Does AI recommend local businesses in Canada?
Updated October 15, 2026
Yes. Canadians ask ChatGPT for a realtor in Calgary or a furnace repair in Ottawa and get a short list of local names back. The assistants read the same kinds of sources there: Google, review sites and directories like HomeStars. Our free check asks those questions for your city and shows you who gets named.
How people in Canada ask AI for a business
Canadian questions sit close to US ones. People ask for a realtor, a lawyer, an accountant or a CPA (Canada uses the title too), and furnace and HVAC mean the same thing they do south of the border.
Location comes as a city, a neighbourhood or a postal code: "plumber in Kitsilano", "dentist near M5V". Spelling is often British (neighbourhood, centre). In Quebec many people ask in French, and our checks are in English only.
- “Who's the best realtor for first-time buyers in Calgary?”
- “Furnace repair near K1P, who's reliable?”
- “Good family lawyer in Vancouver?”
- “Which accountant in Toronto handles small business taxes?”
The sites AI reads about Canadian businesses
Assistants that search the web as they answer read listings and review sites, and the ones people in Canada use aren't the same as elsewhere. Keep your name, address and phone identical on all of them.
Google Business Profile
Where most local answers start. Keep categories, hours and photos current and reply to reviews.
Yelp
Used in Canadian cities and often cited in answers about restaurants and services.
HomeStars
The home-services review site Canadians know. Trades with HomeStars reviews give an assistant something specific to cite.
YellowPages.ca
The Canadian business directory. Match your name, address and phone to Google exactly.
Bing Places
ChatGPT's search has been reported to draw on Bing's index. Claiming it takes a few minutes.
Cities we can check in Canada
Any city or town works, including small ones. These are just examples: Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax.
Canadian city studies are coming
Our published studies are all US cities so far. We'll publish Canadian ones once the runs are done, and we don't quote figures for Canada before then. Your own free check works today.
How the free check works in Canada
We put around 48 questions about your trade and your town to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity and save every answer word for word. Your report shows how many named you, who was named instead, and your first fix.
Enter your website and we read your business, trade and city from it. Put your province in the region box, as a code (ON, BC) or in full.
The questions are asked in English. Some of our question sets were written for the US and still use US terms such as CPA, LLC or furnace. We haven't localised those yet, so if your report shows one, that's why.
Prices are in US dollars: Free costs nothing, and the paid plans are charged in USD, so your card provider converts at its own rate.
Check your business for free
Enter your website. We ask the four assistants the questions your customers ask and email you who they recommend.
Common questions from Canadian businesses
Does AI Mention Score work in Canada?
Yes. Any Canadian city works. The questions are in English, so French-language searches in Quebec aren't covered yet.
Does HomeStars help with AI recommendations?
It gives assistants that search the web an independent page about you, with reviews. We can't tell you how much weight any assistant gives it, but trades with a solid HomeStars profile have one more source vouching for them.
Are prices in Canadian dollars?
No, in US dollars. Your card provider converts. The free plan is free.
Do you have Canadian study data?
Not yet. Our published studies are US cities so far, and Canadian ones are coming. We won't quote Canadian figures before then.
Other countries
Not listed? It still works. See the industry pages and guides.