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Residential electrician in Montreal and the South Shore

As a residential electrician in Montreal’s Southwest and on the South Shore, we do the electrical work in houses, plexes and condos. A charger to add, a panel to upgrade, a radiant floor, a pool: the same master electrician assesses, installs and answers after the work is done.

Régie du bâtiment du Québec
RBQ licence
5855-0849-01
Corporation des maîtres électriciens du Québec
CMEQ member
17468
Our service

What a residential electrician does

A residential electrician handles the electrical system of a house, a plex or a condo: the service entrance, the panel, the circuits and everything connected to them. In Quebec, this work is done by a company licensed by the RBQ and a member of the CMEQ, which declares the work and stands behind it.

Before we talk chargers, hot tubs or radiant floors, we look at your electrical service: it tells us what the house can carry. We also connect water heaters and heat pumps, and we add dedicated circuits for your appliances.

Our clients are adding something to their home and want it built to last. We are not the cheapest, and we are not trying to be.

  • We start from your electrical service, not the product
  • We run a load calculation before adding anything
  • We label every circuit in your panel
  • We declare the work and guarantee it for a year
Marc-André Vinet, master electrician at VGI Électrique, wiring an outdoor outlet on a house
Services

Our residential services

Each service has its own page: what it includes, what changes the price and what we check in your home before the work.

How it works

From your question to switching it on

  1. You describe the project

    By text, by phone or through the form. A photo of your open panel already tells us a lot.

  2. We assess your service and your panel

    The service capacity, the room in the panel and the route to the appliance. That decides the work, and we tell you before we quote.

  3. We install and we label

    Circuits, protection and connection, then every circuit labelled in the panel. The next electrician who opens it will know what they are looking at.

  4. We declare, switch on and guarantee

    The work is declared under our licence numbers, tested in front of you and guaranteed for a year, parts and labour.

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Neatly routed and labelled wiring in a residential panel
Assessment

What we look
at in your home

Four things decide the work. None of them shows up in a photo of the appliance you want to add.

  • Your service capacity

    100 or 200 amps, and what is already connected to it. A loaded 100-amp service often limits what can be added without an upgrade.

  • The room in your panel

    A new circuit needs a free slot and a compatible breaker. A full or discontinued panel changes the plan.

  • The route to the appliance

    The distance from the panel to the charger, hot tub or room, and what has to be crossed: a finished basement, an outside wall, a detached garage.

  • What the Code requires

    Protection, grounding, clearances near water. That is what makes the installation insurable and declarable.

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Electrical service entrance and meter outside a house
Where to start

Where to start, based on what is happening

You rarely know which service you need. You know what is happening at home. Start there.

You need a Level 2 charger and a dedicated circuit. The real question is whether your service can carry that load on top of everything else.

Get an EV charger installed

A fuse panel, a 100-amp service that is already full, or a model that is no longer sold. We check whether it needs replacing, upgrading or simply completing.

Electrical panel upgrade

Radiant floor heating is decided before the pour or the flooring, not after. We plan the cable, the sensor and the thermostat with your contractor.

Plan a radiant floor

Baseboard heaters, convectors, electronic thermostats, a garage unit heater or an electric furnace. We check the circuit that feeds them first.

Replace or add heating

Dedicated circuit, protection and grounding, at the right distance from the water. The wiring is planned before the yard is redone.

Wire a pool or hot tub

A generator is useless without a safe connection to your panel. We decide with you what it should power, then we install the transfer.

Connect a generator

We are certified ELIOS by VOLT installers and we first assess whether your roof and your service are suited to it. You know what to expect before you decide.

Assess a solar project

That is the time to call us, before the walls are closed. Planning the circuits now avoids redoing them later.

Plan it with a consultation

Before you sign, we look at the real condition of the installation: the panel, the grounding and what will have to be redone. You decide knowing what to expect.

Get an inspection before buying
Residential EV charger in use
Our limits

What we do not do in residential

A short list, which we would rather give you on the first call than after the visit.

  1. Weekend work

    Jobs are done on weekdays. If your project has to happen on a Saturday, we are not the right company.

