Awkward Media
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SEO company in Montreal, ranking businesses from Laval to Longueuil

Montreal SEO agency. Page one of Google in 60 days.

If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. You see the first improvements in 20 days. Month to month, with our prices published.

30 minutes on Google Meet. For businesses doing $20k a month or more.

plumber montreal
Illustration: how a listing climbs into the Google Maps top three. Not a real search result.

4.8

on Google, from 197 reviews

4.6

on Trustpilot, from 55 reviews

Top 5%

SEO agencies in the world, by Mayple

13 yrs

ranking businesses in the US and Canada

As seen in and rated on

USA Today LA Weekly Clutch TopSEO UpCity
  • snow removal montreal
  • déménagement montréal
  • plumber laval
  • dentist westmount
  • roofer longueuil
  • thermopompe brossard
  • pest control verdun
  • lawyer montreal
  • landscaping west island
  • storage montreal

Why Montreal businesses lose the call

4.3 million people. One metro. Three spots on the map.

Greater Montreal is home to about 4.3 million people, from Laval and the West Island to Longueuil and Brossard. Every one of them needs a driveway cleared after a storm, a plumber who picks up, and sooner or later a truck on July 1. When a pipe bursts in January or the lease ends in June, people pick up a phone and search, and Google answers with three businesses on the map and ten links below it. If you aren’t in those spots, the job goes to someone who is.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, Montréal metro area

The top three take the calls.

Most people pick from the three businesses Google shows on the map. Fourth place still has a listing, but far fewer people ever see it.

Google Maps is local. Montreal runs from the West Island to the East End.

Google favours businesses close to the searcher. Ranking in the Plateau doesn’t mean you show up in Verdun, Saint-Laurent or Laval.

Two dates, in writing.

First movement by day 20. Page one by day 60, or we keep working free. And our prices are on the website.

Our guarantees

Page one in 60 days, or we work free until you are.

Read both guarantees

Montreal search, month by month

Snow. Moving Day. Heat. Each with its own rush.

We pulled twelve months of Google search volume for Montreal. Snow removal goes from 20 searches a month to 3,600 in January. Moving searches peak long before July 1: “déménagement montréal” climbs to 5,400 in March, when people book. Heat pump searches, almost all typed as “thermopompe”, run from 2,400 to 5,400 and peak in early summer, when air conditioning climbs from 110 to 480. Landscaping goes from 110 to 480 in spring. Whatever the season, the businesses already in the top three when demand spikes are the ones that take the work.

Snow removal

searches a month

20 to 3,600

Moving (déménagement)

searches a month

1,300 to 5,400

Heat pumps (thermopompe)

searches a month

2,400 to 5,400

Air conditioning

searches a month

110 to 480

Landscaping

searches a month

110 to 480

Pest control

searches a month

720 to 1,300

Each chart is scaled to its own busiest month, shown in green. Source: Google Ads search volume for Montreal, Quebec, last twelve months, pulled October 2026.

Moving Day starts in March.

Moving searches in Montreal peak in March, months before July 1. Rankings take weeks to build, so movers, storage, cleaners, painters and locksmiths need to hold the top three when people book, not when they move. Our 60-day page-one guarantee gives you a date to plan around.

Your customers search in two languages.

“Déménagement montréal” gets more searches than “movers montreal”, and “thermopompe” gets about 50 times more than “heat pump montreal”. We track the searches your customers actually type, in French and in English, so you see where you stand in both.

No bill for every click.

Ads charge you for every click, and the price climbs when everyone bids in the same snowstorm or the same moving season. A page-one ranking keeps bringing in leads without a per-click bill.

Movers carrying a sofa down an outdoor spiral staircase on a Plateau street in Montreal on July 1, with boxes, chairs and a mattress on the sidewalk beside a moving truck

July 1 in Montreal

Moving Day. A whole city on the move at once.

Most leases in Quebec end on June 30, so on July 1 a huge share of Montreal moves on the same day. It has been that way since a 1973 law moved the date from May 1. Movers, storage, cleaners, painters, locksmiths and pest control all get the calls, and the booking starts months ahead. In a normal year, moving company searches in Montreal run from 1,600 a month to 2,900, and “déménagement montréal” from 1,300 to 5,400.

Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia

Get in the top three before next July 1

SEO results across Canada

Across Canada. Rankings you can search yourself.

