Web Design and Development Canada: Bilingual, Accessible Sites Built to Convert and to Keep Their Rankings
A website for a Canadian business has to do things an American template never considers: serve French to Quebec visitors under the Charter, meet AODA accessibility deadlines in Ontario, obtain consent the way Law 25 requires, take Interac and show shipping in CAD to a buyer in Halifax and one in Victoria. Most agencies bolt those on at the end, which is why so many Canadian sites launch with a French page that is a machine translation and a cookie banner that blocks the home page on a phone.
We build Canadian sites from the lead or order backward. Every build starts with a conversion and SEO review of the current site, is built on WordPress or Shopify, tested for WCAG 2.1 AA, Law 25 consent and Core Web Vitals on mobile before launch, and migrated with every URL mapped so rankings survive. Pricing is in CAD, excluding GST/HST, with the SEO foundation included. The build types are listed below with the fit for each.
Which Canadian build fits your situation
Match the row to what your current site is failing to do; the free review confirms the scope and a CAD estimate.
| If this is you | Start with |
|---|---|
| Service business with traffic but few leads, forms that fail on mobile, no call tracking | Website conversion design: rebuilt templates, forms and tracking on your existing platform where possible |
| Retailer on Shopify competing with Amazon.ca and US stores, shipping across provinces | Shopify design with category architecture, CAD and duty-clear pricing, Canadian shipping and Interac at checkout |
| Company on an old WordPress theme or page builder that cannot pass Core Web Vitals or AODA | WordPress rebuild on a lean theme with content migrated, redirects mapped and accessibility fixed |
| Quebec or national company whose French site is a translation nobody uses | Bilingual build with native French content, fr-CA/en-CA hreflang and Law 25 consent |
| Store replatforming from Magento, WooCommerce or a legacy system | eCommerce build with an SEO migration plan so rankings survive the move |
Canadian web design and development services
Each card opens a build-type page with scope, CAD pricing and FAQs for Canadian businesses.
More Canadian web design and development pages (4)
Further Canadian pages in this section. The services above are the ones most Canadian clients start with; these cover narrower situations.
What a Canadian website has to get right before launch
These are the Canadian-specific checks we run on every build, in the order they usually go wrong.
| Requirement | Who it applies to | What we build |
|---|---|---|
| French-language service | Any business serving Quebec; federally regulated businesses | Native French pages, not translations; fr-CA and en-CA hreflang; language switcher that keeps the visitor on the same page |
| Law 25 and PIPEDA consent | Any site collecting personal information from Quebec residents; all Canadian businesses under PIPEDA | Consent mode so GA4 models declined sessions, a privacy officer contact, consent records, a banner that does not block the page |
| AODA and WCAG 2.1 AA | Ontario organizations with 50+ employees must comply; good practice everywhere | WCAG 2.1 AA build tested with screen readers and keyboard; accessibility statement supplied |
| Core Web Vitals on Canadian mobile networks | Every site; Google uses field data | LCP under 2.5 s and INP under 200 ms on a mid-range Android over LTE, measured in the field |
| Payments, tax and shipping | Online stores and service businesses taking deposits | Interac, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal; GST/HST/PST/QST calculated by province; Canada Post and courier rates with duty-clear messaging for cross-border goods |
| SEO migration | Any rebuild or replatform | URL map, 301 redirects, preserved titles and structured data, crawl before and after launch |
Canadian builds are quoted in CAD from the free review: conversion redesigns on an existing platform typically CA$5,000–CA$12,000, full WordPress or Shopify builds CA$10,000–CA$30,000, bilingual builds and eCommerce replatforms above that, excluding GST/HST. Ranges are indicative, not quotes.
Results from the same process
The result below is one documented example from the same process; the client’s name is withheld under NDA and the figures come from their analytics, not estimates.
- 6×Organic sales growth
- +180%Organic traffic
- 3 monthsTime to that result
- Jewellery retailOnline and in-store, competitive category
How we work in Canada
- 1Free website review (days 1–3)Conversion, speed, accessibility, consent and SEO review of the current site in English and French, with the build type that fits and a CAD estimate.
- 2Scope, wireframes and migration map (weeks 1–3)Templates designed from the lead backward, URL and redirect map, bilingual content plan, consent and tracking plan, accessibility requirements fixed before design.
- 3Build and test (weeks 4–10)WordPress or Shopify build, French content by native writers, WCAG 2.1 AA testing, Core Web Vitals field testing, Law 25 consent implementation, forms and call tracking verified.
- 4Launch, verify and hand over (week 11 onward)Redirects live, crawl compared with the old site, Search Console checked for both languages, documentation and training handed over; optional SEO or CRO retainer from month two.
“Ren Hao SEO turned organic search into our biggest pipeline source. We finally have a channel that compounds.”
“The transparency is unlike any agency we’ve worked with. We always know what’s happening and why.”
Frequently asked questions
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About this page
Written by the Ren Hao SEO team and reviewed by Ren Hao, Founder & Lead SEO Strategist (LinkedIn). Ren Hao SEO is an international SEO agency headquartered in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, serving eight country markets including Canada (company LinkedIn). Last substantive update: October 2026. Pricing ranges come from our Canadian SEO pricing guide; the case result is documented in the linked case study. Drafting is assisted by AI tools and every page is edited and fact-checked by our team before publication; see how we create our content. For SEO after launch see SEO services Canada; for improving an existing site’s conversion without a rebuild see CRO services Canada.