  2. Installing a heat pump

    We do the electrical connection. Setting the unit itself is the refrigeration technician’s job.

  3. Turnkey home automation

    We advise you and install what is electrical. Programming a complete system is not our trade.

  4. Decorative outdoor lighting

    Facade and landscape lighting calls for different expertise than ours.

In new construction, we work for individuals building their own home, not for residential developers.

Finished residential electrical installation by VGI Électrique
5,020 avis
Google
80 to 90

EV chargers installed over our career

Each one started with the same question: can your service carry it?

2,000+

Projects completed over our career, residential and light commercial

180

Projects a year, the same master electrician on each one

1 year

Warranty on parts and labour

Why you can trust us

In your home, the same master electrician from start to finish

About ten years in the trade, thousands of projects, and a company that stayed small by choice.

The person who looks at your panel is the person who does the work, and the one you call back if anything comes up. Nobody discovers your house on the morning of the job. That is something a one-master-electrician company can promise plainly.

What people say about us
  • Charles Tremblay-RoyGoogle review★★★★★

    « Service impeccable ! L'électricien a été ponctuel, professionnel et a fait un travail de grande qualité. Tout fonctionne parfaitement. Je recommande sans hésitation ! »

  • Isabelle GervaisGoogle review★★★★★

    « J'ai fait affaire avec cette entreprise quelques fois et je recommande fortement. Service super professionnel, et le travail est impeccable. »

  • Etienne Gauvreau-HurtubiseGoogle review★★★★★

    « Véritable allié stratégique pour nos projets d'électricité, Marc-André est efficace, courtois et rapide. Nous le recommandons! »

  • joel touchetteGoogle review★★★★★

    « Service professionnel, offre des options pour ne pas augmenter le prix inutilement concernant le choix des travaux à réaliser »

  • Charles Tremblay-RoyGoogle review★★★★★

    « Service impeccable ! L'électricien a été ponctuel, professionnel et a fait un travail de grande qualité. Tout fonctionne parfaitement. Je recommande sans hésitation ! »

  • Etienne Gauvreau-HurtubiseGoogle review★★★★★

    « Véritable allié stratégique pour nos projets d'électricité, Marc-André est efficace, courtois et rapide. Nous le recommandons! »

  • Isabelle GervaisGoogle review★★★★★

    « J'ai fait affaire avec cette entreprise quelques fois et je recommande fortement. Service super professionnel, et le travail est impeccable. »

  • joel touchetteGoogle review★★★★★

    « Service professionnel, offre des options pour ne pas augmenter le prix inutilement concernant le choix des travaux à réaliser »

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Price estimator

A price range
before the visit

Each residential service has its range in the estimator. A few questions and you know where your project stands. It is an estimate to guide you, not a quote.

Électricien qui répond aux questions d’une cliente avant les travaux

Your questions

Frequently asked questions

Nothing here promises a timeline or an amount: for that, we need to see the job.

The price depends on four things: your service capacity, the condition of your panel, the distance to the appliance and access inside the house. The online estimator gives a starting range for each service. The final number comes after the visit, once we have seen your service and your panel.

Check three things. The company must hold an RBQ licence and be a member of the Corporation des maîtres électriciens du Québec: our numbers are 5855-0849-01 and 17468, which you can check in the public registers. The work must be declared. And the warranty must be in writing: ours covers parts and labour for one year.

Not always. Only a load calculation can tell: we add up what is already connected and what you are adding, then compare it to your service capacity. We do it before proposing anything.

Yes, in houses, plexes and condos. In a condo, work that touches the common areas needs the syndicate’s approval. Plan for it before setting a date.

No, the work is done on weekdays. You can write to us any time, and texting is still the easiest way to reach us.

Service area

Where we install

Verdun, Brossard, LaSalle, Châteauguay, Longueuil, and the rest of Montreal’s Southwest and the South Shore. Not sure you are in the area? A text message at (514) 929-9963 does the job.

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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.

(514) 929-9963

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A photo of your panel or of the spot often saves us a back and forth.

Thank you! Your request is on its way. Marc-André gets back to you as soon as he can.

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