A guide that sends visitors to operators
Every listing links straight to the business’s own website or booking page. We measure those referral clicks, so the value to local businesses can be reported, not guessed.
FOR TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS, MUNICIPALITIES & COMMUNITY GROUPS
Working together
for Muskoka.
MuskokaOntario.com is an independent visitor guide built to help people discover the whole region, including the small, local businesses that larger platforms miss. We would like to work with the organizations that know it best.
THE GUIDE TODAY · LIVE FROM OUR DATABASE
146
local businesses listed
26
parks, falls & places
34
events in the calendar
23
sourced articles & trip guides
6
community guides
WHAT THE GUIDE DOES
Built for visitors. Useful to the region.
Free listings for every local business
Any business in the region can be listed at no cost, then claim the listing to correct details and add its own photography.
One place for the region’s events
Organisers can submit events directly, and public event listings are brought into one calendar across all six communities.
Accurate answers in AI assistants
Our published content is open to AI assistants through llms.txt and a read-only MCP endpoint, so travellers asking an assistant about Muskoka get current, sourced local information with a link back.
Accessibility information visitors can act on
Listings and places carry declared and verified accessibility features, and the directory can be filtered by them.
Indigenous history told carefully
We write from the Nations’ own published sources and welcome guidance from First Nations and Métis communities on how their history and places are presented.
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Where a partnership helps most.
Fact review and content partnerships
Review or co-author guides in your area of expertise, from trails and parks to heritage and local food, credited on the page.
Event and data sharing
Connect an events calendar or listings directory so visitors see your information as it changes, with your organisation credited as the source.
Visitor campaigns
Seasonal and shoulder-season campaigns built around real places and businesses, always labelled where they are sponsored.
Engagement reporting
Aggregate reporting on what visitors look at and where they click through, by community and category, to support funding applications and planning.
Part of a regional network.
MuskokaOntario.com sits alongside CentralOntario.ca, covering seven regions of Ontario’s lake country, TheGreatLakes.ca, covering shoreline communities across all five Great Lakes, and ShopLocal.website, a Canadian local-business directory. A business or event shared with one can reach visitors on the others where it is relevant.
Who we are.
The network is developed by Jason Ansell, a Canadian technology entrepreneur, author and publisher. More about us.