Which countertop edge profile is included in the price?

The eased edge, on every GTA quote worth reading. It is a square edge with the sharp corners taken off, it is bundled into the installed rate along with one sink cut-out and one faucet hole, and it costs nothing extra. Everything past it is a separate line billed by the linear foot. If a shop is charging you for an eased edge, that is worth querying before anything else on the quote.

How much does an upgraded edge profile cost?

Shops price by tier rather than by individual profile, and only two companies publish a rate at all. Better Marble's itemized GTA table writes the basic edge as included or $10 to $30 per linear foot, so a plain profile costs nothing and only the upgrade is charged. Ottawa General Contractors, the one readable Canadian source publishing a premium-edge rate, puts ogee, mitred and waterfall profiles at $20 to $40 per linear foot and says a standard eased or bevelled edge is usually included in base pricing. On a twenty foot run those are a $200 to $600 decision and a $400 to $800 decision respectively.

What is the best edge profile for a family kitchen?

A full bullnose if the children are small, and a half bullnose otherwise. The full bullnose has no corner anywhere on it, which is exactly why it is standard in bathrooms and in houses with toddlers. The half bullnose keeps the rounded top your forearm rests on while leaving the bottom square, so the counter still reads full thickness rather than looking thinned by the roll. Both sit in the same price tier, so the choice between them is entirely about the look.

Why is an ogee edge so much more expensive?

Because it is a moulding, not a chamfer. Cutting an S-curve into stone takes a shaped profiling wheel, several passes and a long polish to bring the concave part of the curve back to the same finish as the flat, and every one of those steps is time on a machine with an operator standing at it. It is also the profile most likely to chip during fabrication, which the shop has priced in. The cove that makes it look expensive is the same cove that holds crumbs and dries slowly, so it wants a proper wipe rather than a swipe.

Is a waterfall an edge profile?

Not really, and it is listed here because showrooms sell it alongside them. A waterfall is a whole panel: the stone turns ninety degrees at the end of the island and continues to the floor, mitred at the corner so the vein carries around. That is why it is billed per side rather than per linear foot, at $900 to $1,800 a side, on Stone Valley Countertops' own published figure. It also eats slab area that would otherwise have been counter, which is how a waterfall can quietly push a kitchen into needing an extra slab.

Why are these drawings and not photographs?

Because a photograph of an edge tells you almost nothing. It is a two centimetre detail shot at an angle under showroom light, on a stone whose colour and movement are doing all the work, and two different profiles on two different stones look more different from each other than the profiles actually are. What decides the choice is the cross-section, so Countertop Installers drew the cross-sections: same slab thickness, same frame, same scale for all eight, so the shapes can be compared against each other rather than against the lighting.

Stone countertop edge profiles, drawn to scale and priced

Last updated: August 28, 2026By The Slab Desk

A photograph of a countertop edge tells you almost nothing: it is a two centimetre detail shot at an angle, under showroom light, on a stone whose colour is doing all the work. What decides the choice is the cross-section. So here are eight cross-sections, drawn to one scale on one slab thickness, each with what it does in a real kitchen and what it adds to your quote.

Eight profiles, drawn to one scale

Each of these is the cross-section you would see if you sawed through the front of the counter. Same slab thickness, same frame, same scale, which is the only way two edges can honestly be compared. Tap one.

Upgrade tier

Half bullnose

The top half rolled to a quarter-round, the bottom half left square.

It is the compromise that mostly works. The rounded top is what your forearm rests on and what a spill runs over, and the square bottom keeps the slab reading full thickness. Water running off the front still finds the flat underside, so it drips rather than tracking back to the cabinet door.

Suits: Most kitchens, honestly. If you want a softened edge without losing the look of a thick slab, this is the one to price.

What does it add to your quote?

Exposed edge on your counter (linear feet)Only the front edges anyone can see. An edge against a wall is not profiled.

Waterfall ends, if any

Only used by the waterfall, which is billed per side and not per foot.

