How much does advertising cost for staffing agencies in Calgary?
Updated monthly · Google data for the 12 months to September 2026
Cost per click
$1.18–$6.42
Typical about $2.75, top-of-page range
Searches a month
700
Core searches in Calgary
Competition
Medium
39/100 on Google’s scale
Busiest months
Jan, Mar
Slowest: September
In short: Google Ads for staffing agencies in Calgary, AB cost about $1.18–$6.42 per click, with about 700 searches a month and the most demand in January.
What this means
- Clicks cost about 25% more here than the Alberta average ($2.75 vs $2.20).
- Against the Canada average ($2.04), clicks here cost about 35% more.
- Searches peak in January and March and are lowest in September. The busiest month gets about 120% more searches than the slowest.
- Launch or raise budgets by mid-December so campaigns are learning before the January peak.
- Competition is medium (39/100), above the national level for this industry (26/100).
- Elsewhere in Alberta, Edmonton runs about 46% 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.
CalgaryAlbertaCanada
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkland Countycheaper | $1.43 | 70 | 19 |
| Edmontoncheaper | $1.49 | 430 | 23 |
| Calgary | $2.75 | 700 | 39 |
| Sturgeon County | $2.76 | 40 | 36 |
| Alberta (province) | $2.20 | 1,390 | 30 |
| Canada | $2.04 | 14,100 | 26 |
Who lives in Calgary
2021 Census, Statistics Canada. Use it to set ages, language and targeting on Meta and other channels.
People
1,306,784
502,305 households
Median age
38
Alberta: 38.4
Household income
$98,000
Median, 2020 · Alberta: $96k
Homeowners
68.8%
of households · Alberta: 70.9%
French mother tongue
1.2%
Alberta: 1.5%
Couples with children
47.9%
of census families · Alberta: 45.1%
Age mix
About how many adults here use each platform
- Facebookup to ~818,000
- YouTubeup to ~728,000
- Instagramup to ~628,000
- LinkedInup to ~489,000
- TikTokup to ~349,000
- Redditup to ~269,000
Estimate: adults aged 20+ in Calgary (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.
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~110 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.
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.
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
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
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.
YouTube
Usually not a fit73% 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
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 staffing agencies in Calgary?
About $1.18 to $6.42 per click at the top of the page, typically around $2.75, based on Google Keyword Planner data for the 12 months to September 2026.
When do people search most for staffing agencies in Calgary?
January and March have the most searches. September is the slowest month.
How many people search for staffing agencies in Calgary?
About 700 searches a month for core terms.
How much do Facebook and Instagram ads cost for staffing agencies in Calgary?
Paid Media Canada benchmarks put cost per lead at about $9.60 to $36 for this industry in a market this size, with typical costs of $14 to $26 per 1,000 views.
Keywords, campaigns, ad copy and a budget split for staffing agencies in Calgary, 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.