13 Best Gate Suppliers in Ontario - A Guide for Installers and Contractors
- Graft Gate Supply
- Aug 9
- 12 min read
Updated: Aug 9
Ontario is home to a wide range of gate manufacturers, fabricators, hardware distributors, and automation specialists, and knowing who to call for what can save a contractor hours of sourcing time on every job.
Whether you're quoting a wrought iron driveway gate for a residential client, specifying a cantilever slide gate for a commercial property, or sourcing crash-rated barriers for a high-security site, having a trusted supplier on hand for each type of project keeps quoting fast and installs on schedule.
This guide brings together a curated sample of the best gate suppliers, distributors, wholesalers, and fabricators serving installers and contractors across Ontario, organized by what each one specializes in, so you can build out your supplier list with confidence.
Every supplier on this list is based in Ontario, so you can source what you need without leaving the province.
Why We Wrote This Article
We wrote this guide to help gate installers and contractors across Ontario quickly understand who's who in the local gate supply industry.
Ontario has hundreds of gate businesses and dozens of suppliers, each specializing in a different part of the market: wrought iron fabrication, high-security barriers, pool-safety hardware, farm gates, and everything in between. Figuring out which supplier to use can take years of trial and error, phone calls, and word-of-mouth referrals before you land on the right fit for a given job.
This guide gives you a reference for some of the top suppliers out there, describing what each one does, offers, and specializes in, so you can match a supplier to the job in front of you instead of starting from scratch every time.
Our hope is that this article saves you time. Bookmark it, and the next time a project calls for a wrought iron gate, a commercial cantilever kit, or high-security barrier hardware, you'll already know exactly who to call.
Who We Are
We're Graft Gate Supply, a gate hardware distributor based in Brampton, Ontario. Our team brings decades of hands-on experience in gate manufacturing and automation, and that background shapes how we work. We treat every quote and every product recommendation the way we would if we were the ones doing the install.
We supply gate hardware, automation systems, and access control to residential installers, commercial contractors, and metal fabricators across the province, and we build Canalever, our own in-house line of commercial cantilever slide gate kits made for Canadian winters.
That same industry experience is what this guide is built on, since we know the players and the products well enough to point contractors toward the right supplier for the job at hand.
13 Best Gate Suppliers in Ontario
Here's a quick-reference look at who's covered in this guide and what each one specializes in:
Supplier | Offers | Brands Carried | Residential or Commercial | Location |
European gate hardware, automation systems, access control, in-house Canalever cantilever gate kits | SEA, Tousek, Locinox, Comunello, DoorBird, ASO, EDI, Canalever (in-house) | Brampton, ON | ||
Wrought iron driveway and garden gates, fencing, automatic gate openers, hardware | LiftMaster, plus proprietary named gate styles (Hyde Park, Telluride, Versailles) | Residential | Coldwater, ON | |
3. Art Metal | Custom gates, railings, fences, security grilles | In-house fabrication | Residential | Etobicoke (Toronto), ON |
Custom wrought iron driveway gates, fencing, automation, intercoms, access control, repair and maintenance | Call to inquire | Residential | Brantford, ON | |
5. Asgard Gates | Swing and sliding gates, fencing, entry automation, access control, concrete and stone work | LiftMaster, NICE, FAAC | Both Residential and Commercial | Toronto, ON |
Swing, cantilever, rolling, and panic gates, gate automation | In-house manufactured gate lines | Commercial | Niagara Falls, ON | |
Gate latches, hinges, swimming pool safety gate hardware | D&D Technologies (Magna-Latch, Tru-Close) | Both Residential and Commercial | Harrow, ON | |
Custom metal gates, grates, bollards | In-house fabrication with Canadian steel | Commercial | Toronto, ON | |
Custom commercial gates, chain-link, ornamental, vinyl, wood, and farm fencing, automatic gate systems | LiftMaster | Both Residential and Commercial | Orillia, ON | |
10. Devanco Canada | Gate operators (barrier, slide, swing) and replacement parts | LiftMaster, FAAC, NICE, Automatic Systems, Linear, Doorlec | Both Residential and Commercial | Summerstown, ON |
Perimeter protection, traffic control, barrier arms, road blockers, commercial intercoms and access control | DoorKing, HySecurity, BFT | Commercial | Bolton, ON | |
Barrier gates, rolling service doors, sectional garage doors, gate and door operators | NICE, LiftMaster | Commercial | Woodbridge, ON | |
13. Diamond Bar Mfg | Farm gates, corrals, hay feeders | Diamond Bar, Black Diamond, True North (own product lines) | Residential | Wellesley, ON |
Here's a closer look at each supplier, starting with us.
