Pricing guide · Canada
What a websiteactually costs in Canada.
Nobody in this industry publishes real numbers, because vagueness is good for margins. So here are the actual ranges across the Canadian market in 2026, including where we sit and where we are the wrong choice.
The real ranges
Five ways to buya website in Canada.
DIY builder
$0 to $50/moSquarespace, Wix, Shopify themes
Genuinely fine for a lot of businesses, and we will say so. You trade design control and speed for getting live this weekend. The real cost is your time and a site that looks like the template it came from.
Freelancer
$1,000 to $5,000Usually a WordPress or Webflow build
Wide quality range. A good freelancer at $3,000 beats a bad agency at $12,000. The risk is continuity: when they move on to a full-time job, your site has no maintainer and you cannot reach anyone.
Small studio
$3,500 to $10,000Custom design, small team
The typical GTA quote for a custom small business site. You get real design work and someone accountable. Overhead is a meaningful share of that number.
Full agency
$15,000 to $50,000+Strategy, brand, account management
Justified when you need brand strategy, research, and a team. Wildly oversized for a contractor who needs five pages and a quote form. A lot of that budget pays for the account manager, not the site.
Arc Foundry
$250 + $50/moCustom Next.js · 50% off until Aug 3
Three custom pages up front, $75 per additional page during the launch offer, retainer covers hosting, updates, and small changes. Cheaper because there is no office, no sales team, and no account manager between you and the person building it, and cheaper again while the launch offer runs.
Ranges reflect typical Canadian market pricing as of 2026 and are a guide, not a quote. Every project scopes differently. Build a real estimate in two minutes.
What moves the number
Five things thatdrive the price.
Page count
The single biggest lever. Five pages is a different project from fifty. Ours are $75 each after the first three during the launch offer, normally $150.
E-commerce
Selling online adds product pages, cart, checkout, inventory, and tax. Reliably doubles the scope of an equivalent brochure site.
Custom functionality
Booking systems, portals, calculators, integrations. Each is real software with real edge cases, not a page.
Content and photography
Usually excluded from quotes and usually the thing that delays launch. If you need copywriting and photos, budget for them separately.
Ongoing costs
Hosting, domain, SSL, updates, and security. Never zero. Anyone quoting a one-time number with no ongoing cost is hiding it or ignoring it.
FAQ
Cost questions,answered with numbers.
How much should a small business website cost in Canada?
For a straightforward custom small business site, $2,000 to $6,000 is the common Canadian range, with GTA quotes clustering toward the top of it. Below roughly $1,000 you are usually getting a template with your logo dropped in. Above $15,000 you should be getting strategy and brand work, not just a site.
Why do website quotes vary so much?
Because "website" describes both a five-page brochure and a custom booking platform. Quotes also carry overhead: an agency with an office, account managers, and a sales team has to price that in. Compare scope line by line, not headline numbers.
Is a cheap website worth it?
Sometimes, honestly. If you need a presence so referrals can find you and you are not competing on search, a $30/month builder is a rational choice. Cheap becomes expensive when the site has to perform, rank, or do something the template will not.
What are the ongoing costs of a website in Canada?
Realistically $20 to $200 a month for hosting, domain, SSL, and updates, depending on stack and traffic. Our retainer bundles hosting, updates, security, small changes, and SEO work, currently $50/month during the launch offer and normally $150, with the first 30 days free. A domain runs about $20 a year regardless of who builds your site.
Should I pay monthly or one-time?
One-time means you own it outright and arrange maintenance yourself. Monthly spreads the cost and keeps someone accountable for the site staying up and current. Watch for monthly deals where you never own the code, because leaving means starting from zero. Ours does not work that way: the repository is yours from day one.