Backyard & Garden Lighting in Burlington
Custom backyard and garden lighting design and installation for outdoor living and landscaping.
Call (416) 219-1347Serving Burlington
Burlington runs from the Lake Ontario shoreline up to the Niagara Escarpment, which means our electricians see a genuinely wide range of housing: lakeside estate homes in Roseland and Shoreacres, post-war bungalows in Aldershot near the Hamilton border, and fast-growing subdivisions in Alton Village and The Orchard that are still being built out in the city’s north end. We provide panel upgrades, EV charger installations, and lighting work sized to whichever end of that range a property falls on, along with commercial electrical service for businesses along the Harvester Road and QEW corridor.
In Aldershot and around the GO station, older post-war bungalows sit alongside a growing number of mid-rise condo developments, so we see both traditional panel upgrades and in-suite electrical work coordinated with property managers. Lakeside homes in Roseland and Shoreacres, many built from the 1950s through the 1970s on larger lots, often call us for panel upgrades and backyard lighting design as part of a renovation, and pool or boathouse wiring comes up more often here than elsewhere in Burlington. In Millcroft’s golf course community and the newer streets of The Orchard and Alton Village further north, most calls are EV charger installations and smart lighting rather than panel replacements, since the housing stock is newer. Escarpment-adjacent lots near the north end sometimes mean rock or shallow soil conditions that affect how we run exterior circuits for generators or landscape lighting.
We regularly work in:Aldershot,Roseland,Shoreacres,Millcroft,The Orchard,Alton Village, and the rest of Burlington.
Backyard & Garden Lighting in Burlington: What to Expect
Backyard and garden lighting requests in Burlington are heaviest in Roseland and Shoreacres, where larger lakefront lots and mature trees make landscape and dock lighting a natural extension of a renovation. In Millcroft, lighting design often centers on golf-course-facing backyards where homeowners want their landscaping visible from inside at night. Aldershot and Tyandaga’s smaller, established lots keep requests more modest, usually pathway and patio lighting rather than full landscape design.
More about our work in Burlington
Overview
We provide backyard & garden lighting for homes and businesses throughout Burlington, including Aldershot, Roseland, Shoreacres, Millcroft, and the rest of Burlington.
Extend your living space into the evening with professionally designed and installed outdoor lighting. We plan and wire low-voltage and line-voltage landscape lighting for backyards, gardens, patios and walkways, including path lights, uplighting for trees and architectural features, deck and step lighting, and string lighting for entertaining areas. Every installation uses weatherproof, code-compliant fixtures and wiring sized correctly for your property, with transformers and controls placed for easy access and reliable performance. Electrovoltage designs and installs backyard and garden lighting for homes across Toronto and the GTA, and pairs well with our potlight, panel upgrade and electrical troubleshooting services.
- Path, step & deck lighting
- Tree & landscape uplighting
- Weatherproof, code-compliant wiring
Why It Matters
Outdoor lighting does two jobs that are easy to overlook until you don’t have them: it makes steps, paths, and pool or hot tub areas safe to use after dark, and it’s what actually makes a backyard usable in the evening rather than just visible from a lit kitchen window. The design choice that matters most is low-voltage versus line-voltage. Low-voltage systems run through a transformer that steps household power down to 12V, which is safer to install across a garden bed and cheaper to run for path and accent lighting. Line-voltage is usually reserved for fixed structural lighting or where a low-voltage run isn’t practical. Getting that choice wrong, including the transformer sizing and placement, is the most common reason DIY outdoor lighting ends up flickering, tripping a GFCI, or failing within a season.
How Backyard & Garden Lighting Works
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Property walkthrough & design
We walk the yard with you, identify what to highlight (paths, steps, trees, architectural features) and plan a fixture layout.
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Transformer & circuit planning
We size the transformer, plan low-voltage versus line-voltage runs, and confirm your existing outdoor circuit has the capacity, or plan a dedicated one.
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Installation
We install weatherproof fixtures and bury or route wiring cleanly, sized and rated correctly for outdoor, in-ground use.
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Timer/smart control setup & walkthrough
We set up timers or app-based controls where wanted and walk you through operating and maintaining the system.
What Affects the Cost
Lakefront and golf-course-facing properties in Roseland, Shoreacres, and Millcroft typically involve longer low-voltage runs and more fixtures than the smaller lots in Aldershot and Tyandaga.
Cost depends on fixture count, whether the layout is low-voltage or line-voltage, how much trenching or wiring complexity the property requires, and whether your existing outdoor circuit has capacity or a dedicated circuit needs to be run first.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do you install dock or waterfront lighting for Roseland and Shoreacres properties?
- Yes, dock and shoreline lighting is a common request along Burlington’s lakefront streets, and we run it as a weatherproof low-voltage circuit separate from the home’s main landscape lighting.
- Can you design lighting for a backyard facing the Millcroft golf course?
- Yes, we frequently design lighting layouts for Millcroft backyards that back onto the course, focused on making the view visible at night without spilling light onto the fairway.
- Do you install low-voltage landscape lighting?
- Yes, we design and install both low-voltage and line-voltage outdoor lighting systems, including transformers, path lights, and uplighting, sized correctly for your property.
- Can outdoor lighting be added to an existing circuit?
- It depends on your existing outdoor circuit capacity. We assess your panel and exterior wiring as part of every garden lighting quote and recommend a dedicated circuit or panel upgrade if needed.
- How much does backyard and garden lighting cost?
- Cost depends on the number of fixtures, whether you need low-voltage or line-voltage wiring, and the complexity of the layout. We provide a fixed quote after a walkthrough of your property.
- Do I need a transformer for landscape lighting?
- Low-voltage landscape lighting requires a transformer to step down power safely for outdoor fixtures. We size and place the transformer for easy access and reliable performance as part of every installation.
- Can you add lighting to an existing deck or patio?
- Yes, we regularly retrofit lighting into existing decks, patios, and walkways, running new wiring or tapping into existing circuits where capacity allows.
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