Google Maps · Edmonton, Alberta

24/7 Movers

3

keywords at #1
on Google Maps
in Edmonton

A moving company in Edmonton, now first on Google Maps for three of its keywords: the spot people tap first when they need a truck. In Montreal, “déménagement montréal” alone climbs to 5,400 searches a month before July 1.

Google Maps · Alberta

Inflow Hydrovac Services

20 days

Moving up on Google Maps inside the first 20 days. Industrial services win on the map too, when the listing and the pages behind it are built for the way site managers search.

Google search · Manitoba

Maurice and Sons: 18 of 19 searches couldn’t find them. 21 days later, 15 were top three.

7

searches at #1 on Google

15 of 19

in the top three in 21 days

83 → 203

visitors a month from Google

21 days

from not found to the top three

Read the case study
Google search for log home restoration Manitoba with Maurice and Sons in first place
“Log home restoration Manitoba” on Google: Maurice and Sons in first place.

How we measure

Your ranking, from Laval to Brossard.

Google Maps doesn’t show everyone the same results. Someone searching in the Plateau sees a different top three from someone in Saint-Laurent or across the river in Longueuil. So we don’t check your ranking from one spot. We run your searches from a grid of points across Montreal and every town you serve, and you get that map back every month: green where you’re in the top three, red where you aren’t yet. Then we go after the red.

  • A grid, not a guess

    Your real position from dozens of points across the region.

  • Fixes aimed at the gaps

    City pages, listings and links for the places you don’t win yet.

  • Check it yourself

    Every search we report, you can type into Google.

Illustration of a grid ranking check over Montreal. Each dot is one search location and the number is where the business shows on Google Maps from there.

How our Montreal SEO works

Day 1 to page one.

  1. Day 1

    Audit and the plan

    We search your services across Montreal and the towns around it, map who holds the top three and page one, and fix what’s broken on your Google Business Profile and website. We agree your qualifying keywords in writing.

  2. Day 20

    First movement

    Listings cleaned up, service and city pages live, reviews coming in. If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period.

  3. Day 60

    Page one

    If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. Links and mentions from Montreal and Quebec websites are building behind the scenes.

  4. Day 61 and on

    Top three, then more

    We push for the top three on the map, add searches and cities, work to get you named in AI answers, and report every ranking each month so you can check it yourself.

What our Montreal SEO services include

Eight jobs. We do all of them.

Every plan, every month. Every job aims at one thing: your phone ringing from the three spots Montreal taps first on Google Maps.

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  1. 01

    Google Business Profile

    We pick the right categories, list every service, add real photos of your work and post regular updates, so Google has everything it needs to show you for the right Montreal searches.

  2. 02

    Google reviews

    We set up an easy way for happy customers to leave a review and reply to every one. Reviews are one of the signals Google weighs, and they’re what people read before they pick up the phone.

  3. 03

    Local listings

    Your name, address and phone number, matching on every directory Google checks, from Canadian business directories to the big data providers that feed maps, apps and voice assistants.

  4. 04

    Website fixes

    Faster pages, a site that works on every phone, and behind-the-scenes labels that tell Google what each page is about, so nothing on the technical side holds your rankings back.

  5. 05

    Service and city pages

    A real page for each service and each area you serve, from Laval to Longueuil, written for the people searching there. No city-name swaps.

  6. 06

    Links and mentions

    Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for. We earn mentions from Montreal and Quebec news and community sites, associations, suppliers and partners. No spam, no link farms.

  7. 07

    AI answers

    We work to get your business named when people ask Google’s AI or ChatGPT who to hire in Montreal. Included in every plan, never an add-on.

  8. 08

    Monthly reporting

    Every ranking, every month, with the searches listed and the ranking grid attached, so you can check any of it on Google yourself.

Industries we rank in Montreal

Movers, plumbers, dentists. The searches Montreal runs on.

Moving company: 1,600 to 2,900 searches a month

Moving and storage

“Déménagement montréal” runs 1,300 to 5,400 searches a month and peaks in March. Storage runs 1,000 to 1,900. 24/7 Movers is #1 on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords.

Plumber: 880 to 1,300 a month

Heating, cooling and plumbing

“Plombier montréal” adds 320 to 880 more. Heat pump searches, mostly typed as “thermopompe”, run 2,400 to 5,400, and air conditioning climbs to 480 in June.

Snow removal: 20 to 3,600 a month

Snow removal and landscaping

“Déneigement montréal” runs 10 to 3,600 too, and both peak in January. Landscaping climbs from 110 to 480 in spring. Each rush is short, and it goes to the businesses Google shows first.

