Cost guides
What painting costs in Toronto and the GTA: guides for houses, interiors, exteriors and kitchen cabinets, from our published 2026 prices.
Quick answers
Published 2026 prices, before HST, with every mandatory fee included.
Guides
Each guide breaks its prices down and explains what moves them.
What painting a house costs in Toronto in 2026: interior and exterior price ranges by home size, what drives the price, and what a quote should include.
Bedroom, walls only: from $450
Interior painting prices in Toronto for 2026, per room and per square foot of wall area, with ceilings, trim and stairwells broken out.
Bedroom, walls only: from $450
Exterior painting prices in Toronto for 2026 by house type and surface: bungalows, two-storey homes, siding, stucco and brick.
Bungalow: $4,000–$8,000
Kitchen cabinet painting costs in Toronto for 2026: $3,200–$8,500 + HST for most kitchens, and from $160 per door, drawer front or panel.
Kitchen cabinets, most kitchens: $3,200–$8,500
Pricing
Published prices include every mandatory fee, travel included.
Your quote is priced on the sizes you give us. If the crew finds the job bigger or smaller, the price changes to match, and you see it before any work starts.
Your quote arrives within 24 hours of seeing the job: the scope, the prep, the paint by brand and line, the price plus HST, and the dates.
The brand and line of every paint go in your quote, so you know exactly what goes on your walls.
The rest is due an hour before the job is finished.
The minimum job is $750 + HST (one crew-day), stated before you book anything.
Good to know
Because a range has to cover every job of its kind. Two bedrooms can share a price row and still differ in size, ceiling height, repairs and colour change. The range runs from the simplest version of the job to the hardest.
Your own job sits somewhere inside it. Three things place it:
The estimator asks about all three and narrows the range in about a minute. Your photos and sizes settle it, and your written quote gives one price.
Line by line, before you look at the totals. Two quotes are only comparable when they describe the same job.
| Check | What to look for |
|---|---|
| The scope | The same rooms and surfaces: walls, ceilings, trim, doors |
| The prep | Patching, sanding and priming named, not assumed |
| The coats | The number of coats, in writing |
| The paint | A brand and a line, not just "premium paint" |
| The tax | Whether HST is in the price or added to it |
| The extras | Any fee that is not in the headline number |
| The warranty | Its length, and whether it is written down |
A low total often means a line is missing. Ask each painter to confirm the same scope, and the numbers usually move closer together.
What a painting quote should include goes through a quote section by section, and do painters charge HST in Ontario explains the tax line.
The one that matches your job. Each guide works through examples from our published price rows.
| Your job | Read |
|---|---|
| The whole house, inside and out | House painting cost in Toronto |
| Rooms, ceilings and trim | Interior painting cost |
| Siding, stucco or brick | Exterior painting cost |
| Kitchen cabinets | Cabinet painting cost |
Questions
A job's size, its condition and the colour change move it within its published range. Your photos and sizes show all three, and your written quote then gives one price.
No. It is a ballpark range from our published prices, before HST. Your written, itemized quote sets the price, based on the size of the job.
Before HST. Our published prices include every mandatory fee, travel included.
The minimum job is $750 + HST, which covers one crew-day. Grouping small jobs into one visit, such as a room, some trim and a few drywall repairs, makes the most of it.
The scope and the sizes it's priced on, the prep, the paint named by brand and line, the price plus HST, the dates, and any surface the warranty can't cover. It arrives within 24 hours of seeing the job.
Your next step
See our published ranges now, or text us a few photos for your written quote. A named person replies within 1 business hour.
