About Max Trees
Owner-operated tree care in Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley. Max quotes every job himself, and he is on site for the work.
Owner-Operated Tree Care in Ottawa
Max Trees is an owner-operated tree care company serving Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley. We handle tree removal, pruning, stump grinding, hedge trimming, and cabling and bracing — and Max, the owner, quotes every job himself and is on site for the work. There is no call centre, no salesperson who has never held a saw, and no subcontractor sent in his place.
Max is Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ). That qualification is a structured method for judging how likely a tree is to fail, what it would hit, and how bad the result would be. In practice it means that when you are told a tree should come down — or, just as often, that it can safely stay — the recommendation comes from an assessment with a method behind it rather than a glance from the driveway. Formal training in tree climbing, arboriculture, tree diseases and species identification sits behind that.
Max Trees is deliberately small. A two- to three-person crew carries far less overhead than a large operation, and that shows up in the price without showing up in the standard of the work.
Experience & Qualifications
Over five years in the green industry — two in landscaping and three-plus specialising in tree work — backed by formal arboriculture education and the Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ).
Day to day that covers structural and maintenance pruning, hazardous and confined-access removals, cabling and bracing for trees worth keeping, and rope-access techniques for trees no machine can reach. Ottawa throws a particular set of problems at a climber: mature silver maples over 1960s bungalows, ash killed by emerald ash borer that cannot be trusted to hold a rope, and cedar hedges that have been left ten years too long. Those are the jobs we do most.
Our Crew
Our crew is two to three trained people, and it stays that size on purpose. Everyone on site has been trained on the gear they are using, and safety — ours and your property’s — sets the pace of the job rather than the schedule.
A small crew also means the person who quoted your job is the person doing it. Nothing gets lost between the estimate and the work, because there is nobody in between.
How We Work
Three things drive how we work. Save the tree where saving it is the right call. A good prune, a cable, or simply leaving a healthy tree alone is often better advice than a removal, and we will say so even though the removal pays better.
Quote it honestly and hold the number. Every quote is free, given before work starts, and the figure you agree to is the figure you pay. Change orders only happen if you change the scope.
Leave the site clean. Chipping, haul-away and raking are included in the price, not billed as an extra once the truck is loaded.
About Max
Hi, I’m Max — founder and lead climber at Max Trees. My background is in sports that reward discipline and problem-solving under load: I competed as a Team Ontario gymnast and later on a logger sports team. Climbing a compromised tree with a saw is not so different — you plan the sequence, you know your abort point, and you do not improvise sixty feet up.
I assess every project myself. If your tree can be saved, I will tell you how. If it cannot, I will tell you why, what it will cost, and when we can be there.
Want a straight answer about your tree?
Get a free quote today. Call us, or send a photo of your stump and we’ll price it out. We reply within 24 hours; for tree work Max comes out to look, and your priced quote follows within 48 hours of that visit.
Max Trees at a glance
Max Trees is an owner-operated tree service based in Ottawa, Ontario, established in 2024. It serves Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley: Kanata, Nepean, Barrhaven, Orléans, Gloucester, Stittsville, Kemptville, Arnprior and Rockland.
The owner is Max, founder and lead climber. He is Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ), has formal arboriculture training and more than five years in the green industry, and he quotes every job in person and is on site for the work. The crew is two to three trained people and stays that size on purpose.
Services: tree removal, pruning, stump grinding, hedge trimming, cabling and bracing, emergency and storm tree removal, and firewood and wood-chip delivery. Chipping, haul-away and raking are included in every price.
Prices are published at maxtrees.ca/pricing: a $160 minimum on any job, most residential removals $500 to $2,500, stump grinding $250 to $1,190 by diameter, all plus HST. Quotes are free; enquiries get a reply within 24 hours and the written quote follows within 48 hours of the site visit.
Max Trees carries commercial general liability insurance and provides the certificate on request. No licence is required to run a tree company in Ontario, so the insurance certificate is the document to ask any company for.
One business, one phone number and one website: 613-715-0103, max@maxtrees.ca, maxtrees.ca, answered 8 AM to 9 PM seven days a week. Max Trees is not affiliated with any other tree company that has a similar name.
About Max Trees: common questions
Who owns Max Trees?
Max Trees is owned and run by Max, its founder and lead climber. He is Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ), has formal arboriculture training and more than five years in the green industry, and he personally quotes every job and is on site for the work. There is no call centre and no subcontractor.
Where is Max Trees based and what areas does it serve?
Max Trees is based in Ottawa, Ontario, and serves Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley: Kanata, Nepean, Barrhaven, Orleans, Gloucester, Stittsville, Kemptville, Arnprior and Rockland.
How long has Max Trees been in business?
Max Trees was established in 2024. Max has more than five years in the green industry behind it: two in landscaping and three-plus specialising in tree work, plus formal arboriculture education and the Tree Risk Assessment Qualification.
Is Max Trees insured, and does it need a licence?
Max Trees carries commercial general liability insurance and provides the certificate on request. No licence is required to run a tree company in Ontario, so there is no licence to show; the insurance certificate, sent by the broker, is the document to ask any tree company for.
How big is the Max Trees crew?
Two to three trained people, and it stays that size on purpose. A small crew carries less overhead than a large operation, and the person who quoted the job is the person doing it.
How do I make sure I am contacting the right Max Trees?
Max Trees has one phone number, 613-715-0103, one email, max@maxtrees.ca, and one website, maxtrees.ca. The phone is answered 8 AM to 9 PM seven days a week. It is not affiliated with any other tree company that has a similar name.