Transparent SEO package pricing for Canadian businesses. Three tiers, what's included in each, realistic timelines, and what to expect at each price point.
Most "SEO packages" pricing pages dance around actual numbers. We don't. Here's what SEO actually costs to deliver in Canada in 2026, and what you should expect at each price point.
**The fundamental economics:**
Real SEO requires senior strategist time, content production, technical implementation, and link earning. The labor cost in Canada makes packages below $1,500/month either templated commodity work or unsustainable for the agency. Below $1,000/month is almost always offshore execution with quality concerns.
**Our three packages reflect what different stages of business actually need.** Pick based on your situation, not on what looks impressive on a comparison chart.
**For:** small Canadian businesses launching or relaunching SEO investment. Local service businesses, small e-commerce, professional practices building initial visibility.
**What's included monthly:**
- 1 hour of senior strategist consultation - Technical SEO foundation maintenance (sitemaps, schema, Core Web Vitals monitoring) - 1 long-form blog post (1,500-2,500 words) targeting a strategic query - 4 page-specific on-page SEO optimizations - Google Business Profile optimization (if applicable) - Monthly performance report - Email/Slack support
**What's NOT included at this tier:**
- Active link-earning campaigns (small budget for natural link earning only) - Comprehensive content cluster development - Multi-location coverage - Conversion rate optimization - Paid advertising integration
**Realistic results timeline:**
- Months 1-3: Foundation work, initial content, technical fixes - Months 4-6: First measurable ranking improvements - Months 7-12: Sustained organic traffic growth
**Best fit:** businesses with under $1M revenue, single location, not in highly competitive verticals.
**For:** established Canadian small-to-mid market businesses serious about SEO as a growth channel.
- 3 hours of senior strategist consultation - Comprehensive technical SEO management - 2-3 long-form blog posts (1,500-3,000 words each) - 8 page-specific on-page optimizations - Topic cluster development - Active link-earning campaigns (4-8 quality links/month) - Schema markup expansion - Google Business Profile + citation management - Monthly performance report with strategic recommendations - Quarterly strategy review - Priority support
- Months 1-3: Foundation work plus active content production - Months 4-6: Visible ranking improvements across multiple priority queries - Months 7-12: Significant organic traffic growth, often 50-150%+
**Best fit:** $1M-$10M revenue businesses, competitive industries, multi-location or multi-service businesses.
**For:** established mid-to-large Canadian businesses with significant SEO ambition.
- 8+ hours of senior strategist + technical specialist time - Comprehensive technical SEO with custom tooling - 4-6 long-form pieces of content per month - Comprehensive on-page optimization across hundreds of pages - Sophisticated topic cluster and content silo development - Active link-earning + digital PR (10-20 quality links/month) - Advanced schema implementation across the site - Multi-location SEO management (if applicable) - Conversion rate optimization integration - Advanced reporting with custom dashboards - Bi-weekly strategy reviews - Dedicated account team
- Months 1-2: Discovery, strategy, foundation - Months 3-6: Major content and link-earning campaigns - Months 7-12: Significant ranking and traffic improvements - Months 12-24: Compounding organic growth as content cluster effects materialize
**Best fit:** $10M+ revenue businesses, competitive verticals, multi-location/multi-service operations, businesses where organic search is a primary growth channel.
**Industry competitiveness** — competing for "lawyer Toronto" requires significantly more investment than "fence company Sudbury."
**Existing site authority** — sites with established backlink profiles and content history achieve faster results than brand-new sites.
**Geographic focus** — local SEO (single city, defined service area) shows results faster than national SEO.
**Conversion infrastructure** — SEO drives traffic; your site needs to convert that traffic. Weak conversion infrastructure means weak ROI even with strong SEO traffic.
**Content production capacity** — businesses willing to publish more content (or pay for more content production) see proportionally faster results.
**Patience** — SEO compounds over time. The 12-month results dramatically exceed the 3-month results, and the 24-month results dramatically exceed the 12-month results.
**We don't:**
- Guarantee specific rankings (no one can; anyone who does is lying) - Sell PBNs or buy backlinks (Google penalty risk) - Use AI-generated content as a substitute for real writing (it underperforms and increasingly gets devalued) - Lock clients into 12-month contracts with no exit (1-month termination clauses across all tiers) - Charge setup fees that double the first month's cost - Outsource execution offshore (work happens in Canada) - Take on direct competitors of existing clients in the same Canadian metro
**We do:**
- Show you our methodology and case studies before you sign - Provide named senior practitioner access (you work with the actual people doing the work) - Give you direct Google Search Console / Analytics access - Send weekly progress updates and monthly comprehensive reports - Honor 1-month termination clauses with no penalty - Charge transparent monthly retainers — no surprises
Real SEO requires senior strategist time and quality content production. Packages priced under $1,500/month in Canada are typically templated commodity work or offshore execution. We've priced our packages to deliver actual results, not to look cheap on a comparison chart.
Yes. The three tiers are starting points. Many clients have specific needs (extra content production, additional location coverage, integrated paid advertising) that we accommodate with custom additions to the base tier.
No. All packages are month-to-month with 1-month termination clauses. We earn ongoing engagement by producing results, not by locking clients in.
Realistic timeline: foundational improvements in months 1-3, first ranking gains in months 4-6, significant organic traffic growth by months 7-12. Highly competitive verticals or new sites take longer.
Keyword ranking changes, organic traffic metrics, conversion data, technical health summary, content published, links earned, and strategic recommendations for the next month. Reports are delivered by the 5th of each month.
Yes. We work with businesses across Canada (and selectively in the US). All work is remote with regular video calls and written communication. Most of our clients aren't in Ottawa.