In Aurora we install, replace, and widen concrete driveways across the town. Aurora carries a genuinely historic centre — the Yonge Street corridor and the heritage streets around it, some of the oldest in York Region — and that heritage core sits alongside the subdivisions that filled in later. Much of the work is replacement: heritage-area lots where a driveway has settled or heaved across many decades and the base beneath needs correcting, not just a new slab poured over the same trouble.
Aurora is part of York Region, within the Greater Toronto Area — we also serve neighbouring Newmarket, Richmond Hill, and the wider region.
Heritage-area replacements lead in a town this established, with new pours and widenings alongside — each on a base built to drain.
For a slab that's cracked, sunken, heaving, or spalling — if the base has failed, replacing it is the chance to fix the cause, not just the surface.
For a new build, an addition, or a first-time paved driveway — the finish grade, excavation, and drainage all get set before any concrete goes down.
For a second parking space or squaring off a narrow drive, tied cleanly into the existing slab with any municipal width limit confirmed first.
Excavating to depth, compacting a base that drains, and grading so water sheds away instead of pooling and freezing underneath — the biggest factor in surviving freeze-thaw.
Rebar or mesh sized to the load, plus control joints so the slab cracks where it's meant to rather than at random.
Breaking out and hauling away the old slab and any sub-base that won't compact — part of almost every replacement or widening.
Same base, drainage, and reinforcement rules as a full driveway, at a smaller scale — a poorly built apron fails just as fast.
Patterns stamped into the surface and sealed, for the look of stone or pavers without the shifting joints.
The surface washed back to expose the stone for texture and grip, finished and cured differently on the same structural base.
Aurora runs through the same freeze-and-thaw winters as the rest of York Region, and whether a driveway comes through them is set by the base beneath it rather than the finish on top. The town has a genuinely established side — older neighbourhoods around the historic downtown and the Yonge Street corridor, where lots have been built on for a long time and driveways have often settled or heaved over the decades. On those properties the job is usually a tear-out and repour that corrects the base that caused the problem, not just a new slab over the old trouble, and mature trees on older streets mean roots near the driveway that are best located during excavation and worked around rather than cut. Alongside that, newer subdivisions filled in other parts of Aurora, and a more recent lot can look clean at grade while still needing proper excavation, compaction, and drainage before a driveway goes down. Across both, the failure mechanism is the same: water works under the slab, freezes, expands, and lifts or cracks the concrete, so the base has to drain and the surface has to be pitched so runoff heads for the street and away from the garage and foundation. Aurora’s heritage core also brings the practical constraints of old neighbourhoods: lots close to their neighbours, narrower original driveways, and limited room to stage a tear-out, all of which affect how a replacement is sequenced. Widening a heritage-area drive for a second vehicle is a frequent request and means tying new concrete cleanly into the old and matching it. Ground conditions differ from lot to lot, so they get checked as the excavation opens rather than assumed — and because Aurora mixes a historic core with newer property so closely, a driveway here is measured and assessed on site before a quote is written.
We look at your site, then send a firm written quote — not a guess over the phone.
The same cost drivers apply across the region — in Aurora, total area and whether an existing slab has to be removed tend to move the number most.
We don’t post a Aurora price we haven’t stood on the site to confirm — every job gets a firm written quote after we see the driveway and the access.
Typical concrete driveway jobs homeowners in the area ask us to quote. These are common project types, not a record of specific completed jobs.
Common request
Driveway replacement in the older core — removing a cracked or settled slab on an established street near the historic downtown, correcting the base, and repouring.
Common request
New or replacement drive on a newer Aurora lot — a fresh pour or a tear-out-and-replace on a more recent subdivision lot, built on a base prepared to drain.
Common request
Driveway widening for a second vehicle — going from a single to a double, or squaring off a narrow drive, tied cleanly into the existing concrete.
Plenty of crews quote driveways across York Region, and the lowest number has usually trimmed the base or the haul-away to get there. Before you hire, ask:
A driveway that fails in three winters was never a saving.
It depends on size, whether an old slab needs removing, the finish, and base condition — see the cost factors above. You get a written quote after a site visit, not a number over the phone.
Forming, excavating, and pouring a typical driveway runs one to two days, then the concrete needs curing time before regular use. Larger or harder-access jobs take longer.
Through the warmer months and the shoulder seasons with cold-weather precautions in place — not onto frozen ground or in hard frost without them.
Entrance, width, and paving requirements are set by the Town of Aurora and York Region and can change. Confirm your specific case with the Town before starting — we build to whatever the approval allows.
Concrete tends to outlast asphalt with less upkeep; asphalt costs less upfront but wants sealing and resurfacing more often. The right choice depends on budget and how long you’ll be there.
Usually yes — we tie new concrete into the existing slab and match the finish, confirming any municipal width or setback rule before we start.
Yes, full removal and disposal is part of any replacement or widening that begins from an existing slab.
Generally foot traffic within a few days and vehicles after about a week, with the slab gaining most of its strength by roughly 28 days. We’ll confirm timing for your specific pour.
Written quote after we see the site — not a number over the phone. Prefer to talk? Call 416-317-8200.
Aurora and the surrounding York Region communities.