How much does advertising cost for cleaning companies in Sturgeon County?
Updated monthly · Google data for the 12 months to September 2026
Cost per click
$2.05–$8.61
Typical about $4.20, top-of-page range
Searches a month
260
Core searches in Sturgeon County
Competition
High
89/100 on Google’s scale
Busiest months
Jul, Aug
Slowest: January
In short: Google Ads for cleaning companies in Sturgeon County, AB cost about $2.05–$8.61 per click, with about 260 searches a month and the most demand in July.
What this means
- Clicks cost about 5% less here than the Alberta average ($4.20 vs $4.44).
- Against the Canada average ($3.53), clicks here cost about 19% more.
- Searches peak in July and August and are lowest in January. The busiest month gets about 275% more searches than the slowest.
- Launch or raise budgets by mid-June so campaigns are learning before the July peak.
- Competition is high (89/100), close to the national level for this industry (83/100).
- Elsewhere in Alberta, Red Deer County runs about 21% cheaper per click. Worth testing if you serve both areas.
Search demand trend
Monthly searches, 12 months to September 2026. 100 = that area’s average month, so the lines compare shape, not size.
Sturgeon CountyAlbertaCanada
Seasonality
Each month’s searches as a share of the average month. Red = peak months, grey = slowest.
Compared with other Alberta markets
The busiest markets in the same province, sorted by cost per click. Typical CPC is the middle of the top-of-page range.
| Place | Typical CPC | Searches/mo | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Hatcheaper | $0.91 | 140 | 81 |
| County of Grande Prairie No. 1cheaper | $1.52 | 180 | 84 |
| Lethbridgecheaper | $2.17 | 170 | 95 |
| Airdriecheaper | $2.83 | 190 | 79 |
| Red Deer Countycheaper | $3.32 | 230 | 81 |
| Red Deercheaper | $3.58 | 190 | 82 |
| Sturgeon County | $4.20 | 260 | 89 |
| Edmonton | $4.60 | 2,050 | 89 |
| Parkland Countypricier | $5.04 | 520 | 84 |
| Calgarypricier | $5.50 | 3,570 | 93 |
| Alberta (province) | $4.44 | 8,130 | 89 |
| Canada | $3.53 | 46,400 | 83 |
Who lives in Sturgeon County
2021 Census, Statistics Canada. Use it to set ages, language and targeting on Meta and other channels.
People
20,061
7,025 households
Median age
41.2
Alberta: 38.4
Household income
$124,000
Median, 2020 · Alberta: $96k
Homeowners
86.8%
of households · Alberta: 70.9%
French mother tongue
3.4%
Alberta: 1.5%
Couples with children
47.7%
of census families · Alberta: 45.1%
Age mix
About how many adults here use each platform
- Facebookup to ~12,000
- YouTubeup to ~11,000
- Instagramup to ~9,400
- LinkedInup to ~7,300
- TikTokup to ~5,200
- Redditup to ~4,000
Estimate: adults aged 20+ in Sturgeon County (Census 2021) × the share of online Canadian adults who use each platform (TMU Social Media Lab, The State of Social Media in Canada 2025 (summary)). It assumes people here use each platform at the national rate and counts all adults, not only those online, so treat these as upper estimates. Meta’s own audience size for your exact targeting will differ.
- 87% of households own their home, more than Alberta (71%). Homeowner-focused ads and offers fit here.
- Median household income is 29% higher than Alberta. Premium offers and financing for bigger jobs can land well.
Other channels
Beyond Google and Meta. “Good fit”, “Worth testing” and “Usually not a fit” are PaidMedia.ca’s take for this kind of business; the numbers come from the sources listed on each card.
Microsoft Ads
Good fit~40 searches a month on Bing and Yahoo
Bing has 10.46% of searches in Canada and Yahoo 2.49%, against Google’s 85.03%. Microsoft Advertising serves ads on both. You can import your Google Ads campaigns to test it with little setup.
Estimate: Google searches here × Bing and Yahoo’s share ÷ Google’s share. Search share: StatCounter Global Stats, 2026-10.
ChatGPT ads
Worth testing26.8% of Canadian internet users use ChatGPT monthly
Ads show to adults on ChatGPT’s Free and Go plans in Canada, below answers and labelled as sponsored. Buying is through OpenAI’s self-serve Ads Manager (beta), by CPM or CPC, from about $25 a day per campaign. OpenAI doesn’t publish its prices.
OpenAI: New ways to buy ChatGPT ads · Creative Web Works, summarising OpenAI Ads Manager help pages · We Are Social & Meltwater, Digital 2026: Canada
YouTube
Worth testing73% of online Canadian adults use it (54% of ages 55+)
Runs from Google Ads. Short video works for services people want to see first: renovations, treatments, demonstrations.
TMU Social Media Lab, The State of Social Media in Canada 2025
49% of online Canadian adults use it (63% of ages 25–34)
Targets by job title, company and industry. It pays off mainly for business buyers and recruiting, not everyday consumer services.
TikTok
Usually not a fit35% of online Canadian adults use it (65% of ages 18–24)
Best for younger audiences and products that look good on video. Older homeowners are much harder to reach here.
TMU Social Media Lab, The State of Social Media in Canada 2025
27% of online Canadian adults use it (52% of ages 18–24)
Ads run beside community discussions. Useful for considered purchases where people ask others for advice before buying.
39% of online Canadian adults use it (52% of women)
People plan projects and purchases here. Strong for home, style and beauty ideas.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a Google Ads click cost for cleaning companies in Sturgeon County?
About $2.05 to $8.61 per click at the top of the page, typically around $4.20, based on Google Keyword Planner data for the 12 months to September 2026.
When do people search most for cleaning companies in Sturgeon County?
July and August have the most searches. January is the slowest month.
How many people search for cleaning companies in Sturgeon County?
About 260 searches a month for core terms.
How much do Facebook and Instagram ads cost for cleaning companies in Sturgeon County?
Paid Media Canada benchmarks put cost per lead at about $12.75 to $34 for this industry in a market this size, with typical costs of $8 to $14 per 1,000 views.
Keywords, campaigns, ad copy and a budget split for cleaning companies in Sturgeon County, with these numbers already filled in.
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Data: Google Keyword Planner via PaidMedia.ca, 12 months to September 2026. Cost per click is the top-of-page bid range, which runs higher than what many advertisers end up paying. Meta figures are Paid Media Canada benchmarks for this industry and market size. “Who usually advertises” describes typical kinds of advertisers, not named companies.