Durham Region spans eight municipalities and well over half a million residents, from Oshawa and Whitby through Ajax, Pickering, and Clarington to smaller places like Uxbridge and Scugog. Treadstone Law closes files across all of it for one flat fee, set before the deal starts.
Durham Region is built around a handful of larger municipalities — Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, and Clarington are four of them with six-figure populations and Pickering just below — alongside Brock, Scugog, and Uxbridge, which stay smaller and more rural. Treadstone Law quotes the same $1,354.87 flat purchase fee, $1,241.87 sale fee, and $1,241.87 refinance fee across every one of them, taxes included, with land transfer tax and disbursements billed at cost. A file in downtown Oshawa and a file in rural Uxbridge follow the identical document process.
Oshawa · Whitby · Ajax · Clarington · Pickering · Scugog · Uxbridge · Brock
The same transparent pricing everywhere in Ontario — no city surcharges, no estimates.
$1,354.87
Flat, taxes included. Disbursements & Land Transfer Tax extra, at cost.
How buying works →$1,241.87
Flat, taxes included. New mortgages, refinances & private lending.
How it works →A lawyer's licence to act on Ontario closings covers the whole province, so any municipality in Durham Region — from Oshawa to Uxbridge — falls within scope without needing a lawyer stationed inside it.
$1,354.87, taxes included, regardless of whether the property is in one of the larger cities like Oshawa or Whitby or a smaller municipality like Brock or Scugog.
Ajax, Brock, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Scugog, Uxbridge, and Whitby make up the region's eight lower-tier municipalities.
No — Oshawa's roughly 175,000 residents and Brock's much smaller population are billed the same flat purchase, sale, and refinance fees; only land transfer tax and disbursements move with the transaction.
Development in a regulated area, and interference with a wetland or watercourse, require a permit under section 28.1 of the Conservation Authorities Act, issued by the conservation authority rather than the municipality under O. Reg. 41/24. Watersheds do not follow municipal lines, and Durham Region is reached by 6 watershed authorities — which one applies depends on where the property drains.
| Authority | Phone | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority | 905-579-0411 | cloca.com |
| Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority | 905-885-8173 | grca.on.ca |
| Kawartha Conservation | 705-328-2271 | kawarthaconservation.com |
| Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority | 905-895-1281 | lsrca.on.ca |
| Otonabee Conservation | 705-745-5791 | otonabeeconservation.com |
| Toronto And Region Conservation Authority | 416-661-6600 | trca.ca |
Authorities whose administrative area intersects Durham Region. Source: Conservation Ontario, Conservation Authority Boundaries (2023); confirm the authority for a specific address with Find a Conservation Authority. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
Closing in Durham Region — Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Clarington, or elsewhere? One flat fee, one process. Reach out to get started.