Usually not. Useful French content needs its own search research, terminology, local context, and clinic-approved patient journey.

The English term is ten times easier than the French one
If you practise in Quebec, this is the finding that matters: "dentist Montreal" draws 1,100 monthly searches at a keyword difficulty of 6, while "dentiste Montreal" draws the same 1,100 at a difficulty of 62. A clinic publishing in French competes where most of the market is, against real competition. A clinic publishing in English reaches an equally large audience almost nobody serves well. Most practices do one and ignore the other. Quebec also has its own regulator and the Charter of the French Language applies to commercial communication.
What we do for practices across Quebec
Most practices start with two or three of these. The free audit says which ones, and in what order, for your clinic specifically.
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.
monthly new leads
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 Quebec practice.
What this costs a Quebec 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 includesBefore 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…
What we would prioritize
French-first research
Research how patients actually search in French instead of translating English keyword lists word for word.
Purposeful bilingual journeys
Use distinct language experiences when the clinic can serve both audiences, with clear navigation and matching conversion paths.
Local market boundaries
Plan neighbourhood, city, and regional content around real patient travel and competition.
Canada and province-aware workflows
Quebec clinics should review provincial privacy and language requirements for their specific operations. Form notices, campaign copy, and bilingual experiences need clinic and professional review before publication.
Service-area note: This page does not claim a ScaleUp Dental office or physical address in Quebec.
FAQ
Yes. Dental SEO for Quebec 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.
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 Quebec 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.
Yes. Pay-per-click for a Quebec 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.
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 Quebec clinic when the honest answer is that Google and the Business Profile should come first.
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.
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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