Weekend Locksmith in Newmarket: Saturdays, Sundays and Every Stat Holiday
Saturday afternoon is the single busiest window of the week for lockouts in this town, and it is not close. Here is why, what is open, and what the weekend actually adds to the bill.
Quick answer
A weekend locksmith in Newmarket covers Saturday, Sunday and every Ontario statutory holiday, at typically $140 to $250 for a residential lockout against $95 to $180 midweek. Saturday daytime often carries no premium at all. The larger increases apply overnight and on statutory holidays, and the total is always quoted before dispatch.
Calling a weekend locksmith in Newmarket should not feel like a gamble on whether anyone picks up. The phone here is answered on Saturdays, Sundays, Good Friday, Canada Day and Boxing Day exactly as it is on a Wednesday morning, and it has been that way since 2000. The van comes from Newmarket, so a Saturday call to an address off Davis Drive or Bathurst Street usually sees somebody in 20 to 30 minutes.
What changes at the weekend is volume, not capability. Saturdays produce more lockouts than any other day of the week, Sundays are not far behind, and the Friday of a long weekend produces a spike of its own. There are concrete reasons for that, and they are worth knowing because a couple of them are avoidable.
This page sets out when the weekend genuinely costs more, when it does not, which holidays are covered, and what the ranges look like. If you are calling in the middle of the night rather than the middle of Saturday, the overnight breakdown is on the after hours locksmith page.
Why Weekend Lockouts Spike in Newmarket
Four patterns account for most of it, and three of them are specific to this part of Ontario.
The Sunday run down the 404
Cottage traffic coming south from Lake Simcoe hits Newmarket on Sunday afternoon and evening. Cars get unloaded in a hurry, keys end up in a bag that went into the garage, and the house door swings shut behind somebody carrying a cooler.
Moving days
Real estate closings cluster on Fridays and moves run through the weekend. Doors get propped, then not propped, keys get handed between three people, and the new owner discovers the previous owner had one key and one key only.
Long weekends
Victoria Day, Canada Day, the August civic weekend and Labour Day all generate the same thing: houses left empty, timers and keypads that get changed and forgotten, and somebody coming home late on the Monday to a lock that has not been used in four days.
Weekend routine breaks
People carry different bags on a Saturday. The keys live in the work coat, the work coat is on a hook, and the coat did not come to the arena or the rink at Ray Twinney.
Garages account for a surprising share too. Somebody heads out on a Saturday morning, closes the overhead door with the remote, and does not realise the interior door into the house was locked. Half an hour later they are outside with a coffee and no way in.
The avoidable version of all this is a spare key with a neighbour or a keypad on one door. If weekend lockouts have happened to your household more than once, a keyless entry lock costs less than three call-outs.
What the Weekend Actually Adds to the Bill
Blanket weekend surcharges are lazy pricing, and they are not used here. What matters is the hour, not the day on the calendar.
Saturday daytime, roughly 8am to 6pm, is priced as a normal working day. Vans are out, routes exist, and there is no reason to charge you more for a lockout at eleven on a Saturday morning than at eleven on a Tuesday. Anyone adding fifty dollars because it is a Saturday is charging you for the word rather than the work.
Sunday daytime carries a modest premium. Fewer technicians are scheduled, so a Sunday job is closer to a dedicated trip than a routed one. Expect roughly ten to twenty percent over the weekday range.
Weekend evenings and overnight follow the after-hours bands. Saturday at 1am is priced as overnight work, because that is what it is.
Statutory holidays are priced at the overnight band all day. Christmas Day at noon costs what a Tuesday at 3am costs, for the same reason: everybody working that day is working a shift they would otherwise not be working.
What never carries a premium: the quote itself, advice on the phone, telling you that you do not need the job done, or the parts. A grade 2 deadbolt costs the same on Sunday as it does on Wednesday. The premium sits on labour and attendance, and it should be visible on the invoice as such.
Holidays Covered in Ontario
The phone is answered on all of these. The list is worth having, because coverage is exactly when people assume nothing is open.
- New Year Day, January 1
- Family Day, third Monday in February
- Good Friday
- Victoria Day, the Monday before May 25
- Canada Day, July 1
- Labour Day, first Monday in September
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September 30
- Thanksgiving, second Monday in October
- Christmas Day, December 25
- Boxing Day, December 26
- Plus the days that are not statutory but behave like it locally: Easter Sunday, the August civic holiday Monday, and Remembrance Day.
Christmas Eve and New Year Eve deserve a specific mention because both produce a run of calls in the late evening, and because both are nights where people are away from home, hosting, or arriving late to a house that has been empty. The service runs through both.
Winter holidays also bring the frozen-lock calls. A garage side door or a rarely used back door that has not been opened since November will often refuse a key on the first properly cold morning. That is usually a thaw and a lubricate rather than anything expensive, and the detail is on the key stuck in the lock page.
What Gets Done on a Weekend, and What Waits
Not everything needs to happen on a Sunday, and you will be told which is which rather than sold a holiday rate for a job that could sit until Tuesday.
- Lockouts, residential and commercial. Always same-day, always the weekend. If you cannot get in, that is not a Monday problem.
