How much does advertising cost for restaurants in Mount Pearl?
Updated monthly · Google data for the 12 months to September 2026
Cost per click
$1.03–$3.62
Typical about $1.93, top-of-page range
Searches a month
2,830
Core searches in Mount Pearl
Competition
Low
19/100 on Google’s scale
Busiest months
Aug, May
Slowest: November
In short: Google Ads for restaurants in Mount Pearl, NL cost about $1.03–$3.62 per click, with about 2,830 searches a month and the most demand in August.
What this means
- Clicks cost about 15% more here than the Newfoundland and Labrador average ($1.93 vs $1.69).
- Against the Canada average ($1.42), clicks here cost about 36% more.
- Searches peak in August and May and are lowest in November. The busiest month gets about 102% more searches than the slowest.
- Launch or raise budgets by mid-July so campaigns are learning before the August peak.
- Competition is low (19/100), close to the national level for this industry (16/100).
- Elsewhere in Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's runs about 42% 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.
Mount PearlNewfoundland and LabradorCanada
Seasonality
Each month’s searches as a share of the average month. Red = peak months, grey = slowest.
Compared with other Newfoundland and Labrador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John'scheaper | $1.13 | 16,870 | 14 |
| Corner Brookcheaper | $1.22 | 2,060 | 10 |
| Conception Bay Southcheaper | $1.49 | 1,180 | 16 |
| Paradise | $1.86 | 1,530 | 19 |
| Mount Pearl | $1.93 | 2,830 | 19 |
| Ganderpricier | $2.13 | 1,420 | 13 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador (province) | $1.69 | 53,420 | 10 |
| Canada | $1.42 | 8,057,100 | 16 |
Who lives in Mount Pearl
2021 Census, Statistics Canada. Use it to set ages, language and targeting on Meta and other channels.
People
22,477
9,930 households
Median age
46
Newfoundland and Labrador: 48.4
Household income
$81,000
Median, 2020 · Newfoundland and Labrador: $72k
Homeowners
71%
of households · Newfoundland and Labrador: 75.7%
French mother tongue
0.3%
Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.4%
Couples with children
35.9%
of census families · Newfoundland and Labrador: 34.9%
Age mix
About how many adults here use each platform
- Facebookup to ~15,000
- YouTubeup to ~14,000
- Instagramup to ~12,000
- LinkedInup to ~9,100
- TikTokup to ~6,500
- Redditup to ~5,000
Estimate: adults aged 20+ in Mount Pearl (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.
- Median household income is 13% higher than Newfoundland and Labrador. 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
Worth testing~430 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
TikTok
Worth testing35% 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
39% of online Canadian adults use it (52% of women)
People plan projects and purchases here. Strong for home, style and beauty ideas.
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.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a Google Ads click cost for restaurants in Mount Pearl?
About $1.03 to $3.62 per click at the top of the page, typically around $1.93, based on Google Keyword Planner data for the 12 months to September 2026.
When do people search most for restaurants in Mount Pearl?
August and May have the most searches. November is the slowest month.
How many people search for restaurants in Mount Pearl?
About 2,830 searches a month for core terms.
How much do Facebook and Instagram ads cost for restaurants in Mount Pearl?
Paid Media Canada benchmarks put cost per lead at about $4.25 to $17 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 restaurants in Mount Pearl, 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.