Tenant day · 07:00 to 18:00
Office building security in Toronto has two jobs that look nothing alike. By day, the guard at the lobby desk is part of the tenant experience: greeting staff, checking in visitors, routing couriers and keeping fob doors from being tailgated. By night, the same building needs lock-up, patrols and fast alarm response. Secure 24 Seven supplies PSISA-licensed commercial security guards for both shifts, across Toronto and the GTA.
Building night · 18:00 to 07:00
When the tenants leave, the building is still yours to protect
Doors locked to schedule, elevators set to after-hours mode, every floor swept for a propped stair door, and a guard on the loading dock when the cleaners and late contractors arrive. Overnight, rounds of the parking levels and perimeter, and an alarm response that is dispatched immediately.
The building clock
A good post order reads like a timetable. Each part of the day has different traffic, different risks and different things a facility manager needs to hear about the next morning.
06:00 – 08:00
Unlock entrances to schedule, disarm per your procedure, and walk the lobby, washrooms and parking for anything the night left behind before the first tenant arrives.
08:00 – 10:00
The busiest door hours. Greet arrivals, issue visitor passes, and keep an eye on people slipping through fob doors or turnstiles behind someone else.
10:00 – 16:00
Loading dock bookings, courier routing, contractor sign-in and key control, escorts to electrical and riser rooms, and midday rounds.
16:00 – 18:00
Visible presence while the building empties, walks to the parking level on request, and attention to equipment leaving in the wrong hands.
18:00 – 20:00
Secure the perimeter, confirm floor and elevator settings, sign in late workers and the cleaning crew, and sweep each floor for open doors and lights.
20:00 – 06:00
Interior and exterior rounds, garage checks, alarm and trouble calls, and leaks or mechanical faults reported before they become a Monday-morning flood.
Access control, in layers
Card readers and cameras do not stop anyone on their own. Each layer works when a person checks it, records exceptions and closes the gaps. This is how our guards work each ring of a commercial building.
Entrances, parking ramps, loading dock and exterior lighting. Doors that should be locked are tested, not assumed.
Visitor registration, temporary passes, courier hand-offs, and a polite stop for anyone following a tenant through the secure side.
After-hours elevator settings, floor access for cleaners and trades, and stair doors that should never be found propped open.
Suite doors checked after hours, tenant-approved access lists for contractors, and unlocked suites secured and reported.
Escort-only entry, signed key logs and a written record of who was inside, when and why.
Building types
Same licence, same training, very different days. Pick your building type.
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Many employers, one front door. Security has to serve every tenant’s rules without slowing the lobby down.
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Patients arrive anxious, early and sometimes upset. Ontario employers must assess the risk of workplace violence, and a calm, trained guard at the door is often part of how clinics control it.
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Branches need a visible, unhurried presence that reassures customers, plus disciplined opening and closing routines and a quick response when the panel trips at night.
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Open desks, shared fobs and members working past midnight. Laptops and phones are easy to walk out with when no one knows who belongs.
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Front offices attached to a plant or warehouse, where reception, shipping and the yard meet. For the warehouse side, see our warehouse and logistics security page.
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Facility manager questions
Request 01 · Staffing
In a smaller building, often yes, if the desk is covered while the guard is away and rounds are timed for quiet periods. In a busy tower, leaving the desk during the lobby rush defeats its purpose, so we usually recommend a second guard or a mobile patrol for rounds and after-hours checks.
Request 02 · After hours
Our alarm response team is dispatched immediately. The guard checks the perimeter and points of entry, contacts your keyholder as your procedure says, and files a report with photos so you know what happened before you reach the office.
Request 03 · Procedures
Yes. We write site-specific post orders from your tenant handbook, access rules and fire safety plan. Under the Ontario Fire Code, a building’s fire safety plan assigns duties to designated supervisory staff, so we brief guards on exactly what your plan expects of them.
Request 04 · Tenant experience
It can. We brief guards on tenant names, building amenities and the tone you want at the desk, while the access rules stay the same. A guard who greets people warmly is also the one most likely to notice a face that does not belong.
Request 05 · Timing
For an urgent situation, we can usually have a guard on site in about 30 to 60 minutes, depending on travel. For ongoing coverage, we start with a free site assessment, agree the post orders, and schedule a start date that suits you.
Planning coverage
Build a security plan for your building
Book a free site assessment. We walk the perimeter, lobby, dock and floors with you, then quote the posts and hours your tenants actually need.
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