Excavation contractor, Port Perry and Scugog

Excavation contractor in Port Perry and Scugog

Basements, additions, laneways and service trenches from Port Perry out to the moraine farms around Greenbank and Utica. Send the form and an owner calls you back today.

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  • ✓Written price after the visit, locates and permits handled
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32 reviews, every one five stars
Same-day callback
An owner calls you back and books the site visit
Owner on the machine
One crew, our own excavators and skid steers, an owner on every job
Locates before every dig
Ontario Dig Authority locate filed before the machine arrives

Excavation in Port Perry and Scugog

Excavation in Port Perry and across Scugog runs under By-law 27-26, the Township's site alteration by-law passed May 25, 2026, and in the south under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan too. Around Port Perry that means homes and additions on rural lots, laneways off Township roads where the Township sets the culvert itself, and service trenches through sandy moraine ground. Our own excavators do the digging, an owner runs the job, and the Ontario Dig Authority (formerly Ontario One Call) locate and fill permit are filed before anything moves.

Site prep, foundations and services

Building a house, cottage, shop or addition? You get the lot cleared, the foundation dug to the engineer's drawings, the site services trenched in, and the grade set so water goes where it belongs.

  • ✓Lot clearing, stump and brush removal
  • ✓Foundation and basement excavation to the drawings
  • ✓Site services: water, hydro, gas and drainage trenches, backfilled and compacted
  • ✓Rough grading, imported granular and fill where the ground needs it
  • ✓Final grading and site restoration

Driveways, drainage and land work

New driveway or entrance, a wet yard, a slope that needs terracing, a burst water line to the well? You get the machine, the operator and the paperwork in one call.

  • ✓New driveways, entrances and culverts, entrance permit filed for you
  • ✓Trenching for water lines, well lines and yard hydrants
  • ✓Drainage: swales, French drains and regrading that stop the pooling
  • ✓Retaining wall and shoreline excavation, permits coordinated
  • ✓Demolition excavation and haul-away for full-structure tear-downs

We run our own excavators and skid steers, and we dig with the utilities located first, every time. Soil that leaves the site goes to a proper reuse or disposal site under Ontario's excess-soil rules.

We do not do hydrovac, well drilling, fence post holes, paving or concrete forming. If your job is one of those we will point you to someone who does it. If it needs a machine, an operator who owns it, and the permits handled, we are the right call.

Digging in Port Perry and Scugog: what changes here

Permits and locates

Under By-law 27-26, a minor site alteration under 10 cubic metres needs no permit. Above that, a Minor Site Alteration permit goes through the Township's online registry, up to 200 cubic metres per hectare of usable lot area, with larger jobs moving to a Small or Large permit. A new or moved entrance, a culvert widening or a curb cut takes a Township entrance permit, and in Scugog the Township installs the entrance itself, at the owner's cost, to its standard drawings. Work that occupies the road allowance takes a Road Occupancy Permit filed at least 60 days ahead. We file each one.

The ground you are on

Southern Scugog climbs onto the Oak Ridges Moraine, a ridge of sand and gravel where the streams feeding Lake Scugog begin. North of it, the Lake Scugog plan counts 86 drumlins: low, elongated hills under 1.5 kilometres long, up to 400 metres wide and 25 metres high, made of highly calcareous till with sand and gravel. Moraine sand digs fast and drains well, though trench walls slump without support. Drumlin till holds a cut, and the flat valleys between hold water. We plan shoring, drainage and spoil for the ground we find.

The rule that shapes the job

Section 3.5 of By-law 27-26 bars site alteration on Oak Ridges Moraine lands unless the work is permitted under the Moraine plan, tied to a Township building permit, or exempt under the by-law. The Moraine plan covers about 190,000 hectares and treats landform conservation areas with particularly strict review. On a moraine lot, we confirm which designation the property sits in before any grade change is priced.

