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