Electrical Panel Upgrade in Toronto
If your panel is full or your home is still on a 100-amp service, a panel or service upgrade is what makes EV charging possible without tripping breakers. We assess the load first and only recommend an upgrade when the numbers call for it.
A lot of Toronto's older homes, the wartime bungalows in Scarborough and the century semis around The Annex, run a 100-amp service that is already busy with a furnace, AC, range, and dryer. Adding a 40-amp charger circuit to that without checking the load is how you end up flipping the main breaker every winter night. We run a proper load calculation before quoting anything.
When an upgrade does go ahead, the day runs on a predictable schedule. Toronto Hydro disconnects and reconnects the service while our electrician swaps the panel, and the ESA inspection closes the job out. We coordinate all of it, and where the calendar allows, the charger circuit goes in on the new panel during the same project so you are not waiting on two separate timelines.
A new 200-amp panel usually exposes small leftovers from past work, doubled-up breakers, unlabelled circuits, the odd amateur splice, and we tidy those as part of the job. You end up with a panel that passes cleanly, carries the charger without strain, and leaves headroom for whatever you electrify next, a heat pump, an induction range, or a second EV.
- Load calculation to confirm whether an upgrade is actually needed
- Service upgrades from 100-amp to 200-amp where the demand requires it
- Subpanel option when the main panel is simply out of breaker slots
- Coordination with Toronto Hydro for the service connection
- ESA-licensed work with the permit and inspection handled
- Honest advice when your existing panel can take the charger as-is
Ready to start? Toronto EV Charger Pros handles the permit, the install, and the ESA inspection across Toronto and the surrounding GTA. Book a free assessment and we will send a fixed price.