Toronto Asphalt & Parking Lot Rates
Last updated: By The Pavement Desk
These guides exist so a bid can be read against something other than the last bid. Every rate is in Canadian dollars, dated August 2026, and tied to a named source: a GTA contractor's published pricing, a municipal unit-price estimate, or a published Canadian cost guide. Where sources disagreed the range was widened rather than one picked. None of it is a quotation for your site, and 13% HST sits on top unless a row says otherwise.
Which cost guide do you need?
9 researched rate guides for the Greater Toronto Area, each with a full source-cited table, the Ontario rules that move the price, and the questions that decide whether two bids are comparable.
Parking Lot Paving rates
Commercial lots run $3.00 to $6.00 per square foot on Empire Paving's own published price.
Asphalt Paving rates
Overlays run $3 to $7 per square foot, plus $0.75 to $1.25 if the old surface is milled off.
Sealcoating rates
Sealcoating runs $0.20 to $0.40 per square foot, about $2,000 to $4,000 on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
Asphalt Repair rates
Potholes run $100 to $500 each, and general patching $2 to $5 per square foot.
Line Marking rates
Restripes run $4 to $9 per stall, plus a $150 to $350 mobilization fee on every visit.
Concrete Curbs and Sidewalks rates
Minor repair runs $20 to $50 per linear foot, and full replacement $100 to $250.
Excavation and Grading rates
Earth excavation benchmarks at $27.50 to $120.00 per cubic metre between two municipal estimates.
Site Drainage rates
A fully installed catch basin is $6,800, and the precast structure alone is $900.
Roadway Construction rates
Hot mix surface course runs $82.50 to $142.80 per tonne, and granular base $22.00 to $34.00.
Comparing two options?
Head-to-head breakdowns of the scope decisions that split two bids on the same lot: what each option fixes, what neither fixes, and what the bid has to show either way.
Frequently asked questions
Are these rates current, and where do they come from?
- Every figure comes from a named Canadian source: a GTA contractor's own published pricing, a municipal unit-price cost estimate from the City of Toronto or the Region of Peel, or a published Canadian cost guide. Where sources disagreed, the range was widened rather than one picked, and every number is attributed inline and again in a sources list on each guide.
Is HST included in these rates?
- No, unless a row says otherwise. Ontario charges 13% HST and most contractor price lists quote before tax, which on a $50,000 lot program is a $6,500 swing. Confirm in writing whether each bid is tax-in or tax-extra before you put two of them side by side.
Can I price a lot from these numbers?
- No, and nothing here should be used that way. These are regional benchmarks for reading a bid, not a quotation for your site. A small scope can land on a mobilization minimum rather than a unit rate, subgrade condition is unknown until the surface comes off, and access and phasing on a tenanted site move the total. Use the ranges to spot a bid that is far outside them, then ask why.
Why do some guides lean on municipal cost estimates?
- Because for some scopes there is no published commercial rate card at all. Excavation, catch basins and private roadway work are quoted after a site visit almost everywhere, so the honest benchmarks are real municipal road-project estimates, which are public and itemized. Each guide says plainly where its figures came from and what that means for a private site.