1. Graft Gate Supply
We're a gate hardware distributor based in Brampton, and we built this business to give installers a supplier who understands what happens on a job site. Our team brings over 40 years of combined gate industry experience to every quote, and we work with residential installers, commercial contractors, and metal fabricators across Ontario.
Our focus is on European-engineered gate hardware, chosen for build quality and long-term durability rather than the lowest price on the shelf. We carry brands like SEA, Tousek, Locinox, Comunello, DoorBird, ASO, and EDI, most of them European manufacturers with a long track record of building hardware that holds up under heavy daily use.
We also make our own in-house line of commercial cantilever slide gate kits called Canalever. Instead of piecing together a cantilever gate from mismatched parts and hoping everything lines up, installers get a complete, ready-to-install kit with heavy-duty steel construction, a clean modern look, and every component engineered to work together from day one. There's no guesswork matching a track to a carriage to an operator.
When it comes to weather endurance, Ontario winters are hard on gate hardware, and we choose and build our products with that in mind. Our operators, hardware, and Canalever kits are engineered to keep working through freeze-thaw cycles, ice buildup, and road salt, so installers spend less time on winter callbacks and more time on the next job.
We back that product range with hands-on support. We help with specs, layouts, and product matching so approvals go smoother and installs stay on schedule, and every recommendation comes from people who've worked in this industry firsthand.
Highlights:
Specialty: Full-line European gate hardware, automation, and access control, plus in-house Canalever commercial cantilever gate kits
Standout advantage: European-engineered hardware built for durability, plus heavy-duty, ready-to-install Canalever kits engineered for Ontario winters
Supplier type: Distributor, plus our own Canalever commercial gate kit brand
Location: Brampton, ON
2. Amazing Gates of Canada
Amazing Gates of Canada, based in Coldwater, specializes in ornamental wrought iron driveway gates, garden gates, fencing, and automatic gate openers designed for straightforward, do-it-yourself-friendly installation. Their catalog runs deep, with named gate styles like the Hyde Park, Telluride, and Versailles available in multiple sizes, plus a full range of LiftMaster automation, keypads, intercoms, and hinge and latch hardware to round out the install.
For contractors who want a reliably stocked, easy-to-order residential gate line without a custom fabrication lead time, this is a solid go-to. Their hot-dipped galvanized steel gates and fences are backed by a 10-year warranty, which gives installers a straightforward selling point when quoting homeowners.
Highlights:
Specialty: Pre-designed wrought iron driveway and garden gates for residential properties
Standout advantage: Wide selection of named, in-stock gate styles with a 10-year warranty on galvanized steel
Supplier type: Distributor of ready-to-install gate systems
Location: Coldwater, ON
Website: amazinggatesofcanada.ca
3. Art Metal
Art Metal is a Toronto-based metal fabrication company that's been building custom gates, railings, and fences out of its Etobicoke workshop since 2003, when founder Oleg Gorlov started the business as a hands-on, family-run operation. His son Yevgeniy joined not long after, and together they grew Art Metal into a full-service fabricator serving homeowners, builders, architects, and contractors across the GTA, while keeping the same fast, direct communication that defined the company from day one.
Art Metal has an in-house design team, which is rare among Toronto metal fabricators. Most projects get shop drawings and a preliminary design before fabrication even starts. Over more than 20 years, the shop has completed upwards of 12,000 ironwork projects and picked up a run of HomeStars awards and HGTV features along the way.
Highlights:
Specialty: Custom wrought iron and steel gates, railings, fences, and security grilles
Standout advantage: Over 20 years in business, an in-house design team, and 12,000+ completed ironwork projects
Supplier type: Fabricator, with in-house design and welding
Location: Etobicoke (Toronto), ON
Website: art-metal.ca
4. Ontario Gates
Established in 2000, Ontario Gates is a Brantford-based fabricator specializing in custom-designed wrought iron driveway gates and fencing. Their process runs from initial consultation through fabrication and installation, with an emphasis on durable builds paired with a design aesthetic tailored to the individual property.
Beyond gates and fencing, Ontario Gates also handles gate automation, intercoms and access control, and ongoing gate and fence repair and maintenance, making them a useful single point of contact for contractors who want design, build, and long-term service handled by the same shop. Their service area stretches across Southern Ontario and the GTA, from Toronto and Hamilton up through Muskoka and Parry Sound.
