About
Edmonton arborists, owner-led.
Trees do real work for a city: cooling yards, raising property values, and shaping a neighbourhood. We started City Tree Service in 2022 to bring that long view to Edmonton’s tree care. We’re Forest Sciences grads from the U of A and ISA-certified arborists.
Our Philosophy
Tree care built for the long term.
Edmonton has one of the most significant urban canopies in North America, including roughly 100,000 mature American elms that can’t be replaced in any reasonable timeframe. Most of our work is about keeping those trees, and the ones in your yard, alive and healthy.
Mature trees give you shade, cooling, property value, and neighbourhood character. They take decades to grow.
We find that many trees can be saved even when owners think they can’t. We look at each tree and what it actually needs: pruning, treatment, removal.
Meet the team
The people doing the work.
Owner-led, ISA-certified, and tree-first in approach. Quotes and jobs are overseen by someone with a Forest Sciences degree.
Andy
Co-Founder & Arborist
- Board Certified Master Arborist
- BSc in Forest Sciences
- Qualified Tree Risk Assessor
Works across health assessments, large planting projects, and technical removals. Responsible for crew training and keeping standards current.
Jordan
Co-Founder & Arborist
- ISA Certified
- BSc in Forest Sciences
- Qualified Tree Risk Assessor
Runs day-to-day field operations and crew training, and advises on long-term planning for your property.
Benjamin
Lead Field Consultant
- ISA Certified
- MSc in Forest Sciences
- Qualified Tree Risk Assessor
Comes from a forest research background and manages many of our consulting projects. Often the first person you'll meet, since he visits the tree and does the assessment in person.
Volodymyr
Crew Member
- Forestry Professional, Ukraine
Three years with City Tree Service. Skilled sawyer and pruner, and a good person to ask your gardening questions while we're on site.
Andrii
Crew Member
- Forestry Professional, Ukraine
Three years with City Tree Service, specialising in fruit tree pruning. A master woodworker, and currently training for ISA certification.
Credentials
Why homeowners and municipalities trust us.
Certificates of insurance and WCB clearance letters available on request.
- ISA Certified Arborists on every crew
- Board Certified Master Arborist on staff
- Forest Sciences degrees from the University of Alberta
- ANSI A300 pruning standards, every cut
- $5M liability insurance
- Active WCB coverage
- Detailed written quotes before work begins
- Certificates of insurance available on request
How we work
A few things we hold to.
A custom approach.
We find there are more options than save or remove. Some trees that look beyond saving can be brought back with structural pruning, soil work, or a multi-year recovery plan; others are better taken down, and sometimes a new tree planted. We give you a thorough evaluation to help you make the decision.
ANSI A300 standards.
Pruning follows ANSI A300, the professional standard that supports a tree’s structure and long-term health.
Honest pricing, in writing.
Detailed written quotes before work starts. If something changes on the job, we’ll check with you before making a call.
Straight answers.
If a tree can be saved, we’ll say so. If your tree just needs time, not treatment, we’ll tell you that too.
Who we serve
Edmonton homeowners, builders, businesses, and municipalities.
Homeowners
Pruning, removals, planting, health assessments, and straight answers about what your tree actually needs.
Learn moreBuilders & developers
Tree Protection Plans, Critical Root Zone fencing, and arborist support from design through final inspection.
Learn moreCommercial properties
Annual maintenance programs, tree inventories, and hazard assessments for condo corporations and businesses.
Learn moreMunicipal partners
Multi-year tree management plans, contract pruning, and TRAQ-methodology hazard assessments.
Learn more
Edmonton
We work where we live.
Locally owned, Edmonton-based, and active across the city, heavy in mature neighbourhoods like Westmount, Glenora, Riverdale, Highlands, Strathearn, and Bonnie Doon.
Edmonton’s mature elm streets, river-valley properties, and central blocks with active infill are the trees we work on every week. We know the species, the diseases, the bylaws, and the pruning windows. We show up at community education events, talk to neighbours when work is happening next door, and write reports that hold up in front of inspectors and adjusters.
Have a tree question?
Feel free to give us a call, email us, or fill out an online request form. We’ll get back to you to talk through what your trees need.
info@citytree.ca