Window Repair North York
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North York is our home base. Fogged sealed units, cracked panes and tired hardware fixed in the frame you already have. Free quote from a photo.
What to do while you wait.
Keep children, pets, and anyone without proper footwear away from the broken glass. Shards can scatter several feet from the break point.
Glass still attached to the frame can fall without warning and cause deep cuts. Leave loose pieces alone until our technician arrives.
If you must walk near the area, wear closed-toe shoes and work gloves. Thin slippers or bare feet are a serious hazard.
Use a heavy tarp, thick cardboard, or plastic sheeting secured with tape to block wind, rain, and debris until we arrive.
Take photos of the damage from both inside and outside. These help our technician prepare the right glass size and type before arriving.
Call 647-803-2730. Our emergency line is staffed 24/7 including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Overview
North York is our home turf: OhMyGlass Window and Door Repairs is headquartered at 7 Benjamin Boake Trail. The district's windows come from two building booms. One is the postwar houses built from the late 1940s through the 1960s. The other is the apartment and condo towers that started in the 1960s and are still going up along Yonge Street. By the 2021 Census, 48.9% of North York dwellings were in buildings of five or more storeys, 26.3% were single-detached houses, and 56.6% of all homes were built in 1980 or earlier.
That mix means the first question on many jobs is not the glass, it is who is responsible. 47.2% of North York households rent and 31.9% of dwellings are condos. Once that is settled, the fix itself is almost always at the part level: a new sealed unit, a new pane, a worn operator or roller, or a side door's glass and lock, all in the frame that is already there. A frame that has rotted, cracked or warped is the exception, and that is a window-replacement job rather than a glass repair.
Postwar bungalows were predominantly built in the 1950s and 1960s and are common across North York, and in Willowdale large two-storey homes started replacing smaller postwar houses on a large scale in the 1990s. The earliest of those rebuilds are now more than 25 years old, which is exactly when sealed units start to fail. Don Mills, built from 1952 to 1965 as Canada's first planned community with its architectural design, colours and materials controlled by the developer, is where owners most often ask us to keep replacement glass consistent with the street.
Tell us your neighbourhood, the type of building and what is wrong, with a photo if you can. We will say whether it is a glass-only job, what approvals you need first, and give you a written quote before anything is ordered. Emergency board-up is available 24/7 when a pane is shattered.
Common North York window and door repairs
What the district's housing stock actually sends us.
where the originals were replaced decades ago, the age of that replacement unit matters more than the age of the house.
the large replacement homes built from the 1990s are now past the 25-year mark, and typical sealed-unit life is 10 to 25 years.
postwar aluminum sliders often used thin aluminum with narrow rubber seals that froze readily, so the operating hardware is usually what needs attention.
North York City Centre was planned as the district's downtown, and the Greater Golden Horseshoe holds 1,925 apartment towers built between 1945 and 1984.
a planned community where the developer controlled design, colours and materials, so replacement glass is chosen to stay consistent with the street.
bungalow side doors to the basement, sliding balcony doors, locks and hinges, at door repairs.
North York weather and what it does to glass
North York has 3,760 heating degree-days, compared with 3,520 at Toronto City Hall and 3,890 at Pearson. That is about 7% more heating demand than downtown, which means colder glass and more winter condensation at the same indoor humidity.
on a sunny winter morning the centre of a pane can reach 15 to 25 °C while the edge in the frame stays at −10 °C or colder, and that difference is what cracks glass from the edge. Half-drawn blinds make it worse.
on January 25, 2026, Pearson recorded 46 cm of snow, a single-day record, and January 2026 finished as its snowiest month on record at 88.2 cm. Snow piled against sliding doors and basement windows pushes water past worn weatherstripping.
the usual signature of thermal stress. It cannot be repaired, so the pane or sealed unit is replaced.
Who is responsible in a North York rental or condo
With nearly half of households renting and a third of dwellings in condos, this is often the first thing to settle. General information, not legal advice.
under Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act the landlord must keep the unit in a good state of repair, even if you knew about the problem when you moved in, and a lease cannot shift that duty to you. You are responsible only for damage caused wilfully or negligently.
exterior windows and doors must be weather-tight, in good repair, and lockable from inside.
by default the corporation repairs common elements and owners maintain their units, but the declaration can change that. Report a fogged or broken window to management before booking.
most owner changes to common elements need a board resolution before the work and a registered section 98 agreement setting out who repairs, maintains and insures the change.
four North York neighbourhoods were in Toronto's top 10 for break-and-enter rates in 2025: Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills, Humber Summit, St. Andrew-Windfields and York University Heights. Humber Summit is in North York, not Etobicoke.
Where to go next in North York
The service page that matches your job.
Frequently asked questions: North York window repair
Is OhMyGlass based in North York?
Yes. Our headquarters is at 7 Benjamin Boake Trail, and we serve the whole district, from Downsview and York University Heights to Willowdale, Bayview Village and Don Mills. We give free quotes, run a 24/7 emergency line with board-up, and replace the glass in sound frames rather than the whole window.
My North York landlord has not fixed a broken window. Who is responsible?
Under Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act the landlord must keep the unit in a good state of repair, even if you knew about the problem when you moved in, and a lease cannot shift that duty to you. You are responsible only for damage you, your guests or other occupants caused wilfully or negligently. Toronto's property standards by-law also requires weather-tight windows. This is general information, not legal advice.
Do I need a permit to replace window glass in a North York house?
Generally not. New glass in an existing sash does not change the opening and is generally treated as repair. Even a whole window needs no permit for a same-size replacement in a detached, semi-detached or row house with one dwelling unit, as long as the opening and its structural support do not change. A house with a second unit, a low-rise apartment or a condo needs a permit for window replacement.
Can I upgrade the glass in my North York condo windows?
Usually only with the board's approval. Windows are often common elements, and most owner changes to common elements need a board resolution before the work and a registered section 98 agreement that sets out who repairs, maintains and insures the change. Ask management for the building's requirements before you order anything.
Do you fix hardware when the glass is fine?
Yes. Worn cranks, locks, balances and patio-door rollers are replaceable parts, and on a postwar house with mixed windows we check the frames and hardware on every opening before quoting so the whole window works again without replacing it.
Local guide
56.6% of North York dwellings were built in 1980 or earlier, and 48.9% are in apartment buildings of 5+ storeys (2021 Census).
Don Mills (1952–1965) was planned as a modernist community; Willowdale's older houses have been widely replaced by large rebuilds since the 1990s.
North York has about 7% more heating degree-days than Toronto City Hall (3,760 vs 3,520).
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