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Find the Best Shopify Experts in Canada

Selling on Shopify from Canada often means two checkout languages and a sales tax that goes by different names from one province to the next. Neither is exotic. Both are easy to get wrong if your expert has never configured a Canadian store.

As of October 2026, 89 Shopify experts in Canada list a profile on shopexperts: 78 agencies and 11 freelancers. Most offer store setup and Shopify development, and many add marketing, consulting and content work. French appears on 23 of those profiles.

If your customers buy in French, start with those 23. If they don't, start from the job you need done and the provinces you sell into.

Request quotes from your top three Canadian profiles below, and tell each one which provinces you're registered in.

Top-rated Shopify experts in Canada

Axis Web Art
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AgencyWashington, United States
5.00(46 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
55

Axis Web Art is a Shopify-focused agency helping D2C and B2B brands build, optimize, and scale high-performing stores. 500+ projects delivered with 13+ years of experience across design, development, and growth.

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Marketing & Growth
Consulting & Strategy
2 Friends Designs, LLC
2F
AgencyEugene, United StatesFrom $50
5.00(175 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
60

Migrate to Shopify!! Are you a small business owner on a tight budget? 20+ years and goin' strong! Our mission is to build you a great site, help you to increase your sales, and have you refer us to your friends. What are Friends for? 2FriendsDesigns.com 541.654.4199

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Marketing & Growth
Design, UX & Branding
Copywriting & Content
Consulting & Strategy

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Weblineo
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AgencyMadrid, Spain
5.00(146 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
45

Weblineo es la agencia 1# y mejor valorada del directorio de Shopify Partners en España. 🏆 Más de 1000 proyectos élite desarrollados en los últimos años. Expertos en Migraciones a medida. 👉 Rellena nuestro formulario de desarrollo en nuestra web. 🌐 Weblineo.com

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Copywriting & Content
Consulting & Strategy
C2 Digital
CD
AgencyMiami, United StatesFrom $150
5.00(730 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
60

Top Rated USA/Canada based Shopify Plus Agency. Fully in-house, no outsourcing. 📞 1 (305) 330 5981 / toll free 1 (855) 661 0016 🌐 c2-digital.com 📅 c2-digital.com/pages/schedule ✉️ [email protected] Real People. Real Experts. Real Results.

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Marketing & Growth
Design, UX & Branding
Copywriting & Content
Consulting & Strategy
Peter Dong
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FreelancerNew York City, United StatesFrom $5000
4.90(17 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
55

I'm Peter Dong, a freelance web designer with over 7 years of experience crafting modern, performance-driven websites for startups, global agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. I specialize in building custom eCommerce sites that not only look beautiful but also convert.

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Marketing & Growth
Copywriting & Content
Design, UX & Branding
Pixelated Arts
PA
AgencyLaguna Hills, United StatesFrom $500
5.00(16 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
45

We are a full service digital agency that offers design, coding and marketing services. We have expert knowledge of Shopify and work with clients that need top level help for high volume websites. We are reliable, communicate well, and are easy to work with.

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
CarlowSEO
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AgencyPottstown, United StatesFrom $44
5.00(413 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
60

Maximize growth with CarlowSEO. We deliver expert SEO, Klaviyo email marketing, and bespoke Shopify theme customization. From seamless migrations to technical optimization and support, we ensure your store is fast, ranks high, and converts. Scale your brand today.

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Marketing & Growth
Copywriting & Content
Consulting & Strategy
Bigfolio LLC
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AgencyLos Angeles, United StatesFrom $1
4.90(42 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
55

Bigfolio LLC — Enterprise Shopify Plus Agency · Los Angeles, California 📍 Bigfolio is one team for the entire Shopify lifecycle: build, migrate, optimize, grow. 👉 Shopify Partners Since 2019 👉 750+ projects, 20+ Plus brands 👉 In-House Experts — No Outsourcing

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Marketing & Growth
Consulting & Strategy
Pogodan
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AgencyCharlotte, United StatesFrom $1000
5.00(58 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
55

Based out of Asheville, NC, & Lisbon, Portugal, we've built custom solutions for dozens of Shopify stores. We specialize in third-party API integrations and adding custom functionality and bespoke apps to Shopify stores since 2014. Contact us: [email protected]

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Devmont Digital
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AgencyKington, United KingdomFrom $100
5.00(28 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
60

We are a 🚀 leading in-house development agency with an impressive track record of delivering high-end stores. We specialise in creating custom stores that give SMBs a competitive edge in this lucrative market. 🌟 Contact us at: https://devmontdigital.io/contact/

Offered services
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Marketing & Growth

Who's on the Canadian list, and where French fits in

French is what narrows it. English appears on 85 profiles and French on 23, with Spanish (9), Arabic (5) and Italian (3) behind. A store selling into Quebec is better served by French product pages, emails and support replies written by someone fluent than by machine translation. Ask any shortlisted expert for a bilingual Canadian store they set up, then ask who wrote the French.

A firm-heavy list. 78 of the 89 experts based in Canada are agencies and 11 are freelancers. Freelancers are worth seeking out for contained jobs, but expect most of your conversations to be with agencies.

