$399 CAD
One focused page, responsive design, contact pathway and core search foundations.
2026 Canadian website cost guide
What should a website
actually cost?
There is no single market price. A freelancer, small studio and large agency sell different levels of process, overhead and complexity. This guide explains BGCTO’s current starting point and the factors that change it.
BGCTO websites currently start at $399 CAD. A five-page business website starts at $749, a growth website at $1,199 and a focused ecommerce website at $1,899. These are one-time project starting prices before tax and third-party costs.
Price follows scope—not page decoration.
The important questions are how much content must be planned or migrated, what the website must do, which systems it connects to and how much original design, writing and testing the project requires.
$749 CAD
Up to five pages for an established service business.
$1,199 CAD
Up to ten pages with deeper services, industries or audience content.
$1,899 CAD
A focused catalogue, payments and core ecommerce journey.
The common cost drivers.
Content and copywriting
Organizing a few approved pages is different from interviewing stakeholders, defining positioning and writing a large content library.
Functionality and integrations
Booking, ecommerce, memberships, calculators, CRM connections and private data workflows require more planning, testing and often third-party subscriptions.
Migration and search protection
An established site may need URL inventory, redirects, metadata review and careful content migration to reduce avoidable search disruption.
Motion and custom presentation
Purposeful animation adds design and testing time. It should support hierarchy and storytelling rather than make basic content harder to access.
The website fee is not every future expense.
- Domain registration
- Website hosting or platform subscription
- Paid plugins, apps, fonts or media licences
- Payment processing and ecommerce transaction fees
- Ongoing maintenance, content or marketing
- Applicable taxes
Build a number for your scope.
The BGCTO calculator adds common features to the current starting package.
Use the pricing calculator ↗Website pricing FAQ.
What is the cheapest BGCTO website package?+
A focused launch page currently starts at $399 CAD. It is suitable for one business, service, campaign or offer when a multi-page site is not yet necessary.
What usually increases website cost?+
More pages, original copywriting, ecommerce setup, booking, multilingual content, animation, custom integrations, complex migrations and large content libraries increase the project scope.
Are there ongoing website costs?+
Usually. Domain, hosting, platform subscriptions, paid plugins or apps, payment processing and maintenance may create recurring costs separate from the one-time BGCTO project fee.