Of the 231,103 food service contractors in Canada, only 96 companies are currently offering kitchen exhaust system cleaning services. This means each contractor has approximately 1,925 potential customers that require cleaning services a minimum of twice a year.

There are +5000 restaurants in the Ottawa/Gatineau area and of those, only 1000 locations are currently meeting the NFPA 96 (the Standard for Ventilation Control and Fire Protection of Commercial Cooking Operations) requirements.

Good health and safety practices state that restaurants should to clean or replace exhaust filters a minimum of 12 times a year (once a month) however, many don’t. 

Consider this the next time you visit your favorite restaurant and ask about their preventative maintenance service.