Toronto · veterinary clinics

Web design for
veterinary clinics in Toronto.

This page is the Toronto slice of a survey of 65 veterinary practices — every listing on Google Maps, every website opened by hand. 1 of the 57 sites do not work on a phone.

Veterinary practices listed in Toronto65
Veterinary clinics with a working website57
No website on the Toronto listing at all0
Site that does not load or is parked1
Working but visibly dated18
Veterinary clinics whose site fails on a phone1 (2%)
Still served without HTTPS1
Copyright line 2011 or earlier6
No opening hours on the Google listing11
Median Google reviews among Toronto veterinary clinics389
Median Google rating in Toronto4.6

Those 65 listings were checked one at a time. 12 of the 57 sites came through with nothing wrong; the rest had at least one of the problems above.

What they are built on

6 platforms,
no clear winner.

We identified 6 different platforms behind the 57 sites in Toronto. WordPress accounts for 15 of them. 1 sit on a free or entry-level builder — a fair reading of how much the business has put into being found.

WordPress15 (26%)
Wix3 (5%)
Squarespace2 (4%)
GoDaddy Builder1 (2%)
Duda1 (2%)
Hand-built or unidentified35 (61%)

What actually breaks

No enquiry form anywhere on the site
on 21 of them.

Sorted by how often it appears, the fault list for veterinary clinics in Toronto starts with no enquiry form anywhere on the site (21 sites) and no structured data for google to read (13). Both are cheap to fix and neither requires rebuilding anything.

Veterinary clinics in Toronto with no enquiry form21 of 57
Veterinary clinics with no structured data13 of 57
Page titles that never say “Toronto”12 of 57
Veterinary clinics still serving markup from the 2000s11 of 57
Veterinary clinics measuring nothing at all11 of 57
Veterinary clinics letting Google write their description9 of 57

We would start at the bottom of that list, not the top — page title does not name the city they work in affects fewer sites here (12), which means fixing it puts you ahead of the 45 that already have it right only if the basics are done too.

Who you are up against

365 reviews
from the top five.

The five most-reviewed veterinary clinics in Toronto hold 2,567, 1,000, 866, 816, 754. The middle of the field sits at 389, the lower quarter below 174 and the upper quarter above 617. 34 of the 65 are past 100 reviews and 5 hold a rating of 4.9 or better.

Toronto is the 1st largest market for veterinary clinics in our survey of the GTA, with 65 of them against 637 across the region. Review counts are not comparable between trades, so none of this means anything outside veterinary clinics.

Quietest quarter of Toronto veterinary clinicsunder 174 reviews
Median veterinary clinic in Toronto389 reviews
Busiest quarterover 617 reviews
Most-reviewed veterinary clinic in Toronto2,567 reviews
Top five running a secure, mobile site4 of 5

What this means for you

The Toronto leaders
already fixed this.

4 of the five most-reviewed veterinary clinics in Toronto run a secure site that works on a phone. Between them they hold 6,003 reviews. That is the standard a customer compares you against before reading a word about you.

The 0 veterinary practices in Toronto with no site at all start at $590; a practice replacing something older sits higher. Either way it is paid after delivery, not before. Full pricing.

Related.

Veterinary clinics across the GTA All trades in Toronto The full GTA report

Veterinary clinics elsewhere in the GTA: Mississauga Brampton Scarborough Etobicoke Oakville Burlington

Other trades in Toronto: Dentists Law firms Accountants Plumbers Clinics Medical practices

Questions

Straight answers.

How many veterinary clinics are there in Toronto?

65 listings, of which 12 have a website with nothing technically wrong with it. The remaining 53 are either missing a site, running a broken one, or running one with at least one fault we could see from outside.

How many Google reviews do I need to compete in Toronto?

To be average in Toronto you need 389. To be in the top quarter you need more than 617. To be visible next to the busiest veterinary clinic here you would need 2,567, which took them years. 5 of the 65 already hold a 4.9 rating, so the rating is not what separates them.

What does a website for a veterinary clinic in Toronto cost?

Between $590 and $3,900 depending on the size of the practice and how many services need their own page, paid after the site is built and you have seen it. Hosting, edits, your Google Business Profile and ongoing SEO run $129 to $990 a month, cancellable any month.

Before you decide anything

Find out whether
you have a problem.

Most people asking about a rebuild do not need one. The free check opens your site, looks at how it behaves on a phone, whether it is secure and how old the page is, and tells you which of those apply to you.

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If you want
one built.

We build the site, you look at it, and you pay once it is finished and you are happy with it. Hosting, edits and the Google listing carry on monthly, cancellable any month.

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