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The local digital gap in Toronto
12,609 of 16,960 named businesses on the Toronto map list no website: 74%. Across the 10 Canada cities in the study it is 67%; counting down from the highest share without one, Toronto comes 4 of 10.
The biggest gap is restaurants: 2,466 of 3,598 list no website. The highest share is car washes at 95%. Hotels are the most likely to list one: 30% without.
"No website listed" means the map record has no website tag, not that the business has no website. Method.
Toronto, by kind of business
Kinds of business with at least 20 named records in Toronto, the most businesses without a website listed first.
| Kind of business | Named | Own website | Social page only | No website | Phone | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 3,598 | 1,126 | 6 | 2,466 | 34% | 24% |
| Cafes | 1,567 | 359 | 2 | 1,206 | 20% | 30% |
| Clothing stores | 1,288 | 204 | 1 | 1,083 | 12% | 16% |
| Hair salons | 1,099 | 169 | 0 | 930 | 32% | 11% |
| Dentists | 809 | 249 | 0 | 560 | 52% | 12% |
| Beauty salons | 647 | 121 | 0 | 526 | 38% | 11% |
| Pharmacies | 683 | 198 | 0 | 485 | 27% | 24% |
| Doctors and clinics | 618 | 157 | 1 | 460 | 32% | 11% |
| Supermarkets | 486 | 107 | 1 | 378 | 34% | 40% |
| Auto repair shops | 418 | 63 | 0 | 355 | 36% | 8% |
| Bakeries | 368 | 91 | 2 | 275 | 25% | 23% |
| Dry cleaners | 286 | 18 | 0 | 268 | 24% | 14% |
| Jewelry stores | 297 | 35 | 0 | 262 | 18% | 19% |
| Nail salons | 288 | 29 | 0 | 259 | 29% | 10% |
| Gyms | 372 | 114 | 0 | 258 | 24% | 15% |
| Bars | 326 | 83 | 0 | 243 | 20% | 19% |
| Opticians | 291 | 49 | 0 | 242 | 25% | 18% |
| Real estate agents | 226 | 40 | 0 | 186 | 35% | 6% |
| Pubs | 266 | 85 | 0 | 181 | 35% | 19% |
| Furniture stores | 228 | 52 | 0 | 176 | 25% | 17% |
| Car dealerships | 216 | 44 | 0 | 172 | 25% | 9% |
| Accountants | 184 | 32 | 0 | 152 | 34% | 9% |
| Lawyers | 236 | 94 | 0 | 142 | 46% | 15% |
| Florists | 173 | 42 | 0 | 131 | 34% | 17% |
| Travel agencies | 124 | 21 | 0 | 103 | 32% | 7% |
| Physiotherapists | 153 | 55 | 0 | 98 | 47% | 8% |
| Pet stores | 182 | 89 | 0 | 93 | 29% | 37% |
| Daycare centres | 131 | 41 | 0 | 90 | 34% | 5% |
| Car washes | 82 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 11% | 12% |
| Veterinarians | 135 | 60 | 0 | 75 | 45% | 31% |
| Hardware stores | 103 | 47 | 0 | 56 | 29% | 25% |
| Tattoo studios | 85 | 29 | 0 | 56 | 25% | 9% |
| Financial advisors | 83 | 27 | 0 | 56 | 31% | 13% |
| Bookstores | 108 | 53 | 0 | 55 | 41% | 36% |
| Staffing agencies | 71 | 16 | 0 | 55 | 28% | 7% |
| Insurance agents | 64 | 9 | 0 | 55 | 36% | 9% |
| Photographers | 70 | 26 | 1 | 43 | 37% | 19% |
| Pet groomers | 63 | 20 | 0 | 43 | 46% | 19% |
| Bike shops | 88 | 48 | 0 | 40 | 45% | 38% |
| Hotels | 115 | 80 | 0 | 35 | 73% | 3% |
| Event venues | 55 | 24 | 0 | 31 | 24% | 5% |
| Driving schools | 35 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 31% | 0% |
| Funeral homes | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 26% | 0% |
| Architects | 29 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 38% | 3% |
| Nightclubs | 33 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 36% | 24% |
| Plumbers | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 59% | 32% |
| Advertising agencies | 27 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 63% | 26% |
| Coworking spaces | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 19% | 24% |
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Get a List Of (2026). The local digital gap in Toronto: websites, phone numbers and opening hours of 16,960 local businesses on OpenStreetMap. Extract of 7 November 2026. https://getalistof.com/local-digital-gap/toronto-on/
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