Awkward Media
Parliament Hill and the Peace Tower above the Ottawa River at blue hour, with the Rideau Canal locks and downtown Ottawa lit up behind

SEO company in Ottawa, ranking businesses from Kanata to Orléans

Ottawa 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 ottawa
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 ottawa
  • plumber kanata
  • dentist orléans
  • furnace repair barrhaven
  • movers ottawa
  • roofer nepean
  • tree removal ottawa
  • family lawyer ottawa
  • landscaping stittsville
  • mortgage broker ottawa

Why Ottawa businesses lose the call

1.5 million people. Two provinces. Three spots on the map.

The Ottawa and Gatineau region is home to almost 1.5 million people, from Kanata and Barrhaven to Orléans and across the river in Gatineau. Every one of them needs a driveway cleared after a snowfall, a furnace that works in January and a plumber who picks up. When the heat quits at minus 25 or a storm drops a tree on the roof, 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, Ottawa and Gatineau 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. Ottawa runs from Kanata to Orléans.

Google favours businesses close to the searcher. Ranking in Centretown doesn’t mean you show up in Barrhaven, Kanata or Orléans.

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

Ottawa search, month by month

Snow. Storms. Spring. Each with its own rush.

We pulled twelve months of Google search volume for Ottawa. Snow removal runs from 110 searches a month to 1,900, and the searching starts in the fall, when people sign up for the season. Furnace repair climbs from 210 to 1,000 when the cold sets in, and plumbers see 1,900 to 5,400 every month of the year. Then the thaw flips it: landscaping goes from 320 to 1,600 in spring, tree removal from 90 to 590 and air conditioning from 90 to 1,000 in the heat. 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

110 to 1,900

Furnace repair

searches a month

210 to 1,000

Plumber

searches a month

1,900 to 5,400

Landscaping

searches a month

320 to 1,600

Tree removal

searches a month

90 to 590

Air conditioning

searches a month

90 to 1,000

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

Snow contracts are signed early.

In Ottawa, people pick a snow removal company for the whole winter, and they search for one before the first big snowfall. Rankings take weeks to build, so snow removal, landscaping and furnace companies need to hold the top three when people book, not after the snow arrives. Our 60-day page-one guarantee gives you a date to plan around.

Kanata and Orléans are their own markets.

“Dentist kanata” gets 1,000 to 3,600 searches a month and “dentist orleans” 880 to 4,400, beside 1,600 to 8,100 for “dentist ottawa”. People search by suburb, so we track the suburbs your customers live in, not only the city name, and show you where you stand in each.

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 storm season. A page-one ranking keeps bringing in leads without a per-click bill.

A tree service crew clearing an uprooted maple from a front lawn in an Ottawa suburb after a windstorm, beside a leaning hydro pole and a utility truck

May 21, 2022 in Ottawa

The derecho. 180,000 customers in the dark.

A derecho crossed Ottawa with winds of up to 190 km/h. At the peak, 180,000 Hydro Ottawa customers had no power, and more than 400 hydro poles were damaged, the most in the utility’s history. Tree services, roofers, electricians, generator installers and restoration crews all got the calls at once. Even in a normal year, tree removal searches in Ottawa run from 90 a month to 590. When the next storm hits, people search, and they call the businesses Google shows first.

Source: Hydro Ottawa

Get in the top three before the next storm

SEO results in Ontario and across Canada

Ontario first. Then the rest of Canada.

Google search · Oakville, Ontario

Burloak Centre Dentistry

#1

for emergency
and cosmetic
dentistry in Oakville

Google search for emergency dental care centre Oakville with Burloak Centre Dentistry in first place
“Emergency dental care centre Oakville” on Google: Burloak in first place.

An Ontario dental practice, first on Google for “emergency dental care centre Oakville” and “cosmetic dentistry Oakville”, with five dental searches in the top three. In Ottawa, “dentist ottawa” alone gets 1,600 to 8,100 searches a month.

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Google search · Barrie, Ontario

Chapman McAlpine

#1

First on Google for “Barrie family lawyers”. Law is a steady search in Ottawa too: family lawyer searches run from 880 to 1,300 a month.

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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

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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 Kanata to Orléans.

Google Maps doesn’t show everyone the same results. Someone searching in Centretown sees a different top three from someone in Kanata or across the river in Gatineau. So we don’t check your ranking from one spot. We run your searches from a grid of points across Ottawa 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 Ottawa. Each dot is one search location and the number is where the business shows on Google Maps from there.

How our Ottawa SEO works

Day 1 to page one.

  1. Day 1

    Audit and the plan

    We search your services across Ottawa 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 Ottawa and Ontario 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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 Kanata to Orléans, 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 Ottawa and Ontario 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 Ottawa. 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 Ottawa

Plumbers, dentists, snow crews. The searches Ottawa runs on.