Communities we cover from here

Port PerryPrince AlbertManchesterBlackstockCaesareaGreenbankSeagraveNestletonNestleton StationUticaEpsomScugog Island

How excavation in Port Perry and Scugog works, in four steps

1
Tell us what you need
Fill in the form or call. We call back the same business day and book the site visit.
2
An owner walks your property
We look at access, grades, the water table and what is under the surface, and hand you a written price. No dispatcher, no salesperson.
3
Locates and permits
We file the Ontario Dig Authority locate at least five business days before we dig, and any entrance, conservation or building permit the job needs.
4
Dig, grade, restore
The crew shows up when we said. We dig to the plan, backfill and compact, set the grade, and leave the site clean.

Our equipment, on site

Thor Construction excavator on a Kawartha Lakes site
Thor Construction excavator clearing a lot
Thor Construction crew and equipment on a rural site

What our customers say

★★★★★

“As a custom home builder, we love contracting Thor Construction Company for all of our demolition, excavation and septic work. They are easy to work with, have great equipment and know what they are doing. Our clients are always very happy with them.”

Ethan Bender
Custom home builder · Google review
★★★★★

“Hired Thor for complete site services including bringing utilities into my new build and digging for foundation. Once the build was complete they came back and finish landscaped the property and we couldn't be happier. Strongly recommend!”

Robert Bell
New build, site services · Google review
★★★★★

“Thor Construction Company came in and trenched all new water lines for us when our well line burst. They installed new yard hydrants for us as well. We are so grateful they came in and fixed our water line problem promptly and professionally.”

MDL
Rural property, water lines · Google review

Excavation in Port Perry and Scugog: your questions answered

Do I need a permit to bring fill onto my Scugog property?

Under 10 cubic metres, about one tandem load, no. Above that, you apply through the Township's online Minor Site Alteration registry, and the Township can ask where the fill comes from and for its chemical quality. Large volumes take a full permit. We handle the application.

Who builds the culvert at the end of my new driveway?

In Scugog, the Township. Its road permit rules say entrances are installed by the Township at the applicant's expense, to the specifications on the permit. We apply for the entrance permit through Permit Central and build the driveway behind it.

My lot is on the Oak Ridges Moraine. Can I still regrade?

Often, but only within the Moraine plan. Scugog's by-law allows site alteration on Moraine lands when it is permitted under the plan, tied to a building permit, or exempt. Natural core, linkage and landform conservation areas carry the tightest limits. We check the mapping first.

What excavation work do you do?

Site preparation and foundation digs, lot clearing and grading, trenching and backfill for services and water lines, driveways and entrances, drainage, and the excavation side of demolition and septic jobs.

What do you not do?

Hydrovac, well drilling, fence post holes, paving and concrete forming. We will tell you straight and point you to someone who does.

Do you handle the utility locates?

Yes. Ontario law requires a locate request before any digging. We file it with Ontario Dig Authority (formerly Ontario One Call) at least five business days ahead, and we do not dig until the marks are down.

How do you price excavation?

One written price after the site visit for a defined job. If the job is open-ended, we agree the rate and the estimate up front and you see the hours.

How soon can you start?

Small jobs often inside two weeks in season. Anything with permits waits on the permit, which we manage and keep you posted on.

What happens to the soil you dig out?

Reused on site where the grade needs it, otherwise hauled to a proper reuse or disposal site. Ontario's excess-soil regulation applies once soil leaves a property, and we handle that paperwork.

Other areas and services

Every page has the local permit office, the ground and the rules for that area.

Excavation in other towns

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Other work near Port Perry and Scugog

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Ready to break ground, Port Perry and Scugog?

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Thor Construction Company
Bobcaygeon, Ontario · Serving Central Ontario, north of the GTA
  • (705) 208-7121
  • jp@thorconstruction.ca
  • Bobcaygeon, Ontario

Services

Septic installation

Excavation

Landscaping

Hardscaping

Shoreline restoration

Demolition

Service areas

Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls

Lindsay and south Kawartha Lakes

Buckhorn and Trent Lakes

Peterborough and the Kawarthas

Haliburton and Minden

Orillia, Severn and Ramara

Barrie and South Simcoe

Muskoka: Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Huntsville

Cobourg, Port Hope and Northumberland

Durham: Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, Ajax, Clarington, Uxbridge and Port Perry

York: Markham, Stouffville, Newmarket, Aurora, King and Georgina

All service areas

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