We’re concrete driveway contractors in Ottawa handling new driveways, replacements, widenings, garage aprons, stamped concrete and exposed aggregate across the city. Ottawa is not one uniform driveway market: the old urban core, former municipalities, newer suburbs and rural villages all sit inside the same city, so the work has to be quoted by site, access, grading, drainage and base condition rather than by a generic square-foot number.
Ottawa anchors the Ottawa Region. We also have dedicated pages for major Ottawa service areas including Nepean, Barrhaven, Kanata, Stittsville, Orléans and Gloucester.
New pours, replacements, widenings and decorative finishes across the capital — each built on a base prepared for Ottawa winters, drainage and vehicle loads.
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.
Ottawa gets long winters with deep, repeated freeze-thaw, and that makes the base under a driveway the single biggest factor in whether it lasts. Ground conditions vary from property to property, so we check what is actually there during excavation rather than assume it from the address. Water that collects under a slab and freezes will shift and crack the concrete above it, so the base has to be built to drain and the surface pitched so runoff leaves toward the street rather than back toward the garage or foundation.
The driveway work also changes across Ottawa because the city is made up of different kinds of places. In the central neighbourhoods, the issue is often a tight tear-out, mature trees, old curbs, narrow access and limited staging room. In Nepean, Gloucester and the older suburban areas, many slabs are simply at the age where replacement and base correction matter more than cosmetic repair. In Barrhaven, Kanata, Stittsville and Orléans, widening requests, garage aprons and newer-lot pours are common, but a newer subdivision still needs proper excavation, compaction and drainage. In villages and rural parts of the city, longer approaches and culverts make grading the whole run more important than the finish alone.
The major Ottawa-area pages below are linked because they behave like service markets of their own. The neighbourhoods and districts are included as service coverage, not as separate doorway pages.
We look at your site, then send a firm written quote — not a guess over the phone.
The same factors apply across Ottawa — driveway size, old-slab removal, finish choice, access, grading and how much base correction is needed once the excavation is open.
We don’t post a Ottawa 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 central Ottawa — removing a cracked or heaving slab on a tighter urban lot, correcting the base and repouring with drainage handled deliberately.
Common request
Driveway widening in Kanata, Barrhaven or Stittsville — adding a second parking space or squaring off a narrow drive, tied cleanly into the existing layout and any municipal limits.
Common request
Garage apron or parking pad in Orléans or Gloucester — a smaller pour that still needs proper excavation, compaction, reinforcement and control joints.
Ottawa has plenty of driveway crews, and the cheapest quote is usually cheap because it skips base depth, disposal, reinforcement, curing details or site-specific drainage. Before you hire, ask:
A driveway that fails in three winters was never a saving.
It depends on size, old-slab removal, base depth, access, drainage and finish. A tight urban tear-out prices differently than a wide suburban replacement or a longer rural approach. We give a firm written quote after seeing the site.
We serve the citywide Ottawa market plus major service areas including Nepean, Barrhaven, Kanata, Stittsville, Orléans and Gloucester, along with central, east, west, south and rural Ottawa neighbourhoods.
Yes. They are part of Ottawa, but they are large enough service markets to deserve dedicated pages with more local driveway context.
Through the warmer months and into the shoulder seasons with proper cold-weather precautions. We do not pour onto frozen ground or in hard frost without appropriate measures.
Entrance, curb-cut, driveway-width and front-yard paving requirements are set by the City of Ottawa and can change. Confirm your specific case with the City before starting.
Often yes. Widening depends on the available space, drainage, tie-in to the existing slab and any municipal width or front-yard limits that apply to the property.
Yes. Replacement work includes breaking out and hauling away the old slab, then correcting the base underneath before the new pour.
As a general guideline, light foot traffic after a few days and vehicle traffic after about a week, with most strength reached near 28 days. We 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.
Ottawa, Nepean, Barrhaven, Kanata, Stittsville, Orléans, Gloucester and surrounding areas.