- Broken key extraction and jammed cylinders. Same-day, because a door that cannot be locked is a security problem overnight.
- Emergency rekeys after a theft or a lost set of keys. Same-day where the risk is real.
- Board-ups and lock replacement after a forced entry. Same-day, always, and often the most urgent call of a weekend.
- Failed commercial door closers or panic hardware where a business is open to the public. Same-day, because it is a life-safety issue as well as a security one.
- Planned lock upgrades, smart lock installs, master key systems and access control work. These are scheduled for a weekday at weekday rates, because there is no benefit to you in paying a premium for them.
The dividing line is simple. If the door cannot be secured or cannot be opened, it happens now. If it is an improvement rather than a failure, it happens Monday and it costs less. A master key system for a business, for instance, is planned work and should never be done on a holiday rate.
Weekend and Holiday Locksmith Prices
Typical 2026 ranges for Newmarket and the surrounding towns. Saturday daytime sits at the weekday rate; Sunday carries a modest premium; statutory holidays are priced at the overnight band throughout the day.
| Job | Weekday | Saturday daytime | Sunday or stat holiday |
|---|---|---|---|
| House lockout, non-destructive | $95 – $180 | $95 – $185 | $140 – $250 |
| Car lockout | $85 – $160 | $85 – $165 | $125 – $225 |
| Commercial or office lockout | $140 – $260 | $145 – $270 | $195 – $360 |
| Broken key extraction | $85 – $160 | $90 – $165 | $130 – $230 |
| Lock drilled and replaced | $180 – $340 | $185 – $350 | $230 – $430 |
| Emergency rekey, per cylinder | $25 – $55 | $25 – $55 | $40 – $80 |
| Whole-house rekey after lost keys | $140 – $260 | $145 – $270 | $200 – $350 |
| Board-up and lock replacement after a break-in | $180 – $400 | $190 – $410 | $250 – $500 |
If the job is not urgent, ask. You will be told plainly whether booking it for a weekday saves you money, and how much. Losing a Sunday premium on a lock upgrade is worth a two-day wait. Losing it on a door you cannot lock is not. The complete service list is on the Newmarket locksmith prices page.
Ranges are typical for Newmarket and the surrounding towns and are not a quote. Sunday, statutory holiday and overnight call-outs carry a premium; parts and hardware do not. A firm total is confirmed on the phone before a technician is dispatched.
Why Newmarket calls us first
Weekend Coverage Beyond Newmarket
The Sunday cottage run makes this a regional weekend, not a local one. Calls come from all along the Highway 404 and Highway 400 corridors as people get home, and the same weekend rates apply throughout.
Frequently asked questions
Are locksmiths open on Sunday in Newmarket?
Yes. The phone is answered every Sunday of the year and vans run the same coverage area. A Sunday residential lockout typically runs $140 to $250 against $95 to $180 on a weekday, and arrival to a Newmarket address is usually 20 to 30 minutes. The total is quoted before anyone drives out.
Do you charge extra on Saturdays?
Not during the day. Saturday between roughly 8am and 6pm is priced as a normal working day, because vans are already out and the job joins an existing route. Saturday evening and overnight follow the after-hours bands, which is a function of the hour rather than the day.
What about Christmas Day and New Year Day?
Both are covered, along with every other Ontario statutory holiday. Holiday work is priced at the overnight band throughout the day, since anyone attending is working a shift they otherwise would not be. Christmas Eve and New Year Eve evening are consistently busy, so call as early as you can.
Why are there so many lockouts on weekends?
Routines break. Cottage traffic comes back down the 404 on Sunday and people unload in a hurry, moves run Friday to Sunday with keys passing between several hands, long weekends leave houses empty, and different bags and coats on a Saturday mean the keys are somewhere they normally are not. Garages are the other big one.
Can you rekey my locks on a Saturday?
Yes. A whole-house rekey on a Saturday daytime is close to the weekday range at $145 to $270, and on a Sunday or holiday it runs $200 to $350. If the rekey is precautionary rather than urgent, you will be told that booking it for a weekday costs less.
Is it worth waiting until Monday?
It depends entirely on whether the door can be secured. If you are outside, or if a lock has failed and the door cannot be locked overnight, do not wait. If it is an upgrade, a smart lock, a master key system or anything else that is an improvement rather than a failure, waiting saves you the premium and costs you nothing.
Do you cover long weekends outside Newmarket?
Yes, across Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Holland Landing, Sharon, Queensville, Keswick, Mount Albert, Bradford, Georgina, King City, Richmond Hill and Stouffville. Drive times are longer to the outer towns, particularly with holiday traffic on the 404, and you will be given a realistic arrival window.
My key will not work after the house sat empty over the holidays. Why?
Usually moisture in the keyway that froze, or grease that stiffened in the cold on a lock that has not been cycled in weeks. It is normally a thaw and a dry-film lubricant rather than a replacement. Do not force the key and do not pour hot water on the lock, because it refreezes deeper within minutes.
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Saturday, Sunday or a Statutory Holiday
The phone is answered and the van is running. Call 866-820-1331 for a firm price before dispatch and, for most Newmarket addresses, a technician in 20 to 30 minutes.