Plumber: 1,900 to 5,400 searches a month

Heating, cooling and plumbing

HVAC runs 880 to 1,600 searches a month, furnace repair 210 to 1,000 and heat pumps 140 to 1,300. “Plumber kanata” adds 210 to 1,000 more.

Dentist: 1,600 to 8,100 a month

Dentists and clinics

Kanata adds 1,000 to 3,600 and Orléans 880 to 4,400. Burloak Centre Dentistry is #1 on Google for emergency and cosmetic dentistry in Oakville.

Movers: 2,900 to 5,400 a month

Moving and storage

Storage runs 1,300 to 1,900 searches a month. 24/7 Movers is #1 on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords.

Snow removal: 110 to 1,900 a month

Snow removal and landscaping

Kanata alone climbs to 720 a month in winter. Landscaping runs 320 to 1,600 and lawn care 90 to 720 when the snow melts. Each rush is short, and it goes to the businesses Google shows first.

Roofing: 320 to 1,600 a month

Roofing and exteriors

Window replacement runs 210 to 2,400 searches a month and gutter cleaning 40 to 720. After a winter of freeze and thaw, the roofers already on the map are the ones homeowners find first.

Family lawyer: 880 to 1,300 a month

Law firms

Real estate lawyer searches run 390 to 590 more. Chapman McAlpine is #1 on Google for “Barrie family lawyers”.

Mortgage broker: 1,300 to 2,900 a month

Mortgage and real estate

Real estate agent searches run 210 to 1,000 a month. EquityRich is #1 on Google for “commercial mortgage Toronto” and cited in Google’s AI answers.

Don’t see yours?

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

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

Areas we serve around Ottawa

Every corner of Ottawa. And both sides of the river.

Centretown, the ByWard Market and the Glebe are packed with law firms, clinics and agencies chasing the same few spots. Westboro, Hintonburg and Little Italy run on walk-in trade and near-me searches. Suburbs from Kanata and Stittsville to Barrhaven and Orléans are full of families who need a plumber, a roofer or a dentist close to home, and Gatineau, Rockland and Carleton Place are markets in their own right. Google shows different businesses in each one, so each one gets its own plan.

Inside Ottawa

  • Centretown
  • ByWard Market
  • The Glebe
  • Westboro
  • Hintonburg
  • Little Italy
  • Sandy Hill
  • New Edinburgh
  • Alta Vista
  • Vanier
  • Nepean
  • Kanata
  • Stittsville
  • Barrhaven
  • Riverside South
  • Orléans
  • Gloucester
  • Manotick

Around Ottawa

  • GatineauQuebec side
  • ChelseaQuebec side
  • CantleyQuebec side
  • RocklandEast
  • RussellEast
  • EmbrunEast
  • KemptvilleSouth
  • Smiths FallsSouthwest
  • PerthSouthwest
  • Carleton PlaceWest
  • AlmonteWest
  • ArnpriorWest

Our SEO guarantees

Your Ottawa rankings, on a deadline. Day 20 and day 60, in writing.

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 Ottawa 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, Kanata to Orléans

One page with the city name swapped in

Rank tracking

A ranking grid across Ottawa 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: Ottawa 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 Ottawa.

A free 30-minute strategy call on Google Meet. We search your service in Ottawa, 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

Ottawa SEO, answered.

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

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01 How much does SEO cost in Ottawa?

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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa?

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 Ottawa?

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 storm 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 an Ottawa 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 Have you ranked businesses in Ontario?

Yes. Burloak Centre Dentistry is #1 on Google for “emergency dental care centre Oakville” and “cosmetic dentistry Oakville”, Chapman McAlpine is #1 for “Barrie family lawyers”, and EquityRich is #1 for “commercial mortgage Toronto”. Candace and Basil went from #10 to #1 on Google Maps in Mississauga. On the call, we show you results in your own industry.

06 Do you work with businesses in Gatineau too?

Yes. Google treats Gatineau as its own market, even though it sits across the river, so a business that serves both sides gets its own pages and search targets for each. We track the searches your customers actually type, in English and in French, and show you where you stand on both sides of the river.

07 How do I choose an SEO company in Ottawa?

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 Ottawa?

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 Ottawa location.

09 My business is in Kanata, Barrhaven or Orléans. Can I rank across Ottawa too?

Yes. Google Maps favours businesses close to the person searching, so you win your own area first. Then we build a page for each part of Ottawa 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 Ottawa, snow removal searches climb from 110 a month to 1,900, and people sign up for the season before the first big snowfall. Furnace repair climbs from 210 to 1,000 when the cold sets in, and landscaping from 320 to 1,600 in spring. 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 Ottawa?

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

12 Can I rank in Ottawa and Kanata at the same time?

Yes. Google shows different businesses in each, so each area 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 Ottawa businesses?

Yes. Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for, so we earn mentions and links from Ottawa and Ontario 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 Ottawa. 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.