The short answer: most solo house cleaners in Canada charge $35 to $65 per hour in 2026, and a standard clean of a three-bedroom home lands between $150 and $300. Where you should sit in that range depends on your city, whether you bring supplies, and how established you are. Here's the full picture — and how to turn it into your rate.
House cleaning rates across Canada (2026)
Rates cluster by city, and the spread is wide — urban centres run 20 to 40 percent higher than rural areas. These are per-cleaner hourly ranges for residential work:
| City / region | Typical hourly rate | 3-bed standard clean |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver & Victoria | $40–$55 | $200–$320 |
| Toronto & GTA | $35–$55 | $180–$300 |
| Calgary & Edmonton | $30–$45 | $150–$260 |
| Ottawa & mid-size Ontario | $32–$48 | $160–$270 |
| Prairies (Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Regina) | $30–$42 | $140–$240 |
| Atlantic Canada | $28–$42 | $130–$230 |
| Smaller towns & rural | $28–$40 | $120–$220 |
Ranges compiled July 2026 from published Canadian price guides including HomeStars, Hellamaid's price index, and Taskrabbit Canada. Cleaning-company team visits bill higher ($65–$125/hour for the visit); the figures above are what an individual cleaner charges.
What should you charge?
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New cleaners usually start hourly because it feels safe. Experienced cleaners almost all move to flat-rate pricing per home, for a simple reason: as you get faster, hourly billing punishes you for being good. A clean you once did in four hours now takes three — flat rate keeps the difference.
A workable flat-rate ladder for a standard recurring clean:
- 1–2 bedroom condo or apartment: $110–$180
- 3-bedroom home: $150–$300
- 4-bedroom home: $200–$380 — count bathrooms, not just bedrooms; an extra bathroom moves the price more than an extra bedroom
- Deep clean: 1.5–2× your standard rate (baseboards, inside appliances and cabinets, window tracks)
- Move-out clean: at or above deep-clean pricing, commonly $300–$500+ — empty homes show everything, and landlords inspect
Per-room pricing ($25–$50 a room) shows up in some markets, but it rewards clients with big empty rooms and punishes you in small cluttered ones. Quote the whole home after a walkthrough instead.
Setting your own rate
The market range tells you what's plausible. Your floor tells you what's survivable. Work it out once:
- Add up your real costs per hour — supplies ($3–6/clean), travel time and gas, liability insurance (roughly $40–70/month), and the unpaid time you spend quoting and scheduling.
- Decide your target take-home, remembering you'll set aside ~25–30% for taxes and CPP as a self-employed cleaner.
- Set your floor — for most Canadian cities in 2026 that maths out to no less than $30–35/hour. Below that you're subsidizing your clients.
Then position inside the local range: bring your own supplies, carry insurance, and show up with a professional booking-and-invoice flow, and you can credibly charge in the top third. If you're booked solid for two weeks straight, your rate is too low — raise it for new clients by $5/hour and keep existing clients where they are for a while. Recurring weekly and bi-weekly clients deserve 10–20% off your one-off rate; they're the backbone of a cleaning business.
Are you undercharging?
Five quick questions. Be honest — nobody's watching.
Are you booked solid more than two weeks out?
A full calendar is the market telling you your price is too low.
Have you raised your rates in the last 12 months?
Costs went up this year. If your rate didn't, you took a pay cut.
When you quote a price, does anyone ever say no?
If nobody ever pushes back, you're leaving room on the table.
Do you charge for travel time — or build it into your price?
Unpaid driving between cleans quietly eats your real hourly rate.
Do you drop your price whenever someone asks for a deal?
Discounting on request trains clients to always ask.
Priced about right
You're showing the classic signs of healthy pricing — price pushback now and then, regular raises, travel accounted for. Your next win isn't the rate, it's the time you lose to admin between cleans.
You're leaving money on the table
A couple of undercharging signals showed up. The fix is usually one honest raise for new clients — $5 more per clean on a full week is thousands a year you're currently donating.
You're seriously undercharging
Almost every signal fired. Booked solid, never raising, never hearing no — that's not luck, that's a price well below what your market would pay. Raise your rate for every new client starting this week; your regulars can follow later.
You've got your number. Now look like a business.
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House cleaning is a taxable service in Canada, but you don't charge GST/HST until your revenue crosses $30,000 over four consecutive calendar quarters — the CRA's small-supplier threshold. A cleaner doing three $200 homes a week crosses it in a year. Once you're over, you register, add tax to every invoice, and remit it. The full rules are in our plain-English GST/HST guide.
The threshold sneaks up on people because nobody adds up e-Transfers in March. Track every payment as it lands and you'll see the line coming a quarter away.
Common questions
How much should I charge per hour for house cleaning?
Most solo cleaners in Canada charge $35 to $65 per hour in 2026. In Toronto and Vancouver, $40 to $55 is typical; in smaller cities and rural areas, $30 to $45 is more common. If you're experienced, insured, and bring your own supplies, price toward the top of your local range.
How much should I charge to clean a 3-bedroom house?
A standard clean of a three-bedroom home in Canada typically runs $150 to $300 depending on the city, the home's condition, and whether bathrooms and kitchens need extra attention. Quote a walkthrough-based flat rate rather than an open-ended hourly estimate — clients prefer certainty.
How much should I charge to clean a 4-bedroom house?
Add roughly 20 to 35 percent over your three-bedroom rate — usually $200 to $380 for a standard clean. Extra bathrooms move the price more than extra bedrooms, so count both when quoting.
How much more should a deep clean cost?
Deep cleans (baseboards, inside appliances, inside cabinets, window tracks) typically price at 1.5 to 2 times a standard clean. If a first-time client's home hasn't been professionally cleaned in months, quote the first visit as a deep clean and the recurring visits at your standard rate.
What should I charge for a move-out clean?
Move-out cleans are the most demanding job in residential cleaning — empty homes show every mark, and landlords inspect. Price them at or above deep-clean rates: commonly $300 to $500+ for a typical family home, more if carpets or appliances are included.
Should I charge less for weekly or light cleaning?
Yes — recurring work is worth a discount because it's predictable income with no re-quoting. A common structure: full price for the first (deep) clean, then 10 to 20 percent off your standard rate for weekly or bi-weekly visits. Don't discount monthly cleans much; they're nearly as much work as one-offs.
Do I need to charge GST/HST on house cleaning?
Not until your business revenue passes $30,000 over four consecutive calendar quarters — the CRA small-supplier threshold. After that you're expected to register and add GST/HST to every invoice. Track your running total from day one so the line doesn't sneak up on you.
Cleaning pairs naturally with other exterior work — if you're quoting window cleaning or pressure washing as add-ons, those guides cover the going rates.
Rates are market ranges compiled from public Canadian sources in July 2026 and will vary by market and job. This is general information, not pricing or tax advice — for GST/HST specifics, check the CRA or talk to an accountant.