About Winnipeg Radon

Radon in Winnipeg is not an abstract risk. In Take Action on Radon's Winnipeg 100 Test Kit Challenge community report for the city, 30% of homes tested came back above Health Canada's guideline of 200 Bq/m3. The local conditions explain why. Red River Valley clay, the gumbo that shrinks and cracks as it dries, gives soil gas seasonal pathways toward foundations. Much of the housing stock, from postwar bungalows to the suburbs built out through the 1960s to the 1980s, sits on full-depth basements in direct contact with that soil. And our winters keep homes sealed for months at a time, letting whatever gets in accumulate.

Winnipeg Radon exists to make dealing with that straightforward. We arrange radon testing, including long-term measurement and the short-term protocols used in real estate transactions, and radon mitigation, typically sub-slab depressurization systems that collect soil gas beneath the basement slab and vent it outdoors. We also handle the Winnipeg-specific complications: sump pits and weeping tile that need airtight sealing, crawlspaces, commercial buildings, and post-mitigation testing to verify that an installed system actually performs. Everything runs through the same principle. Measure first, fix what the measurement justifies, then measure again.

Here is how contacting us actually works, because we would rather set expectations than disappoint. Our phone line, (431) 444-1142, is answered by voicemail. Leave a message with your name, neighbourhood, and what you need, and we will get back to you, with a same-day callback for most inquiries received during business hours. We work Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Saturday from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and we are closed Sunday. Messages that mention an active real estate deadline get priority callback, because condition dates do not wait.

On standards: radon work in Canada follows the C-NRPP framework, the Canadian National Radon Proficiency Program, under which mitigation professionals hold CRMT certification and measurement professionals hold CRT certification. Health Canada publishes the measurement and mitigation protocols that define how testing should be run and how systems should be designed, installed, and verified. Work arranged through Winnipeg Radon is performed following those Health Canada protocols, and in our view every mitigation install should end the same way, with a post-mitigation test that documents the new radon level instead of assuming the fan did its job.

A few commitments you can hold us to. We quote market ranges before anyone visits your home, typical Winnipeg mitigation pricing runs $2,400 to $3,800, and we will tell you when your situation looks simpler or more complicated than average. We do not use scare tactics, because the properly sourced numbers make the case on their own. And we serve the whole map: every Winnipeg neighbourhood plus East St. Paul, West St. Paul, Headingley, Oakbank, Niverville, and Stonewall. If we are not the right fit for a job, we will say so on the callback.