AN INDEPENDENT GUIDE TO MUSKOKA, ONTARIOAdvertiseFor local businesses

ADVERTISE WITH MUSKOKAONTARIO.COM

Be the local name
people find first.

Reach visitors, cottage owners and future residents while they plan their time in Muskoka, on an independent, locally run guide built around real places.

WHO IT'S FOR

Local businesses that people choose with care.

Real estate agents & brokerages

Be the name people see while they research a town, its lakes and what living there is like.

Builders, renovators & cottage services

Docks, decks, septic, HVAC, landscaping, property management: reach owners planning projects and new buyers settling in.

Professional services

Lawyers, accountants, insurance and financial advisers who serve cottage owners and new residents.

Restaurants, shops & tourism operators

Put your business in front of visitors as they plan where to eat, stay and explore.

Why advertise here.

  • Town by town. Sponsor Bracebridge, Huntsville, Gravenhurst, Muskoka Lakes, Lake of Bays or Georgian Bay, and your ad shows where people are researching that community.
  • Useful, trusted context. Your ad sits beside fact-checked guides, articles and business listings, not clickbait. Every ad is clearly labelled.
  • One local network. MuskokaOntario.com works alongside ShopLocal.website, CentralOntario.ca and TheGreatLakes.ca, so you can grow with us.
  • Plain reporting. Each month we share how many times your ad was clicked through to your site. We will never inflate numbers.
  • Run locally. Based at 1-9 Monck Rd in Bracebridge. You deal with a person, not a platform.

FOUNDING PARTNER RATES

Simple packages. No long contracts.

Featured listing

Stand out in the directory and on your town guide.

$49 per month

  • Featured partner badge on your listing
  • Placed first in your category and town
  • Eligible for the home page Local Favourites
  • Photos, website and booking link
Ask about featured listing

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Town sponsor

Own your town. Built for realtors, builders and trades.

$149 per month, per town

  • Your ad on the town guide, every business page and every article in that town
  • Priority over network-wide ads in that town
  • One sponsor per business type per town
  • Includes a Featured listing
Ask about town sponsor

Network partner

Every Muskoka page, plus the wider network.

$299 per month

  • Banner and square ads across the whole site
  • Featured listing on ShopLocal.website
  • Mention in seasonal guides you sponsor (labelled)
  • Monthly report of clicks to your site
Ask about network partner

Prices in CAD plus HST. Founding partner rates are held for 12 months for our first advertisers. Month to month after a 3-month start.

PLACEMENTS

Where your business appears.

Page banner

728 × 90 on desktop, 300 × 300 on phones, at the foot of every page.

Town & business-page square

300 × 300 beside business listings and on each town guide.

Featured listing

Your business shown first, with a clear Featured partner label.

Sponsored guide

A seasonal guide or event page presented by your business, always labelled.

Community partners advertise free.

Chambers of commerce, BIAs, municipalities, tourism organizations and non-profits can run complimentary Community partner placements to promote their events and programs. If you share our guides with your members and audiences, we will make room for you. Learn about partnerships.

Our standards.

Advertising never buys editorial coverage or changes what we write about a place. Ads are labelled, link directly to your site, and must be honest and lawful. Read our editorial standards.

GET IN TOUCH

Check availability in your town.

Town sponsorships are limited to one business of each type per town. Tell us where you work and we will reply within one business day with what is open.

Prefer to talk? Write to us through the contact page.

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