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12 yrs
Serving BC & Lower Mainland
1 yr
Warranty on parts & labour
Every service, every Vancouver neighbourhood
Locksmith Services Across Vancouver
Everest Locksmith is a mobile, BC-licensed locksmith working across Vancouver 24 hours a day, from Downtown and Coal Harbour through Kitsilano and the West Side to Mount Pleasant, Commercial Drive and East Vancouver. Emergency lockouts start at $89, rekeying at $25 per cylinder and car keys at $180, all priced on the phone before a technician is dispatched.
Emergency Lockouts
Locked out of a Vancouver home,
condo, storefront or car.
Picked, never drilled.
From $89
Residential Locksmith
Rekeying after a move, deadbolt
upgrades and smart locks for houses,
condos and character homes.
Rekeys from $25
Commercial & Strata
Master key systems, access control and panic bars for Vancouver strata corporations and businesses.
STRATA & PROPERTY MANAGERS
Automotive Keys
Transponder keys and fobs cut and programmed wherever the car is parked in Vancouver.
From $180
VANCOUVER RATES — VERIFIED SEPTEMBER 2026
What a Locksmith Costs in Vancouver
A locksmith in Vancouver costs $89 to $145 for a daytime lockout, $25 to $45 per cylinder to rekey a standard lock, and $180 to $420 for a replacement car key. Everest Locksmith quotes the total on the phone before dispatching anywhere in the city, with travel inside Vancouver already included.
EMERGENCY LOCKOUT
Daytime Lockout
$89 – $145 On-site time: 15–25 mins
- Cylinder picked or bypassed, never drilled
- Lock, strike and frame checked before we leave
- Callout and travel inside Vancouver included
After Hours
24/7 PRIORITY ENTRY
After-Hours Emergency
$145 – $195 On-site time: 20–30 mins
- Evenings, overnight, weekends and statutory holidays
- The same non-destructive method, no after-hours shortcut
- One total agreed on the call, nothing added at the door
RESIDENTIAL REKEY
Lock Rekeying
$25 – $45 On-site time: 30–60 mins
- The keys held by a previous owner stop working
- Front, back and garage keyed alike on request
- Two cut brass keys included with every cylinder
COMMERCIAL & STRATA
Commercial Rekey
$35 – $60 On-site time: 20–40 mins per cylinder
- Priced per cylinder across offices, retail and strata common areas
- Restricted keyways at $80 to $150 per cylinder
- Scheduled out of hours so tenants are not disrupted
AUTOMOTIVE KEYS
Car Key & Smart Fob
$180 – $420 On-site time: 30–45 mins
- Cut and programmed wherever the car is parked in Vancouver
- Transponder, proximity and immobiliser programming on site
- No tow to the dealership and no three-day wait
One city, one price list. A Downtown tower and an East Van character house are quoted from the same rates. There is no postcode surcharge inside Vancouver.
Mobile workshops across Vancouver
Why Vancouver keeps calling us back
Why Vancouver Chooses Everest Locksmith
- A licence you can check before we arrive Our BC security worker licence number is #B7554. Verify it with the province while you are still on the phone to us.
- One price list for the whole city Downtown, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant or East Van, the rate is the same and the number on the invoice matches the number quoted on the call.
- Non-destructive entry first Vancouver housing stock runs from 1920s fir doors to new tower hardware, and almost all of it picks. We drill only when a cylinder has already failed, and we say so before we start.
- One-year warranty, and we come back Full parts and labour coverage for 365 days. Wet Vancouver winters swell doors and bind strikes; if that happens to something we fitted, we return and correct it free.
Recent Vancouver projects
Recent Security Work Across Vancouver
From Downtown towers to Kitsilano character homes and Mount
Pleasant storefronts, three recent Vancouver jobs and what each involved.
Strata Lobby Access Control
Full overhaul of a high-traffic glass entryway on a Seymour Street tower: electric strikes, fob integration and multi-tenant panic release, staged overnight so residents kept access throughout.
Commercial Grade 1 Hardware
Smart Deadbolt & Keyed-Alike Set
Satin nickel keypad deadbolt retrofitted to an original fir entry door on a 1920s Kitsilano house with no veneer splitting, and the patio sets keyed alike to match.
Biometric + Remote Access
Storefront Rekey & Exit Device
Restricted-keyway rekey across a Main Street retail unit and its back-of-house, with a certified exit device fitted to the rear lane door after a break-in attempt.
Restricted Keyway
Locksmith in Vancouver
Locksmith Services in Vancouver
Everest Locksmith is a mobile, BC-licensed locksmith covering every Vancouver neighbourhood 24 hours a day. Emergency lockouts start at $89, rekeying at $25 per cylinder and car keys at $180, and the total is quoted on the phone before a technician leaves for your address.
