Kitchen compliance for Markham restaurants.
NFPA 96 hood cleaning and grease-trap compliance, sized to your kitchen's actual volume and covered under one contract.
The direct answer for Markham kitchens.
Markham restaurants need NFPA 96 hood cleaning on a volume-based schedule plus grease-trap pumping under the city's own sewer use by-law. Northfire covers both under one contract — from Highway 7's Chinese BBQ kitchens to Unionville family restaurants — starting at $325 per visit, with documentation after every service.
One point of contact across the GTA.
Operators running a kitchen in Markham alongside other GTA locations end up coordinating compliance vendors city by city, sometimes by-law by by-law. Northfire works across the GTA under one point of contact, so a Markham kitchen and a location elsewhere in the region can run on the same documented schedule instead of separate ones.
NFPA 96
Adopted into the Ontario Fire Code in 2025, NFPA 96 governs cleaning of your hood, canopy, ducts, and rooftop fan the same way in Markham as everywhere else in the province. Required frequency runs monthly for 24-hour, high-heat kitchens down to annually for low-volume, seasonal ones.
Your municipal sewer by-law
Grease interceptors answer to Markham's own sewer use by-law, a separate rule from Toronto's. Requirements and fine exposure vary by municipality: we confirm exactly what applies to your address during the walkthrough, and keep a compliance log on file either way.
Where we work in Markham.
Highway 7 and the First Markham Place corridor
The Highway 7 restaurant strip — Chinese BBQ houses, dim sum halls, hotpot chains around First Markham Place and Market Village — runs some of the highest-volume kitchens in the GTA. That cooking profile sits squarely in NFPA 96's quarterly tier, and we schedule around weekend rushes accordingly.
Unionville, Markham Village, and Cornell
Main Street Unionville patios, Markham Village independents, and the growing Cornell community east of Ninth Line each run lighter volumes on different rhythms. One contract covers the full range, with per-kitchen frequencies instead of a flat city-wide guess.
Markham compliance questions, answered.
How often do Markham kitchens need hood cleaning?
Markham kitchens follow the provincial NFPA 96 schedule: quarterly cleaning for 24-hour high-heat operations such as Chinese BBQ and dim sum kitchens, semi-annual for most standard restaurants, annual for low-volume sites. Northfire sets your frequency from measured cooking volume and documents every cleaning in a compliance binder kept on site.
What grease-trap rules apply in Markham?
Markham enforces its own sewer use by-law, separate from Toronto's Chapter 681. Grease interceptors must be pumped before grease and solids accumulate past allowable limits, with service records available on request. We confirm the exact requirement for your address at the walkthrough and keep your logs current.
Can one vendor cover our Markham kitchen and our other GTA locations?
Yes. Operators running a Markham kitchen alongside locations in Toronto, Richmond Hill, or Scarborough get one compliance calendar, consolidated reporting, and a single point of contact across every address instead of coordinating vendors city by city.
Find your Markham compliance path.
High-heat kitchens
Korean BBQ, wok, Indian, wings: NFPA 96 puts you on a quarterly cleaning requirement.
Book Your Compliance WalkthroughStandard restaurants
Casual dining and cafes fall under NFPA 96's semi-annual requirement.
Get a QuoteProperty managers
Building-wide compliance across every commercial tenant kitchen.
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