Pest control: 720 to 1,300 a month

Pest control

Bed bug searches add 70 to 210 a month. Pest calls come all year in a city of triplexes and shared walls, and the top three take most of them.

Roofer: 260 to 720 a month

Roofing and exteriors

Gutter cleaning runs 20 to 170 searches a month. After a winter of freezing and thawing, the roofers already on the map are the ones homeowners find first.

Lawyer: 260 to 480 a month

Law firms

“Avocat montréal” adds 140 to 260 more. Chapman McAlpine is #1 on Google for “Barrie family lawyers”.

Dentist: 1,300 to 2,400 a month

Dentists and clinics

One of the biggest local searches on this list, every month of the year. Grand Oaks Orthodontics went from 203 ranking searches to 818 in 90 days.

Don’t see yours?

We’ll search your service in Montreal, live, on the call.

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Search figures: Google Ads data for Montreal, Quebec over the last twelve months, pulled October 2026. Ranges run from the quietest month to the busiest.

Areas we serve around Montreal

Every corner of the island. And both shores.

Downtown, Old Montreal and Griffintown are packed with law firms, clinics and agencies chasing the same few spots. The Plateau, Mile End and Little Italy run on walk-in trade and near-me searches. Neighbourhoods from Rosemont and Villeray to Verdun, NDG and Saint-Laurent are full of families who need a plumber, a mover or a dentist close to home, and Laval, Longueuil, Brossard and the West Island are markets in their own right. Google shows different businesses in each one, so each one gets its own plan.

Inside Montreal

  • Downtown
  • Old Montreal
  • Griffintown
  • Plateau
  • Mile End
  • Little Italy
  • Rosemont
  • Villeray
  • Hochelaga
  • Verdun
  • Saint-Henri
  • NDG
  • Côte-des-Neiges
  • Outremont
  • Westmount
  • Saint-Laurent
  • Ahuntsic
  • Anjou

Around Montreal

  • LavalNorth Shore
  • TerrebonneNorth Shore
  • BlainvilleNorth Shore
  • RepentignyNorth Shore
  • LongueuilSouth Shore
  • BrossardSouth Shore
  • BouchervilleSouth Shore
  • Saint-LambertSouth Shore
  • ChâteauguaySouth Shore
  • Pointe-ClaireWest Island
  • Dollard-des-OrmeauxWest Island
  • Vaudreuil-DorionWest of the island

Our SEO guarantees

We put our money where our rankings are.

Guarantee 01

20days

If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period.

What we measure: your traffic, what that traffic is worth, how much authority your site and its pages carry, and how many other sites link to you, against the day we start.

Guarantee 02

60days

If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.

What counts: at least one high-value search for your business on page one of Google.

No long-term contracts. Results keep you here. Paperwork doesn't.

Awkward Media vs a typical Montreal SEO company

Same searches. Better odds.

Awkward Media

The usual agency deal

First results

Visible improvement in 20 days, or $200 back on top of that period’s payment

“Give it 6 to 8 months”

Page one

Qualifying keywords on page one in 60 days, or we work free until they are

No date in writing

Price

Published: $1,497 to $5,000 a month

“Call us for a quote”

Contract

Month to month

6 to 12 months

Proof

Client names and rankings you can search yourself

Logos with no results, or none at all

Local pages

A page for each area you serve, Laval to Brossard

One page with the city name swapped in

Rank tracking

A ranking grid across Montreal and the towns you serve, every month

One position, checked from one spot

AI answers

Included in every plan: Google’s AI answers and ChatGPT

An add-on, or missing

Who it’s for: Montreal businesses doing $20,000 a month or more, with the crew to take on more work.

Why we cap it: we take on 15 new clients a month, so we can keep the ranking promises we make to the clients we already have.

Your next step

See who's ahead of you in Montreal.

A free 30-minute strategy call on Google Meet. We search your service in Montreal, live, and show you who holds page one and the top three spots on Google Maps, why, and what it takes to pass them.

Bring with you

Your websiteYour main serviceTowns you serveCompetitors you see
  1. 01

    We search your market live

    The way your customers do, in the towns you serve.

  2. 02

    We show who's above you, and why

    On Google, on Maps and in the AI answers.

  3. 03

    You leave with a road map

    Yours to keep. If we can help, we'll invite you to work with us.

For established businesses doing at least $20,000 a month.

FAQ

Montreal SEO, answered.

What Montreal business owners ask us before they hire an SEO company.

