Master electricianin Brossard
A bungalow in the older sectors or a recent condo near the DIX30: what your home can take is not a guess, it is a measurement. EV charger, panel upgrade, hot tub connection. We cross the bridge regularly to come and check it at your place.
- RBQ 5855-0849-01
- CMEQ 17468
The brands and suppliers we work with
The letters of Brossard tell
you the age of the installations
About four homes in ten in Brossard were built in the 1960s and the 1970s. The rest went up mostly in the 1980s and the 2000s. That double wave reads directly in the way the city is divided into lettered sectors.
Sectors A and B, the oldest, run along the river with their bungalows and two-storey houses from the 1960s and the 1970s. Sectors L and S date from the same period and their building stock is ageing. At the other end, the DIX30 and Solar Uniquartier line up recent condos and towers.
For us it translates simply: in the older sectors, the question is almost always the capacity of the service. In the recent sectors, it is more about co-ownership and shared installations.
Your sector letter tells you the era of construction, so the likely state of the service.
Sectors A, B, L and S
Single storey bungalows from the 1960s and the 1970s. Services sized for their era, often the first obstacle in an add on project.
DIX30 and Solar Uniquartier
Recent condos and towers. Work touching the common areas goes through the co-ownership syndicate, and that gets planned differently.
What we get asked
for most in Brossard
The back yards of Brossard are large, so are the driveways, and it shows in the nature of the calls.
EV charger in the driveway
The bungalow with an attached garage is the ideal format for a charger. The distance to the panel is short, and the load calculation decides the rest.
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Pool and hot tub wiring
The big yards of Brossard are full of them. The conduit goes in while the ground is open, never after the landscaping.
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Service upgrade to 200 amps
In the sectors from the 1960s and the 1970s, it is often the prerequisite for everything else.
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The grants that
apply in Brossard
Brossard has no municipal program equivalent to the RénoPlex of Montreal. The grants that apply here are the provincial programs, the same everywhere in Quebec: Écorecharge for a home EV charger, LogisVert for solar self generation.
We keep them up to date on a dedicated page rather than copying amounts that change with every budget year. The program administrator decides on your eligibility, never your electrician.
A few conditions to check
- Écorecharge: own an electric vehicle at the time of the application
- Écorecharge: level 2 charger bought from a Canadian retailer
- LogisVert: be a residential Hydro-Québec customer
- LogisVert: application filed within 9 months of the installation
- Equipment picked from the program eligible list, before buying
In Brossard,
electrical work does not require a permit
On the City’s side
It is the City of Brossard that says so. Its page on work touching residential technical equipment and systems lists electrical work among the work that requires no municipal permit, on the same footing as plumbing, installing a heat pump or putting up solar panels.
That does not mean there is no formality. It means the formalities are elsewhere: the declaration to the Régie du bâtiment, and the connection request to Hydro-Québec when the service is modified. Both are on us.
Watch the nuance: if your electrical work is part of a larger renovation that touches the structure, an extension or the use of a space, it is that renovation that calls for a permit, not the electrical part.
The RBQ declaration: we take care of it
At VGI, we declare our own work to the Régie du bâtiment whenever a declaration is required. It is included in the work and filed under our licence numbers.
For the work we do, two situations exempt it. Work already covered by a connection request made to the electricity distributor does not have to be declared on top of that, and neither does work of 10 kW or less that requires no cable replacement and no cable addition.
What changes the
price in Brossard
The price depends on your installation and on the factors below. Our online estimator gives “starting at” prices for each type of work, and the final figure is confirmed after the visit.
See starting prices in the estimatorThe sector and the age of the building
A bungalow in sector A or B and a DIX30 condo present neither the same installation nor the same access constraints.
The distance to the equipment
Brossard lots are large. From the panel to the pool, the hot tub or the detached garage, the route decides the wiring.
What has to be crossed
An open lawn, a paved driveway or a deck that is already built call neither for the same work nor for the same restoration.
The distance from our base
We come from Verdun, over the bridge. Travel counts in the assessment, as it does for the whole South Shore.
One master electrician,
from the quote to the final tests
VGI Électrique is Marc-André Vinet. The person who assesses your project is the one who does the work and answers afterwards. RBQ and CMEQ licences, one-year warranty on labour and parts.
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A sense of the
price, before you even call
A few questions about your project, and the tool shows a range. It is an estimate to situate your project, not a quote: the real price is confirmed on site.
Questions in Brossard
Frequently asked questions
Nothing here promises a timeline or an amount: for that, we need to see the job.
No. The City of Brossard lists electrical work among the work that requires no municipal permit, with plumbing and installing a heat pump. The formalities are elsewhere: the declaration to the Régie du bâtiment and, when the service is modified, the connection request to Hydro-Québec. Both are included in our work.
All of them. The older sectors near the river as well as the recent developments around the DIX30. What changes from one sector to the next is the age of the installation and therefore the nature of the work, not our availability.
Often yes, and the attached garage keeps the route short. The real question is the capacity of your service: the load calculation adds up what the house already draws and what the charger is going to ask for. It is done on site, before the charger is ordered.
Yes. Dedicated circuit, ground fault protection, disconnect and equipotential bonding. We do not dig the trench: we provide the route, the depth and the conduit, and we coordinate with your excavator or your landscaper.
Not to our knowledge. The grants that apply in Brossard are the provincial programs, like Écorecharge for an EV charger. We keep them up to date on our grants page rather than posting amounts that change every year.
We also work
around Brossard
- Montreal’s Southwest
- Verdun
- Saint-Lambert
- La Prairie
- Longueuil
Our articles to
see things clearly
How many amps for an EV charger
A level 2 charger runs on a dedicated circuit, most often a 40 amp one. But the number that decides your project is not that one: it is what is left available in your electrical service.
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100 amp vs 200 amp service
The rating of your service is stamped on the main breaker, at the top of the panel. What decides an upgrade is neither its age nor its looks: it is what you want to add to it, and the load calculation that measures it.
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Radiant floor heating
Electric radiant floor heating goes down before the floor covering, never after. The install itself takes about a day, but the decision is made much earlier: while the floor is still open and the circuit can still be run.
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Tell us about your project
Describe it in a few words, even if it is still just an idea. We assess on site what your installation can take, and you decide from there.
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