Ottawa, ON · roof reports + roofing software
Order roof measurement reports for Ottawa properties, switch any report to French or to metric for the customer, and keep the lead, proposal and invoice in one roofing platform.
Roof Manager supports roofing contractors in Ottawa and the National Capital Region. Report availability for an individual property depends on usable aerial or satellite imagery for that property.
Kanata, Orléans, Nepean, Barrhaven and Stittsville are part of the City of Ottawa, so the City rules below apply there. Gatineau, across the river, is in Quebec: an RBQ licence and Quebec’s consumer rules apply to jobs there, which the Quebec page covers. None of these has its own Roof Manager city page; order for them from your account.
Roof Manager supports roofing contractors in Ottawa and the National Capital Region. Report availability for an individual property depends on usable aerial or satellite imagery for that property.
Ottawa’s Building Code Services issues permits under the Ontario Building Code, and the City sets its own road-use and noise rules. These come from the City of Ottawa’s pages; Ontario-wide rules are on the Ontario page.
The City lists installing asphalt shingles on a roof among projects that do not need a building permit, though the work must still comply with the Ontario Building Code. Designated heritage buildings and buildings in a Heritage District Overlay do not get the exemption. The list names asphalt shingles only, so ask the City about other materials.
Source: City of Ottawa: Projects not requiring building permits
Structural repairs or alterations and roof-top storm water retention systems are on the City’s list of projects that need a permit. The owner must make sure a permit is obtained, and the City says the owner and the contractor are equally liable under the Ontario Building Code Act.
Source: City of Ottawa: Building permit projects · City of Ottawa: Building permits FAQ
Roofing is not on the City of Ottawa’s list of business types it licenses; the contractor licences on that list are for hardscaping and snow plowing. Ontario does not license roofers either.
Source: City of Ottawa: Businesses that require a municipal licence
Storing materials or equipment on a City road, boulevard or sidewalk, including a roll-off bin in the roadway or a public laneway, needs a temporary construction-related encroachment permit. Construction work is not allowed Monday to Saturday between 10 pm and 7 am, or on Sundays and statutory holidays between 10 pm and 9 am.
Source: City of Ottawa: Temporary construction-related encroachments · City of Ottawa: Construction noise
Under the City’s bilingualism by-law, Ottawa residents have the right to receive available City services in English or French. In Roof Manager, the Language switch in the report viewer translates any measurement report into French, and the PDFs you download follow it.
General information for contractors, checked October 12, 2026; it is not legal advice. Confirm with the City before you rely on it. Roof Manager does not obtain permits or licences for you. Province-wide rules: roofing in Ontario.
For an Ottawa contractor, the report can go to the customer in French, and the estimate and proposal are built from the same take-off. What a report includes · the roofing CRM.
Metric or imperial
Switch any report to square metres and metres in the viewer; the PDFs follow. Reports open in imperial, and squares, bundles and the CSV, Excel, JSON and XML exports stay imperial.
From the Roof Manager sample report.
2 free reports with no credit card, then $10 CAD a report, or $199 CAD a month for up to 30 reports; the same price everywhere in Canada. The CRM, proposals and invoicing are free with every account. All plans · the sample report.
Yes. Roof Manager supports roofing contractors in Ottawa and the National Capital Region. Report availability for an individual property depends on usable aerial or satellite imagery for that property.
Installing asphalt shingles on a roof is on the City’s list of projects that do not need a building permit, but the work must still meet the Ontario Building Code, and designated heritage properties do not get the exemption. Structural repairs or alterations need a permit.
Yes. The Language switch in the report viewer translates the report into French, and the PDFs you download follow it. The report opens in English until you switch; this page itself is in English.
Roof Manager works there too, subject to the same imagery condition, but Gatineau is in Quebec: an RBQ licence and Quebec’s consumer rules apply. The Quebec page covers them.
Any report can be switched to square metres and metres in the viewer, PDFs included. Reports open in imperial; roofing squares and bundles stay as ordering units.
On properties with high-quality imagery, Roof Manager measurements can achieve 98.5% accuracy against an on-roof tape measure. Accuracy depends on the quality and visibility of the available imagery.
Our team declines the report instead of guessing, and the credit returns to your account.
2 free reports, then $10 CAD each or $199 CAD a month for up to 30.
Open a free account, enter the address and look at the imagery for that roof before you spend a credit.
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