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01 How much does SEO cost in Montreal?

Our plans for Google Maps and the main Google results (local and organic SEO) run $1,497 to $5,000 a month, and $5,000+ a month when you have several websites. Every plan is month to month and includes AI SEO. Where you land depends on your service, how many parts of Montreal and the towns around it you want to win and how strong the businesses above you are. You get your exact number on the free strategy call.

02 How long does SEO take in Montreal?

You should see the first improvements within 20 days. If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period. If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.

03 Is SEO worth it for a small business in Montreal?

Yes, if you’re already doing $20,000 a month or more and want more of the same work. Ads charge you for every click, and the price climbs when everyone bids in the same snowstorm or the same moving season. A page-one ranking keeps bringing in leads without a bill for every click, and our guarantees put dates on it: visible improvement in 20 days, qualifying keywords on page one in 60.

04 What does a Montreal SEO company actually do?

Eight jobs, all done for you: we set up and run your Google Business Profile, grow your Google reviews, fix your local listings, fix your website so Google can read it, build a page for each service and area you serve, earn mentions on trusted websites, get you into AI answers, and show you every ranking each month so you can check it on Google yourself.

05 Do people in Montreal search in French or in English?

Both, and it depends on the service. In Google’s search data for Montreal, “déménagement montréal” gets about 2,900 searches in a typical month against 1,900 for “movers montreal”, and “thermopompe” gets about 3,600 against 70 for “heat pump montreal”. We track the searches your customers actually type, in either language, and show you where you stand in both on the strategy call.

06 Have you ranked businesses in Canada?

Yes. 24/7 Movers is #1 on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords, and Maurice and Sons in Manitoba went from 18 of 19 searches not finding them to 15 of 19 in the top three in 21 days. In Ontario, EquityRich is #1 on Google for “commercial mortgage Toronto”. On the call, we show you results in your own industry.

07 How do I choose an SEO company in Montreal?

Ask every agency three things: what will move in 20 days, what will be on page one in 60, and what happens if it isn’t. Then ask for client names and rankings you can search yourself, and a price. We answer all of it in writing, and we’re rated 4.8 on Google from 197 reviews.

08 How do you optimize a Google Business Profile in Montreal?

We choose the categories that match what your customers search, list every service, add real photos and post regular updates, and keep new reviews coming in with a reply to each one. Reviews are one of the signals Google weighs. Then we make sure your name, address and phone number match on every directory Google checks, so it trusts your Montreal location.

09 My business is in Laval, Longueuil or Brossard. Can I rank in Montreal too?

Yes. Google Maps favours businesses close to the person searching, so you win your own town first. Then we build a page for each part of Montreal you serve, check your ranking from a grid of points across it, and point your listings and mentions at the areas where you aren’t in the top three yet.

10 My work is seasonal. When should I start SEO?

About two months before you need the calls. In Montreal, snow removal searches climb from 20 a month to 3,600 in January, moving searches peak in March, months before July 1, and heat pump searches peak in June and July. Rankings take weeks to build, so the businesses that start early are the ones in the top three when the rush arrives.

11 How do I reach you from Montreal?

Call our Canadian line on +1 437 561 0203, 9am to 5pm Eastern, which is Montreal’s own time zone, or book a free strategy call. Every strategy call runs on Google Meet, and we check your rankings from Montreal itself, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, so you see what your customers see.

12 Can I rank in Montreal and Laval at the same time?

Yes. Google shows different businesses in each, so each city gets its own pages and its own search targets, and a second location gets its own Google Business Profile. That is how Candace and Basil won two cities at once: their Mississauga store went from #10 to #1 on Google Maps while their Toronto store went from #18 to #2.

13 Do you build backlinks for Montreal businesses?

Yes. Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for, so we earn mentions and links from Montreal and Quebec news and community sites, business associations, suppliers and partners. No spam, no link farms and nothing that could get your website penalized.

14 Can you get my business into Google’s AI answers and ChatGPT?

AI SEO is included in every plan, and it works to get your business named when people ask Google’s AI or ChatGPT who to hire in Montreal. EquityRich is cited in Google’s AI answers for “commercial mortgage Toronto”, and Angkorscape is named in Google’s AI answers for Seattle.

15 Am I locked into a long contract?

No. Every plan is month to month, and results keep you here, not paperwork. We work with established businesses already doing $20,000 a month or more, and we take on 15 new clients a month so we can keep the ranking promises we make to the clients we already have.