Vancouver is not one market, it is a dozen. A Coal Harbour tower, a Kitsilano character house, a Mount Pleasant warehouse conversion and a Renfrew bungalow with a basement suite all fail in different ways and need different hardware. Pricing is identical across all of them; the approach is not.
Everything happens from the van, at your door. Keys are cut and cylinders re-pinned on site, so there is nothing to drop off and nothing to collect, and the overwhelming majority of Vancouver calls are finished in one visit.
Neighbourhood by neighbourhood
The Buildings and Locks We See in Vancouver
The job changes with the postcode. Everest Locksmith works across Downtown, Coal Harbour, Yaletown, the West End, Kitsilano, Point Grey, Mount Pleasant, Commercial Drive, Renfrew, Hastings-Sunrise, Marpole and Dunbar, and each has a failure pattern we see over and over.
- Downtown, Coal Harbour and Yaletown — standard Grade 2 suite cylinders that open quickly; the slow part is lobby access through a concierge
- West End — older walk-ups with shared entries, worn cylinders and a long history of keys nobody can account for
- Kitsilano and Point Grey — original fir and mahogany doors where the hardware is fine and the cost of getting it wrong is a split panel
- Mount Pleasant and Main Street — brick warehouse conversions and storefronts with rear lane doors that take the most break-in attempts in the city
- East Vancouver, Commercial Drive and Renfrew — character houses with basement suites, three or four exterior doors and a side entry nobody thinks about
- Marpole, Dunbar and Kerrisdale — post-war houses where wet winters swell wooden doors until the deadbolt will not throw at all
That last one is worth naming, because it costs Vancouver homeowners money every winter. A deadbolt that will not throw is usually a door that has swollen and is binding on the strike, not a lock that has died. It is an alignment fix and we correct it on site rather than selling hardware that was never broken.
Getting to your door
Getting to You Across Vancouver
Everest Locksmith dispatches into Vancouver around the clock and gives you a firm ETA on the call rather than a vague promise. What actually decides how fast a technician reaches your door in this city is rarely distance. It is the building. Five things worth knowing before you call.
- Tell us the building type first. A house, a low-rise and a 30-storey tower are three different arrival problems, and knowing which one you are saves the technician circling the block.
- Arrange lobby access if you are in a tower. Downtown and Yaletown buildings will not let a technician past the concierge without a resident, and that wait is the single biggest delay in the city.
- Say if the car is in an underground parkade. Programming equipment can lose signal below grade, and the car may need to come up to the ramp — a two-minute problem if known in advance.
- Give us a cross street, not just an address. Vancouver has repeating street names across the East and West sides, and a cross street removes the ambiguity entirely.
- Have your ID ready, or tell us it is locked inside. Either is fine, but it is a conversation to have on the phone rather than on the doorstep.
Coverage runs to the city limits and past them. Everest also works Burnaby, the North Shore, Richmond and New Westminster, so a job that starts in East Van and ends in Metrotown is one call, not two companies.
Testimonials
What Our Customers Say
Recent reviews from across Vancouver and Metro Vancouver
Locked myself out at about 11pm and someone was at my door quickly. He showed me his licence before he started, quoted $145 on the phone and that is exactly what I paid. Picked it open, no damage to the lock or the door at all.
We manage a 40-unit strata and Everest rekeyed all the common areas onto a restricted keyway. Worked evenings so residents were not disrupted, handed us an actual key register at the end, and invoiced our management company directly. Very easy to deal with.
Lost the only key to my car. Dealership wanted to tow it and quoted over $600 with a four day wait. Everest came to the parking lot, cut and programmed a new smart key on the spot for $260. Took about 40 minutes.
Had every exterior door rekeyed the day we took possession. Four doors all keyed to one key, which I did not know was even an option. Quoted per cylinder up front, arrived when they said, done in just over an hour.
VANCOUVER DISPATCH
What Happens When You Call Us in Vancouver
A locksmith answers, not a call centre. Four steps from the moment you dial to the moment your Vancouver door opens.
You Call, We Listen
You speak to a locksmith, not a script. Tell us the lock, the Vancouver address and a cross street, and what has happened.
Firm Total, Firm ETA
We give you the exact total and a firm ETA on that same call, before anyone is dispatched to you.
Licensed Tech Arrives
A BC-licensed technician arrives in a marked Everest vehicle, carrying photo ID and a security worker licence card.
Door Open, Lock Intact
The cylinder is picked or bypassed and tested. You pay on a portable terminal and get an itemised receipt with the warranty on it.
Covering every Vancouver neighbourhood • Firm quote and a firm ETA before dispatch
VANCOUVER QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers on coverage, pricing and licensing for Vancouver addresses.