Half bullnose on 20 linear feet: $200 to $600, at $10 to $30 per linear ft (CAD), or included, as published by Better Marble (Toronto/GTA, 2025 itemized breakdown).

Every profile on the same 20 ft run, so the gap between tiers is visible
Profile	Tier	Adds
Eased	Already in your quote	Included
Bevel	Upgrade tier	$200 to $600
Full bullnose	Upgrade tier	$200 to $600
Half bullnose	Upgrade tier	$200 to $600
Ogee	Premium tier	$400 to $800
Dupont	Premium tier	$400 to $800
Mitred, built up	Premium tier	$400 to $800
Waterfall	Priced per side	$900 to $1,800

Shops group profiles into tiers rather than pricing each one separately, so two shops can put the same profile in different tiers. Ask which tier yours falls in before you choose it, not after. Thicker stone also changes what is possible: a full bullnose on a two centimetre slab is a much smaller roll than the same profile on three centimetre.

All eight, in words

The same information as the drawings, for anyone reading this without images.

Eased: A square edge with the two sharp corners taken off, barely more than a fingernail's worth of radius. It is the edge that gets out of the way. Nothing collects in it, a cloth wipes straight over it, and it reads as thickness rather than as detail, which is why almost every contemporary kitchen photographed in the last decade has one.
Bevel: A flat 45 degree chamfer cut off the top and bottom corners, leaving a narrow flat face. The chamfer catches light as a hard line rather than a soft gradient, so it draws a crisp edge along the whole run. It is the easiest profile to chip, because the cut leaves a thin arris of stone standing proud with nothing behind it.
Full bullnose: A complete half-round: the whole thickness of the slab rolled into one continuous curve. There is no corner anywhere on it, which is why it is the standard choice in a house with small children and the standard choice in a bathroom. The cost is that it visually thins the counter, because the eye reads the highlight down the middle of the roll rather than the full slab thickness.
Half bullnose: The top half rolled to a quarter-round, the bottom half left square. It is the compromise that mostly works. The rounded top is what your forearm rests on and what a spill runs over, and the square bottom keeps the slab reading full thickness. Water running off the front still finds the flat underside, so it drips rather than tracking back to the cabinet door.
Ogee: An S: a convex roll at the top that turns into a concave cove underneath, then a small foot at the bottom. It is a decorative moulding cut into stone, and it behaves like one. The cove holds a shadow that makes the counter look substantial, and it also holds crumbs and dries slowly, so it wants wiping properly rather than swiping. Cutting it needs more passes and more polishing than any other profile on this list, which is most of why it costs what it does.
Dupont: A square shoulder at the very top, then a steep angled return, finishing in a tight radius at the bottom. The square shoulder is the whole idea: from standing height the counter reads as a plain modern edge, and the detail only appears when you look down at it. It keeps a crisp top line for wiping while softening what your knees meet.
Mitred, built up: A thin slab with a deep strip of the same stone mitred onto the front, so the edge reads as one much thicker piece. This is how a two-centimetre slab becomes a six-centimetre look, and how a three-centimetre slab becomes a ten. The joint is a 45 degree mitre glued and polished until it disappears, and whether it disappears is entirely down to the shop: on a busy stone a bad mitre shows as a broken vein at eye level for the life of the kitchen. Ask to see one they have already installed.
Waterfall: Not an edge at all. The stone turns 90 degrees at the end of the run and continues to the floor as a panel. It is the most expensive thing you can do to an island and it is priced per side rather than per foot, because it is a second and third piece of the same slab mitred at the corner so the vein carries around it. It also consumes slab area that would otherwise have been counter, which is how a waterfall quietly pushes a kitchen into needing another slab.

How the pricing here works, and what it cannot tell you

Fabricators do not publish a price for each profile. They publish TIERS, and put profiles into them, which is why this page prices by tier as well. The four figures come from the researched stone fabrication file behind this site's fabrication cost guide, collected August 2026. None of the four is a widened range any more. Each one is a single company's own published figure, named beside it. The two that used to be widened rested partly on a fabricator whose site now answers automated requests with a bot challenge, so nothing on it could be re-checked and it came out.

