They should normally be treated as distinct markets with separate competition, search terms, budgets, landing context, and reporting.
Market overview
Alberta punishes sloppy paid search harder than anywhere else
"Dentist Edmonton" costs about $8.00 a click, the highest price we measured in Canadian dentistry, on 1,400 monthly searches at a difficulty of 61. Calgary draws 800 at 65 with clicks near $6.00. Those prices tell you the market is commercially proven and that competitors are bidding seriously — and that a homepage landing page or a missing negative keyword list costs several times here what the same mistake costs in Winnipeg.
Services
What we do for practices across Alberta
Most practices start with two or three of these. The free audit says which ones, and in what order, for your clinic specifically.
Case result
What this work looks like when it lands
One dental practice we work with, over the course of the engagement. Leads and booked patients are counted separately, because they are not the same number.
2080
monthly new leads
1365
monthly new patients
Results from a ScaleUp Dental client engagement. The practice asked not to be identified. Individual results depend on market, service mix, capacity and budget, and we do not present these as typical or as a forecast for a Alberta practice.
Pricing
What this costs a Alberta practice
Published rates, not a quote you have to ask for. The two recurring plans both include AI search optimization, and they are founding client pricing — locked for the first three practices we take on.
- Starter Visibility Plan$400/month
- Patient Growth Plan$2,000/month
- Practice Scale Plan$3,500/month
- Dental Website Setup$1,250one-time
Advertising spend and third-party software are quoted separately. Prices in Canadian dollars, taxes additional.
See what each plan includesWorth reading first
Before you hire anyone
Our own research, published in full. Most of it is inconvenient for the way this industry sells, which is rather the point.
- Dental Website SEO: We Audited 213 Canadian Clinics and Technical Health Predicted NothingWe ran a 12-point technical audit on every clinic in our Canadian dental dataset. 100% pass HTTPS and mobile, 80% c…
- How Dental Clinics Appear in Google AI OverviewsWe measured 100 Canadian dental keywords. AI Overviews answer 94% of cost questions and 92% of comparison questions…
- How to Choose a Dental SEO or Marketing Company in CanadaSeven questions that separate dental marketing companies doing real work from those selling backlink packages, plus…
- How to Choose a Dental Google Ads AgencyReal Canadian dental CPCs, the questions that separate a managed account from a set-and-forget one, and why the che…
Strategy for this market
What we would prioritize
City and catchment separation
Build keyword, ad, and content coverage around actual patient travel rather than province-wide targeting.
Service-line economics
Separate urgent, routine, and higher-consideration treatment campaigns so budgets and conversion paths match patient intent.
Lead-quality reporting
Review qualified calls and booking requests—not only traffic—to decide where growth investment should increase.
Privacy and advertising context
Canada and province-aware workflows
Alberta’s private-sector privacy law can affect how organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information. Dental inquiry forms and tracking should be scoped carefully, with clinic approval and appropriate vendor agreements.
Service-area note: This page does not claim a ScaleUp Dental office or physical address in Alberta.
FAQ
Can one campaign cover Calgary and Edmonton?
Do you provide dental SEO across Alberta?
Yes. Dental SEO for Alberta practices covers the treatment and location pages patients search for, the Google Business Profile that decides most local visibility, and the internal linking that connects them. In our study of 213 Canadian dental clinics, keyword coverage tracked organic traffic at +0.88 while Domain Rating managed +0.36 — so the work is building pages worth ranking, not buying links.
Can a Alberta dental clinic appear in Google AI Overviews?
Yes, and that is what generative engine optimization (GEO) is for. We measured 100 Canadian dental keywords: 94% of cost and insurance questions and 92% of treatment comparison questions now return an AI Overview, while searches naming a city return one only 10% of the time. So a Alberta practice gets cited by answering cost, comparison and candidacy questions in a form an assistant can quote, with FAQ schema and entity data behind it. Nobody can guarantee a citation, and anyone who does is describing something they do not control.
Do you manage Google Ads and PPC for Alberta dentists?
Yes. Pay-per-click for a Alberta dental practice means a radius around the clinic rather than a whole region, a negative keyword list that excludes jobs, courses and insurance research, and landing pages that continue the ad instead of dropping people on a homepage. We report cost per booked appointment, not cost per click — the cheapest clicks in dentistry are usually the ones furthest from a booking.
Do you run Facebook and Instagram ads for Alberta dental practices?
Yes, for the treatments they suit. Meta ads create demand rather than capture it, so they work for elective, visual cases with a long decision window — clear aligners, veneers, whitening, implants — and not for emergency or routine care, where the patient is already searching. We will tell a Alberta clinic when the honest answer is that Google and the Business Profile should come first.
What does dental marketing cost across Alberta?
Plans run from $400 a month for local search foundations to $3,500 a month for the full system, and a website is $1,250 one-time with the first year of hosting included. The two recurring plans include AI search optimization. Those rates are founding client pricing, locked for the first three practices we take on. Ad spend and third-party software are quoted separately.
Do you work with more than one clinic across Alberta?
One clinic per area. We take a single practice per market and work only for them, so if your area is already taken we will say so in the first reply rather than compete against our own client.
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