Every number from the Christmas light prices study

Name: Every number: Christmas light installation prices in Canada, 2026
Creator: Figured Media
Published: 2026-10-30

All the numbers behind the study, read on 569 installer websites across Canada on October 29, 2026. Posted prices only, before tax. No company is named.

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The headline numbers, Canada


Post no price of their own	425 of 569	75%
Post a price of their own	144 of 569	25%
Post a per-foot rate	37 of 569	7%
Post a starting price or minimum	74 of 569	13%
Give a typical price for a home	36 of 569	6%
Sell permanent lights (all sites)	303 of 569	53%
Companies that hang seasonal lights and also sell permanent ones	217 of 483	45%

Posted prices by kind of job


Starting price, seasonal (minimum, "from", package)	74	$360	$625	$800
Typical home, seasonal (middle of their range)	36	$1,000	$1,215	$1,815
Minimum charge, seasonal	14	$300	$500	$645
Seasonal, per foot, lights supplied	18	$4.06	$6	$7.69
Permanent track, per foot	21	$17.24	$21	$27
Starting price, permanent	42	$1,715	$2,300	$2,745

What the site says a seasonal price includes


Repairs during the season	70	70%
Storage until next year	63	63%
A timer	35	35%

Takedown: most say the price includes it. The lights: some rent them to you, others sell them to you. Our hand check agreed with our read less than 9 times in 10 on these two, so we give no share.

Provinces


Ontario	222	65	29%	$700 (38)	40%
British Columbia	132	30	23%	$650 (14)	47%
Alberta	103	29	28%	$375 (10)	57%
Saskatchewan	32	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
Quebec	31	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
Manitoba	29	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
Nova Scotia	12	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
New Brunswick	7	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
Prince Edward Island	1	Fewer than 15 sites post a price

Big cities


Greater Toronto	97	28	29%	$700 (18)
Greater Vancouver	58	19	33%	$800 (11)
Calgary	49	21	43%	too few
Edmonton	28	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
Winnipeg	21	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
Greater Montreal	18	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
Hamilton	18	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
Victoria	17	Fewer than 15 sites post a price
Saskatoon	13	Fewer than 15 sites post a price

Install and takedown months the sites name


September	2	0	0
October	45	1	0
November	31	25	0
December	1	48	1
January	0	0	143
February	0	0	1
March	0	0	2
April	0	0	1

Book-by months are not shown: most sites that name one say October or November, but the hand check often put it a month apart.

Other things on the sites


Mention insurance	361 of 569	63%
Have French on the site	33 of 569	6%
Name a month to book by	75 of 569	13%
Offer an early booking discount	26 of 569	5%
Give an install window	79 of 569	14%
Say when lights come down	148 of 569	26%

Every per-foot rate, lowest posted rate per site


Seasonal, lights supplied	$1.50
Seasonal, lights supplied	$2
Seasonal, lights supplied	$2
Seasonal, lights supplied	$3
Seasonal, lights supplied	$3.75
Seasonal, lights supplied	$5
Seasonal, lights supplied	$5
Seasonal, lights supplied	$6
Seasonal, lights supplied	$6
Seasonal, lights supplied	$6
Seasonal, lights supplied	$6
Seasonal, lights supplied	$6.50
Seasonal, lights supplied	$6.75
Seasonal, lights supplied	$8
Seasonal, lights supplied	$8
Seasonal, lights supplied	$8
Seasonal, lights supplied	$8.50
Seasonal, lights supplied	$9
Permanent track	$5.85
Permanent track	$11
Permanent track	$13
Permanent track	$16
Permanent track	$17
Permanent track	$17.24
Permanent track	$20
Permanent track	$20
Permanent track	$20
Permanent track	$20
Permanent track	$21
Permanent track	$22
Permanent track	$22
Permanent track	$25
Permanent track	$25
Permanent track	$27
Permanent track	$28
Permanent track	$28
Permanent track	$31
Permanent track	$32
Permanent track	$35

How to cite

Figured Media (2026). What it costs to get your Christmas lights hung in Canada. https://figuredmedia.com/research/christmas-light-installation-prices-2026/

How we read the sites and counted: see the method notes in the study. Read the method notes in the Christmas light prices study

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