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SEO agency Canada for English and French search
AgencySEO is an SEO agency Canada businesses hire online to grow on google.ca in English and French. We set up en-CA and fr-CA versions, show CAD pricing, respect Quebec language rules and build rankings on a monthly retainer with no sales calls.
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google.ca and a cross-border audience
Canadians search mainly on google.ca, and many also see US content because of the shared language and close media ties. That creates a common problem: a US page ranks in Canada, shows USD prices and US shipping, and the visitor leaves. Canadian buyers want CAD prices, Canadian delivery times, duties information and a sense that the business serves Canada directly.
A bilingual market
Canada has two official languages, and French is the main language of search for most of Quebec and for many communities elsewhere. Machine-translated French pages rarely rank or convert, because French Canadian searchers use their own vocabulary and phrasing, which differs from European French. Our editors write fr-CA pages for French-speaking buyers, not word-for-word copies of English pages.
Spelling and vocabulary
Canadian English mixes British and American conventions: "colour" and "centre" with American "-ize" forms in many style guides. Consistency matters more than which form you pick. Terms like "postal code", "GST/HST" and "province" signal a Canadian page to searchers and to Google.
Bill 96 and French-language requirements
Businesses operating in Quebec face French-language requirements under the Charter of the French Language as amended by Bill 96, which covers commercial communications such as websites, product information and contracts offered to Quebec consumers. In practice that means a complete French version of the site, not a few translated pages. We plan the fr-CA site structure and content so it serves Quebec buyers properly and ranks in French search. Your legal advisers confirm what applies to your business.
PIPEDA and analytics
Canada's federal privacy law, PIPEDA, requires meaningful consent and transparency about how personal information is used, and Quebec has its own stricter privacy rules. That affects analytics and tracking set-up. We report organic performance from Search Console, which needs no cookies, alongside GA4 data collected under your consent set-up.
CASL and email capture
Canada's anti-spam law, CASL, requires express or implied consent for commercial email. SEO landing pages often include newsletter or lead forms, so our editors write consent wording and calls to action that fit CASL expectations, and we flag forms that need your review.
Hreflang for a bilingual country
A Canadian site usually needs at least en-CA and fr-CA versions, plus en-US or en-GB if you sell elsewhere, and an x-default page for everyone else. Each version needs self-referencing canonicals and complete return links. Without correct hreflang, Google often shows the US English page to Canadian searchers, or the English page to French speakers in Montreal.
Site structure options
| Setup | Example | Best fit | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| ccTLD | brand.ca | Canadian business or separate Canadian operation | Builds authority separately from .com |
| Subfolders | brand.com/en-ca/ and /fr-ca/ | Companies entering Canada from the US or abroad | Needs clean hreflang across all variants |
| Language folders on .ca | brand.ca/en/ and brand.ca/fr/ | Canadian businesses serving both languages | Two content sets to maintain |
| One global English site | brand.com | Same offer, no French audience | Cannot serve Quebec or show CAD per market |
Avoiding duplicate content across English variants
en-CA and en-US pages can look almost identical. Localise what actually differs: CAD prices, shipping and duties, GST/HST notes, Canadian examples and contact options. Our international seo agency work and our technical seo services team handle the hreflang set-up and check it every month.
Google Business Profile for locations
Businesses with physical premises need a complete Google Business Profile per location, with categories and descriptions in the language of the area. A Montreal location usually benefits from a French profile and French location page; a Vancouver location from English. Our local seo services cover profiles, location pages and review requests that follow Google's rules.
Service-area businesses
Trades and mobile services can list the cities and regions they serve instead of an address. Your site then needs region pages with genuine local detail, in both languages where you serve French-speaking customers.
Citations
Consistent business details on Canadian business directories, provincial and municipal business listings, chambers of commerce and industry associations support local rankings. We audit and correct existing listings and add relevant ones. We never create fake listings.
Remote and async
We are a remote retainer agency with no Canadian office or local staff. You buy online without sales calls and work runs month to month in your client panel: deliverables, approvals, reports and messages. Time zones across Canada do not slow work down because every step is written and async. Reply windows are 2 business days on Small, 1 business day on Growth, the same business day on Scale and 4 business hours on Enterprise.
Pricing in USD
Plans are priced in USD and your card or bank converts at its rate. Small is 1 500 USD per month, Growth 3 500, Scale 7 500 and Enterprise 12 000. Annual prepay saves 20 percent. Full details are on our SEO pricing page.
| Canadian situation | Plan | Markets |
|---|---|---|
| English Canada only | Small | 1 market |
| English and French Canada, or Canada plus US | Growth | 2 markets |
| Canada, US and several other markets | Scale | 5 markets |
| Multi-site group across many markets | Enterprise | 10 markets, multi-site |
For city-level competition in the largest Canadian market, see our Toronto SEO page.
Free audit for google.ca
The free SEO audit at /free-seo-audit has a market select that includes Canada. Choose it and the audit reviews your site for google.ca: hreflang between en-CA, fr-CA and other variants, CAD pricing signals, French content coverage, local search readiness and technical issues affecting crawling and indexing.
FAQ
Do I need a .ca domain to rank in Canada
No. A .com with Canadian subfolders and correct hreflang ranks well on google.ca. A .ca helps when your Canadian operation runs separately or targets Canada only.
Do you write French Canadian content
Yes. Our editors write fr-CA pages for French-speaking Canadian buyers, with keyword research in French rather than translated English terms.
Is AgencySEO a Canadian company
No. We are a remote retainer agency without Canadian offices or local staff. We do Canadian market SEO properly through the client panel.
Does SEO help with Bill 96 compliance
SEO does not replace legal advice. We build a complete, well-structured French site that serves Quebec buyers, and your advisers confirm compliance.
What does an seo company in canada cost
Our plans run from 1 500 to 12 000 USD per month. Our guide on SEO cost explains what drives budget.
How do you report with PIPEDA consent limits
We combine Search Console data, which needs no cookies, with consented GA4 data, so organic trends stay visible.
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