The consequence worth knowing: two shops can put the SAME profile in different tiers. One will call a half bullnose an upgrade and another will call it premium, and neither is wrong, because the tier reflects how long their particular machine takes. So the number this page gives you is a bracket to check a quote against, not a price to hold a fabricator to. Ask which tier your profile falls in before you choose it.

Thickness changes what is even possible. A full bullnose on a two centimetre slab is a much tighter roll than the same profile on three centimetre, and a mitred built-up edge exists precisely so a thin slab can look thick. If you are comparing two quotes and one is on 2 cm stone, the edge will not look the same no matter what it is called.

Sources

Better Marble (Toronto/GTA, 2025 itemized breakdown) - Standard edge profile, included or charged as an upgrade: $10 to $30 per linear ft (CAD), or included
Better Marble (Toronto/GTA, 2025 itemized breakdown) - Standard edge profile, included or charged as an upgrade: $10 to $30 per linear ft (CAD), or included
Ottawa General Contractors (Ottawa granite cost guide, October 2025) - Premium edge profile, ogee, mitred or waterfall (Ottawa benchmark): $20 to $40 per linear ft (CAD)
Stone Valley Countertops (Mississauga, GTA pricing guide) - Mitred waterfall panel, per island side: $900 to $1,800 per waterfall panel (CAD)

Frequently asked questions

Which countertop edge profile is included in the price?: The eased edge, on every GTA quote worth reading. It is a square edge with the sharp corners taken off, it is bundled into the installed rate along with one sink cut-out and one faucet hole, and it costs nothing extra. Everything past it is a separate line billed by the linear foot. If a shop is charging you for an eased edge, that is worth querying before anything else on the quote.
How much does an upgraded edge profile cost?: Shops price by tier rather than by individual profile, and only two companies publish a rate at all. Better Marble's itemized GTA table writes the basic edge as included or $10 to $30 per linear foot, so a plain profile costs nothing and only the upgrade is charged. Ottawa General Contractors, the one readable Canadian source publishing a premium-edge rate, puts ogee, mitred and waterfall profiles at $20 to $40 per linear foot and says a standard eased or bevelled edge is usually included in base pricing. On a twenty foot run those are a $200 to $600 decision and a $400 to $800 decision respectively.
What is the best edge profile for a family kitchen?: A full bullnose if the children are small, and a half bullnose otherwise. The full bullnose has no corner anywhere on it, which is exactly why it is standard in bathrooms and in houses with toddlers. The half bullnose keeps the rounded top your forearm rests on while leaving the bottom square, so the counter still reads full thickness rather than looking thinned by the roll. Both sit in the same price tier, so the choice between them is entirely about the look.
Why is an ogee edge so much more expensive?: Because it is a moulding, not a chamfer. Cutting an S-curve into stone takes a shaped profiling wheel, several passes and a long polish to bring the concave part of the curve back to the same finish as the flat, and every one of those steps is time on a machine with an operator standing at it. It is also the profile most likely to chip during fabrication, which the shop has priced in. The cove that makes it look expensive is the same cove that holds crumbs and dries slowly, so it wants a proper wipe rather than a swipe.
Is a waterfall an edge profile?: Not really, and it is listed here because showrooms sell it alongside them. A waterfall is a whole panel: the stone turns ninety degrees at the end of the island and continues to the floor, mitred at the corner so the vein carries around. That is why it is billed per side rather than per linear foot, at $900 to $1,800 a side, on Stone Valley Countertops' own published figure. It also eats slab area that would otherwise have been counter, which is how a waterfall can quietly push a kitchen into needing an extra slab.
Why are these drawings and not photographs?: Because a photograph of an edge tells you almost nothing. It is a two centimetre detail shot at an angle under showroom light, on a stone whose colour and movement are doing all the work, and two different profiles on two different stones look more different from each other than the profiles actually are. What decides the choice is the cross-section, so Countertop Installers drew the cross-sections: same slab thickness, same frame, same scale for all eight, so the shapes can be compared against each other rather than against the lighting.