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Google Business Profile
The right primary category, a full services list, real photos, posts and accurate hours, including Canadian statutory holidays. It is the strongest map-pack input you control, so we tend it every week.
Local SEO · Canada · Google Business Profile
Rank where the next customer is standing.
Map-pack rankings, Google Business Profile, citations and reviews: the cheapest serious channel a local business has.
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In short
What is local SEO?
Local SEO is the work of getting your business found by nearby customers at the exact moment they search, in Google's map pack, on Google Maps, and in "near me" results. It is driven by your Google Business Profile, reviews, citations, geo-relevant pages and consistent business data, not a website alone. Angarum runs local SEO from Vancouver for service businesses and multi-location brands across Canada, so the people closest to you find you first.
- What it is: managed local SEO across Google Business Profile, citations, reviews and geo-pages.
- Who it is for: service businesses and multi-location brands that sell to a defined area.
- What's included: GBP management, NAP and citation cleanup, an ethical review workflow, on-page geo-pages and map-pack reporting.
- Fees / Timeline: from $450/month per location; most categories break into the map pack in 60 to 120 days.
ANGARUM MEDIA
Digital Growth Studio
Canada · United States
What you actually rank in
How do you land in the map pack's top three?
On a phone, the Google map pack takes up the entire first screen. Three businesses get the call. Everyone below the fold barely gets seen. Our job is to put your pin in the top three.
The mock is what someone searching “insurance broker near me” sees from a Vancouver postcode. Your business in the gold pin, two competitors below.
Google Maps · insurance broker near me · Vancouver, BC
A
Your Brokerage · Vancouver
★★★★★
B
Competitor Insurance Group
★★★★☆
C
Big-Box Insurance Inc.
★★★★☆
A live mock · representative of week-eight ranking
The 5 Levers
Five inputs. Pulled in this order.
Most Canadian businesses we audit have done two of these halfway. We work all five in order, because a strong review flow can’t fix a profile in the wrong category.
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Citations & NAP
One name, address and phone everywhere Canadians look: Apple Business Connect, Bing Places, Yelp, YellowPages.ca, Canada411, BBB, and trade sites like HomeStars or RateMDs. Mismatches quietly cost rankings.
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Reviews & Velocity
A request after every job, sent with CASL-compliant consent, and a reply to every review. No incentives and no fake reviews, which break Google’s rules and can count as deceptive marketing under the Competition Act.
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On-Page Geo
A page for each city or area you really serve, written for how people there search, with LocalBusiness schema and links between services and locations. French pages too, if you serve customers in French. Build your own with our free schema generator.
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Local Links
Your chamber of commerce and business improvement area, local sponsorships, supplier and partner sites, and community news. Ten links from your own town beat a hundred from nowhere.
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Monthly Report
Where you rank by keyword and postal code, plus calls, direction requests and website clicks from your profile. One page, plain language, every month.
What you’ll see
One report. The numbers that matter.
In week one we record where you stand today. Every monthly report compares against that starting point, so you can see what changed and what it brought in.
| What we report | Where it comes from | What progress looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Map-pack rank | A grid scan by keyword and postal code | Your main service moving into the top three across the area you serve |
| Calls from your profile | Google Business Profile performance | A rising trend, strongest in your busy season |
| Direction requests and website clicks | Google Business Profile performance | More people choosing you after they find you |
| Searches that found you | Google Business Profile performance | More service searches, like “furnace repair”, not just your name |
| Reviews | Your profile: count, rating and reviews in the last 90 days | A steady flow of recent reviews, each with a reply |
| Leads by source | Call and form tracking on your site | Each call and form tied to where it came from |
Local SEO moves at different speeds in different places. A small town with few competitors can shift in weeks; a crowded category in Vancouver or Toronto takes months. We tell you which one you are in before you start.
The Process
Audit before action. Always.
Rankings built on a messy profile or conflicting listings slip the moment a competitor gets organised. So the first month is mostly cleanup.
Week 1
Audit
We check your profile, every listing we can find, your reviews and where you rank today by keyword and postal code.
Week 2–4
Foundation
Profile fixes, duplicate and outdated listings cleaned up, consistent details across Canadian directories, schema added, posting calendar set.
Month 2–3
Growth
Review requests go live, area pages are published for the places you serve, and the first local link conversations start.
Monthly
Compound
Weekly posts, review replies within a day, a monthly ranking report and a few new local links every quarter.
Engagement · Anchor Prices
Per location. Discount stacks on multi-site.
A one-time setup covers the audit and cleanup; a monthly fee covers the ongoing work. Businesses with several locations get package pricing.
Starter
GBP, kept sharp
From
$450 / mo / loc
Profile management, listing cleanup, weekly posts and a monthly ranking report. A good fit for one location in a less crowded market.
Signature
Full local growth engine
From
$1,200 / mo / loc
Everything in Starter, plus review requests, area pages, local link building, schema and weekly reporting. For competitive categories and bigger cities.
Multi-Location
3+ locations, packaged
By engagement
25–40% off
The price per location falls after the third. Listings, schema and reporting are set up once and rolled out to every branch, coast to coast.
Begin a conversation
Tell us your city and the search that matters most.
Within one business day we'll tell you where you rank today, what is keeping you out of the top three, and whether we are the right team for it.
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Better when paired
Local SEO is sharper when these run alongside.
Google Ads
When the Local Services Ad sits above the map pack and your GBP sits inside it, you own the entire fold.
