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WooCommerce Stores in Canada

Updated Jan 31 2025

There are 75,007 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 decreased -1.1% quarter-over-quarter in 2024 Q4.
  • WooCommerce stores in Canada increased 1% year-over-year in 2024 Q4.

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
75,832
2025 Q1 (to date)
75,007
Active Stores by Quarter
2020 Q12020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q32021 Q42022 Q12022 Q22022 Q32022 Q42023 Q12023 Q22023 Q32023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q32024 Q42025 Q1010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00080,000

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.
  • 8.1% of WooCommerce stores in Canada sell Food & Drink products.
  • 7.0% of WooCommerce stores in Canada sell Business & Industrial products.
NoneHome & GardenFood & DrinkBusiness & IndustrialBeauty & FitnessPeople & SocietyHealthApparelJobs & EducationArts & EntertainmentSportsAutos & VehiclesComputersTravel

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 47.5% of WooCommerce stores in Canada.
  • Instagram is used by 43.9% of WooCommerce stores in Canada.
  • Twitter is used by 18.8% of WooCommerce stores in Canada.
Type
Stores
Facebook
35,619
Instagram
32,930
Twitter
14,064
YouTube
11,074
LinkedIn
8,277
Pinterest
3,957
Tiktok
2,464
Facebook Group
1,269

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
55,688
Email
44,359

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.

  • 6,262 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in Ontario.
  • 2,794 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in British Columbia.
  • 2,746 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.

  • 61,606 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in Unknown.
  • 2,143 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in Toronto.
  • 961 WooCommerce stores in Canada are based in Montreal.
City
Stores
61,606
2,143
961
936
593
462
402
275
214
199
171
167
154

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
73,089
1 - 9
1,042
10 - 24
362
25 - 49
200
50 - 99
107
100 - 249
100
250 - 999
46
1000 - 4999
42
5000+
19
Unknown

Top Shipping Carriers For WooCommerce Stores In Canada

  • 4.6% of WooCommerce stores in Canada ship by Canada Post.
  • 2.0% 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
3,423
UPS
1,510
Fedex
984
USPS
863
Purolator
851
Royal Mail
34
DHL
22
Australia Post
13
La Poste
10
China Post
10

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.

  • 54.3% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have a .ca domain.
  • 39.8% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have a .com domain.
  • 1.4% of WooCommerce stores in Canada have a .shop domain.

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

Top-level Domain
Stores
.ca
40,760
.com
29,825
.shop
1,046
.org
1,019
.net
567
.co
303
.store
212
.online
87
.qc.ca
84
.io
72
.ca.com

Top WooCommerce Stores In Canada

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Visual Capitalist
567
2016/12/30
Paddling Magazine
2,929
2016/12/30
Stephanie Kay Nutrition
3,628
2018/01/05
Exo Terra
3,810
2016/12/30
Canada
3,813
2016/12/30

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