Highlights:
Specialty: Custom-designed wrought iron driveway gates and fencing
Standout advantage: 25 years in business with full lifecycle support - design, fabrication, automation, and ongoing maintenance
Supplier type: Fabricator
Location: Brantford, ON
Website: ontariogates.com
5. Asgard Gates
Asgard Gates serves residential, residential-commercial, and commercial properties across the GTA and surrounding areas with custom and standard swing gates, sliding gates, and fencing, all built with deep galvanization and backed by a 2-year warranty. Beyond the gates themselves, they offer laser-cut design detailing for a more distinctive look, concrete work for footings and gate posts, and even stone pillar construction for a more classical entrance.
For contractors juggling multiple trades on a single install, Asgard also installs entry automation and access control (keypads, intercoms, maglocks) using trusted brands like LiftMaster, NICE, and FAAC, and can even outfit a gate with an independent solar power system for sites without easy access to wiring.
Highlights:
Specialty: Custom and standard swing/sliding gates, fencing, and entry automation
Standout advantage: One-stop coverage of gates, concrete, stone pillars, and automation, plus solar-powered options for off-grid sites
Supplier type: Fabricator, with full installation
Location: Toronto, ON
Website: asgardgates.com
6. Rite-Way Fencing
Rite-Way Fencing is one of Canada's largest fencing companies, founded in Abbotsford in 1979 and now operating 13 branches across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, including a Niagara location. With over 150 employees and 50 installation crews nationally, they design, supply, and manufacture swing, cantilever, rolling, and panic gates in-house, built for commercial, industrial, and estate sites.
For Ontario contractors working on larger commercial or industrial jobs, each Rite-Way branch runs its own welding shop, they operate an affiliated powder-coating company for finishing, and they maintain an online store and budget-pricing tool for fast, self-serve quoting.
Highlights:
Specialty: Swing, cantilever, rolling, and panic gates for commercial and industrial sites
Standout advantage: National scale (45+ years in business, 13 branches) backed by an online budget-pricing tool for fast quotes
Supplier type: Fabricator and manufacturer, with in-house welding shops
Location: Niagara Falls, ON
Website: ritewayfencing.com
7. TCI Distributing
TCI Distributing has an unusual origin story. The business grew out of an aluminum fence company that, back in 1996, went looking for higher-quality gate hardware and found D&D Technologies out of Australia. In 2006, TCI launched as the first official Canadian distributor of D&D's gate hardware, and they've been importing it ever since from their base in Harrow, Ontario.
Their focus centers on gate latches, hinges, and swimming pool safety gate hardware, including the award-winning Magna-Latch and Tru-Close self-closing hinges. For contractors working on pool enclosures or any project where child-safety gate compliance matters, TCI is a specialist worth having on file. They're also a proud supporter of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, and their products are backed by a limited lifetime warranty.
Highlights:
Specialty: Imported gate hardware, with a focus on swimming pool safety gate hardware
Standout advantage: Purpose-built child-safety hardware (self-alarming latches, self-closing hinges) backed by a lifetime warranty
Supplier type: Distributor and exclusive Canadian importer of D&D Technologies
Location: Harrow, ON
Website: tcidistributing.net
8. The Grate Guys
The Grate Guys are a Toronto-shop custom metal fabricator known for grates and bollards. Their custom metal gates are fabricated in-house from Canadian steel and installed across the GTA and wider Ontario, backed by a workmanship warranty on every job. They're licensed, insured, and WSIB-covered, and their client list includes recognizable commercial names, reflecting their experience with larger, code-driven projects.
Their process is built around drawings, load class, and site conditions specific to each job. Gates are specified around hinge post sizing, latch alignment, infill material, and stops for overtravel, with engineering coordination and permit support available for more technical jobs. For contractors who need a fabricator that can move from concept to installed product with minimal back-and-forth, that process-driven approach is the appeal.
Highlights:
Specialty: Custom metal gates and fabrication for commercial and industrial sites
Standout advantage: 5.0-star Google rating, $5M liability coverage, and a workmanship warranty on every project
Supplier type: Fabricator, made-to-order in a Toronto shop
Location: Toronto, ON
Website: thegrateguys.com
9. Canadian Fence Supply
Canadian Fence Supply, based in Orillia, positions itself as Canada's largest fence and gate supplier. Their catalog includes chain-link, ornamental, vinyl, wood, and farm fencing, plus custom commercial gate manufacturing and a dedicated automatic gate systems division. Their custom gates can be built to match any of those fencing materials, and they also handle security gate manufacturing for higher-spec commercial sites.
Their LiftMaster automatic gate supply program pairs custom gate manufacturing with automation kits under one supplier relationship. That's a real time-saver when a job calls for both the physical gate and the operator that runs it, sourced from a single Ontario-based supplier.
