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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 Saanich
Locksmith Services Across Saanich
Everest Locksmith is a mobile, BC-licensed locksmith working across Saanich 24 hours a day, from Gordon Head, Cadboro Bay and Cordova Bay through Royal Oak and Broadmead to Uptown, Tillicum, Quadra and the farms of rural Saanich. 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 Saanich 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 Saanich strata corporations and businesses.
STRATA & PROPERTY MANAGERS
Automotive Keys
Transponder keys and fobs cut and programmed wherever the car is parked in Saanich.
From $180
SAANICH RATES · UPDATED NOVEMBER 2026
What a Locksmith Costs in Saanich
A locksmith in Saanich 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 Saanich 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 Saanich 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 Saanich
- Transponder, proximity and immobiliser programming on site
- No tow to the dealership and no three-day wait
One district, one price list. A Gordon Head student rental and a Broadmead family home are quoted from the same rates. Rural Saanich addresses pay the same as Uptown.
Mobile workshops across Saanich
Why Saanich calls Everest
Why Saanich 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 Gordon Head, Royal Oak, Tillicum or Prospect Lake, the rate is the same and the number on the invoice matches the number quoted on the call.
- Non-destructive entry first Saanich is mostly 1960s to 90s houses, split-levels and townhouses, plus a growing number of legal suites. 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 winters swell wooden doors across Saanich and push strikes out of line; if that happens to something we fitted, we return and correct it free.
Typical Saanich jobs
Typical Security Work Across Saanich
From Gordon Head student rentals to Uptown businesses and
rural Saanich outbuildings, three jobs we are called to again and again.
Suite Rekey Between Tenants
Houses near UVic often have an upstairs unit and a legal suite. A typical September job: the suite rekeyed on its own key, the main house on another, and the shared laundry keyed to both.
Same-Day Rekey
Business Master Key System
Small offices and retail units around Uptown and Tillicum Centre where too many staff hold keys. A master key system lets the owner open everything and each employee only what they need.
Master Key System
Gates, Barns & Padlocks
Rural Saanich properties need more than a front-door lock: keyed-alike padlocks for gates, barns and pump houses so one key does every outbuilding on the property.
Keyed-Alike Padlocks
Locksmith in Saanich
Locksmith Services in Saanich
Everest Locksmith is a mobile, BC-licensed locksmith covering all of Saanich 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.
Saanich is the largest municipality in Greater Victoria and covers everything from university rentals to working farms. A Gordon Head split-level with a suite, a Broadmead executive home, a Tillicum apartment and a Prospect Lake acreage 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 Saanich calls are finished in one visit.
Neighbourhood by neighbourhood
The Buildings and Locks We See in Saanich
The job changes with the neighbourhood. Everest Locksmith works across Gordon Head, Cadboro Bay, Cordova Bay, Royal Oak, Broadmead, Uptown, Quadra-McKenzie, Cedar Hill, Shelbourne, Lake Hill, Tillicum, Gorge Tillicum, Strawberry Vale and rural Saanich, and each has a pattern we see over and over.
- Gordon Head and Shelbourne — split-levels near UVic and Camosun with legal suites, student tenants and frequent rekeys
- Cadboro Bay and Cordova Bay — seaside homes where salt air seizes exterior hardware and patio doors need extra locks
- Royal Oak and Broadmead — larger family homes with double garages, side gates and smart-lock upgrades
- Uptown, Quadra and Tillicum — apartments, townhouse stratas and small businesses that need master keying
- Cedar Hill, Lake Hill and Mount Tolmie — post-war houses whose original locks are long overdue for replacement
- Prospect Lake and rural Saanich — acreages, farm gates, barns and long driveways
Legal suites are worth naming, because they change how a house should be keyed. A main house and a suite should never share a key, and a shared laundry or storage room should open with both. We set that up in one visit, and it makes the next tenant change a ten-minute rekey instead of a lock replacement.
Getting to your door
Getting to You Across Saanich
Everest Locksmith dispatches into Saanich around the clock and gives you a firm ETA on the call rather than a vague promise. Saanich is large, so the drive from Tillicum to Cordova Bay is a real factor, but the details you give us on the phone matter just as much. Five things worth knowing before you call.
- Tell us the building type first. A house with a suite, a townhouse complex and a rural acreage are three different arrival problems, and knowing which one saves the technician real time.
- Tell us which door. In a house with a suite, the lockout is often on a side or basement entrance, and saying so on the call saves the technician knocking on the wrong one.
- 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 or landmark, not just an address. Rural Saanich addresses and long shared driveways do not always show up correctly on a map.
- 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, Oak Bay, Central Saanich and View Royal, so a lockout in Royal Oak and a rekey in Brentwood Bay 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.
SAANICH DISPATCH
What Happens When You Call Us in Saanich
A locksmith answers, not a call centre. Four steps from the moment you dial to the moment your door or your car opens in Saanich.
You Call, We Listen
You speak to a locksmith, not a script. Tell us the lock, the Saanich 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 Saanich • Firm quote and a firm ETA before dispatch
SAANICH QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers on coverage, pricing and licensing for Saanich addresses.