EV charger installation in Ottawa

As drivers switch to plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, charging stations are becoming more and more of a necessity in parking garages and parking lots. Whether you need one installed at home for your convenience, or at your business for your employees, get it installed by KAJK Constructors. We have years of experience in providing installations for EV charging stations and can easily guide you through the EV incentives to get you the best deal on your charging station.

Driving an electric vehicle is plenty of fun, but it's much better knowing where your energy is coming from, and knowing that your vehicle is fueled by the sun. Here's why people choose solar EV charging stations:

ESA sorts EV charging into three levels. Two of them belong at home.

Yes, if that electrician is licensed. ESA's rule for EV chargers is the rule for all electrical work for hire in an Ontario home: it must be done by a Licensed Electrical Contractor with an ECRA/ESA licence. That contractor files a notification of work, which is ESA's name for the electrical permit, before the work starts. It is separate from any City of Ottawa building permit.

When the work passes, ESA issues a Certificate of Acceptance. ESA's guide for multi-residential buildings says a contractor's licence number should appear on its vehicles, business cards and estimates. Ask for the number, and keep copies of the permit and the certificate: ESA notes both matter for home insurance and resale.

The charger needs a recognized certification mark too, such as CSA, cUL or cETL (Hydro Ottawa's examples). ESA warns that uncertified chargers from online marketplaces can damage the building's wiring and the car.

We do not publish a standard price, because the panel, the wire run and the charger change every job. Two Ottawa electricians do publish Level 2 home ranges:

Those are each firm's own figures, read on 2026-10-01, not KAJK prices, and the rebates such pages mention age quickly (current status below). Your assessment prices your own job.

In a condominium, Ontario gives the owner a defined route. O. Reg. 48/01 under the Condominium Act sets it out:

Employee parking, customer spots and fleet bays add requirements a garage at home does not have. ESA Bulletin 86-1-7 sets out how chargers are protected from vehicles: at least 1 m away from vehicles, set 1 m back on a raised curb, mounted 1 m above grade, or behind bollards sunk at least 1.5 m below grade and spaced no more than 1.5 m apart. A charger rated over 60 A, or over 150 V to ground, needs its own disconnecting means under Rule 86-304.

An energy management system lets several stations share one feeder by staggering their load, and ESA's multi-residential guide recommends evaluating one when you plan.

Pair the charger with solar and the kilowatt-hours going into the car can come from your roof or carport instead of the grid, which cuts what each charge costs you. ESA Bulletin 86-1-7 notes that app-controlled chargers can set the charging time, the maximum current and the source: grid, solar or battery storage.

When the grid does the charging, timing matters. On Ontario's Ultra-Low Overnight plan, power costs 3.9 cents per kWh from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. every day, against 39.1 cents on weekdays from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Ontario Energy Board prices set for November 1, 2025).

A solar carport puts the panels over the parking spot, and a home battery stores daytime solar for an evening plug-in. A bi-directional charger, which lets the car power the house, counts as a grid-connected power source under ESA's rules, and its plans go to ESA for review first.