Highlights:
Specialty: Custom commercial gate manufacturing plus LiftMaster automatic gate systems
Standout advantage: Combines custom gate manufacturing with automation kits under one supplier, cutting down on coordination between trades
Supplier type: Fabricator and automation supplier
Location: Orillia, ON
Website: canadianfencesupply.ca
10. Devanco Canada
Devanco Canada is a wholesale parts distributor based in Summerstown, Ontario, serving the dealer network directly. Pricing is only visible to logged-in dealer accounts. Their gate operator catalog is extensive, spanning barrier, slide, and swing operators from a long list of manufacturers, including LiftMaster, FAAC, NICE, Automatic Systems, Linear, and Doorlec.
For installers who need a reliable parts and replacement-component source, Devanco provides installation manuals, wiring diagrams, and troubleshooting guides alongside every product, and their catalog covers everything from a single actuator arm to full industrial-duty slide gate operators rated for gates up to 5,500 lbs.
Highlights:
Specialty: Gate operators and replacement parts across barrier, slide, and swing categories
Standout advantage: One of the broadest multi-brand gate operator catalogs in Ontario, with full technical documentation for every part
Supplier type: Wholesale distributor (dealer accounts only)
Location: Summerstown, ON
Website: devancocanada.com
11. Advanced Entry Systems
Advanced Entry Systems of Canada (AES) has over 20 years of experience providing perimeter protection solutions for commercial sites, from standard barrier gates up to high-security installations for some of the country's most sensitive sites. Their traffic control line covers barrier arms, vertical pivot lift operators, road blockers, and rising fenced barriers from major manufacturers like DoorKing, HySecurity, and BFT.
AES's catalog includes crash-tested barrier arms and traffic control spikes suited to airports, government facilities, and other high-security applications, alongside commercial intercoms and access control systems for standard commercial sites. For contractors bidding on projects with a security or traffic-control component, they're a useful specialist to have on the list, and a solid source for barrier gates specifically.
Highlights:
Specialty: Perimeter protection, traffic control, barrier gates, and commercial intercoms/access control
Standout advantage: 20+ years serving commercial projects that scale from standard sites to high-security government and industrial installations
Supplier type: Distributor and systems integrator
Location: Bolton, ON
Website: advancedentrysystems.ca
12. Atlas Rolling Entry Systems
Atlas Rolling Entry Systems has been operating out of Woodbridge, Ontario since 1992, originally founded as a wholesaler of rolling service doors, thermal doors, and fire doors before expanding into barrier gates, sectional garage doors, and industrial operators. They now run out of a 30,000-square-foot facility and are a solid Ontario source for barrier gates, carrying lines from NICE and LiftMaster alongside sliding and swing gate hardware.
Their long history as a rolling-door and operator wholesaler gives them deep bench strength on the mechanical and automation side of barrier gates specifically, useful for contractors working on parking facilities, loading areas, or any site where a barrier arm needs to be paired with reliable, well-documented operator hardware.
Highlights:
Specialty: Barrier gates and gate/door operator hardware
Standout advantage: Over 30 years in business with deep expertise in rolling doors and barrier operator hardware
Supplier type: Wholesale distributor
Location: Woodbridge, ON
Website: atlasrollingentry.com
13. Diamond Bar Mfg
Diamond Bar Mfg is a Canadian manufacturer of gates, corrals, and hay feeders built specifically for dairy, beef, and equine farms and other rural properties. They distribute through a wide network of farm and hardware supply stores across Ontario, giving contractors and property owners easy local access to their products without a long lead time.
For anyone quoting agricultural or farmstead gate work, whether that's livestock gates, corral panels, or general rural property fencing, Diamond Bar fills a niche the residential and commercial suppliers on this list don't touch. Their product lines (including Diamond Bar, Black Diamond, and True North) are purpose-built for the wear and handling demands of a working farm.
Highlights:
Specialty: Farm gates, corrals, and hay feeders for agricultural properties
Standout advantage: Purpose-built farmstead gate hardware, widely stocked at farm and hardware supply stores across rural Ontario
Supplier type: Canadian manufacturer, sold through dealers
Location: Wellesley, ON
Website: diamondbarmfg.ca
Get a Quote on Gates, Gate Hardware, or Gate Automation
Sourcing the right gate supplier for a job usually comes down to matching the project type, whether it's residential, commercial, high-security, or agricultural, to a supplier who specializes in exactly that. Whether you need a fully fabricated custom gate, imported hardware, or a complete automation kit, having a shortlist like this on hand keeps quoting fast and installs on schedule.
If your next project calls for gate hardware, automation, or access control, Graft Gate Supply can help. We supply residential and commercial installers across Ontario with hardware, automation systems, and cantilever gate kits, backed by product guidance from a team that's spent decades working this industry.
