Uniformed security guards
BSP-licensed guards in clean Vision Security uniform for offices, condos, retail, healthcare, construction and event environments.
Montreal · Laval · South Shore · BSP licensed
Security Guard Services Montreal
BSP-licensed bilingual security guards for commercial buildings, condos, retail, construction, events and emergencies — across Montreal, Laval and the South Shore with 24/7 dispatch backing every post.
- BSP — Bureau de la sécurité privée
- $5M Insurance
- 24/7
Why Montreal businesses need real security
Security guard services in Montreal cover a huge range of work — from a single overnight guard at a Saint-Laurent industrial unit, to a 30-person team running access control at the Festival international de jazz. What separates the agencies that deliver from the ones that don't is whether the guard who shows up is BSP-licensed, briefed, supervised and held accountable. Vision Security is built to deliver that on every shift, on every site, in every neighbourhood across greater Montreal.
Every guard we send to a Montreal client holds an active permis d'agent de sécurité from the Bureau de la sécurité privée du Québec, speaks both French and English, and is briefed specifically on the post. Our supervisors actually visit the site, our dispatch is staffed in Montreal, and our reporting reaches your inbox the same morning. We staff long-term contracts and one-time mandates without losing the consistency that keeps clients with us long-term.
We deploy across the entire greater Montreal area: the island (downtown, Plateau, Old Montreal, Saint-Laurent, Anjou, Saint-Léonard, NDG, Verdun, LaSalle, the West Island), Laval, Longueuil, Brossard, Boucherville and the South Shore. Whether you need one guard for a one-night fire watch or thirty for a multi-day event, we scale up and down without losing operational discipline.
What's included
Plain-clothes security
Loss prevention officers, executive concierge and discreet protection officers when uniformed presence isn't appropriate.
Mobile patrol officers
Marked-vehicle patrol guards covering multiple properties on scheduled and random visits across greater Montreal.
Access control & screening
Front-desk officers managing visitor sign-in, badge issuance, contractor screening and after-hours access at corporate and residential buildings.
Event & crowd-control guards
Trained crowd-management officers for festivals, concerts, corporate events, weddings and brand activations across Montreal.
Construction site guards
Overnight, weekend and shutdown coverage for active and dormant construction sites — from single-guard posts to multi-guard teams with patrol overlap.
Fire watch officers
Post-hot-work and impaired-system fire watch shifts compliant with Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal and insurance carrier expectations.
Emergency on-call guards
Last-minute coverage for fires, floods, evictions, post-incident scenes and overnight standbys — dispatched from our Montreal command centre, on site within the hour.
Industries we serve
Commercial real estate
Office towers, mixed-use buildings, retail plazas and warehouse parks in downtown Montreal, Saint-Laurent, Anjou and Brossard.
Residential & condo buildings
Luxury condos in Griffintown, Old Montreal, Westmount and downtown — concierge desks, garage patrols, package management.
Construction & developers
From single-site theft control to multi-site portfolios across Quebec — full overnight, weekend and shutdown coverage.
Retail & shopping centres
Loss prevention, opening and closing coverage, parking-lot patrols at malls and big-box retailers throughout the metropolitan area.
Hospitality & nightlife
Hotels, restaurants and licensed venues — discreet door staff and overnight protection that fits the brand.
Healthcare & education
Hospitals, clinics, CEGEPs and private schools requiring sensitive, calm, well-trained presence.
Industrial & logistics
Warehouses, distribution centres, freight yards and trucking depots in Anjou, Lachine and the South Shore.
Government & institutional
Federal and provincial buildings, museums, libraries and cultural institutions across the city.
Montreal neighbourhoods & areas served
- Downtown Montreal
- Old Montreal & Old Port
- Plateau-Mont-Royal
- Griffintown
- Mile End
- Westmount
- Outremont
- Saint-Laurent
- Verdun & LaSalle
- Côte-des-Neiges & NDG
- Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
- Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
- Anjou & Saint-Léonard
- Laval
- Longueuil & the South Shore
- Brossard & Boucherville
- West Island (Pointe-Claire, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Kirkland)
Licensing & compliance
Every guard we deploy in Montreal holds an active permis d'agent de sécurité from the Bureau de la sécurité privée (BSP) du Québec. Vision Security holds the corporate BSP agency licence required to operate in Quebec. Supervisors hold the additional supervisor class. Licence numbers are provided to client compliance teams on request.
Insurance & trust
Vision Security carries $5,000,000 commercial general liability and full CNESST coverage in Quebec. Certificates of insurance naming your property, project, event or corporate entity are issued within one business day.
Emergency availability
Response time: Under one hour anywhere on the island of Montreal
Our 24/7 dispatch is run from Montreal. When you call after hours, a real human supervisor answers, opens a ticket, and dispatches a guard from the closest team. Last-minute fire watches, evictions, post-incident standbys and emergency event coverage are routine work for us.
Frequently asked questions
Security guard cost by city — what to expect
Hourly rates vary by province, post type, training requirements and how much notice you give. Below is the realistic range we see in 2025 for unarmed licensed guards on standard posts. Treat anything well below these as a red flag.
CityHourly range (CAD)What drives the high end
Montréal$28–$55BSP licensing, bilingual posts, high-end concierge, hospitals
Toronto / GTA$26–$52PSISA training, executive concierge, hospital, hospitality
Ottawa$26–$55Bilingual federal posts, security clearances, embassy work
Québec City$28–$50BSP licensing, festival-season demand, hospital posts
Laval$28–$48BSP licensing, retail and condo concierge, mall posts
Niagara Falls$26–$48Hospitality, casino-adjacent, peak tourism season
If a quote is well under the low end, ask to see the agency's licence number, insurance certificate and training records before contracting. Cheap usually means cut corners somewhere.
The risk of hiring the cheapest security agency
When a bid comes in well below market, the savings are usually being generated somewhere illegitimate. The most common shortcuts:
- Unlicensed guards. Officers without active provincial licences working under another guard's name. If anything goes wrong on site, the legal liability lands on the client.
- Insurance gaps. COIs that look real but expire mid-contract, or commercial general liability limits well below what a prudent property owner would accept.
- No supervision. No site visits, no log reviews, no named supervisor. Officers go ungoverned and post orders quietly stop being followed.
- Cash-only payroll. Officers paid under-the-table without WSIB or CNESST coverage — illegal and a direct liability transfer to the client if an officer is injured.
- National call-centre dispatch. Overnight calls go to a generic answering service that just takes a message. By the time anyone responds, the situation has escalated.
Ask any agency for: agency licence number, $5M COI naming you, training records, supervisor schedule and a 24/7 dispatch number that rings to a real person. If they can't produce all five, walk away.
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