Yellow Pages alternatives in Canada
Yellow Pages (YP.ca) still offers a free online listing, by request form, alongside paid placement. Here is how it compares with a free Canadian directory listing you add and edit yourself, and the other free places to be listed.
By the Free Local Business Directory team · Checked
Free Local Business Directory vs Yellow Pages
| Feature | Free Local Business Directory | Yellow Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free to list and to claim. Optional, one-time: Fast-track $9.99 (live now instead of waiting your turn) and Featured $49.99 CAD for 90 days | Free online listing by request form; paid products such as priority placement on YP.ca Source |
| Signing up | A free account with any email address | The form says submitting it enters a written agreement with Yellow Pages and consents to marketing texts from them Source |
| Getting listed | Free listings go live in the order they arrive, 5 a day; claiming an existing listing with an email at your website's domain is instant, otherwise a person checks within two business days | You request the listing through the form |
Facts about other platforms are from their own pages, linked.
When Yellow Pages is the better choice
- You want to buy paid placement or marketing from Yellow Pages.
- Your customers already look you up on YP.ca or Canada411.
Before you send the YP.ca form
Read the terms under the form: it says that submitting it enters a written agreement with Yellow Pages and consents to marketing text messages about YP products and services. That is normal for a sales-led listing, but worth knowing. A listing here needs only a free account, and we don’t email businesses that haven’t asked to hear from us.
Questions
Is a Yellow Pages listing free in Canada?
YP.ca offers a free online listing through a request form. Priority placement and other marketing products are paid.
What replaced the Yellow Pages for small businesses?
Online listings: Google Business Profile first, then free listings on Bing Places, Apple Maps, Yelp, Yellow Pages’ own site and directories like this one.