Canada Local Citations
on Top Canadian Business Directories

What Our Canada Local Citations Cover

Many Canadians still search Canadian business directories for local firms, such as a dentist, a roofer or a café. At the same time, Google reads these same sites to learn about local businesses. Therefore, a wide set of correct listings helps people find you.

A local citation is any place online that shows your business name, address and phone number. Our team does this citation building for you. First, we add your business to Canadian business directories, one site at a time. Once that is done, we put every live link into an Excel report.

Each listing uses one fixed set of details, often called NAP. As a result, customers see the same facts wherever they find you. This matters a lot for local SEO in Canada, because a city like Toronto or Calgary has many firms with similar names.

What Each Canada Citation Plan Includes

Here is what each plan includes on Canadian business directories. The packages above show the price and the delivery time.

• Basic: 20 local business citations on top sites, with listing submissions.
• Standard: 80 local SEO citations, submitted from a Canadian IP, with your logo inside each listing.
• Premium: 160 citations, a Canadian IP and your logo, plus a check of your old listings, your social links and one business photo.
• All plans: one exact NAP, live links and an Excel report of every listing.

Why Canadian Business Directories Still Matter

A business directory is a list of companies sorted by trade and place. In Canada, sites such as Yellow Pages, Canada411 and Cylex Canada bring this idea online.

These sites have two jobs. Firstly, real customers use them to find a service nearby. Secondly, Google says in its local ranking tips that it gathers facts about a business from across the web, directories included. However, citations are only one of the things Google uses to rank local results.

Choosing the Right Canadian Business Directories

Still, not every listing site has the same value. Good Canadian business directories are real, kept up to date and used by people. The table below shows the main kinds we use. In the end, the final list depends on your trade and your city.

Listings for Quebec and French Names

Canada has two official languages. As a result, many firms in Quebec use a French name, or a French and an English name together. On Canadian business directories, we use your name exactly as you write it, accents included.

Let us know in the form if you use both versions. Then we keep each one the same on every site. That way, “Plomberie Laval” never turns into “Laval Plumbing” on one listing and back again on the next.

Your Business Name, Address and Phone

First, choose one form of your business name and keep it. For example, “Maple Roofing Inc.” on one site and “Maple Roofing Incorporated” on another look like two different firms. The same goes for your phone number and your street name.

Your postal code is important too. A Canadian postal code has six letters and numbers, such as K1A 0B1. If one listing has a typo, it can point people to the wrong street. Because of that, we copy your details from one master sheet into every listing.

Why We Submit From a Canadian IP

Some Canadian business directories check where a new listing comes from. A Canadian business that signs up from abroad can look odd to them. In that case, the site may hold the listing for review or turn it down.

That is why Standard and Premium submissions go out from a Canadian IP address. To the directory, the sign-up then looks like it comes from inside Canada, just like your business. Basic listings are also sent by hand to top sites, but without the Canadian IP step.

Even so, a Canadian IP does not force any site to approve a listing. Each directory has its own rules and its own review times.

Your Logo Inside Each Listing

In Standard and Premium, we add your logo to every listing that has a space for one. A listing with a logo looks complete. Also, it helps people spot your brand in a long list of results.

Please send a clear square logo as a PNG or JPG file. Then we use the same file on every site, so your brand looks the same everywhere.

Social Links and One Business Photo

Premium gives you two extra features. First, we add links to your social profiles, such as Facebook or Instagram, on each listing that allows them. Second, we upload one business photo that you send, for example your shop front or your team.

Some directories have no field for photos or social links. On those sites, we fill in every field they do offer and note the rest in your report.

A Check of Your Existing Listings

Your business may already be on some Canadian sites with old details. For example, a listing might still show a phone number you no longer use. That is why Premium starts with a check of these existing listings.

We list what we find in your report, along with the wrong details. So you know which old listings to fix or claim. After that, we build the new ones with your current NAP (name, address and phone number).

An Excel Report With Every Live Link

At the end, you get an Excel report with one row for each listing. It shows the site name, the link to your listing and its status. Since each link opens your listing, you can check the work yourself.

However, some directories approve new firms by hand. So on delivery day, one or two listings may still be waiting and go live a little later. The report marks those rows, so you see the full picture.

Local SEO Canada Basics: A Matching Website

Your own website should use the exact same NAP. Also, a page title with your city tells people nearby that you serve their area. This one easy step makes your local SEO in Canada much stronger.

Canada Local Citations: What We Cannot Promise

We would rather be clear now than sorry later. No one can promise you a top spot on Google Maps or a set number of calls. Google uses many factors, and your distance from each searcher plays a big part.

Directories also set their own rules, and they may change or remove a listing later. Our promise is careful work, matching details and live links you can check. Denwix is an independent team, so we are not part of Google or of any directory.

Who Our Canada Citation Plans Suit

In short, any firm with a Canadian address can use our citation building plans:

• Basic: sole owners and new firms that want their first 20 listings on top sites.
• Standard: growing firms that want 80 listings with a logo and a Canadian IP.
• Premium: firms in busy markets that want 160 listings and a cleanup of old ones.

More Ways to Grow in Your Area

Citations work best next to a complete Google Business Profile. If you also sell in the United States, see our USA local citations. Likewise, for clients in Britain, there are UK local citations too.