# Restaurant HVAC Toronto | Toronto Commercial HVAC

> Restaurant HVAC and refrigeration in Toronto: hoods, make-up air, walk-ins, dining RTUs and prep tables under one contractor. 24-hour food-service priority.

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Industries $185+ diag

# Commercial HVAC for Restaurants in Toronto, ON | Kitchen Hoods, Make-Up Air, Walk-In Refrigeration & Dining-Room RTUs | 24-Hour Food-Service Priority

Last updated: October 10, 2026

Full HVAC and refrigeration for restaurants, QSR, cafes, bars and food service: kitchen exhaust interlocks, make-up air, walk-ins, prep tables and dining room rooftop units under one contractor. Kitchen hoods run 3,000-10,000 CFM, and one contractor removes the hand-off delays between HVAC and refrigeration trades.

Hoods, MUA, walk-ins, dining RTUs and prep tables under one contractor.

-   24-hour food-service priority
-   Hood, MUA and refrigeration under one contract
-   Multi-site restaurant MSAs
-   Pre-opening inspection support

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Quick Facts

Pricing

$185+ diag

Emergency response

2-4 hours, 24/7

Labour warranty

90 days repair / 2 years install

Program lead

Elena Petrova, Refrigeration Lead

Commercial Credentials & Verification

TSSA G1 + G2

Licensed Gas Technicians

ESA

Electrical Safety Authority

313A Refrigeration

Licensed Refrigeration Mechanics

$5M CGL + WSIB

Enbridge-Authorized Since 2006

2-4 Hour Emergency Response 90-Day Labour Warranty on Repairs / 2-Year on Installs 5-Star Commercial Satisfaction 20+ Years Commercial-Only

Common Problems

## What Goes Wrong in Restaurants Buildings

### Walk-In Failures Mid-Service

A failed walk-in on a Friday night puts thousands of dollars of product at risk within hours.

### Smoke in the Dining Room

When make-up air fails or is unbalanced, the hood stops capturing and doors slam or stick.

### Hot Dining Rooms

Undersized or dirty dining room RTUs cannot keep up with full seating and summer heat.

### Two Contractors, No Answers

HVAC blames refrigeration, refrigeration blames HVAC, and the kitchen stays broken.

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 looks after the whole mechanical side of restaurants across Toronto and the GTA: kitchen make-up air and exhaust interlocks, dining room rooftop units, walk-in coolers and freezers, reach-ins, prep tables and bar refrigeration. We serve full-service restaurants, QSR, cafes, bakeries, bars, banquet halls and catering kitchens, more than 220 restaurants a year.

Restaurants are hard on equipment. Kitchen hoods pull 3,000 to 10,000 CFM out of the building, so make-up air has to keep pace or the building goes negative. Grease and flour load condenser coils fast. Walk-ins open hundreds of times a day. Dining rooms fill with people and heat at the same time the kitchen is at full output. And when something fails, it fails during service.

Most restaurant operators deal with an HVAC company and a separate refrigeration company, and problems fall between them. One contractor for the whole kitchen removes that gap.

## What We Cover in a Restaurant

### Kitchen ventilation

Make-up air units, exhaust fan motors and exhaust interlocks, with supply balanced against exhaust so hoods capture and doors close normally. Details on 

make-up air unit service

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### Refrigeration

Walk-in coolers and freezers, reach-ins, prep tables, under-counter units and bar refrigeration. See 

commercial refrigeration repair

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### Dining room comfort

Rooftop units and split systems serving dining rooms, bars and patios, including economizers and controls.

### Heating

Rooftop gas heat, unit heaters in storage areas and make-up air burners in winter.

## Common Restaurant HVAC Problems

| Problem | Usual cause | Fix |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Smoke drifting into the dining room | MUA off or unbalanced | MUA repair and balancing |
| Doors slamming or hard to open | Negative building pressure | MUA and exhaust balance |
| Walk-in warm on Friday night | Dirty condenser, defrost, leak | Repair and quarterly PM |
| Hot dining room | Dirty or undersized RTU | Service, economizer fix or upsizing |
| Freezing kitchen in winter | MUA burner failure | Ignition and burner repair |

## Restaurant Programs

Single restaurants can book $185 maintenance visits. Restaurant groups get multi-site MSAs with quarterly PM for HVAC, make-up air and refrigeration on one schedule, per-site billing and an equipment age list for capital planning. Visits happen before opening, between services or on closed days.

