Google and Meta Ads · Montreal

Paid ads for
Montreal, in both languages.

We run Google (Search, Shopping, Performance Max) and Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Reels) for Montreal businesses, French-first when the audience is French, tuned to Quebec's advertising rules, and geo-targeted right down to the borough. We're based here, so your account isn't managed from another time zone.

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Live · Google Search · "plombier urgence Montréal"
Q: plombier urgence Montréal — Rosemont
Annonce · Sponsorisé — Plombier 24/7 à Montréal. Intervention rapide dans Rosemont, la Petite-Patrie et le Plateau. Devis gratuit, service en français.
Campaign: Search · FR Geo: Rosemont ROAS 4.3×
EN + FRFrench-first ad creative
514based in Montreal, not remote
−28%lower Meta CPMs than Toronto
Google + Metaone blended ROAS number
EN + FRFrench-first ad creative
514based in Montreal, not remote
−28%lower Meta CPMs than Toronto
Google + Metaone blended ROAS number
Why it matters here

Montreal paid media
is a bilingual game.

Half your buyers scroll in French, the rest in English, and a lot of them switch mid-thought. Run one flat English campaign across the whole city and you quietly overpay for the reach you do get and lose the audience you don't.

The Montreal market rewards agencies that treat French as the primary language, not a translation added at the end. Ad copy written directly in French converts better than copy run through a translator, and Quebec's French-language advertising rules mean French isn't optional for a brand serving the local market anyway. We write and test creative natively in both languages and let the data decide the split per audience.

There's also a real cost advantage. Meta and Google auctions in Montreal clear well below Toronto's, so the same budget buys more impressions and clicks here. Pair that with borough-level geo-targeting, the Plateau, Mile End, Griffintown, the West Island, and you can concentrate spend where your actual customers are instead of paying to reach the whole province. This is our paid ads playbook, run for the city we live in.

French-first creative, both platforms
Ads written natively in French and English, not machine-translated, then tested head-to-head across Google Search and Meta feeds so each language runs on its own best-performing copy.
Ongoing
Quebec ad-compliance guardrails
Creative and landing pages checked against Quebec's French-language requirements up front, so your account scales without a compliance surprise stalling it later.
Month 1
Borough-level geo-targeting
Radius and neighbourhood layers around the areas that actually buy from you, from downtown to the West Island, so budget isn't wasted reaching the whole of Quebec.
Ongoing
Server-side tracking to revenue
Meta CAPI and GA4 wired up so iOS opt-outs don't blind the account, and every dollar is measured against booked revenue rather than the platform's own optimistic math.
Month 1
What we run

Every surface that
reaches a Montrealer.

Google captures the demand that already exists here. Meta creates it. We run both against the same revenue target.

01

Google Search

Bilingual keyword coverage for the exact terms Montrealers type, English and French, with Quality Score work that earns the top slot for less per click.

02

Shopping & PMax

Merchant Center feeds and Performance Max campaigns fed with clean data and geo-fenced to your Montreal service area, not left on autopilot to spend anywhere.

03

Meta Facebook & Instagram

Feed and Stories campaigns that use Montreal's lower CPMs to test wide, then concentrate spend on the audiences and boroughs that convert.

04

Reels & short video

French and English hooks built for Reels, where cheap local reach and native-language creative together drive the lowest cost-per-result on the account.

05

Creative testing

A steady batch of statics, UGC, and motion tested by hypothesis, with each language's winners promoted and tired creative retired before it drags results down.

06

Tracking & attribution

Meta CAPI, server-side GTM, and GA4 configured so reporting ties to real revenue and survives iOS signal loss, the part most Montreal accounts get wrong.

Our approach

From audit
to scaled.

A four-stage path from a messy or brand-new account to profitable, bilingual scale across Google and Meta.

01
Week 1 · Audit

Find the leaks.

We audit both accounts, check tracking and CAPI health, review the French/English split, and flag budget that's leaking to out-of-market clicks or the wrong boroughs.

02
Weeks 2–4 · Build

Rebuild in two languages.

Restructured campaigns, geo-layers around your real service area, and a first batch of French-first and English creative launched with clear test budgets.

03
Weeks 5–8 · Scale

Pour budget into winners.

Once a language-and-audience combination proves stable, we push budget behind it, watch for fatigue daily, and keep Montreal's cheaper CPMs working in your favour.

04
Ongoing · Compound

Keep both sides fed.

New creative every month for each language, tighter geo and audience refinement, and reporting that always ties back to revenue, not platform-reported ROAS.

FAQ

Running paid ads
in Montreal, answered.

Do you run Google and Meta ads in French for Montreal?+
Yes, and it's the core of how we work here. We write ad copy natively in French rather than translating English, then run it against English creative and let performance decide the split per audience. Most Montreal accounts we take over were running English-only and leaving the French half of the market on the table.
How do Quebec's language rules affect my ad campaigns in Montreal?+
Quebec's French-language advertising requirements apply to commercial messaging aimed at the local market, so French can't be an afterthought. We build creative and landing pages with those rules in mind from the start, which keeps the account clean and means compliance never becomes the thing that stalls your scaling.
Are ad costs really lower in Montreal than Toronto?+
Generally, yes. Meta CPMs and Google CPCs in Montreal clear meaningfully below Toronto's because there's less advertiser competition per impression. We use that headroom to test more creative for the same budget and to concentrate spend on the specific boroughs where your customers actually are.
Can you geo-target specific Montreal neighbourhoods?+
Yes. We layer radius and neighbourhood targeting around the areas that matter to you, whether that's the Plateau and Mile End, downtown, or out to the West Island. For local-service businesses this alone often cuts wasted spend sharply, because you stop paying to reach people across the whole province.
Is Davnoot actually based in Montreal?+
Yes, Davnoot is a Montreal agency. Your account is run by a team that knows the city, works in both languages, and is in your time zone, not a reseller passing the work to a remote pod. It matters when a campaign needs a real decision made the same day.
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