Serving Qualicum Beach & the mid-Island

The Tree Service your neighbours call when it matters most.

Name: Elshaw Contracting
Address: Qualicum Beach, BC, CA
Telephone: (250) 228-3519
Rating: 5

Professional Tree Service on Vancouver Island, with over 25 years experience in the industry. We take trees down safely and prune the ones worth keeping. Straight answers, a certified faller on site start to finish.

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Safe, Reliable Tree Service
Fully Insured
Professional & Safety Focused
Honest, Competitive Pricing
Residential, Commercial & Rural
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Ian Elshaw with his dog in front of the Elshaw Contracting chip truck and wood chipper

Our services

Everything your trees and your lot need

Certified Falling & Tree Removal

Certified faller ticket, and the knowledge that comes with it. Dangerous leaners, storm-damaged trees, and removals in tight spots next to houses, powerlines and outbuildings.

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Hazardous Tree Removal

Safe removal of dangerous, storm damaged, dead, or leaning trees.

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Limbing & Pruning

Improve tree health, safety, and appearance through expert pruning.

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Crown Lifting & Crown Reduction

Create clearance for buildings, roads, driveways, and improve tree structure.

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Spiral Pruning

Careful structural pruning to promote healthy growth, reduce wind sail and mitigate future hazards.

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View Enhancements

Selective tree removal and pruning to restore beautiful ocean, lake, or mountain views while preserving the surrounding landscape.

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Lot Clearing

Prepare your property for building, landscaping, fencing, or new projects.

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Chipping & Site Cleanup

Every job includes thorough cleanup, with branches chipped and debris removed unless otherwise requested.

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Why choose us

You take a risk every time you hand someone a chainsaw. Here’s why we’re different.

A certified faller on the saw
Not casual labour with a rented chainsaw. The ticket is the difference between a tree that comes down where you planned and one that does not.
Climbed, not just knocked over
Professional climbing means removals happen in pieces, on rope, without heavy machinery driving across your lawn or septic field.
Arborist judgement first
A proper look at the tree before the quote. Sometimes the answer is a prune and a few more decades, and you will be told that.
You deal with Ian directly
Ian quotes the job and runs it on site with his own crew. No call centre, no rotating subcontractors, no surprise on the invoice.
Mid-Island local
Based in Qualicum Beach and working the communities around it. Familiar with the coastal firs, the wind exposure, and what the ground does here in winter.
The wood gets used
Milling and custom timber work in-house, so a removal can turn into posts, slabs or a table instead of a pile of waste.