Websites for Ontario businesses, from our Brampton office

01What Ontario's rules change on a website

Start with accessibility, because the Ontario rule turns on headcount. At 50 or more employees in Ontario, the public website has to meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA. At 20 or more, the business also files the three-yearly compliance report, and the current round is due by December 31, 2026. A business below 50 is outside the website rule, but its customers are not, so WCAG 2.1 AA is the target we build every client site to: real headings, readable contrast, keyboard access, labelled form fields and an honest accessibility statement. That statement says which standard the site targets, what is known not to meet it yet and how a visitor can ask for information in another format.

Privacy is simpler here than in Quebec or Alberta, because PIPEDA covers most businesses. Health is the exception. A clinic or dental office is a PHIPA custodian, and a web or AI vendor that handles its patients' information acts as the custodian's agent or electronic service provider. For those clients booking and reminders stay non-clinical, with no symptoms or treatment details in forms, chat or transcripts, and we sign a written agreement on how we handle your patients' information when you ask for one.

Tax is simpler too. A store selling to Ontario customers charges one 13% HST line rather than two separate taxes, and customers in other provinces pay their own province's rate. Any newsletter or promotional text falls under CASL wherever the recipient lives. This is general information, not legal advice.

02Hiring through your website: the January 2026 job-posting rules

Many Ontario small businesses recruit through their own site, from carriers hiring drivers to clinics hiring hygienists. Since January 1, 2026, an employer with 25 or more employees in Ontario puts the expected pay or a pay range in every publicly advertised posting and says whether it uses AI to screen, assess or select applicants. The posting also states whether the job is an existing vacancy, and it cannot ask for Canadian experience.

After the interviews, each interviewed applicant is told within 45 days whether a hiring decision has been made. These rules come from the Employment Standards Act, so they bind provincially regulated employers; a carrier that hauls across provincial or national borders is generally federally regulated and should check which rules apply to it. When we build a careers page for a covered employer, the posting template has fields for pay, AI use and vacancy status, and the follow-up automation can send the outcome message.

03Which Redenn products fit Ontario businesses

Trades, transport and professional services make up much of Ontario's small-business economy, and each starts in a different place. A contractor that works across several regions is the case Empire Framing Inc. shows: a custom-framing company working across Manitoba, the GTA, Alberta and Ontario, whose site has a quote-request flow routed to the field office and service-specific pages. For a single-location trade or carrier, Business (CA$499) with Search Setup is the usual start.

Realtors and mortgage brokers who publish and take appointments usually fit Business Plus (CA$799), which adds the blog and booking. Clinics add booking (CA$99) and the AI Receptionist (from CA$149/month) for missed calls; it says it is an AI assistant at the start of each call and whenever asked. Usage (AI, call minutes, SMS, email) is billed by each provider directly to your own account; none is included in our prices. Ask about a trial period to see your real usage first. Manufacturers with a catalogue get a written quote.

Prices are in Canadian dollars and exclude taxes. Any tax that applies is shown separately on your invoice.

04Ottawa, Hamilton and the rest of Ontario

Ottawa and Hamilton no longer have pages of their own on this site; this page covers them. Ottawa's economy centres on the federal government and a technology sector, so many of its small businesses sell to other organizations and can face procurement questions about privacy and accessibility. Hamilton and southwestern Ontario have a manufacturing base, where a clear capabilities page and a quote form do more work than a blog.

Ontario is big enough that a search in Toronto and a search in Thunder Bay are different markets. A business in one city needs a complete Google Business Profile and one strong location page. A business covering several cities lists its service areas on the profile and builds extra pages only where it has something specific to say, such as projects completed or permits handled there. Local Search Management keeps the profile current, runs the review request workflow and responds to reviews; we do not promise rankings.

05How working with Redenn works in Ontario

Brampton is the base for every Ontario project, and the same terms apply from Kenora to Cornwall. A client in Sudbury gets the same process, the same published prices and the same written quote as a client in Brampton.

• Who you contract with: Redenn Informatics Inc., a federal corporation under the Canada Business Corporations Act, corporation number 1386773-1.
• Who leads your project: our founder, Narinder Chahal, based in Brampton, who can meet you in person in the GTA; otherwise we work by phone, video call and email.
• Who builds it: our own engineering team in Patiala, India, at Redenn Informatics Pvt. Ltd. Work moves forward overnight and replies land in your morning.
• How to reach us: email hello@redenn.com or call 1 888 905 4003, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern. A person replies within four business hours, Monday to Friday, and a written, fixed-price proposal follows within two business days.
• Money: build packages are invoiced in Canadian dollars and paid 30% to start, 30% at a mid-project milestone and 40% at launch. Prices are in Canadian dollars and exclude taxes. Any tax that applies is shown separately on your invoice.
• Ownership: You own it all. Your domain is registered in your name from the start. Once the project is paid, the code and content we create are yours: at handover you get the code and every login, or we keep managing the accounts for you on a paid plan. If you ever move to another developer, you take everything with you.