“Irshad and his team installed potlights throughout our main floor, hooked up our new appliances and added under-cabinet lighting in the kitchen. Clean, precise work and the ceiling patch lines are invisible. Everything was left spotless at the end of each day.”
Updated for 2026 — services, neighbourhoods and availability on this page are current for this year.
Electrician Markham: credentials first, technology done properly
Markham residents research hard before hiring anyone — so here's everything up front:
- Verifiable credentials: ESA/ECRA licence #7004060, insured, WSIB-covered, family-owned since 2003. Our owner, Irshad M. Javed, is a Licensed Master Electrician.
- Tech done properly: we design and install Control4 and Lutron-based systems on properly engineered electrical infrastructure — not consumer gadgets stuck on an overloaded circuit.
- Old-home experience: original Unionville homes often still have knob and tube; we remove it cleanly and certify the work with ESA.
- Direct communication: you deal with the electrician, not a dispatcher.
Electrical services across Markham
- Control4 Home Automation — whole-home control designed and programmed by our team
- Smart Home & Lighting Automation — Lutron keypads, dimming, shades and device integration
- EV Charger Installation — Tesla and Level 2 charging, load-managed for existing panels
- Service & Panel Upgrades — 100A to 200A and beyond
- Pot Light & LED Lighting Installation
- Knob & Tube Wiring Replacement — a must in older Unionville and Wismer pockets
- Basement Wiring, Home Renovation Electrical, Custom Home & New Construction Wiring
- ESA Defect Correction, Smoke & CO Detectors
- Commercial: Emergency & Exit Lighting, Office Renovations, Restaurant Electrical, Retail & Store Electrical, Medical & Dental Electrical
Markham neighbourhoods we serve
Unionville
Historic Main Street Unionville's century homes carry charm — and frequently original knob and tube wiring. We rewire these homes with care, preserving character while satisfying insurers and inspectors. Newer Unionville estates get the opposite treatment: automation, landscape lighting and multi-EV charging.
Cornell & Box Grove
Newer subdivisions where finished basements, second suites and EV chargers dominate. Many homes run 100-amp service that's tight once a hot tub or EV is added — a panel upgrade opens everything up.
Wismer & Greensborough
Fast-growing family communities north of Highway 7. Common calls: pot light installations, basement electrical packages, smart thermostats and doorbell/camera circuits done to code.
Berczy & Cathedraltown
Two of Markham's most sought-after family communities, both full of 1990s–2000s homes whose 100-amp panels are now full. Our Berczy and Cathedraltown work is dominated by 200-amp service upgrades, basement finishing packages and the first EV charger in the driveway — usually all within the same five-year window.
Milliken, Buttonville & the Markville area
Milliken's and Buttonville's older ranch and split homes carry the wiring of their era — aluminum branch circuits, aging panels and finished basements that were never inspected. We remediate and certify them. Around Markville and Highway 7, the mix of plazas, medical offices and older retail keeps our commercial crew busy with tenant improvements and emergency lighting updates.
Smart homes, done by an electrician
Markham homeowners are early adopters, and the market is full of smart bulbs and plug-in gadgets that create more problems than they solve — overloaded Wi-Fi, apps that stop working, dimmers that buzz. Professional automation is different: keypads and dimmers wired properly, loads engineered within the panel's capacity, and one system that controls lighting, shades, audio, climate and security reliably.
That's our lane. As electricians, we install the infrastructure and the intelligence — and because we're local, we service what we install. If you've outgrown Alexa routines, ask us about Control4.
Pot lights: Markham's most-requested lighting upgrade
Every competitor serving Markham reports the same thing — pot light demand here leads the GTA — and our call log confirms it. The typical job is a full-room layout: a kitchen with eight to twelve slim LED pots on dimmers, a basement rec room on zones, or a soffit and exterior package that ties into smart lighting control. Slim-profile LEDs matter in Markham's finished homes because they fit ceilings where traditional housings won't, and proper layout design matters more than fixture count — spacing, beam angle and dimmer compatibility decide whether the room feels designed or dotted. We quote pot lights from $40 to $59 per fixture with volume pricing on whole-home packages, installed with permits and ESA inspection. If you're planning a paint or reno project, that's the cheapest moment to do the ceiling work.
