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Canada Start-up Index - August 2008

Posted by Greg Andrews on Fri, August 1, 2008 12:50 PM · Filed under Calgary , Edmonton , Montréal , Ottawa , Toronto , Vancouver , Victoria , Kitchener-Waterloo , Start-up Index · 13 Comments

Canada Start-up IndexThe index ranks Canada tech start-ups based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic rankings. City lists and other details are available on the Start-up Index page. The criteria for companies to appear on the list:

  • Located in Canada
  • Not a public company
  • Is a tech company; either hardware, software, web app/service, or mobile

The Index is intended as a jovial comparison of Canadian companies. Comprehensive traffic data is difficult to obtain, and neither Alexa or Compete’s numbers are perfect; we average them to smooth out bias. Further, web traffic isn't necessarily a relevant measure of success, nor is it even an indication of having a practical business model. If you have any suggestions for companies to add to the index, please post them in the comments for this post.

Rank

Site Alexa
Compete
Average
City/Region
1   MetroLyrics 455 up 268 up 362 up Vancouver
2 N Plenty Of Fish 582 515 549 Vancouver
3 down 1 Suite101 2,203 up 482 up 1,343 up Vancouver
4 down 1 AbeBooks 6,187 up 2,038 up 4,113 up Victoria
5 down 1 Wikitravel 4,358 up 4,697 up 4,528 up Montreal
6 down 1 b5media 5,816 up 4,080 down 4,948 up Toronto
7 down 1 NowPublic 7,818 up 5,814 up 6,816 up Vancouver
8 down 1 TravelPod 7,502 up 8,116 down 7,809 down Ottawa
9 down 1 Weblo 9,349 up 6,759 up 8,054 up Montreal
10 down 1 amung.us 5,694 up 20,427 down 13,061 up Alberta
11 down 1 iBegin 26,461 up 8,608 up 17,535 up Toronto
12 N Skyscraper Page 14,838 25,359 20,099 Victoria
13 N Hushmail 13,407 27,135 20,271 Vancouver
14 down 3 Unyk 6,851 up 34,742 up 20,797 up Montreal
15 down 3 Nexopia 4,254 up 41,040 up 22,647 up Alberta
16 down 2 Podbean 24,073 up 29,263 down 26,668 down Montreal
17 down 2 ProductWiki 32,917 down 21,306 up 27,112 up Kitchener-Waterloo
18 down 5 Neverblue Ads 31,688 down 23,537 up 27,613 down Victoria
19 down 3 TagTele 51,409 up 10,991 down 31,200 down Montreal
20 down 3 Terapeak 31,273 up 40,857 up 36,065 up Victoria
21 up 1 TVDuck 25,191 up 51,787 up 38,489 up Toronto
22 down 1 CoverItLive 76,626 up 6,726 up 41,676 up Toronto
23 down 5 Shopster 50,971 down 38,965 down 44,968 down Alberta
24 down 5 Shopify 62,750 up 28,190 up 45,470 up Ottawa
25 down 2 Cell Phone Etc. 50,740 up 45,696 up 48,218 up Alberta
26 N Agoracom 48,299 49,626 48,963 Toronto
27 down 7 everystockphoto 35,456 up 65,565 down 50,511 up Vancouver
28 up 5 SharedReviews 53,862 up 49,053 up 51,458 up Toronto
29 down 5 FreshBooks 96,869 down 22,323 up 59,596 down Toronto
30 up 2 ZipLocal 53,319 up 68,996 up 61,158 up Toronto
31 down 3 Standout Jobs 87,012 up 39,977 up 63,495 up Montreal
32 down 6 WatchMojo 77,090 down 58,164 up 67,627 up Montreal
33 down 6 DabbleDB 61,713 up 80,208 down 70,961 down Vancouver
34 down 3 WildApricot 83,721 up 69,954 down 76,838 up Toronto
35 down 5 Shoptoit.ca 72,195 up 86,535 down 79,365 down Alberta
36 up 6 Enquisite 98,322 up 72,943 up 85,633 up Victoria
37 down 12 AideRSS 77,297 up 94,253 down 85,775 down Kitchener-Waterloo
38 down 4 YubNub 59,199 up 112,464 down 85,832 down Victoria
39 down 10 Cambrian House 77,765 down 94,995 down 86,380 down Alberta
40 up 17 Idée 102,254 up 76,581 up 89,418 up Toronto
41 down 5 CounterPath 57,415 down 130,879 up 94,147 up Vancouver
42 down 3 MyTripJournal 137,371 up 54,437 up 95,904 up Vancouver
43 N Momentville 147,804 46,811 97,308 Toronto
