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Secure24Seven provides licensed, insured security guards in Toronto for residential, commercial, and industrial properties. As a Canadian-owned, Ontario-licensed agency, we deploy uniformed on-site guards, mobile patrol, concierge and front-desk guards, retail and loss-prevention guards, construction-site security, event and venue security, alarm response, and CCTV monitoring and installation. Every guard is PSISA-licensed and trained, so you can hire security guards in Toronto with confidence, 24/7.
Why Hire Secure24Seven for Security Guards in Toronto?
Hiring experienced, licensed, and fully trained guards means faster response, dependable coverage, and peace of mind. When you choose Secure24Seven for security guards in Toronto, you get:
- Licensed, uniformed security guards
- 24/7 monitoring and rapid response
- AI-assisted CCTV monitoring
- GPS-tracked mobile patrol units
- Security plans tailored to your property
- Flexible short-term and long-term contracts
- Around-the-clock coverage — your safety is always our priority
Our Security Guard Services in Toronto
On-Site Security Guards
Our on-site security guards protect offices, residential buildings, retail stores, and industrial sites across Toronto. Guards handle access control, patrols, visitor screening, incident management, and emergency response.
Toronto Mobile Patrol
Our mobile patrol guards use marked vehicles to carry out scheduled and randomized patrols across your Toronto property.
Real-Time Reporting & GPS Monitoring
Every patrol is GPS-logged, and you receive digital reports so you can verify each visit.
Toronto Front Desk and Concierge Security
We provide professional front-desk and concierge security guards for Toronto condos, hotels, and commercial offices.
Lobby Monitoring & Visitor Management
Our guards manage entry, welcome residents and visitors, monitor CCTV, and maintain a friendly, secure lobby.
Toronto's Retail and Loss Prevention Security
Our retail and loss-prevention guards reduce theft and protect merchandise across Toronto stores and plazas.
Uniformed and Plain-Clothes Guards
Our guards monitor for suspicious activity, deter shoplifting, and support your retail staff.
Toronto Construction Site Security
Our construction-site security guards protect tools, materials, and equipment on Toronto job sites, day and night.
Constant Patrols and Equipment Security
We provide CCTV coverage, foot patrols, and access-point control across your site.
Toronto Event & Venue Security
We provide event and venue security guards for Toronto corporate events, private functions, festivals, and concerts.
Entry Screening & Crowd Management
Our guards manage crowd flow, check tickets, protect VIPs, and coordinate emergency procedures.
Toronto Alarm Response
When an alarm is triggered, our alarm-response guards attend promptly to verify and secure your site.
Inspection of the Site and Reporting of Incidents
We secure the area, verify the cause, and notify the appropriate authorities if needed.
CCTV Monitoring & Installation in Toronto
We install and monitor smart CCTV systems for Toronto properties.
Real-Time Alerts & AI-Powered Surveillance
Our technology tracks patrols, flags unusual activity, and delivers real-time alerts and reports.
Secure24Seven is a Canadian-owned, Ontario-licensed security guard agency providing licensed security guards across Toronto and the GTA. We protect condominiums, office towers, retail stores, construction sites, and events with uniformed on-site guards, mobile patrol, concierge and front-desk guards, alarm response, and CCTV monitoring and installation.
Every guard we deploy holds a valid licence under Ontario’s Private Security and Investigative Services Act (PSISA) and has completed the province’s mandatory 40 hours of training, including Emergency First Aid/CPR. Our agency carries $2 million in general liability insurance and holds Ontario security agency licence 30000287 — you can verify it yourself on the provincial registry (linked below).
We operate 24/7 across Toronto, from the downtown core to the neighbourhoods. To hire a security guard in Toronto, call +1 (437) 566-3068 or request a free quote online, and we’ll respond within 24 hours with guard availability and pricing for your property, hours, and risk profile.
Which Toronto Districts We Cover
Toronto is not one security market — a Financial District tower, a King West condo, and a Golden Mile construction site each carry different risks. We deploy guards citywide.
The downtown core. Downtown Toronto accounts for 664,650 jobs — 40.9% of all city employment (Toronto Employment Survey 2025), and office work makes up 50.1% of all Toronto jobs (same source) — which is why commercial and concierge coverage concentrates here. The PATH, the underground network the City describes as more than 30 km long, connecting 75+ buildings with 1,200 shops and services and more than 200,000 business-day commuters (City of Toronto), ties the core together.
Yorkville and Bloor Street — luxury retail and hotels; the City lists more than 700 businesses in the Bloor-Yorkville area.
