Orléans Roofing
Orléans roofs run from 1960s Queenswood Heights homes to Avalon townhouse rows that are still going up, and each era fails in its own way. Ottawa Roofing Pros replaces, repairs and maintains residential roofs across Orléans, from Petrie Island and St. Joseph Boulevard south to Innes Road and the newer streets east of Tenth Line.
Over more than 17 years and 1,500+ roofing jobs, we have learned which Orléans streets catch wind off the river, which split-levels grow ice dams, and how to re-roof a townhouse row without leaving any owner exposed. We are licensed, insured and WSIB-covered.
We answer calls 24/7. From our Centretown base, most of Orléans is a 20 to 30 minute drive out Highway 174.
Most Orléans roofing calls are for shingle replacement, winter ice and snow problems, or eavestroughs that can't keep up. We handle all three on the same visit when your roof needs it.
Every price comes from a written quote after a free assessment. The ranges below are typical for Ottawa in 2026.
We tear off to the deck, replace damaged plywood, and install architectural shingles such as IKO Cambridge, GAF Timberline HDZ or CertainTeed Landmark over synthetic underlayment. Expect $500 to $800 per roofing square (100 sq ft) installed.
Our asphalt shingle roofing page compares shingle lines, colours and wind ratings.
We remove ice dams with low-pressure steam, which cuts the ice without chipping shingles the way hatchets and pressure washers do. Most homes take 2 to 4 hours, billed hourly.
Our ice dam and roof snow removal crews also clear heavy snow from low roofs, porches and garage roofs.
Overflowing eavestroughs feed ice dams in winter and rot fascia boards the rest of the year. Seamless aluminum runs $10 to $20 per linear foot installed.
We install seamless eavestroughs, soffit and fascia sized for the roof area each downspout has to drain.
Three things drive most Orléans roofing problems: wind off the open Ottawa River, ice dams on 1970s and 1980s split-levels, and aging townhouse rows that share one continuous roof. Where your home sits tells us which to check first.
Orléans grew fast. It went from about 6,000 residents in 1971 to 24,000 by 1981, and much of the housing from that boom is now on its second roof.
Homes on the north side of Orléans, toward the river and Petrie Island, face long stretches of open water and parkland with little to break the wind. We see more lifted shingle tabs, peeled ridge caps and loose drip edge on those exposures than on sheltered interior streets.
On those roofs we use the manufacturer's high-wind nailing pattern (six nails per shingle instead of four), seal the starter course at the eaves and rakes, and use wind-rated ridge cap shingles.
Queenswood Heights, between St. Joseph Boulevard and Innes Road, started in the 1960s, and most of its homes date from the 1970s and 1980s. Convent Glen, beside Place d'Orléans and Highway 174, filled in from the 1970s onward.
Both have plenty of masonry chimneys and side-splits or back-splits where an upper roof sheds meltwater onto a lower one. That lower roof edge is where ice dams form and where worn step and counter flashing lets water in.
We rebuild chimney flashing with a cricket on wide chimneys and add ice and water membrane at every roof-to-wall joint. Our roof leak and flashing repair service covers the fix when a full re-roof isn't due yet.
Fallingbrook began in 1985 on former farmland in what was then the Township of Cumberland. Chapel Hill followed through the 1980s and 1990s, and Minto has sold more than 5,500 homes in Avalon since sales opened in 2000.
The early townhouse blocks in all three are now reaching the age where original shingles fail. Because a row shares one roof plane, the first owner to re-roof has to decide whether to go alone or bring the neighbours in.
Re-roofing a whole Orléans townhouse row in one project gives every unit matching shingles, continuous underlayment and one clean ridge line. Shared setup, disposal bins and travel usually lower each owner's cost compared with separate jobs.
Here is how we run a row re-roof from first call to final paperwork.
We inspect each unit's roof and, where owners allow it, each attic. Every owner receives the same photo report, so everyone sees the same problems.
Each freehold owner gets their own quote and contract based on their unit's roof area. Shared items such as the bin and setup are split evenly and shown as a line on each quote.
If your row is part of a condominium corporation, the roof may be a common element that the board, not the owners, is responsible for. We work to the corporation's specifications and provide insurance and WSIB documents on request.
We only open as much roof as we can close the same day, so no unit sits exposed overnight. Party walls stay sealed to the deck, and each unit's vents are restored or upgraded.
Each owner gets completion photos, their manufacturer warranty registration and our 1-year written labour warranty. If one owner calls us later about a leak, the record shows exactly what was done on their unit.
Orléans is the most francophone part of Ottawa. In the 2021 census, French was the mother tongue of roughly 28 to 32 per cent of residents in each of the three Orléans wards, compared with about 14 per cent citywide.
That goes back to the 1830s parish of Saint-Joseph d'Orléans, and it shows up in roofing too. Shingle bundles and membrane rolls sold in Canada carry bilingual labels, and manufacturers such as IKO and BP Canada publish product and warranty information in French.
If you would like your manufacturer warranty documents in French, ask when you book your assessment. We will tell you up front what we can provide.
Our most common Orléans jobs are full re-roofs on 1970s and 1980s side-splits, chimney flashing rebuilds, and townhouse rows doing their first replacement. Wind repairs on the river side and ice dam calls fill the gaps between them.
Before any full replacement we check whether a repair would buy you a few more good years. If it would, that is what we quote.
Here are answers to the two questions we hear most from Orléans homeowners. Orléans is one of several communities in our Ottawa service area.
Yes. Navan, Sarsfield and Cumberland Village are inside the City of Ottawa, and Rockland sits well within our 30-minute range east along County Road 17.
Rural roofs out there have their own storm history. The May 21, 2022 derecho's strongest EF2 damage swath ran through Navan and Sarsfield, just southeast of Orléans.
Most single townhouse units take one working day. A row of four to six units usually takes 3 to 6 working days, depending on weather, tear-off layers and how much decking needs replacing.
We give every owner the schedule in writing before work starts, including which day their unit will be opened and closed.
The same crews, warranty and 24/7 emergency line cover neighbouring parts of the city.
Free roofing estimate
Call or send the form to book a free roof assessment anywhere in Orléans. We will inspect, photograph what we find and send a written quote; for a townhouse row, each owner gets their own.