At a glance
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Student housing
Rekeys between tenancies and master key systems for houses and buildings near the University of Guelph.
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Business parks
Access control, closers, exit devices and hollow metal doors for offices and plants.
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Wellington County too
We serve Fergus and the wider county, where padlocks, safes and keyed-alike locks come up often.
Communities covered
Downtown Guelph, The Ward, Exhibition Park, Old University, Two Rivers, Onward Willow, Kortright Hills, Westminster Woods, Clairfields, Grange Hill East, Hanlon Creek, Fergus, Wellington County
From our Kitchener shop
About 30 to 35 km from the shop via Highway 401 and the Hanlon Expressway (Highway 6).
Guelph is a short trip east of our Kitchener store, and it's a city with a strong sense of itself. Its downtown is built largely from local limestone, its biggest institution is the University of Guelph, and its newer edges hold business parks and subdivisions that have grown quickly. Each part of the city brings a different kind of locksmith call.
Around the university
The University of Guelph sits just south of downtown, and the neighbourhoods around it, including Old University and the streets toward Kortright Hills, have a large share of rental housing. As in any university city, keys travel. A tenant moves out in April, another moves in for September, and the copies made in between are anyone's guess.
Landlords keep that under control in two ways. The first is a rekey at each turnover, which makes every outstanding copy useless while keeping the existing hardware. The second, for houses split into several units, is a master key system: each tenant's key opens their own door and the shared entrance, and the owner carries one key that opens them all. For more on how those systems are laid out, read our master key systems guide.
Downtown and The Ward
Downtown Guelph's stone storefronts and the older homes of The Ward and Exhibition Park have doors that have been rehung, reinforced and refitted many times. Older doors often won't take modern hardware without some care. We fit deadbolts, levers and handlesets to suit, and for businesses on the main streets we repair closers and hinges, replace worn locksets and add keyless entry keypads where staff share a door.
Business parks and institutions
Guelph's business parks, including the Hanlon Creek Business Park in the south end, are home to offices, labs and plants. For those buildings we install access control with fobs and cards, electric strikes, panic bars and exit devices, heavy-duty closers and continuous hinges, and we supply and install hollow metal doors and frames. Bryan Reichard of Hoerbiger Finestamping wrote about our access control and lock work:
Cote Lock has unlocked my heart! I use to hate dealing with locksmiths and security companies for my lock and access control needs as they were always impersonal and arrogant until now. Cote Lock has been a great asset to fulfil these requirements, whether it’s needed next week or immediately they are always there to help. (Bryan Reichard, Hoerbiger Finestamping)
Clinics, offices and public-facing buildings also call us for automatic door operators, including heavy-duty and high-wind units and touchless activation buttons, and for barrier-free washroom kits.
Fergus and Wellington County
North of the city, we serve Fergus and the rest of Wellington County. Rural properties tend to have more doors and outbuildings than city homes, so padlocks keyed to the house key, safes for firearms or documents, and camlocks for cabinets and mailboxes are common requests alongside ordinary rekeys.
Keys and hardware at the counter
Not every job needs a visit. At the store we cut keys while you wait, including keys by code, copy Mul-T-Lock keys as an authorized dealer, and stock deadbolts, knobs and levers, keypads and padlocks. Bring the old lock or a photo of the door if you're replacing hardware, and we'll help you find something that fits.
How to reach us from Guelph
Our store is at 300 Manitou Drive, Unit D, in Kitchener, about 30 to 35 km from Guelph. Bring keys in to be cut while you wait, or call 519-894-7055 to book on-site work. Store hours are Monday to Thursday, 8 am to 5 pm, and Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. You can also send us the details for a quote.
Questions people ask
Does Cote Lock come to Guelph?
Yes. Guelph is one of the cities we serve from our Kitchener store. Call 519-894-7055 to book on-site work such as rekeying, door hardware or access control.
What's the cheapest way to secure a rental after tenants move out?
Rekeying. We change the pins inside the existing cylinders so the old keys stop working. The hardware stays on the door, so you only pay for the work and new keys, not new locks.
Can you add fob access to an office in a Guelph business park?
Yes. We install fob and card access control, including SMARTair readers, along with the electric strikes and door hardware those systems need.
Do you serve Fergus and the rest of Wellington County?
Yes. Fergus and Wellington County are part of our service area. Many rural customers ask for padlocks keyed to their house key, safes and camlocks as well as rekeys.