Web design for Montreal small businesses

What web design costs in Montreal

Search "web design Montreal" and the first page is full of agencies and "best agency" lists. Few of them publish a price. Here is what I could find on pages opened in October 2026:

• H1Site's 2026 Montreal pricing guide puts a 5 to 10 page showcase site at $3,500 to $8,000, a custom WordPress site at $5,000 to $15,000, and a full redesign at $8,000 to $40,000. It lists boutique agency rates of $100 to $175 an hour and large agency rates of $200 to $250 an hour or more, and counts over 1,200 web agencies and studios in Montreal.
• Space-O's roundup of Montreal web design companies shows minimum project sizes for well-known firms: $5,000+ for Casa Media, $25,000+ for R&G Strategic, $50,000+ for Plank and Locomotive, $100,000+ for Symetris.
• helloDarwin lists 54 Montreal web consultants, with hourly rates from $50 to $165.

For a salon, a clinic or a contractor, those numbers raise a fair question: what do you actually need? My guide to what a website costs in Quebec compares more published prices across the province.

When a big Montreal agency is the right call

I compete with these agencies on price, not on scope, and it is worth being clear about the difference. A large agency earns its fee when you need things a one-person studio should not take on:

If your business is one location (or two) serving people within a few streets or a few boroughs, the last row is the one that brings in customers. Paying for a 40-page site will not make the phone ring more.

How neighbourhood customers search

A barber in Villeray, a physio clinic in Verdun, a café in Rosemont and a dentist in NDG all have the same problem: the customer is close, on a phone, and decides fast. Google confirms that distance is one of the three main local ranking factors, with relevance and prominence. That is good news for a storefront: your address is an asset.

It also changes what goes on the website:

1. Name your neighbourhood, your street and the nearest métro station. People search "salon Plateau" or "dentist near Jean-Talon", rarely "salon Montreal".
2. Keep your hours identical everywhere, on the site, your Google profile and your booking tool, including holiday hours.
3. Put booking one tap away on every page, in both languages.
4. Show your real Google reviews on the site, since prominence counts.

The same logic applies to me: my Google profile is in Laval, so you will not see Always Booked in the map when you search "web design Montreal". If you found this page, the website did its job.

French-language rules for a Montreal business website

This is where Montreal sites built by out-of-province firms often slip. The rules, from the official texts:

• Under section 52 of the Charter of the French Language, commercial publications must be available in French. Éducaloi explains that this covers a business website, and that an English version is allowed only if a French version of comparable quality exists and is accessible.
• The Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business, section 10, allows separate French and English versions of catalogues, brochures and similar publications, on the same conditions.
• In March 2025, the OQLF wrote to a Montreal merchant after complaints about English-only Facebook and Instagram posts, stating that a French version must be accessible on terms at least as favourable.
• Since Bill 96, fines for a business range from $3,000 to $30,000 for a first offence and increase for repeat offences, and new storefront signage rules apply since June 1, 2025, according to the CFIB's summary.

This is general information, not legal advice.

What you get and what it costs

The domain is registered in your name, and if we part ways, you keep everything.

A Laval studio for Montreal neighbourhood businesses

Always Booked is one person, Fahad Rahman, a software developer with a Computer Engineering degree from Concordia University, who works with every client directly from the first call to launch and after, in English or in French. I currently work with a Montreal barbershop with two locations, whose site is in French with English pages. Before you commit, I can build a free concept website so you see the direction first. The full scope is on the websites page, and if your profile needs work too, see the Google Business Profile service. Serving customers off the island as well? See web design in Laval and the West Island.

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