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Live dispatch, day or night
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12 yrs
Serving Victoria & Greater Victoria
1 yr
Warranty on parts & labour
Every service, every corner of Oak Bay
Locksmith Services Across Oak Bay
Everest Locksmith is a mobile, BC-licensed locksmith working across Oak Bay 24 hours a day, from Oak Bay Village and South Oak Bay through Estevan and Willows Beach to Uplands and Henderson. 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 Oak Bay 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 Oak Bay strata corporations and businesses.
STRATA & PROPERTY MANAGERS
Automotive Keys
Transponder keys and fobs cut and programmed wherever the car is parked in Oak Bay.
From $180
OAK BAY RATES · UPDATED NOVEMBER 2026
What a Locksmith Costs in Oak Bay
A locksmith in Oak Bay costs $89 to $220 for a daytime lockout, $25 to $65 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, with travel inside Oak Bay already included. The $69 service call covers coming out and diagnosing the problem, and it comes off the bill as soon as you approve the work. If we cannot do the job, you are not charged at all.
EMERGENCY LOCKOUT
Daytime Lockout
$89 – $220 On-site time: 15–25 mins
- Cylinder picked or bypassed, never drilled
- Lock, strike and frame checked before we leave
- Callout and travel inside Oak Bay included
After Hours
24/7 PRIORITY ENTRY
After-Hours Emergency
$145 – $300 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 – $65 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 Oak Bay
- Transponder, proximity and immobiliser programming on site
- No tow to the dealership and no three-day wait
One district, one price list. An Uplands estate and a South Oak Bay bungalow are quoted from the same rates. You pay for the hardware you choose, never for the postcode.
Mobile workshops across Oak Bay
Why Oak Bay calls Everest
Why Oak Bay 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 Uplands, the Village, Estevan or Henderson, the rate is the same and the number on the invoice matches the number quoted on the call.
- Non-destructive entry first Oak Bay is full of Tudor revival and Arts and Crafts houses with original solid-wood doors. Almost every lock on them 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. Homes along Beach Drive and Willows take salt air off the water all year; if something we fitted starts to bind, we return and correct it free.
Typical Oak Bay jobs
Typical Security Work Across Oak Bay
From Uplands high-security upgrades to keyless entry for
homeowners who want to stay put, three jobs we do again and again in Oak Bay.
High-Security Cylinder Upgrade
Larger Uplands homes often have five or more exterior doors. A typical job: restricted, drill-resistant cylinders on every door, keyed to one patented key that cannot be copied at a hardware counter.
Restricted Keyway
Keypad Lock for Care Visits
For homeowners with family or care workers coming and going, a keypad or smart deadbolt with individual codes replaces the key under the mat, and codes can be removed the day someone stops visiting.
Keyless Entry
Shopfront Rekey & Door Closer
Small Oak Bay Avenue shops with an old closer and a worn cylinder. Restricted rekey, closer adjusted so the door latches every time, and staff keys tracked.
Commercial Hardware
Locksmith in Oak Bay
Locksmith Services in Oak Bay
Everest Locksmith is a mobile, BC-licensed locksmith covering all of Oak Bay 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.
Oak Bay looks uniform from the street, but the work varies more than people expect. Uplands estates, Village shops, 1920s character houses and post-war bungalows near Henderson all need a different approach, and a large share of Oak Bay homeowners want security that is easier to use rather than harder. 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 Oak Bay calls are finished in one visit.
Neighbourhood by neighbourhood
The Buildings and Locks We See in Oak Bay
The job changes with the street. Everest Locksmith works across Oak Bay Village, South Oak Bay, Uplands, Estevan Village, Willows Beach, Henderson and North Oak Bay, and each has a pattern we see over and over.
- Uplands — large homes with many doors, gates and detached garages, where one master key and high-security cylinders make sense
- South Oak Bay and the Village — character homes and small shops on Oak Bay Avenue, with original doors worth protecting
- Estevan and Willows Beach — houses close to the water where exterior locks corrode and swollen doors bind
- Henderson and North Oak Bay — post-war family houses and rentals near the university, with frequent tenant rekeys
- Beach Drive — waterfront homes with sliding glass doors, patio locks and gate hardware
- Ageing-in-place homes — owners swapping fiddly keys for keypads, lever handles and lockboxes for carers
Ageing in place is worth naming, because it is the most common Oak Bay call that is not an emergency. Small changes help: a keypad deadbolt, lever handles instead of knobs, or a code you can give a care worker and delete later. We fit them in one visit and leave clear written instructions.
Getting to your door
Getting to You Across Oak Bay
Everest Locksmith dispatches into Oak Bay around the clock and gives you a firm ETA on the call rather than a vague promise. Oak Bay is quiet and close to Victoria, so what decides arrival time is usually finding the right door on a large property. Five things worth knowing before you call.
- Tell us the property type first. An Uplands home with a gate and several entrances and a Village apartment are two very different arrivals, and knowing which one saves real time.
- Tell us about gates. If the property has a gate, a garage or a lockbox, say who has the code before the technician arrives.
- Say if a care worker or family member needs a key or code. We can set that up during the same visit.
- Give us a cross street or landmark, not just an address. Uplands roads curve and some houses sit well back from the street, so a landmark 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 past the district line too. Everest also works Victoria, Saanich, Esquimalt and Sidney, so a rekey in Oak Bay and a lockout in Gordon Head is one call, not two companies.
Testimonials
What Our Customers Say
Recent reviews from across Greater Victoria
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.
OAK BAY DISPATCH
What Happens When You Call Us in Oak Bay
A locksmith answers, not a call centre. Four steps from the moment you dial to the moment your door or your car opens in Oak Bay.
You Call, We Listen
You speak to a locksmith, not a script. Tell us the lock, the Oak Bay address and a cross street or landmark, 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 all of Oak Bay • Firm quote and a firm ETA before dispatch
OAK BAY QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers on coverage, pricing and licensing for Oak Bay addresses.