What this example can teach you
The author identifies a 2023 Halifax quotation for an approximately eighty-foot hemlock damaged in a storm. The stated pricing unit is Canadian dollars per foot of tree height. The account also identifies a steep slope and difficulties finding a suitably equipped provider. These details make it a useful example of why size alone does not describe a removal job.
The account says the tree fell before the quoted contractor work took place. The record is consequently a quotation, not a completed-job payment. Its rate cannot be promoted to an invoice-backed cost or reused as a general formula for trees of another height. A quoted rate also does not document what equipment, hauling, stump work or tax treatment was included.
When requesting comparable written quotes, describe access and the condition of the tree, and ask each provider to explain the intended scope and exclusions. The comparison worksheet can calculate amounts from a rate and a quantity you actually have, but an approximate height and an old reported rate do not create a new contractor offer. This source remains historical and outside any current forecasting cohort.
Recorded price, scope and source
CAD $100
Per foot of tree height · CAD
Reported quoteHistorical
A 2023 quotation report explicitly identifies Canadian dollars; the quoted contractor work did not take place.
- Service
- Tree removal
- Job / price period
- 2023 quotation, reported publicly later
- First recorded
- 2026-10-24
- Source text last checked
- 2026-10-25 (not a price-validity date)
- Quantity described
- 1
- Tree / stump size
- Approximately 80 ft hemlock, as reported
- Access
- Steep slope; storm-damaged tree
- Stump / roots
- Unknown
- Hauling
- Unknown
- Cleanup
- Unknown
- Tax treatment
- Unknown
- Duration
- Unknown
- Equipment
- Unknown
- The tree fell before the quoted contract was performed.
- Tax, hauling, stump treatment and price validity are unknown.
- A per-foot quotation is not a universal pricing formula.
Public Halifax hemlock quotation report ↗
Comment describing a 2023 CAD-per-foot quote and subsequent non-completion
Locality basis: The author explicitly identifies Halifax, NS, and a 2023 quotation.
No exact residential location or public map pin is attached to this record.
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25. This is general information, not a property-specific legal, arboricultural or emergency assessment.