24/7
Live dispatch, day or night
No fix, no fee
You pay nothing if we cannot do it
12 yrs
Serving Victoria & Greater Victoria
1 yr
Warranty on parts & labour
Every service, every corner of Victoria
Locksmith Services Across Victoria
Everest Locksmith is a mobile, BC-licensed locksmith working across the City of Victoria 24 hours a day, from Downtown, Chinatown and Harris Green through James Bay and Fairfield to Fernwood, Oaklands and Vic West. 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 Victoria 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 Victoria strata corporations and businesses.
STRATA & PROPERTY MANAGERS
Automotive Keys
Transponder keys and fobs cut and programmed wherever the car is parked in Victoria.
From $180
VICTORIA RATES · UPDATED NOVEMBER 2026
What a Locksmith Costs in Victoria
A locksmith in Victoria 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 Victoria 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 Victoria 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 Victoria
- Transponder, proximity and immobiliser programming on site
- No tow to the dealership and no three-day wait
One city, one price list. A Harris Green tower suite and a Fernwood character house are quoted from the same rates. There is no neighbourhood surcharge anywhere inside Victoria.
Mobile workshops across Victoria
Why Victoria calls Everest
Why Victoria 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, James Bay, Fairfield or Fernwood, the rate is the same and the number on the invoice matches the number quoted on the call.
- Non-destructive entry first Victoria has some of the oldest housing stock in Western Canada, from 1890s Rockland houses to 1912 Fernwood homes split into 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. Salt air from the harbour and the Strait pits exterior hardware faster than most Victorians expect; if something we fitted starts to bind, we come back and correct it free.
Typical Victoria jobs
Typical Security Work Across Victoria
From Downtown storefronts to James Bay walk-ups and Fernwood
character homes, three jobs we are called to again and again in Victoria.
Storefront Rekey After a Break-in
A typical Yates or Lower Johnson call: a forced rear lane door, a restricted-keyway rekey across front and back, and a reinforced strike so the same pry bar does not work twice.
Restricted Keyway
Walk-up Rental Turnover
Older three-storey walk-ups near the Legislature and Dallas Road change tenants often. We rekey suite doors on the day of move-in and key the mailbox and storage locker to match.
Same-Day Rekey
Character Home Deadbolt Upgrade
Retrofitting a Grade 1 deadbolt or a keypad lock to an original fir door on a converted heritage house, without splitting the stile, with the suite entrances keyed separately.
Grade 1 Hardware
Locksmith in Victoria
Locksmith Services in Victoria
Everest Locksmith is a mobile, BC-licensed locksmith covering all of Victoria 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.
Victoria packs a lot of different buildings into a small city. A Harris Green concrete tower, a James Bay walk-up, a Rockland mansion converted into suites and a Burnside-Gorge light-industrial unit 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 Victoria calls are finished in one visit.
Neighbourhood by neighbourhood
The Buildings and Locks We See in Victoria
The job changes with the street. Everest Locksmith works across Downtown, Chinatown, Harris Green, James Bay, Fairfield, Rockland, Fernwood, Oaklands, Hillside-Quadra, North Park, Burnside-Gorge, Jubilee, Gonzales and Vic West, and each has a pattern we see over and over.
- Downtown, Harris Green and Chinatown — new concrete towers with fob-controlled lobbies, and older storefronts whose lane doors take most of the break-in attempts
- James Bay — 1960s and 70s walk-up rentals with shared entries, worn cylinders and a long history of keys nobody can account for
- Fairfield, Rockland and Gonzales — heritage and character homes where the hardware is fine and the cost of getting it wrong is a split original door
- Fernwood, North Park and Oaklands — houses converted into two or three suites, each with its own entrance and its own set of keys to manage
- Hillside-Quadra and Jubilee — post-war bungalows and rental duplexes near the hospital, with plenty of rekeys between tenants
- Burnside-Gorge — light-industrial units and small businesses that need padlocks, roll-up door locks and master keying
Salt air is worth naming, because it costs Victoria homeowners money. A lock that has gone stiff near the water is usually corroded inside or binding on a weathered strike, not dead. We clean, lubricate and realign it on site rather than selling hardware that was never broken.
Getting to your door
Getting to You Across Victoria
Everest Locksmith dispatches into Victoria around the clock and gives you a firm ETA on the call rather than a vague promise. In a city this compact, what decides how fast a technician reaches you is rarely distance. It is parking, bridges and buildings. Five things worth knowing before you call.
- Tell us the building type first. A house, a heritage conversion with three entrances and a 20-storey Downtown tower are three different arrival problems, and knowing which one saves the technician circling the block.
- Arrange lobby access if you are in a tower. Downtown and Harris Green buildings use fobbed lobbies, and getting a technician through the front door is the single biggest delay in the city.
- Say if the car is in an underground parkade or a city 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. Converted houses often have suites with separate entrances off a side path or lane, and telling us which door saves real time.
- 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 Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich and the Songhees, so a job that starts in Fernwood and ends 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.
VICTORIA DISPATCH
What Happens When You Call Us in Victoria
A locksmith answers, not a call centre. Four steps from the moment you dial to the moment your door or your car opens in Victoria.
You Call, We Listen
You speak to a locksmith, not a script. Tell us the lock, the Victoria 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 Victoria • Firm quote and a firm ETA before dispatch
VICTORIA QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers on coverage, pricing and licensing for Victoria addresses.