Websites & local SEO · North York

Web design in
North York.

2,745 businesses in North York are listed on Google Maps. 2,238 of them attached a website, and we opened all of those ourselves: 37 do not work on a phone and 50 are still served without HTTPS.

Websites from $590 · paid after delivery

We build and look after websites for businesses in North York. A one-page site for a solo operator is $590; a business with a crew of three to ten pays $1,190; a legal, medical or financial practice $3,900.

No deposit and no contract: you pay once the site is built and you have seen it, and the monthly part ($129–$990 for hosting, edits, your Google listing and search work) can be cancelled any month.

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Businesses we checked in North York2,745
North York listings with no website at all412
Website that does not load or is parked124
Working but visibly dated438
North York sites with no mobile version37 (2%)
Still served without HTTPS50
Copyright line 1998 or earlier185
Listings with no opening hours on Google79
Median Google reviews in North York48

North York is the 2nd largest of the 26 places we surveyed, with 2,745 listings against 3,173 in Mississauga. North York is part of Toronto; we count the businesses that give North York as their address. Every site behind these listings was opened by hand — nothing here is modelled.

By trade

18 trades in North York,
counted separately.

A dentist and a plumber are not competing for the same attention and their numbers are not comparable. Each trade below has its own page with its own survey — review medians, platform mix and the faults we actually found.

Trade in North YorkBusinessesNo siteNo mobileMedian reviews
Dentists7920277
Car dealerships7720186
Law firms6931101
Medical practices69110136
Accountants617129
Real estate agents592363
Movers5901183
Gyms5910146
Photographers593357
Furniture stores564082
Physiotherapists5530136
Driving schools5390129
Plumbers526057
Financial advisors52414
HVAC contractors491159
Renovation contractors454023
Electricians429027
Cabinet makers427015

What North York is built on

15 platforms,
no clear winner.

Detected from the pages themselves across 2,238 North York websites. 84 run on a free or entry-level builder and 6 are still served by software that has been discontinued for years. 185 carry a copyright line from 1998 or earlier.

WordPress785 (35%)
Wix150 (7%)
Squarespace93 (4%)
GoDaddy Builder62 (3%)
Shopify62 (3%)
Hand-built or unidentified1,086 (49%)

What actually breaks

The same six faults,
750 times over.

Across the 2,238 North York sites we opened, these are the faults that turned up most often. None of them is visible to the owner, which is exactly why they survive for years.

Sites measuring nothing at all750 of 2,238
Sites in North York with no enquiry form734 of 2,238
Page titles that never say “North York”730 of 2,238
Sites with no structured data607 of 2,238
Sites letting Google write their description471 of 2,238
Sites dating themselves in the footer373 of 2,238

What you get

A site built for how
North York actually searches.

Built for phones

Phone first, not desktop first

37 of the 2,238 sites we opened in North York have no mobile layout at all. Most people looking for a local business here are on a phone, often standing somewhere inconvenient. We design for that first.

Local search

Your Google listing, set up properly

Categories, service areas, hours, photos and the structured data that puts your address and rating straight into results. 79 North York listings do not even publish opening hours. The median business here has 48 reviews — we will tell you honestly where you stand.

Maintained

Someone still looking after it

185 sites in North York carry a copyright line five years old or more, which usually means nobody has opened the admin panel since launch. The monthly fee exists so that does not happen to yours.

What we do in North York.

Each of these has its own page for North York, built from the same survey but looking at a different part of it.

Local SEO in North York Website redesign in North York Google Business Profile in North York Review generation in North York Hosting and care in North York Booking and forms in North York Google Ads in North York Online store in North York

Questions

What people ask us.

Do you work with businesses in North York?

Yes. We work across the entire Greater Toronto Area, including North York, where we surveyed 2,745 listings. Everything is done remotely — calls, email and a live preview link you can open while we build — so there is no need to meet in person unless you want to.

How many businesses in North York have no website?

412 of the 2,745 listings we checked have no website attached to their Google profile at all, and another 124 link to one that does not load or has been parked. On top of that, 438 have a site that works but has visibly not been touched in years.

How much does a website cost?

Between $590 and $3,900 depending on the size of the business and how many pages it needs. You pay once it is built and you have seen it, not before. After launch it is $129 to $990 a month for hosting, edits, your Google listing and ongoing SEO, cancellable any month.

How long does SEO take?

The Google map pack can move within weeks. Ranking in regular search results for competitive terms realistically takes three to six months of consistent work. Anyone promising faster is selling you something.

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.

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If you want
one built.

We build the site, you look at it, and you pay once it is finished and you are happy with it. Hosting, edits and the Google listing carry on monthly, cancellable any month.

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