Store Leads
Shopify Stores in Canada
There are 128,163 live Shopify stores in Canada.
In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in Canada.
- Shopify growth in Canada
- Top categories for Shopify stores in Canada
- Social media usage on Shopify stores in Canada
- Contact information on Shopify stores in Canada
- Shopify Plus Stores in Canada
- Provinces with the most Shopify stores in Canada
- Cities with the most Shopify stores in Canada
- Top Shopify apps in Canada
- Number of employees for Shopify stores in Canada
- Top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in Canada
- Top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in Canada
- Top Shopify stores in Canada
Shopify Growth in Canada
Shopify's worldwide quarter-over-quarter growth has been quite impressive over the last few years, and that trend is visible within most countries.
- Shopify stores in Canada increased 6.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q1.
- Shopify stores in Canada increased 33% year-over-year in 2024 Q1.
Here is Shopify's quarter-over-quarter growth in Canada.
Active Stores by Quarter
Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.
It's hard to know exactly when a Shopify store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.
Top Categories For Shopify Stores In Canada
Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for Shopify stores in Canada.
- 21.0% of Shopify stores in Canada sell Apparel products.
- 12.3% of Shopify stores in Canada sell Home & Garden products.
- 9.2% of Shopify stores in Canada sell Beauty & Fitness products.
Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In Canada
Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.
- Instagram is used by 50.7% of Shopify stores in Canada.
- Facebook is used by 39.4% of Shopify stores in Canada.
- YouTube is used by 11.1% of Shopify stores in Canada.
Contact Information On Shopify Stores In Canada
Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.
- 51% of Shopify stores in Canada have an email on their website
- 30% of Shopify stores in Canada provide a phone number on their website
Shopify Plus Stores In Canada
There are 1,720 Shopify Plus stores in Canada. For more information on Shopify Plus, read our Shopify Plus report.
Provinces With The Most Shopify Stores In Canada
It's relatively easy to identify the country in which an ecommerce store operates. However, very few ecommerce stores provide a location to the province-level or city-level and even fewer provide a street address.
Here is the province distribution of Shopify stores in Canada. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.
- 58,600 Shopify stores in Canada are based in Ontario.
- 23,617 Shopify stores in Canada are based in Quebec.
- 20,702 Shopify stores in Canada are based in British Columbia.
- 12,684 Shopify stores in Canada are based in Alberta.
Cities With The Most Shopify Stores in Canada
Here is the city distribution of Shopify stores in Canada. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.
- 17,114 Shopify stores in Canada are based in Toronto.
- 8,531 Shopify stores in Canada are based in Montreal.
- 7,485 Shopify stores in Canada are based in Ottawa.
Top Shopify Apps in Canada
Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores in Canada.
With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.
Number of Employees for Shopify stores in Canada
- 95.4% of Shopify stores in Canada have Unknown employees.
- 2.6% of Shopify stores in Canada have 1 - 9 employees.
- 0.8% of Shopify stores in Canada have 10 - 24 employees.
Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in Canada by the number of employees.
Top Shipping Carriers For Shopify Stores In Canada
- 10.8% of Shopify stores in Canada ship by Canada Post.
- 4.5% of Shopify stores in Canada ship by UPS.
- 3.6% of Shopify stores in Canada ship by USPS.
Here are the top shipping carriers for Shopify stores in Canada.
Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In Canada
.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide Shopify stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.
- 65.8% of Shopify stores in Canada have a .com domain.
- 27.4% of Shopify stores in Canada have a .ca domain.
- 1.4% of Shopify stores in Canada have a .co domain.
Here is the top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in Canada.
Top Shopify Stores In Canada
Here are the top stores in Canada ordered by worldwide store rank.
Get more insights on Shopify stores
Our search interface is easy to use and helps you find the Shopify stores that are relevant to you.
You can segment stores on a variety of dimensions:
- Social Media accounts
- Email address
- Phone numbers
- Country
- Installed Apps
- Theme and Theme Vendor
- Number of Products Sold
- Third-party technologies
- Creation date
- Platform
- Top-level domains
- Domain status
- Domain type
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