If your address was with the keys, treat the lock as known to whoever finds them.
Don't leave a spare key anywhere outside while you wait, under the mat or elsewhere.

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Most locks in Toronto do not need replacing. They need new pins, a clean cylinder, or a strike moved a few millimetres so the bolt stops fighting the frame. We start with the least invasive fix, say plainly what we see, and only move up the list when the hardware has truly reached the end of its life.

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The fix, explained · Toronto

What is the door doing?

EmergencyHome Lockout ServiceThe keypad on the smart lock blinks once and goes dark.

The fix

Winter creates its own kind of lockout. Meltwater runs into a keyway during the day and freezes overnight, a weather-exposed cylinder stiffens in the cold, and a door that shrank in January may drop its bolt out of line with the strike.

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EmergencyBusiness Lockout ServiceMinus eighteen with a wind, and the exterior cylinder on the shop door has frozen solid overnight after yesterday's slush.

The fix

A business lockout service reopens commercial premises when the door is locked and nobody on site can open it. The locksmith begins by confirming that the person asking for entry has authority to act for the business, through identification and a document or a phone call that ties them to the premises.

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EmergencyBroken Key ExtractionIn the parking lot your car key snapped in the driver's door.

The fix

Broken key extraction is the removal of a snapped key piece from a lock so it can go back to work. It is done with slim hooks and spiral extractors that slide into the keyway beside the fragment, catch the cuts in the blade and draw it out the way it went in.

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EmergencyBreak-In Damage Lock RepairYou came home to find the front door standing open.

The fix

A failed break-in is still a repair. When a lock holds against a pry bar or a kick, the force goes somewhere: a strike plate bends, screws loosen, the door edge takes a gouge, the deadbolt binds where the bolt met the strike under load.

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EmergencySeized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe key slides all the way in, exactly as it has for years, and then refuses to turn in either direction.

The fix

The visit runs in a set order. On the phone you describe what the key does: refuses to turn, spins freely, or works only when the door is pushed.

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EmergencyLost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe renovation wrapped up in the spring.

The fix

A key ring rarely holds only house keys, so a same-visit rekey looks at everything that was on it. The mechanical house keys are handled by repinning the cylinders.

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Technician in a cap and glasses holding a small key fob beside the dashboard of a black motorcycle in a garage. — Toronto

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Sort your Toronto door with one call

We are straightforward about time. A locksmith heading to Toronto calls when he is on the way, gives you an honest sense of how long the job will take once he has seen the door, and tells you if something changes. Nobody is left watching the driveway wondering, and nobody discovers the visit ran long only when the invoice arrives.

Bennington Heights, Cabbagetown, Don Vale, Moore Park, Regent Park, Riverdale, Rosedale, St. James Town and Yorkville

A locksmith who listens. The job starts with your description, not our assumptions. What you have noticed about the door often points to the cause before we touch it.
Honest about what is worth doing. Some hardware deserves saving and some does not. We tell you which and why, so you spend on what makes a difference.
Left better than found. The door works, the area is clean and you have keys, notes and a clear idea of what to watch for. That is the standard for every visit.

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Locksmith services · Toronto

Use this list to find the lock service that fits your situation in Toronto. Openings for lockouts. Rekeys and lock changes for new owners and departing tenants. Deadbolts and high-security hardware for people who want more from their door. Commercial hardware and master keys for businesses. Safes. Keys of every kind.

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1 / 9

The padlock on the shed has been stiff all summer. Today the key twisted, cracked at the tip, and left the end buried deep in the keyway. The rest came out in your hand, and the padlock is still closed.

Broken Key Extraction

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2 / 9

You came home to find the front door standing open. The deadbolt is still thrown, but the strike plate is dangling from one screw and a fist-sized piece of the jamb is lying on the hall floor.

Break-In Damage Lock Repair

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3 / 9

The house is fifteen years old and every exterior door still wears the light hardware the builder fitted: a short bolt, a thin strike held by two small screws, and a knob lock that never suited a street entrance.

