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About Get Towing

A towing directory built the way we'd want one to exist at 2 a.m. on the shoulder of the 401.

Why this exists

When your car dies, the internet fails you in a specific way: you search "towing near me" and get a wall of ads, lead-generation sites pretending to be local companies, and call centres that mark up a tow they'll subcontract to whoever answers. The actual local operator - the one ten minutes away with the right truck - is buried on page two.

Get Towing is the opposite of that. We list real, independent Canadian towing and roadside companies with their real names, real numbers and real capabilities. When you call a number on this site, it rings the company's own dispatch. We never sit in the middle of your call, your price, or your tow.

How listings are built

Every company here started from a verified Google Maps business record. Where the company publishes its own website, we've read it and built the profile from what the operator actually says they do - their equipment, coverage area, hours and specialties - written in our own words, never copied. Companies without websites get a clean listing with name, address, phone, rating and hours: enough to call with confidence.

Rankings on city pages are earned, not sold by default: they're ordered by Google rating weighted by review depth. Companies can pay for a clearly-marked featured position, but paid placement never changes the honest information in a profile.

How we make money

Towing companies can claim their listing free, and pay for featured placement if they want more visibility. That's it. Drivers never pay us anything, and we don't take a cut of any tow.

Tow operator securing a vehicle

The short version

Real companies. Direct phone numbers. Profiles from their own published information. Rankings by reputation. Paid placement always labelled. Free for drivers, forever.

Corrections

Spot something wrong - a dead number, a closed company, a service they no longer offer? Tell us through our contact page and we'll fix it fast.