Kitchen Cabinet Cost in Mississauga & the GTA: 2026 Price Guide

The short answer: Kitchen cabinets in the Greater Toronto Area run roughly $180 to $950 per linear foot installed in 2026. For a standard 10' × 10' kitchen, that works out to about $6,000 to $28,000 depending on whether you go with ready-to-assemble boxes, semi-custom, or full custom millwork. Our own in-stock cabinets start at about $160 per linear foot before installation.

That's a wide spread, and most cost guides stop there. This one doesn't. Below you'll find our actual per-cabinet prices, a full 10' × 10' kitchen costed out unit by unit, and an honest explanation of where the money goes — including the cases where we'd tell you to spend more somewhere else.

How kitchen cabinets are priced in the GTA

Most contractors and millwork shops in Toronto quote cabinetry per linear foot, measured along the wall. A 10' × 10' kitchen has roughly 20 linear feet of cabinetry once you count uppers and lowers together — about 10 feet of base cabinets and 10 feet of wall cabinets.

Two things about that number catch people out:

• It usually excludes installation. A quote at $400 per linear foot for a 20-foot kitchen is $8,000 in boxes and doors, with labour on top.
• It flattens real differences. A sink base and a corner lazy-susan unit cost very different amounts, but linear-foot pricing averages them together. That's fine for a rough budget and useless for comparing two quotes.

Buying cabinets as individual units, the way you would from our catalogue, avoids that problem. You know exactly what each box costs before anyone measures anything.

Cabinet cost by tier in the GTA (2026)

Tier	Cost per linear foot	10' × 10' kitchen (cabinets only)	What you get
Stock / RTA	$180 – $400	$3,600 – $8,000	Fixed sizes, factory finishes, flat-packed or pre-assembled. Plywood boxes at the upper end.
Semi-custom	$400 – $650	$8,000 – $13,000	Wider size range, more door styles and finishes, sturdier construction.
Full custom	$650 – $1,200+	$13,000 – $28,000+	Built to your exact dimensions. Premium species, hand-applied finishes, integrated panels.
Boutique millwork	$1,200 – $2,500	$28,000+	Designer detailing, complex layouts, specialty veneers.

Cabinetry typically accounts for 40% to 50% of a full kitchen renovation budget in Canada. If you're budgeting the whole project, our Toronto kitchen renovation cost breakdown walks through where the rest of the money goes.

Price by cabinet type

These are our current prices, per cabinet. The low end of each range is the entry finish with a particle board box; the high end is the top finish with a plywood box. Every unit is ready for free pick-up in Mississauga in 2–4 days. You can also browse all 138 kitchen cabinets in one place.

Cabinet type	Sizes we carry	Our price (each)	Browse
Base cabinets	6" – 42" wide, including an 18" trash-can unit	$99 – $650	Base cabinets
Wall cabinets	9" – 36" wide, 12" – 42" high	$49 – $582	Wall cabinets
Drawer bases	12" – 36" wide, 2 or 3 drawers	$329 – $794	Drawer bases
Sink bases	30" – 42" wide	$203 – $477	Sink bases
Corner cabinets	33" / 36" base corners and lazy susans, 42" / 45" blind corners, wall corner units	$86 – $937	Corner cabinets
Pantry & tall	18" – 30" wide, 84" – 96" high, including double-oven cabinets	$414 – $1,294	Pantry & tall
Specialty units	Microwave bases, spice pull-outs, lift-up and bi-fold wall cabinets	$236 – $869	Specialty cabinets

Door style and box material set the price within each range. Every cabinet comes in 16 finishes — flat woodgrain melamines, painted and lacquered shakers, and matt or high-gloss slab doors — with a plywood or particle board box. You can see all of them side by side on our door styles and finishes page.

A real 10' × 10' kitchen, costed line by line

This is the layout most cabinet quotes are benchmarked against: two walls of 10 feet each, one with the sink, one with the range. Here's what it costs using our in-stock units in Shaker Pure White with plywood boxes.

Item	Qty	Unit price	Line total
36" sink base	1	$315	$315
30" base cabinet	1	$422	$422
18" base cabinet	1	$315	$315
30" three-drawer base	1	$609	$609
36" corner base (lazy susan)	1	$826	$826
30" × 30" wall cabinet	3	$276	$828
24" × 30" wall cabinet	2	$232	$464
24" × 84" pantry cabinet	1	$748	$748
Soft-close hinges & drawer slides	—	included	$0
Cabinets subtotal			$4,527
Pick-up in Mississauga			Free
Filler strips, toe kick, crown moulding	—	—	Quoted with installation
Professional installation (20 lin. ft)		GTA range $100 – $300/lin. ft	$2,000 – $6,000
Total installed			About $6,500 – $10,500

That's about $226 per linear foot for the cabinets themselves. The same kitchen in Flat Natural Wood with particle board boxes — our entry combination — comes to $3,215, or about $160 per linear foot.

Prices in CAD, before HST. Hardware pulls, countertops, backsplash, and appliances are separate. For countertops, our quartz countertop price guide covers the $70–$130 per square foot installed range in detail. Cabinets are pick-up only at checkout; if you need them delivered, call (416) 800-9088 and we'll go through the options.

