Real estate agents & brokerages
Be the name people see while they research a shoreline town, its waterfront and what living there is like.
ADVERTISE WITH THEGREATLAKES.CA
Be the local name
people find first.
Reach visitors, waterfront owners and future residents while they plan their time along the Great Lakes, on an independent, locally run guide built around real places.
WHO IT'S FOR
Local businesses that people choose with care.
Builders, marine & property services
Docks, boathouses, shoreline work, HVAC, landscaping and property management: reach owners planning projects and new buyers settling in.
Professional services
Lawyers, accountants, insurance and financial advisers who serve waterfront owners and new residents.
Restaurants, shops & tourism operators
Put your business in front of visitors as they plan where to eat, stay and explore along the lakes.
Why advertise here.
- Lake by lake. Sponsor Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie or Ontario, and your ad shows where people are researching those shorelines.
- Useful, trusted context. Your ad sits beside fact-checked guides, articles and business listings, not clickbait. Every ad is clearly labelled.
- One local network. TheGreatLakes.ca works alongside ShopLocal.website, MuskokaOntario.com and CentralOntario.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, Ontario. 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 community page.
$49 per month
- Featured partner label on your listing
- Placed first in your category and community
- Photos, website and booking link
Most popular
Lake sponsor
Own your lake. Built for realtors, builders and trades.
$149 per month, per lake
- Your ad on that lake’s community pages, business pages and articles
- Priority over network-wide ads on that lake
- One sponsor per business type per lake
- Includes a Featured listing
Network partner
Every Great Lakes 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
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.
TWO WAYS TO BE FOUND
These packages are travel-site advertising on TheGreatLakes.ca, MuskokaOntario.com and CentralOntario.ca. Your directory profile lives on ShopLocal.website, where every business gets a free listing and profile plans start at $29.99 a month. Network partners get a ShopLocal Featured listing included. See ShopLocal directory plans ↗
PLACEMENTS
Where your business appears.
Page banner
728 × 90 on desktop, 300 × 300 on phones, at the foot of every page.
Community & business-page square
300 × 300 beside business listings and on community pages.
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 on your lake.
Lake sponsorships are limited to one business of each type per lake. 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.