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An Urban climber roped to the top of a stripped tree trunk, high against a blue sky

Tree removal in Oshawa and Durham Region We take it down from the top.

Tree removal, pruning and stump grinding in Oshawa and across Durham Region. When the tree is gone, the same crew fixes up the yard.

Call 905-260-4943 See job photos

Rated 5.0 on Google from 91 reviews

Canopy, 12 m up

Removal, pruning, storms, stumps.

Trees close to houses, decks, fences and hydro lines are regular work for this crew. Then we rake up.

By the time they left, the yard was raked so clean you’d never know a giant tree was there hours before.
Charlene Aquino on Google, August 2026. Tree removal beside a roofline.

How each job gets done

  • A crew member sitting on cut logs in a front yard beside a tall stump

    Tree removal

    We take the tree apart from the top in sections, so each piece lands where we want it. Where there is room, it comes down in one fell.

  • Pruning and trimming

    Dead and rotten wood out, heavy limbs shortened, light let back in. Cedars and overgrown hedges too.

  • Large limbs lying across a lawn with a leaf blower in the foreground

    Storm damage

    When a storm drops a tree or leaves limbs hanging, call. We clear what came down and haul it away.

  • A stump with the soil dug away around its roots
    Stump dug out to the roots.
    A patch of graded soil in a lawn beside a fence
    Stump gone, soil graded.

    Stump grinding

    Stumps ground out below the lawn, or dug out where a grinder cannot reach. Soil and grass seed after, if you want lawn back.

Two crew in a lift basket reaching a pole saw toward a tall bare trunk
Pole saw from the lift, between two spars.

Trunk, 7 m up

Climb it, lift it or crane it.

Some trees get climbed. Some want the bucket. A few need a crane parked on the street. We bring what the tree calls for and chip the brush on site.

A crane truck on the street and a yellow boom lift reaching into a large tree
Crane on the street, lift on the lawn.
An orange wood chipper in the foreground with a boom lift up in the trees behind
Chipper waiting under the boom.

Straight from the job.

Short clips from real Urban jobs. No sound, a few seconds each.

  • Up high, piece by piece. Sectional removal from the bucket, limb by limb.
  • Notch, wedge, down. A controlled fell with the drop zone cleared first.
  • No stump, no problem. Grinding a stump out beside a fence.

Ground level

Then we fix up the yard.

That is the contracting half of the name. Fences, landscaping, concrete, painting and demolition, for homes and commercial properties.

Before
A brown commercial building before repainting
After
The same commercial building finished in black

A commercial repaint, brown to black, worked from the lift.

A stamped concrete patio edged with large stones at the edge of a lake
Stamped concrete at the lakeshore.
Two painters working in an empty room with drop sheets on the floor
Interior painting.
They were quick, professional, efficient, and took great care of the space throughout the process. In fact, they left it even cleaner than when they arrived!
Kate Adams on Google, November 2026. Demolition in a commercial space.
I never imagined our little beach could be this beautiful.
No FoMo on Google, November 2026. Shoreline project.

91 Google reviews. The average is 5.0.

Read all 91 on Google

Rob and crew showed up early and removed 6 trees that were very close to the house and over 60 feet tall, also close to my and neighbours deck. They were so accurate and precise, safe with every step, they know what they are doing!
marie love on Google, May 2026. Six tall trees close to a house.
  • We have a lot of hydro lines around our property so it wasn't an easy task to remove a big old maple tree! Rob and his team showed up and had the tree down and cleaned up with 3 hours.
    Irene Reid on Google, September 2026. Maple removal around hydro lines.
  • Rob went above and beyond what was outlined in the quotation to make sure we were happy and when they left our home they cleaned up so efficiently you wouldn’t even know they were ever there.
    Brooke Palmer on Google, September 2026. Large fir removal.
  • They removed a large pine tree, grounded the stump, put down soil and grass seed, trimmed and pruned ALL the trees on the property and had our yard looking spacious, well manicured and very clean.
    Tameil Brooks on Google, July 2026. Pine removal, stump and pruning at a rental.
  • I've used Urban Contracting and Arborist a few times on multiple Tree Removal [60-100ft in height] and stump grinding projects. Talk about a well oiled machine!
    Omar Shariff on Google, April 2026. Repeat customer, removals and stump grinding.
  • Urban Contracting provided great service after the Canada Day storm damaged the trees in my backyard. The crew completed the tree removal safely, efficiently, and they left the property clean when the work was finished.
    Debbie K-H Lee on Google, July 2026. Storm damage.
  • The work was done professionally, with careful attention to nearby power lines and our fence. He also did a great job cleaning up the yard afterward.
    Greg Meek on Google, April 2026. Medium tree near power lines.

The stump

Got a tree that worries you?

Call Rob. He will come and look at it, tell you what it needs and give you a price.

Call 905-260-4943 Email Rob
Hours
Monday to Friday, 7 am to 9 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 7 am to 7 pm
Where we work
Oshawa, Whitby, Courtice, Bowmanville, Ajax, Pickering and the rest of Durham Region.
Address
447 Wilson Rd N, Oshawa, ON L1G 6E6
Urban Contracting & Arborist Inc.