What installation costs

Cabinet installation across the GTA generally runs $100 to $300 per linear foot, or $2,000 to $6,000 for a typical kitchen. We quote cabinet installation after a site measure, because the things below move the number more than the cabinet count does.

What pushes labour up:

• Out-of-square walls. Common in older Toronto and Port Credit homes. Scribing and shimming takes real time.
• Soffit removal. If you're going to 42" uppers in a kitchen that currently has a bulkhead, that's demolition plus drywall repair.
• Relocating plumbing or electrical. Moving a sink means a licensed plumber and, in Ontario, potentially a permit.
• Flat-pack assembly. If you buy RTA and don't assemble it yourself, someone bills for those hours. We offer assembly per cabinet; the fee is listed on each product page.

What actually drives the price up or down

Box material. Particle board with melamine is the cheapest and performs fine in a dry condo. Plywood boxes cost more and hold screws better over 20 years, which matters under a sink or in a basement kitchen. On our cabinets, choosing plywood over particle board adds about 30% to the price of a typical unit.

Door style. Slab doors are the least expensive to manufacture. Shaker adds a frame. Lacquered and high-gloss finishes add process steps per door.

Finish. A factory-applied finish is durable and consistent. Hand-wiped stains and glazes cost considerably more and are one of the main reasons custom quotes climb past $1,000 per linear foot.

Hardware. Soft-close hinges and soft-close metal-box drawer slides are standard in our units. On cheaper lines they're an upcharge, so check what's included before comparing two quotes.

Specialty inserts. Lazy susans, pull-out spice racks, tray dividers, and waste pull-outs each add $100 to $400. They're worth it in a small kitchen and easy to over-buy in a large one.

Stock, semi-custom, or custom — which one fits

Go with stock or RTA if your kitchen is a standard rectangle, you're working to a budget, you're renovating a rental or a condo you'll sell within five years, or you need the kitchen finished this month rather than next spring. Modern RTA has improved substantially: plywood construction and soft-close hardware are now normal at this tier.

Go semi-custom if you need a few odd sizes to make a layout work but the rest of the kitchen is conventional, or you want a specific finish that stock lines don't carry.

Go full custom if you have angled walls, a nine-foot ceiling you want cabinetry to reach, an island that needs to be a particular length, or heritage detailing to match. Custom is also the right call when the kitchen is the centrepiece of a house you intend to stay in.

We sell cabinets and we'll still say this plainly: if your kitchen has genuinely unusual geometry, custom millwork is the correct spend and stock boxes will fight you the entire way.

Lead times matter more than most people expect

Custom cabinetry in the GTA is commonly quoted at 6 to 10 weeks from final drawing approval, and that's usually the critical path for the whole renovation. A kitchen project that "takes three months" is largely waiting on cabinets.

Our in-stock cabinets are ready for pick-up in 2–4 days. If your renovation has a fixed deadline — a move-in date, a rental turnover, a family event — that difference is often the deciding factor, not the price.

Frequently asked questions

How much do kitchen cabinets cost in Mississauga?
Between $180 and $950 per linear foot installed in 2026, depending on tier. A standard 10' × 10' kitchen lands between roughly $6,000 and $28,000 installed. Our in-stock cabinets start at about $160 per linear foot before installation, at the low end of that range.

What's the cost of cabinets for a 10x10 kitchen in Canada?
For cabinets alone, expect $3,600 to $8,000 for stock or RTA, $8,000 to $13,000 for semi-custom, and $13,000 to $28,000 or more for full custom. Add $2,000 to $6,000 for installation. Our worked example above comes to $4,527 for the cabinets in Shaker Pure White with plywood boxes.

Are RTA cabinets worth it?
For standard layouts, yes. Current RTA lines use plywood boxes and soft-close hardware that match semi-custom construction at a meaningfully lower price. The trade-off is fixed sizing, so a layout with unusual dimensions will need filler panels or a different approach.

Do I need a permit to replace kitchen cabinets in Ontario?
Not for cabinets alone. You will need permits if the work involves structural changes, moving plumbing, or new electrical circuits. Condo owners also need board approval, and most buildings have their own rules on work hours and elevator booking.

How long do kitchen cabinets last?
Melamine and particle board boxes typically last 10 to 15 years in normal use. Plywood construction with quality hardware commonly lasts 20 to 25 years. Doors and finishes usually show wear before boxes fail, and doors can be replaced without replacing the carcasses.

Is it cheaper to reface cabinets than replace them?
Usually, yes — refacing runs roughly 40% to 60% of replacement cost. It only makes sense when the existing boxes are sound and the layout already works. If you're changing the layout, refacing saves nothing.

TF Renovations supplies and installs kitchen cabinets across Mississauga, Toronto, Brampton, Oakville, Vaughan, Milton, and surrounding GTA communities. Our cabinet prices were current as of September 2026 and are subject to change; market ranges are typical GTA figures provided for planning purposes, not a quote.