Business website design for Canadian small businesses

What a business website includes

Our multi-page business website is built around about five pages, for example home, services, about, gallery or portfolio, and contact. Each page has one job and leads the visitor to the next step: call you, book, ask for a quote or come to your shop.

• Custom design, made for your business, without a template.
• Mobile first: every screen is designed for the phone before the desktop.
• Contact, booking or quote forms, sent straight to your inbox.
• Basic SEO: each page is pre-rendered so that Google and AI tools can read its text without JavaScript, with its own title and description, a sitemap, a robots.txt file, structured data (JSON-LD) and compressed photos.
• Hosting on Firebase (Google Cloud), set up by us.
• Bilingual versions in French and English when you need them.

A discreet mention, By Ecosystem Annexe, appears at the bottom of the sites we deliver.

Bilingual websites for Quebec

If your business website is aimed at customers in Quebec, Bill 96 requires it to be offered in French, with a French version at least as accessible as any other language. We design the two versions together, not one after the other: same layout, same quality, a language switch that keeps the visitor on the same page, and separate addresses so each version can be indexed by Google.

Forms that collect personal information also follow Quebec's Law 25: consent, a designated person in charge and a privacy policy written in clear terms. Outside Quebec, Ontario organizations with 50 or more employees must meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA under the AODA; our designs follow these accessibility criteria from the start. Our guides to Bill 96 and AODA accessibility give the details.

Prices and timelines

The final price depends on the number of pages, the languages and the features, such as booking or a catalogue. The quote is free and Canadian clients can be invoiced in Canadian dollars, with a deposit and then the balance. If you only need one page for a campaign, see our landing page service; if you want to update content yourself, see our website with a CMS. Our guide to website costs in Canada puts these figures in context.

Business websites we have built in Canada

Two live examples show what a business website can do:

• Coiffure Le Ritz, a historic hair salon in Montreal: services, team, products and appointment booking, in a design that reflects the salon. See the case study.
• Vitres et Pavés étudiants, exterior cleaning by students in Quebec City and the Beauce: each service explained, and an online estimate request. See the case study.

More projects are on our portfolio page (in French).

How we build your business website

1. 01
   Brief

   We define your goals, your customers and the pages you need, by video call or in person in Montreal.

2. 02
   Mock-up

   You see the design and approve it before any development starts.

3. 03
   Development

   We build the site, test a first version with you and correct what needs correcting.

4. 04
   Launch and follow-up

   We put the site online, host it and remain available after the launch.

What we need from you: your logo if you have one, your texts or the main ideas, your photos, and quick feedback on the mock-up. The faster the content arrives, the faster the site goes live.

After the launch

Quotes, the contract, invoices and payments are all in our client space, L'intranet. If you want to be found on more searches over time, our SEO service adds monthly work on top of the basic SEO already included. And if your business grows, the site can gain a management area, an online store or a client portal without starting over.

A business website is not a brochure: it is the place where a visitor decides to call you.