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A restaurant website in Canada in 2026 costs anywhere from CAD 800 (DIY Squarespace) to CAD 25,000 (custom build with online ordering, table reservations, loyalty, and POS sync). The right number depends on whether you need delivery, multi-location, bilingual EN/FR, and integration with platforms like UberEats, DoorDash Canada, TouchBistro, or Square. Here is what each tier actually buys you.
Single-location cafes, bakeries, food trucks with under 200 covers/week
Independent full-service restaurants in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal
Chains with 2-10 locations, ghost kitchens, high-volume QSR
Restaurant groups, franchises, fast-growing chains expanding nationally
Native ordering adds CAD 3K-8K but saves 15-30% commission per order vs UberEats/DoorDash. Pays back in 60-90 days for most restaurants.
Each additional location adds CAD 500-1,200 in setup (menus, hours, addresses, schema) but minimal recurring cost.
Toast, Square, TouchBistro, Lightspeed integrations range from CAD 800 (Square — easy) to CAD 4K (custom POS — hard).
Adds CAD 1,500-3,500 depending on volume of menu items and content pages.
Professional food photography in Canada: CAD 1,200-3,500/day. Most sites need 1-2 days. Critical for conversion.
OpenTable: CAD 35/cover network fee. Resy: CAD 249-899/mo. SevenRooms: CAD 600-2K/mo. Tock: 2% per booking.
DIY (Squarespace, Wix, Square Online) costs CAD 25-50/month and works fine for a cafe with simple needs, but you will hit walls fast: no native ordering, no loyalty, weak SEO, generic look. Canadian freelancers charge CAD 60-110/hr for WordPress work — quality varies wildly, and most cannot integrate POS or build custom ordering flows. Canadian agencies (Brik, Diff, local Toronto/Vancouver studios) charge CAD 12K-40K for a restaurant site, deliver agency-grade work, and own the entire stack. We sit between freelancer and agency: agency-grade output (Figma -> Next.js -> POS-integrated), freelancer pricing (CAD 3.5K-15K), with a dedicated PM. Honest: if you want to build a CAD 5M+ chain, hire a Canadian agency that knows your local POS partners. If you want a great independent restaurant site without the agency markup, we are a strong fit.
Our Standard tier (CAD 3.5K-7.5K) covers what most Canadian agencies quote at CAD 12K-22K. Pro tier (CAD 8K-15K) covers multi-location builds that Canadian shops bill at CAD 25K-50K. The gap is not quality — same WordPress, same Next.js, same Toast integration. The gap is overhead: a Toronto agency carries CAD 120K-180K of yearly salary cost per dev; we carry CAD 40K-60K. We pass that savings to you. We have shipped 50+ restaurant sites for Canadian clients in the past 3 years.
WordPress + OpenTable + Square Online ordering + photography
Next.js + native ordering + Toast integration + bilingual EN/FR + loyalty
WordPress bilingual EN/FR + reservation + WooCommerce gift cards + photo shoot
Square is easiest for cafes and small restaurants (free POS, low transaction fees in CAD). Toast is best for full-service restaurants under 5 locations (great integrations, USD 69-165/month + processing). TouchBistro is Canadian-built, iPad-based, popular with independent restaurants. Lightspeed (Montreal-based) is strong for chains. We integrate all four.
For most restaurants doing more than CAD 8K/month in delivery, yes — UberEats and DoorDash Canada charge 15-30% commission, you charge nothing on your own site. CAD 5K invested in native ordering typically pays back in 60-120 days at moderate volume, then saves CAD 20K-100K/year forever.
Starter: 1-2 weeks. Standard: 4-6 weeks. Pro multi-location: 8-12 weeks. Enterprise: 14-20 weeks. Photography and menu prep usually adds 2-4 weeks if you do not have assets ready.
Local SEO is mostly about Google Business Profile + reviews + local citations + schema markup on your site. We set all four up in every build. Most clients see top-3 map pack rankings for their primary cuisine + city within 90-120 days.
Yes if you operate in Quebec — Bill 96 requires French equally prominent. We do bilingual EN/FR with WPML or hreflang on Next.js. Adds CAD 1.5K-3.5K to budget. We have shipped 8 EN/FR Quebec restaurant sites.