King-Spadina and Liberty Village — converted-industrial offices, creative studios, and condo towers. Liberty Village alone holds 13,010 jobs (City of Toronto Areas of Employment, 2025).
The Distillery District — a National Historic Site of more than forty heritage buildings (City of Toronto), where pedestrian volume and events drive demand.
East Harbour and the Port Lands — major construction-security territory. East Harbour is 25 hectares of employment-designated land (City of Toronto By-law 1192-2018), where Metrolinx has a 38-acre transit-oriented community in construction, projected for ~100,000 daily riders. The Port Lands cover 356 hectares (880 acres) and reached flood-protection substantial completion on 30 September 2025 (Waterfront Toronto).
Across the city, the City of Toronto states it has the largest number of business improvement areas of any urban centre in the world — more than 85 BIAs representing 45,000 members.
What Toronto Property Managers Are Actually Dealing With
Security spending should follow the actual risk, so here is what the current data shows.
Overall crime severity is down — but the mix is shifting. The Toronto CMA Crime Severity Index was 55.0 in 2025, a 7% decrease, with a crime rate of 3,950 per 100,000 — well below the national CSI of 75.0 (Statistics Canada, 22 July 2026). Nationally, break-ins fell 11% and vehicle theft fell 16% — but shoplifting rose 11%, its fifth straight annual increase and 79% above 2015 levels (Statistics Canada, 2025). Retail theft is the one category still climbing.
Auto theft is the local outlier. While Ontario auto theft fell 8.4% in the first half of 2026, Toronto’s rose 8.8% over the same period (Toronto Police Service / Équité Association data via NOW Toronto, 2026) — density and proximity to export ports keep the pressure on.
The case every condo manager should know. Three people faced 150 charges over 21 Toronto condominium and apartment break-ins between May and September 2025, with an estimated $1 million to $1.5 million recovered across more than 2,500 items. Their method is the lesson: they “would disguise themselves as construction workers and enter residential apartments and condos during the day” (Global News, 13 August 2026). Daytime access control and visitor verification — not just overnight coverage — is what stops that pattern.
Retail exposure is real. Yorkdale ($2,368 per square foot) and CF Toronto Eaton Centre ($1,642 per square foot) are Canada’s two most productive shopping centres (ICSC via Retail Insider, 2025), and Canadian retail crime losses reached $9.1 billion in 2024, nearly double a decade earlier (Retail Council of Canada via Retail Insider, October 2025).
Construction sites are high-value and under-measured. Toronto’s downtown core counted 106 tower cranes in Q1 2025 — more than Los Angeles, Calgary, and Seattle combined (RLB Crane Index via STOREYS). With copper around $8/lb, materials and equipment are prime targets — and notably, no Canadian body collects construction-site theft statistics (ConstructConnect, March 2026), which is exactly why site-level incident logging and access control matter. Major transit builds — the Ontario Line, Scarborough Subway Extension, Yonge North Subway Extension, and Eglinton Crosstown West Extension — remain active construction environments across the city.
What It Costs to Hire a Security Guard in Toronto
Pricing depends on the service line, the hours, and how specialized the post is. Rather than a single number, here’s how Toronto security pricing actually works — so you can judge any quote you receive.
Why the bill rate is well above minimum wage. Ontario’s minimum wage is $17.60/hr through 30 September 2026, rising to $17.95/hr on 1 October 2026, and Job Bank lists Toronto security-guard wages (NOC 64410) at a low of $17.60, median of $19.00, and high of $30.00 (Job Bank, 2023–24 data, updated November 2025). Typical Toronto bill rates run higher — commonly around $28–$38/hr for unarmed guards, more for specialized posts — because a compliant bill rate isn’t just the wage. It also has to cover WSIB premiums, statutory holiday pay, vacation pay, EI and CPP, $2 million liability insurance, uniforms and equipment, scheduling and supervision, and mandatory training, plus a working margin. That’s a roughly 1.6–2.0× multiplier over the wage floor. A quote priced at or barely above minimum wage is a warning sign that one of those legally required costs is being cut.
Mobile patrol vs. on-site. A mobile patrol vehicle covers several properties on one route, so it usually costs less than a dedicated on-site guard; alarm response lets you pay only when an alarm actually fires. Overnight, weekend, and statutory-holiday coverage typically carries a premium reflecting higher wage costs.
Tell us your property type and hours and we’ll send exact pricing.
