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Most cost guides for egress windows are written by people who have never cut one. The ranges below come from our own job sheets: more than 300 egress window projects with a window well completed across Toronto, the GTA, Hamilton and Kitchener-Waterloo in 2025 and 2026, and over 1,600 since 2020.
The short version: a single egress window, cut, installed, with the well and finishing, usually costs between $2,500 and $4,500. The median project was about $3,900. Below is what moves a job to either end of that range and what a quote should include.
Prices are what customers actually paid, before HST. Your quote depends on the wall, the depth below grade and the window you choose.
| Service | Typical Price Range |
|---|---|
| Cut-down + new egress windowLower the sill, keep the width. Window, cutting, cement finish and interior finish included. Often no permit. | $2,500 – $3,500 |
| New opening (full cut) + egress windowNew hole through poured concrete or block, lintel as required, permit handled. Window included. | $3,000 – $4,500 |
| Window well with drainageGalvanized steel or pressure-treated well, gravel base tied to drainage. Included when the opening is below grade. | Included |
| Second egress window, same visitShared setup and disposal make the second window cheaper than the first. | + $1,800 – $2,500 |
| Tilt-and-turn window upgradeInward-opening European style instead of a casement. | + $300 |
| Window well cover or grateLockable from inside, opens without tools as the Code requires. | $400 |
| Soil haul-awayWhen excavated soil cannot stay on the property. | $300 |
| Walkout or patio door cutOpening enlarged to full door height, door included. | From about $3,500 |
Every price includes the window, all cutting, disposal, exterior cement finish, interior finish and cleanup. City permit fees are passed through at cost.
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You will get egress window quotes in Ontario anywhere from under $2,000 to over $6,000 for what sounds like the same job. They are not the same job. The cheapest quotes usually leave out one or more of these: the permit and drawings, drainage under the well, a well large enough for the 550 mm clearance the Code requires, a window big enough for the 0.35 m² clear opening, interior finishing, or any guarantee that the work passes inspection.
We are not the cheapest egress window company in the GTA and do not try to be. Every job we do is sized to the Ontario egress requirements, drained properly, finished inside and out, and guaranteed to pass its inspection. If an inspector flags our workmanship, we come back and fix it at no cost. Over 1,000 installs and a 5.0 Google rating is what that looks like over twenty years.
Not included: city permit fees, which are passed through at cost, and a well cover, which is a $400 option we recommend.
For a basement bedroom, the question is not really about money. A room where someone sleeps needs a second way out, and the Code, your insurer and your home inspector all agree. For a rental suite the math is simple: a legal second unit in the GTA rents for well over the cost of the window in a single month, and an illegal one can cost you the tenant, the insurance claim, or both.
There is also the daylight. Most customers tell us afterwards that the bigger window changed the basement more than any other part of the renovation.
Send us two photos: the window from inside the room, and the same window from outside showing the ground around it. From those we can tell whether it is a cut-down or a full cut, how deep the well needs to be, and what the window size will be, and we send you a written approximate quote, usually the same day. An estimator then confirms the price on site before anything is booked. The price on the final quote is the price you pay.
Based on more than 300 of our own installs in 2025 and 2026, a single egress window with cutting, window well and finishing typically costs $2,500 to $4,500 installed, with a median around $3,900. Two windows in the same visit usually run $4,500 to $6,500.
Yes. Our prices include the window, all cutting and disposal, the well and drainage, exterior cement finish, interior finish and cleanup. City permit fees are passed through at cost.
A cut-down keeps the existing width and only lowers the sill, so the structure above the window is untouched and a permit is usually not needed. A new opening needs a lintel, more cutting and a building permit.
A cover or grate that opens from inside without tools, as the Code requires, is $400 installed on our jobs.
No. We give an approximate quote from photos, then confirm it with a free on-site assessment before you commit.
