Country coverage
Google Maps scraper Canada
Canada concentrates its business density into a handful of metros, which makes coverage easier to plan than in the US. The part that catches people out is CASL, which is considerably stricter than CAN-SPAM and carries penalties to match. Both are covered here.
What you get
- Province and metro coverage from Vancouver to Halifax
- Handles French-language listings in Quebec without mangling accents
- Canadian phone and postal code formats captured as listed
- Filters for website status, rating and review volume
- UTF-8 export so accented business names survive intact
- Per-city batches that map onto provincial territory splits
Where Canadian business density actually sits
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa hold the bulk of it, and the Greater Toronto Area alone justifies searching by municipality rather than as one unit. Mississauga, Brampton, Markham and Scarborough each return their own set. Outside the big six, provincial capitals and cities like Quebec City, Winnipeg, Hamilton and Halifax are the next tier worth covering.
Quebec listings are bilingual and accented
Business names in Quebec carry French accents, and many listings are written in French regardless of the language you search in. Exports are UTF-8 so the accents survive, but Excel on Windows will still mangle them if you double-click the CSV rather than importing it as UTF-8. If you are working Quebec, use the Excel export and save yourself the cleanup.
CASL is consent-based, unlike CAN-SPAM
CASL requires consent before sending commercial electronic messages, which is a fundamentally different starting point from the US. It does provide implied consent where a business has conspicuously published an address without a statement restricting its use, and where your message relates to that business role. That carve-out is what most Canadian B2B outreach relies on, and it is narrower than people assume.
What a CASL-compliant message has to contain
Sender identification, contact information valid for at least sixty days, and an unsubscribe mechanism that works and is honoured within ten business days. Penalties run to millions for organisations, and the regime has been enforced. If you are running Canadian email campaigns at volume, the compliance review is worth doing properly before the first send rather than after a complaint.
Postal codes and territory planning
Canadian postal codes follow a letter-digit-letter pattern where the first three characters identify a forward sortation area, which is a genuinely useful territory unit. The code sits in the exported address string and splits out easily. Assigning reps by forward sortation area gives cleaner boundaries than assigning by city name, especially across the GTA.
Frequently asked questions
How is CASL different from CAN-SPAM?
CASL is consent-based. You generally need consent before sending, where CAN-SPAM allows sending until someone opts out.
Can I email Canadian businesses without express consent?
Sometimes, under implied consent, where the business has conspicuously published the address without restricting its use and your message relates to that role. The exemption is narrower than most people assume.
Will French accents survive the export?
Yes, the file is UTF-8. Excel on Windows can still misread it if you double-click the CSV, so use the Excel export or import as UTF-8.
Which Canadian cities should I cover first?
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa. Search the GTA by municipality rather than as a single unit.
Are postal codes useful for territory splits?
Yes. The first three characters identify a forward sortation area, which makes a cleaner rep boundary than city names, particularly across the GTA.