Where they work from. Profiles name Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Ottawa and Mississauga. City rarely changes the quality of the work. It can change how easy an in-person kickoff is, which matters more for a POS rollout in a physical shop than for a theme job.

What they sell. Store Setup & Management (77) and Shopify Development (73) lead by a distance, and two in three list Marketing & Growth. Only 8 list Finance, Taxes & Compliance, which is thin for a country with several provincial sales taxes.

Experts based in Canada appear first in the listing. After them come experts based outside the country who also take on North American merchants, a useful pool if no Canadian profile fits your budget or your stack.

What do Shopify experts in Canada charge to start?

69 of the 89 Canadian profiles show a starting price. Prices are in USD, pulled in October 2026, and any profile listing zero is excluded. Treat each one as an entry ticket: it marks where an expert's pricing begins and says nothing firm about your build.

Middle half of Canadian starting prices

$100 – $1,500

Half of the 69 listed prices land in this band

Median starting price

$500

Half of Canadian experts start below this, half above

Top quarter of listed prices

$1,500 – $25,000

Where the highest quarter of Canadian prices sit

Mind the currency. These starting prices are in USD, while your Shopify payouts arrive in Canadian dollars. Ask each expert to quote in CAD, or to name the exchange rate they invoice at, before you put numbers side by side.

What raises a Canadian quote. A French version of the store, tax set-up across several provinces, POS for a physical shop, and a migration from another platform. Each is scope worth pricing as its own line.

What to send. A link to your store or the name of the platform you're leaving, SKU count, whether you need French, which provinces you're registered in, and a budget range. Three experts working from the same brief give you numbers you can actually line up.

Canadian set-up: CAD payouts, provincial tax and a French checkout

Payments in CAD. Shopify Payments is open to Canada-based stores, and the money lands in Canadian dollars. Shop Pay Installments is available here too, and Shopify Capital is offered to eligible Canadian businesses. Get Shopify Payments active early, because Tap to Pay at the counter depends on it.

Provincial sales tax. Canadian orders can carry GST, HST or PST, and the provincial tax is called RST in Manitoba and QST in Quebec. Shopify Tax is available, with automatic rates by product category and tax liability insights; Manual Tax is the alternative. A good expert asks which provinces you're registered in before touching tax settings, and leaves the final check to your accountant.

French, end to end. The Shopify admin supports French as well as English, so a Montréal team can run the store in its own language, and customers can check out in French. The product pages, order emails and policies still need a fluent writer, and someone has to keep both versions in step after launch.

In-person selling. For a physical shop, Canadian merchants can order POS kit from Shopify itself through its hardware store, and phones can take cards through Tap to Pay on iPhone and Android in Shopify POS.

Selling abroad. Managed Markets is available to certain stores based in Canada. If exporting is on the plan, have your expert confirm eligibility before anyone designs market settings around it.

What Canadian Shopify experts list on their profiles

The top two categories sit four profiles apart, and the bottom one has just 8 of 89.

Store Setup & Management

On 77 of the 89 profiles based in Canada

Shopify Development

73 Canadian experts, almost as common as set-up

Marketing & Growth

Listed by 60, about two in three Canadian profiles

Consulting & Strategy

41 take on audits, planning and platform choices

Design and content

28 list Design, UX & Branding; 29 list Copywriting & Content

Finance, Taxes & Compliance

Just 8 of 89, so raise provincial tax in the first call

French, provinces and POS: questions Canadian merchants ask

Is a Canadian Shopify agency worth it over a freelancer?

With 11 freelancers among 89 Canadian profiles, you'll mostly be choosing between agencies. A freelancer suits contained work: a theme fix, a product import, French copy for a set of pages. An agency earns its fee on a bilingual launch, where design, development and translation have to land together, or when online and in-store selling go live at the same time.

Can a Shopify expert outside Canada set up my store properly?

Yes, if they've done Canadian stores before. The listing includes experts based elsewhere who work with North American merchants. Ask them to explain how they'd handle provincial tax, CAD payouts and a French checkout on your store. Vague answers about "localisation" usually mean they haven't done it.

Does a bilingual Canadian store cost more to design?

It does when the store runs in English and French. Every template string, order email, policy page and banner exists twice, and someone has to review the French version on mobile before launch. Ask designers whether translation is included or expected from you, and whether their price covers both language versions of every page or only the English one. To compare portfolios, start with Shopify designers in Canada.

Can a Shopify expert tell me which provinces I need to register in?

No, that's a question for your accountant. What an expert does is configure Shopify to charge correctly once you know your registrations, test orders to addresses in different provinces, and, if you use Shopify Tax, show you where its tax liability insights live. Keep the accountant and the expert talking to each other.

Can the same expert handle my online store and Shopify POS?

Often, but ask specifically. A good POS set-up for a Canadian shop covers ordering hardware from Shopify's hardware store, getting Tap to Pay working, syncing inventory between the shop and the website, staff permissions, and checking the provincial tax charged at the till. Run a test sale, a refund and an exchange at the counter before opening day, with the expert on the call.