Hire Shopify Developer for Canada
Hire Shopify developers for your Canadian D2C store. Our devs build custom Liquid themes, headless Hydrogen storefronts on Next.js, private/public Shopify apps in Remix, and Shopify Plus migrations. Canadian Shopify agencies (Vaayu, Brik, Diff Agency) charge CAD 150-220/hr; we deliver Plus-grade work at CAD 35-55/hr — same Shopify ecosystem, same Polaris components, same App Store approval rate.
vs CAD 150-220/hr at Canadian Shopify Plus partners (Vaayu, Diff, Brik)
Project Types Shopify Developers Deliver
Custom Shopify themes (Online Store 2.0)
Headless storefronts on Hydrogen + Next.js
Private Shopify apps for internal workflows
Public Shopify App Store apps
Shopify Plus checkout extensibility (Checkout UI extensions)
Subscription stores with Recharge / Skio
B2B wholesale catalogs on Shopify Plus
Migration from Magento / WooCommerce / BigCommerce to Shopify
Hiring Models
Hourly (Theme work + fixes)
Best for theme customization, app integration, small features. Min 15 hrs/week.
Starting CAD 35/hour
Dedicated Monthly (160 hrs)
Full-time Shopify dev on your team. Owns theme, apps, integrations, A/B tests, conversion optimization.
CAD 5,000-8,500/month
Fixed-Scope (New Store or Migration)
Complete Shopify build — design, theme dev, app config, data migration, launch. 6-12 week timeline.
CAD 6K-35K depending on scope
Skills Covered
Real Projects Shipped
Custom Online Store 2.0 theme + Recharge subscription integration
Conversion rate +41% post-launch. Subscription revenue grew from 12% to 38% of total. Build cost: CAD 14K (Toronto agency quoted CAD 55K).
Headless Hydrogen storefront on Oxygen with Algolia search and Klaviyo
Lighthouse 98 mobile. AOV +22%. Returning customer rate up 31%. Total build CAD 38K over 14 weeks.
Bilingual (EN/FR) Shopify Plus store with Skio subscriptions
4,200 active subscribers within 6 months. Quebec sales 3x after FR localization. CAD 22K build.
Hiring Questions
Yes — we are a Shopify Partner agency with 5 Shopify-certified developers on the team (Theme Developer + App Developer certifications). We have shipped 40+ themes and 12 public apps to the Shopify App Store.
Yes — Checkout UI extensions, Shopify Functions for discounts and shipping, B2B catalogs, Flow workflows, and Plus-only APIs. We have migrated 6 brands from Shopify Standard to Plus in the past year.
Honest answer: 80% of D2C brands under USD 5M GMV should stick with Online Store 2.0 themes. Headless adds complexity, dev cost, and breaks several Shopify apps. Go headless only if you need: ultra-custom UX, multi-region/multi-language, or extreme performance for SEO. We will tell you straight up which fits.
Shopify Tax handles federal GST + provincial HST/PST/QST automatically for Canadian merchants. For B2B with tax-exempt customers, we configure tax overrides at the customer level. For US shipping from Canada, we integrate Avalara or TaxJar.
Yes — Canada Post is built into Shopify natively. For Purolator, FedEx Canada, and ICS Courier, we use ShipStation, Easyship, or ShipperHQ. Real-time rate calculation at checkout, automated label printing.