Cornell, Box Grove and the new-build boom
Markham's newest communities were built for family life — and families grow into their homes fast. The finished-basement wave in Cornell and Box Grove means home gyms, theatres and rental suites, each needing its own circuits, lighting design and interconnected smoke/CO detection. The EV wave means a charger in every second driveway, often on 100-amp panels that need a load management device or a service upgrade first.
New-build buyers in Markham should also think ahead: if your home was built without automation pre-wiring, roughing in keypad and shade power during your first renovation costs a fraction of retrofitting later. We help homeowners plan that infrastructure in stages — panel first, keypads next, full programming when you're ready.
Why Markham leads the GTA in home automation demand
It makes sense that the city that hosts so many technology companies expects its homes to behave like technology. But the gap we see most often is between connected and engineered. A home full of Wi-Fi devices is connected. A home where the lighting, shades, climate and security run on a local processor with wired keypads is engineered — and it keeps working when the internet doesn't.
Our Control4 installations and Lutron lighting control bring Markham homes the reliability their owners expect from the products they build at work. Because a Licensed Master Electrician designs the electrical foundation, the automation sits on infrastructure that will outlast every app on your phone.
Common electrical issues in Markham homes
- Knob and tube in original Unionville homes — flagged on nearly every resale inspection in the older village core.
- 100-amp panels at capacity in Cornell and Box Grove homes adding hot tubs, EVs and basement suites.
- Unpermitted basement suites — a growing insurance and legal exposure we can legalize.
- Smart device overload — dozens of Wi-Fi gadgets fighting on consumer routers; we design wired backbones instead.
- Kitchen renos with undersized circuits — induction ranges and wall ovens need dedicated 240V circuits many older kitchens lack.
Cachet and the estate communities
West of Highway 404, Cachet's larger lots carry the same electrical ambitions as Vaughan's custom country: pools, coach houses, outdoor kitchens and automation designed in from the start. We wire Cachet additions and estate renovations with capacity for the next two decades of upgrades, and we rough in keypad and shade power whenever walls are open — the cheapest automation decision any homeowner can make. The pattern in Cachet mirrors the rest of Markham: families invest once, and they invest properly, which is exactly the kind of client we build for.
The tech-worker smart home, engineered
Markham builds the world's technology by day and lives with it by night — and the engineers we work for hold our wiring to the same standards as their own products. Wired backbones, local processors, labelled panels and documentation they can audit. Nobody in this city accepts "have you tried restarting it?" as a lifestyle, and neither do we: automation we install runs locally, is documented, and is serviced by the same licensed electrician who designed it. If that's the standard you hold your home to, we'll get along.
Downtown Markham and the new condo wave
The new urban centre rising around Highway 7 and the Markham theatre district adds a second electrical market to the city's suburban core. Condo owners in these towers face the familiar Ontario puzzle — board approval, a building load review, and often a parking-level panel that needs a sub-metered or load-managed EV charger installation. We've guided owners through buildings across Downtown Markham and Unionville, including the entitlement letters and electrical planning reports boards ask for. Townhome owners nearby get the simpler version: a charger on the garage wall, usually one visit plus ESA inspection.
Why homeowners in Markham choose Bano
- Licensed, not just experienced: Bano Electrical Services Ltd holds ESA/ECRA licence #7004060, and every job is led by Irshad M. Javed, a Licensed Master Electrician — Ontario's highest electrical qualification. Verify the licence on the ESA website; we encourage it.
- 20+ years in the trade: family-owned and operating across the GTA since 2003.
- Insured and WSIB-covered: written certificates available for homeowners and property managers.
- Permits, inspections and certificates handled: your work is legal, documented and resale-ready.
- Direct accountability: you deal with the electrician, not a dispatcher — the same standard Markham's tech community holds its own vendors to.
Our process
- Free estimate — call 416-903-7166 or book online.
- Written fixed-price quote with clear scope.
- ESA permit and inspection arranged and passed.
- Warranted work by our own crew — family-owned since 2003.
Service areas beyond Markham
One licensed crew covers the whole region: Brampton, Mississauga, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Toronto, Caledon and Oakville.
Get your free Markham estimate
Unionville rewires to Cornell EV chargers to whole-home automation — one call reaches a Licensed Master Electrician. Call 416-903-7166 seven days a week.