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The local digital gap in Montreal
5,409 of 7,928 named businesses on the Montreal map list no website: 68%. Across the 10 Canada cities in the study it is 67%; counting down from the highest share without one, Montreal comes 6 of 10.
The biggest gap is restaurants: 1,432 of 2,268 list no website. The highest share is nail salons at 91%. Bike shops are the most likely to list one: 27% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Montreal, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Montreal, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 2,268 | 793 | 43 | 1,432 | 41% | 36% |
| Cafes | 814 | 211 | 31 | 572 | 28% | 39% |
| Hair salons | 516 | 71 | 25 | 420 | 41% | 25% |
| Clothing stores | 498 | 85 | 5 | 408 | 16% | 24% |
| Supermarkets | 305 | 97 | 4 | 204 | 36% | 53% |
| Bars | 297 | 85 | 11 | 201 | 26% | 36% |
| Bakeries | 229 | 61 | 6 | 162 | 42% | 44% |
| Pharmacies | 255 | 99 | 0 | 156 | 29% | 45% |
| Beauty salons | 182 | 29 | 1 | 152 | 31% | 17% |
| Dentists | 196 | 55 | 0 | 141 | 39% | 23% |
| Daycare centres | 158 | 21 | 2 | 135 | 30% | 9% |
| Doctors and clinics | 181 | 63 | 0 | 118 | 33% | 24% |
| Auto repair shops | 128 | 15 | 0 | 113 | 24% | 15% |
| Jewelry stores | 97 | 15 | 2 | 80 | 26% | 23% |
| Nail salons | 88 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 43% | 26% |
| Hotels | 151 | 76 | 0 | 75 | 47% | 2% |
| Furniture stores | 87 | 15 | 2 | 70 | 23% | 20% |
| Opticians | 98 | 30 | 1 | 67 | 36% | 42% |
| Car dealerships | 94 | 33 | 0 | 61 | 31% | 26% |
| Gyms | 130 | 72 | 2 | 56 | 45% | 39% |
| Florists | 75 | 20 | 1 | 54 | 29% | 29% |
| Dry cleaners | 58 | 6 | 0 | 52 | 17% | 28% |
| Pubs | 100 | 48 | 2 | 50 | 36% | 48% |
| Travel agencies | 54 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 37% | 17% |
| Bookstores | 91 | 46 | 2 | 43 | 55% | 62% |
| Driving schools | 49 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 33% | 12% |
| Pet stores | 58 | 23 | 0 | 35 | 43% | 50% |
| Tattoo studios | 57 | 19 | 3 | 35 | 21% | 35% |
| Hardware stores | 60 | 27 | 1 | 32 | 55% | 50% |
| Accountants | 49 | 17 | 0 | 32 | 53% | 22% |
| Real estate agents | 46 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 26% | 22% |
| Bike shops | 84 | 59 | 2 | 23 | 49% | 61% |
| Car washes | 25 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8% | 8% |
| Physiotherapists | 33 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 45% | 21% |
| Veterinarians | 32 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 44% | 59% |
| Lawyers | 28 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 46% | 14% |
| Photographers | 23 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 26% | 30% |
| Funeral homes | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 33% | 10% |
| Nightclubs | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 29% | 33% |
| Insurance agents | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 30% | 5% |
| IT services | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 43% | 24% |
| Event venues | 28 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 25% | 18% |
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Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Montreal: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 7,928 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 7 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/montreal-qc/
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