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Brand & Identity
GBP photos, cover image, post creative: all are surface area for a coherent brand. A scattershot brand reads as a scattershot business.
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Social & Content
Organic social posts double as GBP post content. The team shooting Instagram is the same team feeding the map-pack profile.
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Areas we serve
Local SEO across Canada, from our Vancouver studio.
Local SEO doesn’t need us on site, so we work with businesses in every province. In Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley we have a dedicated page for each community:
Surrey
Vancouver
Burnaby
Richmond
Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam
Langley
New Westminster
North Vancouver
Delta
Maple Ridge
Abbotsford
Across the rest of Canada, see how we work with businesses in:
ANGARUM MEDIA
Digital Growth Studio
Canada · United States
A studio, not a vendor
Built in Vancouver, run across Canada.
One team for search, social and the tracking behind them, and every account stays yours.
Frequently asked
Plain answers. No jargon.
What is local SEO?
Local SEO is the work of getting your business found by people nearby at the moment they search: in Google's map pack, on Google Maps and in 'near me' results. For a Canadian business it is driven by your Google Business Profile, consistent listings on Canadian directories, steady genuine reviews and pages for the areas you serve.
Do you do local SEO outside Vancouver?
Yes. Our studio is in Vancouver and we have dedicated pages for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, but we run local SEO for businesses across Canada, from Calgary and Edmonton to the GTA, Ottawa and Atlantic Canada. None of the work needs us on site.
Why is local SEO worth it for a Canadian small business?
Because the people who search for your service nearby are already looking to buy, and the top three map results get most of their calls and visits. Ranking there costs far less per customer than paid ads over time, and the profile, reviews and listings you build keep working month after month.
Which directories matter for local citations in Canada?
Start with Google Business Profile, Apple Business Connect and Bing Places, then Yelp, YellowPages.ca, Canada411 and the BBB. Add your chamber of commerce and the sites your customers use for your trade, such as HomeStars for home services or RateMDs for clinics. Consistency across them matters more than the number.
Can you handle French or bilingual listings?
Yes. If you serve customers in French, in Quebec or in bilingual markets such as Ottawa or New Brunswick, we build French pages and profile content alongside the English ones and reply to reviews in the language they were written in.
What's the difference between Local SEO and regular SEO?
Regular SEO competes for any user searching the keyword anywhere. Local SEO competes for the user searching the keyword from your service area: the 'map pack' results above the blue links. The signals are different (Google Business Profile, citations, geo-relevance, reviews) and so is the playbook. For organic rankings beyond the map, see our SEO services.
How long until I rank in the Google map pack?
It depends on your category and city. In smaller Canadian towns with little competition, businesses often move up within one to two months. In Vancouver, Toronto or Calgary, and in crowded categories such as legal, dental or renovation, expect two to four months to break into the top three and longer to hold it.
Do you manage Google Business Profile and reviews?
Yes. We manage your Google Business Profile end-to-end: posts, photos, Q&A, services list, attributes, and weekly posts. Reviews are handled with a workflow that lifts review velocity ethically, with no fake reviews and no incentives that violate Google's terms.
What Canadian rules apply to asking for reviews?
Fake reviews, paid reviews and reviews from staff can count as deceptive marketing under the Competition Act, and they break Google's policies. If you ask for reviews by email or text, Canada's anti-spam law, CASL, applies: you need consent, which a purchase in the last two years usually gives, plus your business details and an unsubscribe option.
How much does local SEO cost in Canada?
Our Starter plan is from $450 a month per location and Signature, which adds review requests, area pages and local link building, is from $1,200 a month per location. Businesses with three or more locations get package pricing, usually 25 to 40% less per location after the first three.
Will this work for multi-location businesses?
Yes, and it's where local SEO compounds hardest. Each location gets its own GBP, citations, geo-page and review workflow. The technical scaffolding (NAP consistency, schema, internal linking) is built once and applied to every location.
Who owns the Google Business Profile?
You do. The profile stays registered to your business and we are added as a manager. If you ever move on, we remove ourselves and everything, including reviews and photos, stays with you.
How do I rank higher on Google Maps?
Rank higher on Google Maps by strengthening the three signals Google weighs: relevance, distance, and prominence. A complete, correctly categorised Google Business Profile, a steady flow of genuine reviews, consistent name, address and phone data across directories, and geo-relevant pages on your site all move you up. There is no single switch; map-pack position is the sum of these signals maintained over time.
How many reviews do I need to rank in the map pack?
There is no fixed number. Google weighs review quantity, recency, rating and the words people use, so a steady stream of recent, detailed reviews usually beats a large but stale pile. What matters most is out-reviewing the businesses currently in your map pack and keeping the flow going. We build an ethical workflow that lifts review velocity without fake or incentivised reviews.
Can I do local SEO myself?
Yes, the basics are within reach: claim and complete your Google Business Profile, keep your name, address and phone identical everywhere, and ask happy customers for reviews. Where owners get stuck is citation cleanup at scale, geo-page content, schema, and reading map-pack rankings by keyword and postcode. Those are the parts we take off your plate so the fundamentals actually compound.
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Further reading
Guides from our Journal
Local SEO Guide for Small Businesses (2026)
A practical local SEO guide for small businesses: rank in the map pack, optimize Google Business Profile,…
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Google Business Profile Optimization Guide
Optimize your Google Business Profile to rank in the map pack: categories, services, photos, posts, reviews,…
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Local Citations & NAP Consistency Guide
Local citations and consistent NAP data build the trust Google needs to rank you. Learn where to list, how…
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