Shopify developers, CRO and growth marketing for Canadian brands that sell coast to coast, into Quebec in French and across the border into the US.
[ SHOPIFY AGENCY · TORONTO · VANCOUVER · MONTREAL · CALGARY · OTTAWA ]
[ ECOMMERCE IN CANADA ]
Canada is Shopify's home market: the platform was founded in Ottawa in 2006 and is still headquartered there. That also means Canadian shoppers know a good Shopify checkout when they see one, and they notice when a store treats them as an afterthought to the US. Prices in CAD, landed costs that don't surprise anyone at the door, and a storefront that works in French as well as English are the baseline, not extras.
The hard parts of selling in Canada are rarely the theme. They are tax that changes by province, a country where shipping a parcel across it can cost more than the product margin, a Quebec market with its own language and privacy rules, and a US border that stopped being duty-free for low-value parcels in 2025. Each of those touches the store build, the checkout and the marketing stack.
We work with Canadian DTC brands remotely, from Pakistan. We build and migrate Shopify and Shopify Plus stores, run conversion work on checkout and product pages, and run paid media and Klaviyo email and SMS programmes that respect Canada's anti-spam law. The city pages below cover what differs between Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and Ottawa; this page covers what applies everywhere.
[ SHOPIFY ESSENTIALS ]
Payments, tax, shipping and the rules that shape checkout, set up correctly from day one.
[ CITIES ]
What's different about selling in each of these Canada markets.
[ SERVICES ]
[ WORKING TOGETHER ]
Our team works in Pakistan time (UTC+5), and we're honest about what that means for Canada. Our fixed meeting slots, 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 16:00 Pakistan time on weekdays, fall overnight in Canada. In Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa the afternoon slot lands at roughly 4 to 6 a.m. in winter (5 to 7 a.m. in summer). Further west the morning slot is the usable one, in the late evening the day before: about 9 to 11 p.m. in Vancouver and 10 p.m. to midnight in Calgary in winter, an hour later in summer. In practice most of the work runs asynchronously. We build while you sleep, and written updates, staging links and recorded walkthroughs are waiting at the start of your day; you reply during your working hours and we pick it up the next morning our time. Live calls are booked into those slots for kick-offs, reviews and launches.
Live call times, Toronto time (Mon–Fri)
12am–2am & 4am–6am
1am–3am & 5am–7am in daylight saving time
Written updates every working day, with a shared project board you can check any time.
Book a call in your time zone[ RELATED WORK ]
Shopify projects for brands selling to customers in Canada and beyond.
01A luxury skincare storefront that pairs science-led products with an elegant, editorial shopping experience built for confidence and trust.
02A bright, story-driven home for The Glo Companies, bringing five sensory-play brands, wholesale and fulfillment together on one Shopify site.
03A premium, high-converting web experience for HeyBuddy built to explain the product clearly and turn curious pet parents into customers.
04A playful, high-energy storefront for Moo'd Up's better-for-you chocolate milk mix, built to make nutrition feel fun and subscriptions effortless.
[ FAQ ]
Once your worldwide taxable sales pass $30,000 over four consecutive calendar quarters, or in a single quarter, you are no longer a small supplier and must register and charge GST/HST. The rate then depends on where the customer is, not where you are. Quebec QST and BC PST have their own rules for sellers outside those provinces. We set up Shopify's tax settings; your accountant confirms the registrations.
If you actively sell to customers in Quebec, yes. The Charter of the French Language expects commercial websites, product information and advertising aimed at Quebec to be in French, and Bill 96 tightened enforcement from June 2025. Outside Quebec it is optional, but a French storefront also helps in Ottawa, New Brunswick and other bilingual regions. We build it with Shopify Markets so prices, URLs and content stay in sync.
Low-value parcels from Canada no longer enter the US duty-free, so every shipment needs customs data and duties paid by someone. The cleanest option is to collect duties and taxes at checkout (delivered duty paid) so your US customer is never asked to pay on the doorstep. We set this up through Shopify Markets or a cross-border logistics partner, and update product HS codes and countries of origin.
Yes. We build signup forms with unticked consent boxes and clear wording, record where and when each subscriber consented, and keep purchase-based implied consent separate so it can expire after two years. Every message identifies your business and carries a working unsubscribe link. For Quebec subscribers we also review cookie and tracking consent under Law 25. Final legal sign-off stays with your counsel.
No. We are a remote team based in Pakistan and work with brands worldwide, including in Canada, over Slack, email and video calls. Our meeting slots fall in the very early morning in Eastern Canada and the late evening on the West Coast, so we lean on detailed asynchronous updates that are ready when your day begins. Everything we build is delivered to your own Shopify account.
[ LET'S TALK ]
Tell us where your store is today and where you want it to go. We'll come back with clear next steps and a project scope.
