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WooCommerce Stores in Canada

Updated Nov 15 2024

There are 75,046 live WooCommerce stores in Canada.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on WooCommerce stores in Canada.

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WooCommerce Growth in Canada

  • WooCommerce stores in Canada increased 7.7% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q3.
  • WooCommerce stores in Canada increased 39% year-over-year in 2024 Q3.

Here is WooCommerce's quarter-over-quarter growth in Canada.

Quarter
Active Stores
2020 Q1
32,465
2020 Q2
36,267
2020 Q3
39,264
2020 Q4
18,775
2021 Q1
49,392
2021 Q2
48,998
2021 Q3
51,860
2021 Q4
55,388
2022 Q1
58,442
2022 Q2
60,791
2022 Q3
62,678
2022 Q4
62,209
2023 Q1
63,806
2023 Q2
67,960
2023 Q3
71,870
2023 Q4
74,726
2024 Q1
75,683
2024 Q2
78,546
2024 Q3
77,223
2024 Q4 (to date)
75,046
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 WooCommerce store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Top Categories For WooCommerce Stores In Canada

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for WooCommerce stores in Canada.

  • 10.9% of WooCommerce stores in Canada sell Home & Garden products.
  • 8.2% of WooCommerce stores in Canada sell Food & Drink products.
  • 7.0% of WooCommerce stores in Canada sell Business & Industrial products.

Social Media Usage On WooCommerce 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.

  • Facebook is used by 48.5% of WooCommerce stores in Canada.
  • Instagram is used by 44.2% of WooCommerce stores in Canada.
  • Twitter is used by 19.0% of WooCommerce stores in Canada.
Type
Stores
Facebook
36,388
Instagram
33,186
Twitter
14,244
YouTube
11,016
LinkedIn
8,293
Pinterest
4,090
Tiktok
2,348
Facebook Group
1,278

Contact Information On WooCommerce 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.

  • 74% of WooCommerce stores in Canada provide a phone number on their website
  • 59% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
55,518
Email
44,486

Provinces With The Most WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce stores in Canada. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 6,503 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in Ontario.
  • 2,884 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in British Columbia.
  • 2,835 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in Quebec.

Cities With The Most WooCommerce Stores in Canada

Here is the city distribution of WooCommerce stores in Canada. Note that we're only showing the top 15 locations here but you can see the full list within Store Leads.

  • 61,145 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in Unknown.
  • 2,243 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in Toronto.
  • 992 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in Montreal.
City
Stores
61,145
2,243
992
962
618
477
417
284
214
203
182
174
167

Top WooCommerce Apps in Canada

Here are the top 10 apps, ordered by number of installs, across all WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce stores in Canada

  • 97.4% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have Unknown employees.
  • 1.4% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.5% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have 10 - 24 employees.

Here is the breakdown of WooCommerce stores in Canada by the number of employees.

Employees
Stores
Unknown
73,092
1 - 9
1,068
10 - 24
365
25 - 49
198
50 - 99
110
100 - 249
101
250 - 999
50
1000 - 4999
41
5000+
21

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In Canada

  • 4.5% of WooCommerce stores in Canada ship by Canada Post.
  • 1.9% of WooCommerce stores in Canada ship by UPS.
  • 1.3% of WooCommerce stores in Canada ship by Fedex.

Here are the top shipping carriers for WooCommerce stores in Canada.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
Canada Post
3,365
UPS
1,451
Fedex
969
Purolator
775
USPS
674
Royal Mail
33
DHL
21
Australia Post
13
China Post
10
ORLEN
6

Top-level Domain Distribution For WooCommerce Stores In Canada

.com is the most common top-level domain, by far, for world-wide WooCommerce stores. Some countries have been faster than others to adopt alternate (such as country-specific) top-level domains.

  • 55.0% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have a .ca domain.
  • 40.0% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have a .com domain.
  • 1.4% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have a .org domain.

Here is the top-level domain distribution for WooCommerce stores in Canada.

Top-level Domain
Stores
.ca
41,267
.com
30,041
.org
1,020
.net
591
.shop
337
.co
322
.store
184
.online
88
.qc.ca
85
.io
73

Top WooCommerce Stores In Canada

Here are the top stores in Canada ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Visual Capitalist
547
2016/12/30
ThermoPro
2,387
2018/06/29
Paddling Magazine
3,037
2016/12/30
Stephanie Kay Nutrition
3,904
2018/01/05
Farm Boy
4,543
2016/12/30

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