## Restaurant HVAC Across Toronto and the GTA

We work in Entertainment District, King West, Chinatown and Fashion District kitchens downtown, Woodbridge restaurants in Vaughan, downtown Brampton, Humber Bay in Etobicoke, Markham-Lawrence in Scarborough and Unionville in Markham. Our 45-site downtown refrigeration MSA is written up on our 

projects page

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 team runs the 24-hour food-service line.

Services for Restaurants

## Equipment We Cover for Restaurants

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Commercial Refrigeration Repair

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$225+ diag

Refrigeration repair for restaurants, grocery, convenience and food service. $450-$3,800.

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Walk-In Cooler Repair

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$225+ diag

Walk-in cooler repair for food service, grocery and convenience. $450-$3,200.

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Walk-In Freezer Repair

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$225+ diag

Low-temp walk-in freezer repair with 24-hour priority routing. $650-$4,500.

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Make-Up Air Unit Service

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$185+ diag

MUA repair, maintenance and replacement for kitchens, industrial and parking garages.

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Commercial Refrigeration Maintenance

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$185+/visit

Refrigeration PM for restaurants, grocery and convenience with a written compliance log.

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Rooftop Unit Repair

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$185+ diag

RTU repair for all major manufacturers, 3 to 150 tons. $450-$5,500.

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Commercial HVAC Maintenance

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$185+/visit

PM contracts: quarterly, semi-annual or monthly, with a written condition report every visit.

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24-Hour Emergency Commercial HVAC Repair

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$185 surcharge

24-hour emergency dispatch across Toronto and the GTA with 2-4 hour response.

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Transparent Pricing

## How Much Does Commercial HVAC for Restaurants Cost in Toronto?

Repair Calls

$185 / $225 diag

HVAC or refrigeration diagnostic, then fixed-price repair.

-   24-hour food-service priority
-   Written findings
-   90-day labour warranty

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Most Requested

Kitchen PM Program

$185/visit

Quarterly HVAC, MUA and refrigeration visits on one schedule.

-   Visits outside service hours
-   Compliance log
-   Priority emergency routing

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Multi-Site MSA

Quoted

Restaurant groups and franchise portfolios.

-   Per-site billing
-   Equipment age planning
-   One point of contact

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HVAC diagnostic $185, refrigeration diagnostic $225, after-hours surcharge $185. Multi-site restaurant MSAs are priced per site with monthly cost allocation.

Why Us

## Why Choose Toronto Commercial HVAC for Restaurants?

### One Contractor for the Kitchen

Make-up air, exhaust interlocks, RTUs and refrigeration in one contract. No finger-pointing between trades.

### 220+ Restaurants a Year

We work in more than 220 restaurants annually, from single cafes to a 45-site downtown MSA.

### 24-Hour Food-Service Priority

Restaurant calls get priority routing because product risk climbs by the hour.

### Work Outside Service Hours

PM visits and planned repairs booked before opening, between services or on closed days.

### Inspection-Ready Records

Temperature logs and service records ready for public health inspectors.

### Pre-Opening Support

New locations get HVAC, MUA and refrigeration checked and documented before the opening inspection.

## Repair or replace? Get the numbers first.

A $185 diagnostic gives you written findings per unit, waived when the approved repair is over $750.

(437) 524-2997

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Request Service

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Process

## How Does Our Restaurants Process Work?

1.  01
    
    ### Kitchen Walk-Through
    
    We inventory every hood interlock, MUA, RTU, walk-in, reach-in and prep table.
    
2.  02
    
    ### Priority Fixes
    
    Anything putting product or inspections at risk is quoted and fixed first.
    
3.  03
    
    ### One Program
    
    HVAC, make-up air and refrigeration put on one visit schedule outside service hours.
    
4.  04
    
    ### Ongoing Oversight
    
    Elena Petrova, Refrigeration Lead, owns your account and the 24-hour food-service line.
    
5.  05
    
    ### Logs and Planning
    
    Compliance logs per visit and an equipment age list for capital planning.
    

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## Restaurants Work on Toronto Commercial Sites

 

Track Record

## Related Commercial Projects

All projects

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Downtown Toronto $185,000 annual

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Downtown Restaurant Row 45-Site Refrigeration MSA

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One contractor, one log format and one phone number for 45 downtown kitchens, with per-site billing for the operator group.

Maintenance 

Case study

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Etobicoke $385,000

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Etobicoke QSR 32-Store RTU Age Audit + Replacement Phase 1

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A 32-store RTU age audit that ranked every unit by risk, followed by a phase 1 replacement of the oldest units with zero lost trading days.