How to Verify a Security Company Is Licensed in Ontario
You can — and should — check any provider before you sign, including us.
Ontario regulates the industry under the PSISA. As of the most recent reporting year there were 156,874 licensed security guards and 649 licensed security agencies in the province, with 452 inspections carried out and an industry compliance rate of just 60% among licensed agencies (Private Security and Investigative Services Branch Annual Report, 2024–25). That figure is the reason verification matters — four in ten inspected agencies were not fully compliant.
Two things every buyer should know:
- The company needs its own licence, not just its guards. Individual guards are licensed, and separately the business must hold a security agency licence to sell guard services. A legitimate agency is required to display that licence at the office where it deals with the public (PSISA s.36) and will give you the number on request. Ours is 30000287.
- Verify it on the official registry. Check agencies at compliance.gov.on.ca/services/psis-publicregistry/agency/en and individual guards at compliance.gov.on.ca/services/psis-publicregistry/individual/en.
For context on what licensing requires: every guard completes 40 hours of mandatory training, including Emergency First Aid/CPR (33.5 hours classroom), and every agency must carry $2 million in general liability insurance (ontario.ca). To report a concern, the province’s line is 1-866-767-7454.
Security Guards in Nearby Areas
Secure24Seven also provides licensed security guards across the wider GTA: Security Guards in Mississauga · Security Guards in Brampton · Security Guards in Vaughan · Security Guards in Oakville.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to hire a security guard in Toronto?
It depends on the service and hours. Typical Toronto bill rates start around $28–$38/hr for unarmed guards, with mobile patrol and alarm response often costing less because coverage is shared or event-based. Call us for exact pricing for your site.
Why is the bill rate nearly double minimum wage?
Because the wage is only one part of a legal bill rate. On top of the guard’s pay, the rate covers WSIB, statutory holiday and vacation pay, EI/CPP, $2M liability insurance, uniforms, supervision, scheduling, and the 40 hours of mandatory training. A rate at minimum wage means one of those is being skipped.
How do I verify a security company is licensed in Ontario?
Search the provincial agency registry at compliance.gov.on.ca/services/psis-publicregistry/agency/en and ask for the company’s licence number. It’s worth doing — the industry compliance rate is only 60% (PSISB Annual Report, 2024–25).
What are the fire watch requirements in Ontario, and how long does a fire watch last?
Under the Ontario Fire Code (O. Reg. 213/07), Article 5.11.2.5, fire-watch tours must be made at least once every hour. When the watch is required for hot work (welding, cutting, grinding), it continues for at least 3 hours after the work stops — or 2 hours if a hand-held thermal imaging camera is used. A separate provision requires hourly tours during demolition that creates a fire hazard to adjacent occupied spaces.
What security is needed on a construction site?
Typically access control at entry points, protection of tools, equipment, cargo and copper, scheduled patrols, subtrade access logs, and Fire Code–compliant fire watch. Because no agency tracks construction theft nationally, site-level incident logging is one of the most valuable things a guard program adds.
What type of security is best for condos?
A mix of daytime concierge/front-desk coverage and disciplined access control. The 2025 case of a group who disguised themselves as construction workers to enter Toronto condos during the day (Global News, 13 August 2026) shows why visitor verification matters as much as overnight patrols.
Are mobile patrols cheaper than on-site guards?
Usually yes — one patrol vehicle covers several properties on a schedule, so you share the cost. The trade-off is periodic rather than continuous presence.
Do security companies charge extra for nights and weekends?
Overnight, weekend, and statutory-holiday shifts generally carry a premium because the underlying wage and statutory-pay costs are higher.
Do I have to pay for the guard’s lunch break?
For a single-guard post that can’t be left unattended, break relief has to be staffed and is reflected in the rate. We’ll set this out clearly in your service agreement.
Should I just pick the cheapest security quote in Toronto?
The cheapest quote is often the one cutting a legally required cost (insurance, WSIB, training, supervision) — which becomes your liability if something goes wrong. Compare what’s actually included, and confirm the agency licence.
Can a security guard stop a shoplifter in Ontario?
A licensed guard can observe, document, and deter, and may detain only in the limited circumstances the law allows. Ontario’s Code of Conduct requires guards to refrain from exercising unnecessary force, so our guards prioritize deterrence, accurate reporting, and preserving evidence over physical intervention — which protects both your staff and your liability.
What’s the typical contract length for condo security?
Flexible — we offer both short-term and long-term agreements to match occupancy phases, events, or ongoing coverage.