Lawn mowing & lawn care near you
Mowing, spring cleanup, aeration, overseeding and fall leaf removal across the GTA. What the season looks like here and what each job costs.
Typically $45–$300 in the GTA
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What does lawn care cost in Toronto?
$55 – $90
Typical price $70
Taskly rate table v8 · 2026-08-24. Booking ranges from GTA labour rates and job scope — not an average of past jobs. Full cost breakdown
Services
Kinds of lawn care
The lawn care jobs people book most. Open one to see what it covers and what it costs.
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One post, the whole situation handled
Several jobs bought as one outcome — one Tasker, one price to agree, no coordinating three trades yourself.
Ready for the season
Cleanup, first cut, beds edged and the boulevard strip repaired — the whole yard reset in one visit.
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Closed down for winter
Leaves gone, beds cut back, hoses drained and the furniture stored before the first snow.
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Selling in three weeks
Mown, edged, mulched and tidied so the listing photographs like a cared-for property.
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Thin lawn, fixed properly
Aerated, overseeded and topdressed in the September window, rather than watered harder in August.
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Other things people post
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Before the first snow
Gutters cleared, hoses drained and the walk ready, so December is not the first time anyone looks.
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Walked while you work
A midday walk on the days the office runs long, with a note on how it went.
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A garage you can park in
Sort, shelve and haul away what is left, so the car actually fits before the snow arrives.
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Two people and a van
The couch, the bed frame and the eleven boxes — lifted, moved and set down where they go.
Post this taskWhat lawn care actually costs here, and why
Lawn care in the GTA is a compressed season with hard edges. Nothing meaningful happens before the ground thaws, usually somewhere in April; growth is heaviest through late May and June; July and August often bring a dormancy that makes the lawn look dead and is not; and the whole thing ends with leaves in late October and November. Almost every mistake people make with a GTA lawn is a timing mistake rather than a technique one, and the price you pay reflects how far into the rush you booked.
The spring cleanup is the job that sets up the year: clearing winter debris, raking out matted growth, cutting back what died, and getting the first cut in before growth outruns it. It is booked in a crush in the first warm fortnight, and the people who post in March get better prices than the people who post the week everyone notices their lawn. The same is true in reverse for leaf removal, where the compressed window between the leaves falling and the first snow is the busiest fortnight of the autumn.
Recurring mowing is priced by lot size and frequency, and the honest thing to know is that weekly and bi-weekly are different products in June. A lawn cut every two weeks in peak growth needs the clippings removed, which is a different job from mulching in place, and that difference shows up in the price. Toronto lot sizes vary enormously — a downtown strip behind a semi and a half-acre in Markham are not comparable jobs — so give the rough dimensions rather than the number of bedrooms.
Aeration and overseeding sit in September for good reason: cool nights and warm soil are what let new grass establish before winter, and spring seeding usually loses to crabgrass. If your lawn is thin and compacted, that is a September job to book in August, not an April one. Sod is the exception and can go down through the season, provided somebody waters it properly for the first three weeks, which is the part that most often fails.
Access and disposal are the two things people forget to mention and both change the price. A back garden reachable only through the house is a very different job from one with a side gate, and a Tasker with a ride-on cannot use it at all. Green bin capacity is the other constraint: a spring cleanup routinely produces more yard waste than a City collection will take at once, so decide in advance whether the Tasker is hauling it away, staging it over two collections, or leaving it bagged. That single answer moves the price more than most people expect.
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- 4Confirm when it’s doneThe money releases and your receipt arrives by email.
Local knowledge
Priced for how the GTA actually lives
Four things that change a lawn care quote here, and nowhere else.
A short season
Roughly April to November, and both ends are a crush
Nothing happens before the ground thaws and it ends with the leaves. That compresses the whole year into two rush fortnights — the first warm spell and the fall cleanup — and the price you pay reflects how far into the rush you booked.
Green bin limits
City collection will not take a whole spring cleanup
A GTA yard-waste collection takes a set number of bags or bundles, and a real cleanup routinely produces more than one pickup will accept. Decide up front whether the Tasker hauls it, stages it across two collections, or leaves it bagged — that single answer moves the price more than most people expect.
September, not April
Cool nights and warm soil are the seeding window
Aeration and overseeding work here in September because new grass establishes before winter; spring seeding usually loses to crabgrass. A thin, compacted lawn is an August booking for September work, not an April one.
Road salt
The boulevard edge dies every winter
Salt spray from GTA road and sidewalk clearing kills the strip nearest the street, which is why so many lawns here need edge repair in spring that a lawn two hours north does not.
What a lawn visit usually includes
- Mowing to an agreed height, not the lowest setting
- Trimming edges along walks, beds and the driveway
- Blowing clippings off hard surfaces
- Mulching in place, or bagging when growth is heavy
- A note on anything that looks wrong — grubs, fungus, drainage
Hauling yard waste away is usually quoted separately from the cut.
Try nowWhat moves the price
- Lot size, given as rough dimensions rather than bedrooms
- Frequency — bi-weekly in June usually means clippings must be removed
- Access: a back yard reachable only through the house rules out a ride-on
- Slope, and how much of the yard is trimming rather than mowing
- Whether yard waste is hauled, staged for collection, or left bagged
- Time of season — the two rush fortnights price differently
Worth asking before you accept an offer
- Is yard waste removal included or quoted separately?
- How do you get to the back yard, and will a ride-on fit?
- What cutting height, and do you mulch or bag?
- Is this a one-off or does it hold for the season at this price?
- Will you edge and blow off the walks as part of the visit?
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What you can actually count on
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Built for the GTA
Lift access, month-end crunch and salt season are in the pricing, not surprises.
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Questions
Frequently asked
GTA-specific answers to what people actually search for.
When should I book the spring cleanup?
Earlier than feels necessary — March rather than the first warm weekend. The fortnight when everyone notices their lawn is the fortnight prices and lead times peak.
My lawn looks dead in August. Is it?
Usually not. Summer dormancy is normal in the GTA and the lawn generally recovers with cooler nights. Aeration and overseeding in September do more than watering harder in August.
Weekly or bi-weekly?
In peak growth they are different jobs — bi-weekly usually means clippings have to be removed rather than mulched, and that shows up in the price.
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