The 11 Best Web Design Agencies in Toronto

Adrian Martinez suits small businesses that want to deal with one designer from quote to launch. Based on Bayview Avenue in North York, he has more than 25 years of experience and builds sites in WordPress with Elementor and WooCommerce. Prices are published: $3,000 for a site of up to five pages with a year of hosting, or $4,500 for up to 12 pages with SEO strategy and copywriting. Clients get full ownership and admin access after final payment.

Websites.ca suits small businesses that would rather pay a monthly fee than a large upfront build cost. Its package is $75 a month with a 12-month prepayment and includes design time, a domain, five email addresses, managed WordPress hosting and support. The company has built websites since 1999, with a Toronto office on King Street East and its head office in Winnipeg. Nightly backups and security monitoring are part of the hosting.

Web Sharx suits small businesses that want a website, logo and printed materials from one supplier on an entry-level budget. From offices on King Street West and in Mississauga, it builds custom and e-commerce sites on WordPress and WooCommerce. Graphic design covers logos, flyers, business cards and even wedding invitations, while marketing covers SEO, paid search and social media. Website design starts at $1,000, and quotes are free.

Eggs Media suits small and mid-sized businesses that want a WordPress site quickly and at a known starting price. The downtown agency near Dundas Square works mainly in WordPress and WooCommerce, with Shopify, Magento and Laravel for some projects. Web design projects start at $3,500, and a straightforward design customization can take two to three weeks once content is ready. Month-to-month SEO and maintenance plans are also available.

Canadian Web Designs suits small businesses that want a flat-rate website on a familiar platform. Founded in 2014, it has a team of more than 25 designers, developers and marketers and builds on WordPress, Shopify and Wix. Alongside design it handles SEO, paid search, social media, maintenance and app development, with industry pages for plumbers, dentists and lawyers. It works without long-term contracts and also has an office in Brampton.

Pixelcarve suits developers, architects and other firms whose website has to sell large projects or properties. The King Street West agency has built websites for 25 years, for clients such as RioCan Living, Greybrook, Adamson Associates Architects and The Lauderdale. Beyond design and development, it produces video, including cinematic trailers, and handles branding, content and inbound marketing. Hosting, monitoring and maintenance packages are available once a site is live.

The Story suits franchises and multi-location organizations that need every location page to stay on brand. Its location management system gives each branch a page that can be found in search, with a searchable map and directory, and clients can update pages without a developer. The studio on Eglinton Avenue East also handles copywriting, e-commerce, local SEO and AODA accessibility compliance. Its work includes an education brand with more than 30 locations.

Simplistics suits creative agencies and schools that need a dependable development partner. The studio on St. Clair Avenue West designs and builds WordPress and e-commerce sites, custom web solutions and mobile apps, with SEO and accessibility optimization among its services. Logos on its site include the University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, Purolator and GroupM. A warranty page sets out its commitments after launch, and a first quote can be requested online.

Timofey.ca suits trades and local service businesses that want a custom WordPress site without theme or page-builder bloat. The North York studio, led by Timofey Potseluiev, has more than 20 years of experience and builds business sites, landing pages and WooCommerce stores. Schema markup, speed optimization and local SEO copy are built in, and the client owns the design, code and content. Maintenance is optional and billed month to month.

Shift8 suits organizations that need a custom site with integrations or a web application behind it. Working from Geary Avenue since 2008, the team builds custom WordPress themes with Gutenberg blocks rather than page builders, as well as WooCommerce and Shopify stores and apps in Laravel, React and Next.js. Clients have included Aroma Espresso Bar, Specsavers, Suzuki Canada and Covenant House Toronto. A proposal follows within three to five business days of a discovery call.

Parachute suits B2B firms, institutions and professional services that need a fully custom WordPress site with accessibility built in. The studio has built websites since 2003, uses no purchased themes or page builders, and designs to WCAG 2.2 Level AA. Founder Jay Eckert is a Registered Graphic Designer, and clients include SickKids, Intact Insurance and the Government of Ontario. Prices are published, with most websites between $35,000 and $60,000.