What a Website Costs for a Salon, Spa or Barbershop in Canada

Ask five people what a salon website costs and you will get five answers between free and fifteen thousand dollars. They are all telling the truth, because they are describing different things.

There are four ways a small appointment business usually gets a website. Here is what each one costs in Canada right now and what you get for it, with the source of every number.

Route 1: Build it yourself on a builder

The software is cheap. Your time is the real cost.

What the builders charge. In October 2026, Squarespace's Canadian pricing page listed its Basic plan at CA$30 a month on monthly billing, or CA$21 a month paid annually, and its Core plan at CA$45 or CA$32. GoDaddy's builder listed its Starter plan at C$12.99 a month billed annually, with appointment booking only on its Professional plan at C$32.99. Wix's plans page, as we viewed it, listed prices in US dollars. Its Light plan, the cheapest that removes Wix branding and connects your own domain, was listed at $17 a month billed annually, and its plans with booking features started at Core, $29 a month. Several of these pages carried first-year promotions, so expect the renewal to be higher than the sticker.

On Squarespace's two cheapest plans, that works out to roughly CA$250 to CA$550 for the first year.

The add-on you probably do not need. Builders sell their own booking tools. Squarespace's scheduling is a separate subscription on top of the site plan, and Wix keeps its booking features off the cheapest plan. If you already book through Fresha, Booksy, Square or Jane, you do not need any of it. A button on the site that opens your existing booking page does the job, and your calendar stays in one place. We covered that setup in do you still need a website if you book through Fresha.

The time. Wix's own guide estimates 20 to 40 hours, spread over a few weeks, to build a site. Wix sells the builder, so treat that as the optimistic end. Then the changes after launch are yours too, every time a price or an hour moves.

Good fit if you enjoy this kind of work and will actually keep the prices current.

Route 2: A freelancer

The widest range of the four, because the people doing it range from a student to a seasoned designer.

What they charge. Canadian sources that publish numbers put a freelancer-built small business site at roughly $500 to $3,000. One Canadian agency's guide, based on its own projects, put it at $599 to about $3,000, plus $69 to $199 a month for ongoing care. A Canadian host's guide gave $500 to $3,000 for the design and $50 to $150 a month for maintenance. Both sell the thing they are pricing, and nobody has published an independent survey, so read these as a rough guide.

What to ask before you hire one. Whose account is the site built in? Whose name is the domain registered in? Who makes changes after launch, and how fast? What does each change cost? A good freelancer answers all of these without hesitating. The common failure is a nice site that nobody updates because the freelancer moved on.

Good fit if you know someone good who will still be around next year.

Route 3: A template service with a monthly plan

A provider builds your site on a layout they have already proven, then a monthly plan covers hosting and changes. You pay less up front than a custom build, and the monthly plan carries the rest.

This is what Tekton Sites does, so here are our numbers as one example, in Canadian dollars before sales tax. The investment for the website is $299. Then a monthly plan at $129, on a 12-month term and month to month after that. The first year all in comes to $1,847.

Other providers price this model differently, so compare what each monthly plan includes. Look for how many minutes of changes you get and how fast they happen, and check who owns the domain.

Good fit if you want it done properly and kept current without doing it yourself.

Route 4: An agency custom build

What they charge. Canadian agencies and hosts that publish prices put a custom small business site at roughly $3,000 to $15,000, and more for online stores or complex booking. One agency's guide added $200 to $600 a month for ongoing work. Same caution as above: these are sellers' numbers.

Good fit if you have several locations or sell products online. The same goes for anything a template genuinely cannot do. For a single salon, spa or barbershop it is usually more website than the business needs.

The costs nobody mentions until year two

The domain renewal. Builders often include a free domain for the first year only. A .ca domain renews at roughly C$15 to C$25 a year at mainstream registrars; Namecheap listed .ca renewals at C$21.36 in October 2026.

First-year promotions. Several builder prices above are introductory. Check the renewal price before you commit to a year.

Changes. Your prices will change. Somebody has to update the site, and that time or money belongs in the comparison.

Photos. Your own phone photos of your real work beat stock photos, and they cost nothing but ten minutes on a slow afternoon.

How to choose

Skip the price for a minute and ask who will keep the site current a year from now. If the honest answer is you, and you enjoy it, a builder is the cheapest route by far. If you know a good freelancer who will stay around, that works too. If changes are going to slip because you are busy with clients, pay for a plan that includes them. If you have several locations or sell online, talk to an agency.

If you are in Ontario and want the general version of this guide, here is what a small business website should cost in Ontario.

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