Lock Replacement & Upgrade

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4 / 9

After a winter of road spray and salt, the little lock on the mailbox door has gone stiff, then gritty, then almost immovable. Rust has crept in around the keyway, and the key barely turns anymore no matter how it is worked.

Mailbox Lock Replacement

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5 / 9

A safe sat in a late parent's basement for years, its combination known to nobody left in the family, and everyone would like to know what is actually inside it.

Safe Opening & Combination Change

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6 / 9

A new hire at the shop gets handed whatever spare key happens to be in the drawer, and it turns out to open the stockroom, the back office and the safe room all at once. The owner realizes nobody actually decided who should open what.

Master Key System Design

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7 / 9

The team has grown past the point where one shared key still makes sense. New hires need a way in before a manager arrives, and the current setup cannot tell one person's entry from another's.

Access Control Installation

Dark-framed glass entrance doors with long silver-colored vertical pull handles and a round keyhole. — Business Lockout Service, Toronto

8 / 9

A teenager just passed a driving test and reasonably wants a key of their own rather than negotiating over the family's single copy every time the car is needed. Two drivers and one key keep colliding on the same schedule.

Spare Car Key Duplication

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9 / 9

After a slushy week the key barely reaches accessory before it stalls, gritty and reluctant, where it used to move cleanly through every position. Warming the car up in the driveway hasn't changed how the barrel feels at all.

Ignition Lock Repair

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto information

Master Key System Design, Spare Car Key Duplication, Access Control Installation, Broken Key Extraction, Safe Opening & Combination Change, Ignition Lock Repair, Mailbox Lock Replacement, Lock Replacement & Upgrade and Break-In Damage Lock Repair

Town: Toronto, Ontario
In business: 16 years
Hours: Open 24/7 · nights, weekends and holidays, same fees
Phone: (289) 806-2827
Work: lockouts, change or rekey, high security, commercial
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What the census means at the door

58%

Older homes. About 58% of homes in Toronto were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.

Older homes tend to have had many hands on their doors: owners, tenants, tradespeople, family. A locksmith visiting such a house pays attention to who holds keys now, and rekeying or a keyed-alike set often matters more than any new hardware.

23%

Single-detached houses make up about 23% of homes in Toronto (2021 Census).

Shared entrances mean fobs, intercoms and buzzers alongside conventional locks. A locksmith can service the mechanical side of those doors and advise on how the fob system and the cylinder work together when management asks.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population

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Advice · (289) 806-2827

Part of the key is sticking out. Can I just pull it with pliers?

If a good length shows and the plug is at its normal rest position, a firm straight pull sometimes works. The risk is pushing instead of pulling, or twisting, which drives the piece deeper and can bend a pin. If it does not come on the first gentle try, stop there and leave it for extractor tools, which grip the cuts without loading the cylinder.

The intruder found our spare keys. What should be rekeyed?

Everything those keys fit. That usually means the front, back and side doors, the garage man-door, the mailbox and any padlocks, and in a rental the suite door with the landlord's involvement. Rekeying changes a serviceable cylinder to answer to a new key, and a cylinder that cannot be rekeyed is replaced instead. Doing every affected opening in one visit, keyed alike where the cylinders are compatible, means no forgotten door still answers to the stolen ring.

My deadbolt only locks if I push the door. Will a new lock cure that?

The push is a sign the bolt and the strike pocket are out of line, which is a door and frame matter more than a lock fault. A new deadbolt is welcome if the old one is worn, but the visit also adjusts the strike, deepens the pocket or tightens hinges so the bolt throws freely with the door simply closed. Done together, the door locks with a fingertip and the new hardware works as designed.

Will the whole mailbox be replaced, or just the lock inside it?

Almost always, only the lock: the small cylinder and its cam come out, and a matching replacement goes into the same hole in the same compartment door. The mailbox itself, the door, and the surrounding panel stay exactly as they were. A full compartment door or panel is only replaced when it has been damaged beyond a simple lock swap, and that would be discussed separately before any work begins.

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