Replacement 

Case study

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Client Feedback

## What Clients Say About Our Restaurants

5-Star Commercial Satisfaction

> "Before, we had three contractors and no answers. Now one company handles the hood air, the dining room unit and the walk-in, and our Friday nights are calm."

Chloe Martin

Owner, French bistro, 70 seats

Downtown Toronto

MUA rebalance, dining RTU service and walk-in PM on one contract$6,200 annual

> "Visits happen before we open and every store gets the same report. Emergency calls dropped to almost nothing in the first year."

Anthony Caruso

Franchise Owner, Three QSR locations

Brampton

Quarterly HVAC and refrigeration PM across 3 stores$13,800 annual

> "They checked every interlock, every cooler and the make-up air before our inspection. We opened on schedule with nothing outstanding."

Priscilla Owusu

Executive Chef and Partner, West African restaurant with catering kitchen

Etobicoke

Pre-opening HVAC, MUA and refrigeration commissioning$4,900

Straight Answers

## Restaurants FAQs

### Do you handle both HVAC and refrigeration for restaurants?

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Yes. That is the main reason restaurant operators call us. We service kitchen make-up air and exhaust interlocks, dining room rooftop units, walk-in coolers and freezers, reach-ins, prep tables and bar refrigeration under one contract. One contractor means one phone call, one schedule, one set of records and no hand-off delays between an HVAC company and a separate refrigeration company. Our 313A refrigeration mechanics and TSSA gas technicians work the same accounts, so a call that starts as a warm walk-in but turns out to be a make-up air pressure problem gets solved on the same visit.

### How fast do you respond to restaurant emergencies?

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Restaurants get priority routing on our 24-hour line, with a 2-4 hour emergency response across Toronto and the GTA. Walk-in freezer and cooler failures go to the front of the queue.

### Do you clean kitchen exhaust hoods and ducts?

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No. Grease duct and hood cleaning is a specialty trade. We service make-up air, exhaust fan motors and interlocks, and coordinate with your hood cleaning company.

### Why does our dining room get hot on busy nights?

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Full seating, cooking heat and kitchen exhaust pulling conditioned air out all add load. Dirty coils, slipping belts, stuck economizers or an undersized RTU make it worse. We check the RTU and the make-up air balance together.

### Can you help with a new restaurant opening?

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Yes. We check HVAC, make-up air and refrigeration before opening, document interlocks and temperatures, and support the opening inspection.

### Do you work with restaurant groups and franchises?

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Yes. Multi-site MSAs with per-site billing, quarterly PM and one point of contact. Our largest covers 45 downtown sites.

### When do you schedule maintenance?

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Before opening, between lunch and dinner service, or on closed days, so we stay out of the line.

### What does restaurant HVAC maintenance cost?

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Single-site visits are $185. Multi-site programs are quoted per site with monthly cost allocation.

### Can you keep records for our health inspections?

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Yes. Every refrigeration visit includes a written temperature log, and HVAC visits include service records.

### Do you serve QSR and cafes as well as full-service restaurants?

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Yes. QSR stores, cafes, bakeries, bars, banquet halls and catering kitchens.

Keep Exploring

## Related Services

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Make-Up Air Unit Service

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$185+ diag

MUA repair, maintenance and replacement for kitchens, industrial and parking garages.

View service

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![Refrigeration mechanics repairing a condensing unit behind a Toronto restaurant](/images/misc/two-313a-refrigeration-mechanics-repairing-a-conde.webp)

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Commercial Refrigeration Repair

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$225+ diag

Refrigeration repair for restaurants, grocery, convenience and food service. $450-$3,800.

View service

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Walk-In Freezer Repair

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$225+ diag

Low-temp walk-in freezer repair with 24-hour priority routing. $650-$4,500.

View service

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![Technicians cleaning a walk-in cooler condenser coil behind a Toronto grocery store](/images/misc/two-refrigeration-technicians-cleaning-a-condenser.webp)

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Commercial Refrigeration Maintenance

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$185+/visit

Refrigeration PM for restaurants, grocery and convenience with a written compliance log.

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24-Hour Commercial Emergency Dispatch

## Ready to Book Restaurants?

Commercial HVAC for Restaurants across Toronto and the GTA: $185+ diag, written findings before any work, and a 2-4 hour emergency response.

Call (437) 524-2997

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Request Service

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-   TSSA G1+G2, ESA, 313A
-   Written findings every visit
-   90-day / 2-year labour warranty