Guide · Pricing
What a website
costs in Canada.
Canadian web design prices are rarely published, so most owners compare quotes blind. Here are the prices studios actually publish, what moves a quote, the monthly side nobody mentions up front, and what we found when we checked 34,180 business websites across the Greater Toronto Area.
Published 2026-11-06 · Formory Marketing Group
The short answer.
There is no official price list, and most studios do not publish one. The prices we could verify in November 2026 run from $590 for a one-page site (ours) to $1,600, $3,200 and $5,600 for a small Ontario studio's three packages, before HST. Agencies with account managers quote above that, freelancers below.
Where a quote lands depends on page count, who writes the text, and what the site has to do. The rest of this page shows how to read a quote, and what happens to a website after it is built.
What Canadian studios publish.
Very few put numbers on their site. Two that do, as published in November 2026:
| Studio | Small | Medium | Large | Monthly care |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Creative (Ontario) | $1,600 | $3,200 | $5,600 | $30–$175 |
| Formory (us) | $590 · one page | $990 · up to 6 pages | $1,900 · up to 15 · stores from $3,500 | $49 |
Both before HST. The difference between two published price lists is often smaller than the difference between a published price and one that only appears after a discovery call, which is usually calibrated to what the buyer seems able to pay.
What actually moves the price.
- Pages. Every service that gets its own page has to be written, laid out and checked. Three services and one location is genuinely cheaper than twelve services across four locations.
- Who writes the text. Most projects stall for weeks waiting for the owner's copy. A studio that writes the first draft costs a little more and finishes months sooner.
- Functions. Online booking, a quote form that takes photos, a second language, a store. Each is a real piece of work with a real price.
- Who you are paying. A freelancer, a small studio and an agency can build the same five pages; the agency also pays for account management and a sales team.
What does not move it much: the number of design concepts, the number of revision rounds, and the platform name on the quote. Those are the easiest lines to inflate.
A one-page website: what it should cost.
A single page that says what you do, where, shows reviews and has a working contact form is the whole requirement for a lot of one- and two-person businesses. Ours is $590, including the text.
What it cannot be is a page per service with booking and a blog. If someone sells you that for the price of one page, the reason it is cheap is that nobody looked at your business.
The monthly side.
- Domain: about $15–$30 a year for a .ca or .com.
- Hosting and certificate: from a few dollars a month; the certificate itself should be free.
- Someone to make changes: an hourly developer, or a monthly plan. Published care plans in Ontario run from about $30 a month for hosting only to $175 for priority support; ours is $49 including hosting and edits.
- Search and ads (optional): local SEO is usually a few hundred dollars a month; ours is $350. Ads management is a fee on top of the ad budget itself.
The monthly lines matter more than the build over three years. Ask what each line produces and whether you can cancel it on its own.
What 34,180 business websites run on.
We checked the website of every business listing we collected across the GTA: 49,994 listings, 34,180 with a website. Of the sites where the platform could be identified, 11,606 run on WordPress, 2,661 on Wix, 1,439 on Squarespace, 1,103 on GoDaddy's builder and 854 on Shopify.
The number to look at is how many have been left alone. Sites showing a copyright line five years old or older: 22% on GoDaddy's builder, 16% on Wix, 12% on WordPress and 6% on Squarespace. And 2,162 business sites no longer load at all. The cost of a website is not only what it took to build; it is what happens when nobody is looking after it.
How to compare two quotes.
- How many pages, and which ones?
- Who writes the text, and when do I see the first draft?
- Is the domain registered in my business's name?
- What is the monthly cost, what does it cover, and can I cancel it on its own?
- When do I pay — and what happens if I do not like the result?
Any studio worth hiring answers all five in writing before you sign. We answer them on our pricing page, and you pay only after the site is built and you have approved it.
Price calculator
Price your own site.
Move the slider and tick what you need. The number is the real price, not a starting point.
A one-page site is $590, a business site of up to six pages is $990, up to fifteen pages with booking or a blog is $1,900, and stores or integrations start at $3,500.
Get a quote
Get your price in writing — paid only after you see the site.
Websites from $590, and you pay after the site is built and you have seen it — no deposit, no contract. Tell us what you do and we reply within one business day with what we would build and the price. What is included and what it costs.
Or call (416) 989-3208. One of us answers; there is no sales team.
Questions
Before you ask.
How much does a small business website cost in Canada?
Published prices we could verify run from $590 for one page to $1,600–$5,600 for a small Ontario studio's packages, before HST; agencies quote higher. Ours are $590 for one page, $990 for up to six pages and $1,900 for up to fifteen, paid after delivery.
How much does a one-page website cost?
Ours is $590, including the text, a contact form and set-up for Google. A one-page site should cost noticeably less than a multi-page one; if it does not, ask what the extra pays for.
Are website prices in Canada quoted with tax?
Usually not. Studios quote before HST, and website builders show their plan prices before tax as well.
Is it cheaper to build it myself?
In cash, yes: a builder plan costs a few hundred dollars a year. In time, it is usually the most expensive option, and our survey shows builder sites are the ones most often left untouched for years. See our comparison of Wix and hiring a web designer.
What should I pay every month?
At minimum a domain and hosting, which can be under $20 a month. Someone to make changes is the line most owners need and most underestimate; ours is $49 a month including hosting.
Check yours
The same test,
on your address.
We do not guess and we do not send a report by email. Type the address, wait ten seconds, read what comes back. If your site is fine it will say so.
Worth a
conversation?
No pitch deck and no discovery call. Tell us the trade and the city, and we will say what we would do and what it costs.