Price ranges for top‑tier Canadian billboards

Recent Canada‑wide pricing data gives a good sense of how expensive the most premium sites can get.​

• In Toronto, static billboards in strong locations typically range from about 3,000 to 10,000 CAD per week, while digital LED boards in prime spots often run 12,000 to 25,000+ CAD per week.​

• Vancouver’s top static boards are usually 2,500 to 9,000 CAD per week, with premium digital sites around 10,000 to 22,000 CAD per week.​

• Montreal’s best static sits around 2,000 to 7,000 CAD per week and digital about 6,000 to 15,000 CAD per week, with Calgary and Edmonton slightly lower but still in the mid to high thousands on key routes.​

These numbers represent headline ranges; the absolute “most expensive” individual faces in each city will be at or above the top end, negotiated case by case.​

High‑value locations and formats

Instead of one officially “most expensive” board, Canada has a small cluster of ultra‑premium zones.

• Toronto’s Financial District (Bay Street corridor) and downtown core combine flagship office towers with heavy commuter traffic, making nearby roadside and building‑mounted screens especially valuable.​

• Major highway corridors like Highway 401 and the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto, and Deerfoot Trail in Calgary, are highlighted as top OOH locations for reaching business leaders and affluent commuters.​

• Downtown Montreal (René‑Lévesque Boulevard, Sainte‑Catherine Street) and core Vancouver arterial roads also rank as key high‑value OOH areas.​

In these corridors, large digital formats are typically the priciest, especially when bundled with data‑driven or programmatic DOOH capabilities.

Market context: why top sites are so expensive

The broader market helps explain why these locations can support such high rates.

• Canada’s billboard and outdoor advertising market generated roughly 2.6 billion USD in revenue in 2025 and is forecast to more than double by 2033, showing strong long‑term demand.​

• There are over a thousand businesses active in Canadian OOH, making prime urban and highway inventory highly contested and allowing owners to keep prices elevated in the best spots.​

• DOOH and programmatic OOH growth in 2026 is pushing more spend into digital screens in these same premium corridors, reinforcing their position as the most expensive inventory.​

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