby, worth having us take a look.
Past 30 centimetres of trunk diameter, yes, regardless of the new large-tree category. Enforcement is stricter now too - an unpermitted stump 40 centimetres or wider counts as proof the tree was protected. We handle the paperwork as part of the job.
Same-day priority for storm calls, and if there's a construction site nearby complicating access, we'll work around it rather than let it slow the response.
Yes, quoted separately. Ask for both together and we'll typically get them done in one visit.
Branches crossing onto your side can be trimmed without asking permission first. Taking the whole tree down, or cutting into the trunk itself, is different - that needs the neighbour's agreement, or the City stepping in if the two of you can't reach one.
Full details on any of these are one click away.
Every trim starts with the same question: what's this tree carrying that it doesn't need to be? Weak limbs come off, growth gets pulled back from the roofline and the wires, and on a lot where a build is underway next door, the visit itself is planned so it doesn't add one more strain to roots that construction may have already disturbed.
View Tree Trimming and Pruning
Once a branch is dead, gravity is the only remaining question - when, not if. On a property near active construction, a dead limb is one more hazard nobody wants to discover the hard way while equipment is moving through the yard.
View Dead Branch Removal
A trunk that's split or a limb hanging over a walkway isn't something to leave until tomorrow, and we treat it that way regardless of what else is going on at the property. Working around an active build site next door is just one more logistics problem to solve on the way there, not a reason to slow down.
View Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup
Not every tree is worth saving, and the reason isn't always structural - sometimes it's simply standing where a project needs to go. Either way it ends the same: the tree comes down, the wood and brush leave with it, and the ground is cleared in one visit.
View Tree Removal
A tree that's grown too large for the space around it doesn't automatically need to come down. Thinning and reduction bring down the size and the weight without removing the tree outright, which matters when a mature tree is also the easiest thing on a property to lose during nearby construction.
View Crown Thinning and Canopy Reduction
Steel cable strung between two major limbs takes pressure off a weakening union before it fails outright. It's often the difference between losing a mature tree entirely and keeping one that's otherwise sound except for a single developing weak point - a distinction that matters more when that tree happens to be the oldest thing left standing on a rapidly redeveloping street.
View Tree Cabling and Bracing
Nobody wants to look at a stump for months waiting for it to rot away on its own. One pass with the grinder takes it below the surface in a single visit, clearing the spot the same day - useful when it's about to become lawn, a bed, or part of a new build's yard.
View Stump Grinding and RemovalSpecies, size and any nearby construction - send us that and hear back within a business day. Or handle it by phone: (647) 370-1865.
