Boreal Lab Studio · Guides
Website guides for Canadian businesses.
Plain answers to what owners ask before they pay for a website: what it costs, which platform to use, and what the site has to do. Prices are in Canadian dollars.
Small business websites
- How much a small business website costs in OntarioBuilder, freelancer, studio or agency, and our own prices in plain numbers.
- Hiring a Squarespace, Wix or WordPress designerWhen to keep your platform, what a designer should do on it, and who owns what.
- Professional email signatures for a small businessWhat a signature should hold, and how to make it look right in Gmail, Outlook and on phones.
- Logo design for a small businessWhat you should get from a logo project, the files you need, and how to brief a designer.
- How much a website costs in CanadaPrice ranges by who builds it, what moves the number, and the yearly costs after launch.
- A free homepage mockup before you payWhat a free concept should include, what it does not, and how to tell a real free offer from a deposit.
- How to choose a web designerFreelancer, studio or agency, and twelve questions about ownership, price and the work.
- What a website redesign costsWhen to redesign, when to fix what you have, and how to keep your Google rankings through the move.
- What website maintenance costs each monthWhat a care plan covers, what hosting alone covers, and what happens when nobody looks after a site.
- Shopify store design and setupWhat a store needs before it opens in Canada: theme, products, taxes, shipping and payments.
- Hiring a Webflow or Framer designerWhich of the two fits your site, what each is good at, and what stays in your name.
- Website design for contractors and tradesWhat a plumber, electrician, roofer or landscaper needs online to get calls from the right jobs.
Web design by town
- Web design in Bradford West GwillimburyWebsites for Bradford and Innisfil businesses, and how local customers find them.
- Web design in BarrieWebsites for Barrie businesses that serve the city, the cottage traffic and the 400 corridor.
- Web design in NewmarketWebsites for Newmarket and Aurora businesses competing with the rest of York Region.
- Web design in TorontoWhat Toronto web design costs, how to compare studios, and how a small business stands out.
Trucking and freight websites
- What the best trucking company websites haveThe eight things strong carrier websites share, with a checklist to score your own.
- How much a trucking website costs in CanadaBuilder, freelancer, studio or agency: what each costs and what drives the price.
- Wix, Squarespace, WordPress or custom for a trucking companyWhich platform fits a carrier, and when a custom build is worth it.
- A website for an owner-operatorWhat one truck needs online to win direct freight and pass a broker’s check.
- A driver recruiting page that gets applicationsHow Canadian carriers turn AZ and DZ job seekers into finished applications.
- How to choose a trucking website designerThe questions to ask before you hire anyone to build a carrier website.
- Trucking company website design in the GTAWhat a carrier in Brampton, Mississauga and the rest of the GTA needs on its site.
- Ontario carrier website studyWhat 387 Ontario carrier websites had on them when we checked in November 2026.
See your own homepage first
Boreal Lab Studio starts every project with a free homepage concept of your own site, on desktop and phone. You pay only after you approve it. See the studio’s work and every plan.