44 up 12 Learnhub 117,502 up 84,892 up 101,197 up Toronto
45 down 8 Techvibes 98,855 up 107,574 down 103,215 down Vancouver
46 up 2 Eqo 30,034 down 181,518 up 105,776 up Vancouver
47 N Gyminee 110,596 105,581 108,089 Vancouver
48 down 5 MyYogaOnline 87,638 up 130,616 up 109,127 up Vancouver
49 down 4 Radian6 135,717 up 87,696 down 111,707 up Atlantic
50 down 1 WowJobs 119,391 up 105,835 up 112,613 up Alberta
51 down 4 Sneakerplay 88,114 down 141,929 up 115,022 up Toronto
52 down 11 Viigo 136,485 down 100,424 up 118,455 down Toronto
53 down 2 ScienceHack 160,575 up 76,553 up 118,564 up Atlantic
54 up 16 Memelabs 188,254 up 50,711 up 119,483 up Vancouver
55 down 11 NewsletterArchive 158,994 up 81,231 up 120,113 up Montreal
56 down 2 ConceptShare 123,666 up 119,485 up 121,576 up Toronto
57 down 4 Splice 116,114 up 131,532 up 123,823 up Alberta
58   Ajaxwhois 109,664 up 139,405 up 124,535 up Montreal
59   Babe vs. Babe 161,054 up 93,026 up 127,040 up Vancouver
60 down 25 Mobivox 79,401 down 180,994 down 130,198 down Montreal
61 down 15 BountyFishing 137,463 down 124,451 down 130,957 down Montreal
62 down 24 Sillysoft Games 162,380 down 107,979 down 135,180 down Vancouver
63 N Bitstrips 122,125 151,851 136,988 Toronto
64 down 2 Bitstrips 122,125 down 151,851 up 136,988 up Toronto
65 down 25 Yotophoto 114,224 down 161,331 down 137,778 down Vancouver
66 N Crowd Science 257,454 30,284 143,869 Toronto
67 up 23 Pokerspace 140,403 up 154,386 up 147,395 up Kitchener-Waterloo
68 down 18 OurFaves 108,298 up 200,868 down 154,583 down Toronto
69 down 17 Carpages 128,638 down 206,334 down 167,486 down Toronto
70 down 5 Mixpo 209,828 up 127,584 down 168,706 up Victoria
71 N Nitobi 122,397 223,168 172,783 Vancouver
72 up 8 Fit Brains 255,454 down 94,595 up 175,025 up Vancouver
73 down 5 Onaswarm 197,864 down 161,322 up 179,593 up Toronto
74 down 11 MediaScrape 209,791 down 149,752 down 179,772 down Montreal
75 down 20 Awareness 187,406 down 173,440 down 180,423 down Toronto
76   ScribbleLIve 232,671 up 139,170 down 185,921 up Toronto
77 up 8 MadWhips 203,283 up 173,166 up 188,225 up Toronto
78   Groovle 76,082 down 317,631 up 196,857 up Toronto
79 down 18 Bryght 180,631 down 216,083 down 198,357 down Vancouver
80 down 13 Forum Warz 73,358 down 325,880 up 199,619 down Toronto
81 up 17 Defensio 218,959 down 186,045 up 202,502 up Montreal
82 down 22 Oprius Software 76,420 up 329,200 down 202,810 down Victoria
83 up 1 OfficeZilla 133,227 up 273,932 up 203,580 up Toronto
84 up 13 PlanetEye 216,343 up 200,816 up 208,580 up Toronto
85 N ResponseTek 282,359 135,601 208,980 Vancouver
86 N Praized Media 260,895 157,186 209,041 Montreal
87 down 13 Scribblewiki 152,292 down 277,355 down 214,824 down Vancouver
88 up 4 Overlay.TV 314,236 down 157,065 up 235,651 up Ottawa
89 down 17 HomeStars 266,711 up 219,656 down 243,184 down Toronto
90 down 13 Quotiki 289,648 down 197,147 down 243,398 down Toronto
91 down 18 Project Opus 223,271 up 264,512 down 243,892 down Vancouver
92 up 13 Qumana 244,070 up 257,499 up 250,785 up Vancouver
93 down 22 Moxy Media 453,978 down 54,049 down 254,014 down Kitchener-Waterloo
94 up 16 BumpTop 327,545 down 196,378 up 261,962 up Toronto
95 N Industry Mailout 355,937 173,527 264,732 Alberta
96 up 6 Rouxbe 330,462 up 215,706 up 273,084 up Vancouver
97 down 28 Omnidate 183,663 up 365,286 down 274,475 down Toronto
98 up 18 FlashcardDB 222,223 up 331,720 up 276,972 up Toronto
99 up 5 Headplay 257,057 up 297,059 up 277,058 up Alberta
100 down 11 Well.ca 334,668 up 224,172 down 279,420 down Kitchener-Waterloo
101 down 35 MovieSet 283,843 down 277,921 down 280,882 down Vancouver
