Popcorn ceiling removal in Ontario runs $4.50 to $7.50 per square foot, all-inclusive, and the price depends mainly on whether the texture was ever painted. At KW Popcorn Ceiling Removal & Painting, I price unpainted texture at $4.50/sqft (scraping, two skim coats, primer, two coats of paint), latex-painted ceilings at $6.50/sqft, and oil-based painted ceilings at $7.50/sqft, since paint locks texture to the drywall and slows the scrape.

• Main floor, a few rooms, or a condo (400-600 sqft): $2,000-$4,500
• Larger homes with 900-1,500 sqft of ceiling: roughly $4,050-$11,250
• Skim coat only: $2.50/sqft, full-service skim coat: $3.50/sqft
• Skim coat over existing texture, no removal: $8.50/sqft (costs more than removal, not a cheaper shortcut)
• Asbestos testing, coordinated at cost: $300-$500, no markup

Homes built before the mid-1980s commonly used chrysotile asbestos in ceiling texture, common across older Kitchener-Waterloo neighbourhoods. Ontario Regulation 278/05 requires testing before disturbing suspect material, but removal itself isn't legally mandated, and the Ontario Building Code doesn't regulate popcorn ceilings at all. I arrange third-party testing at cost. I don't perform abatement myself, licensed abatement contractors handle that if a sample comes back positive. I've completed 500+ KW-area homes since 2019, fully $2M insured and WSIB covered. (519) 729-7394 · KW Popcorn Ceiling Removal · Google Reviews