102 down 23 Zerofootprint 347,833 down 219,488 down 283,661 down Toronto
103 down 22 Strutta 283,764 down 292,456 down 288,110 down Vancouver
104 down 8 Calgoo 308,320 up 303,949 down 306,135 down Vancouver
105 up 3 Rezgo 209,769 up 402,920 up 306,345 up Vancouver
106 N Rezgo 209,769 402,920 306,345 Vancouver
107 down 32 GigPark 272,139 up 351,761 down 311,950 down Toronto
108 down 13 FileMobile 307,444 down 323,353 down 315,399 down Toronto
109 down 15 ChickAdvisor 288,832 up 345,288 down 317,060 down Toronto
110 down 19 ClutterMe 411,933 down 224,360 down 318,147 down Toronto
111 up 25 Sitemasher 357,175 up 281,332 up 319,254 up Vancouver
112 down 3 Sweetspot.ca 378,055 down 288,856 up 333,456 up Toronto
113 down 30 Protagonize 189,366 down 480,840 down 335,103 down Vancouver
114 down 15 TeamPages 320,595 up 364,620 down 342,608 down Victoria
115 up 7 LyricFind 554,306 up 140,284 up 347,295 up Toronto
116 N LyricFind 554,306 140,284 347,295 Toronto
117 down 29 WiderFunnel 309,140 up 395,126 down 352,133 down Vancouver
118 down 25 Keyword Envy 309,190 up 396,027 down 352,609 down Toronto
119 down 19 Deensoft 267,175 down 446,894 down 357,035 down Ottawa
120   Ubertor 186,777 up 531,039 up 358,908 up Vancouver
121 down 4 LingQ 179,200 up 541,103 up 360,152 up Vancouver
122 down 11 Refresh Partners 699,994 up 20,334 up 360,164 up Toronto
123 down 41 Tungle 375,444 down 346,485 down 360,965 down Montreal
124 down 23 Fivelimes 258,263 down 478,525 down 368,394 down Toronto
125 down 39 Advanced Publishing 298,462 down 439,997 down 369,230 down Atlantic
126 down 39 Zigtag 351,462 down 408,111 down 379,787 down Alberta
127 up 5 mDialog 546,030 up 213,619 up 379,825 up Toronto
128 up 10 Smibs 591,218 up 169,953 up 380,586 up Alberta
129 up 13 BlackLine GPS 514,675 up 253,676 up 384,176 up Alberta
130 down 66 Immersive Media 184,795 down 586,276 down 385,536 down Alberta
131 N J2Play 465,163 354,589 409,876 Kitchener-Waterloo
132 down 6 JobLoft 509,463 down 336,950 up 423,207 up Toronto
133 down 15 IGLOO 360,344 up 492,640 down 426,492 up Kitchener-Waterloo
134 down 7 ParkingSpots.com 631,425 up 263,615 down 447,520 up Toronto
135 N Ourbis 504,228 396,995 450,612 Montreal
136 down 23 GiveMeaning 476,136 up 436,817 down 456,477 down Vancouver
137 up 6 VizThink 502,501 up 413,987 up 458,244 up Toronto
138 up 9 Userful 548,433 down 387,154 up 467,794 up Alberta
139 down 33 Gimme20 339,969 up 599,170 down 469,570 down Vancouver
140 down 19 Roll A Name 245,749 down 701,883 down 473,816 down Montreal
141 down 29 Thoughtfarmer 530,126 down 422,856 down 476,491 down Vancouver
142 down 35 Sxip 470,101 down 493,405 down 481,753 down Vancouver
143 up 10 Lypp 650,539 down 323,832 up 487,186 up Vancouver
144 down 30 Data Unison 412,529 up 580,424 down 496,477 down Victoria
145 down 30 I Love Rewards 793,865 down 244,471 down 519,168 down Toronto
146 down 17 Cozimo 260,938 down 793,114 down 527,026 down Montreal
147 up 5 YowTRIP 634,790 down 440,839 up 537,815 up Toronto
148 down 14 Active Conversion 324,820 down 779,669 down 552,245 down Alberta
149 down 16 Podcast Spot 711,039 down 400,447 up 555,743 down Alberta
150 down 15 Semacode 485,280 down 637,651 down 561,466 down Kitchener-Waterloo
151 down 27 Cakemail 292,555 up 846,418 down 569,487 down Montreal
152 down 24 MoboVivo 765,256 down 387,787 down 576,522 down Alberta
153 down 28 Mob4Hire 599,241 up 557,438 down 578,340 down Alberta
154 down 15 SmartHippo 648,616 up 568,293 down 608,455 down Montreal
155 down 7 Kinzin 853,739 down 380,741 up 617,240 up Vancouver
156 down 53 Indochino 327,149 up 943,768 down 635,459