Web design · Ottawa, Ontario

Web Design in Ottawa, Bilingual and Accessible by Construction

Samro Studios builds custom, hand-coded websites and AI automations for Ottawa organisations from its Montréal studio. We work with professional services firms, associations and companies selling into the federal market, where bilingual delivery and accessible markup are requirements rather than upgrades. Custom websites run $895 to $1,795, one time, or from $99 a month as a subscription with the build included. Love your site or pay nothing.

Get in touch dev@samrostudios.com English and French treated as equals, because in this market they are.

Who builds bilingual websites for Ottawa organisations?

Ottawa is the one English-majority city in Canada where a single-language site is an active disadvantage. Federal departments operate under the Official Languages Act, the National Capital Region includes Gatineau, and any firm that wants to look credible to a public sector buyer is expected to show up in both languages.

Samro Studios is a bilingual Montréal studio. French is written here, not translated at the end, and both versions are built as first-class pages with their own metadata and their own headings.

What does a firm selling to government need on its website?

Government-adjacent buying is a credibility exercise long before it is a purchase. The site is usually the first document a procurement officer reads about you.

  • Both official languages, at equal quality, not one full site and one summary page.
  • Accessible markup by construction. Real headings, real contrast, keyboard navigation and labelled forms, because retrofitting accessibility onto a theme is where budgets disappear.
  • Capability stated plainly. What you do, for whom, with what credentials. No adjective stacking.
  • Documents that behave. Clean links to capability statements and specifications that do not break when the CMS updates.

We build accessibility in from the markup up. Formal WCAG or AODA conformance auditing is a separate exercise, and we will say so rather than sell you a certificate we do not issue.

How much does a website cost in Ottawa?

Custom websites run $895 to $1,795, one time, depending on scope. Prefer to spread it out? Subscription plans start at $99 a month on a 12-month term, with the full custom build included. Samro Support is included with every build, subscription or one-time, for the life of your site with us. A bilingual build is scoped in the same quote rather than priced as a second website. Tell us about your project and we get you a custom quote in just a few clicks. Internal tools and software projects are scoped at customquote.samrostudios.com.

Why does a Montréal studio suit an Ottawa client?

Because the bilingual requirement is the hard part, and it is the part we do every day. A studio that writes French daily produces French that reads as French, which matters when your audience includes people who will notice instantly. Same time zone, replies within one business day, and design approval that happens in your browser instead of on a shared calendar.

What we build for Ottawa organisations

Four services, written from scratch, delivered in both official languages when you need them.

Custom web design

Professional services and association sites, capability and credential pages, membership and event flows, all coded rather than themed.

AI automations

Intake and enquiry routing, instant-quote flows, and automated acknowledgement and follow-up so an enquiry never sits over a long weekend.

Bilingual builds

English and French as equal versions: separate URLs, translated metadata, sticky language choice, and French written by a bilingual studio.

Samro Support

Included with every build, subscription or one-time, for the life of your site with us: security and daily backups with same-day fixes, unlimited changes in 24 to 48 hours, automatic Google review requests with replies written for you, monthly Google and AI visibility checks in both languages, a plain-English scoreboard, and a person who answers. Hosting is bundled into the price on a subscription, or a standard $20/mo add-on starting 30 days after payment on a one-time build.

Ottawa web design: questions we get asked

Can you build an Ottawa website in both official languages?

Yes, and it is the default recommendation here. Both versions are built as full pages with their own URLs and metadata, and the French is written by a bilingual Montréal studio rather than passed through a translation plugin at the end of the project.

Do you build accessible websites for the Ottawa market?

We build accessibility into the markup: semantic headings, keyboard navigation, labelled form fields and readable contrast, on every project. Formal WCAG or AODA conformance auditing is a separate specialist exercise, and we will tell you that rather than imply we certify it.

Do you work with Ottawa firms that sell to government?

Yes. Those sites carry a heavier credibility load, so we focus on plain capability statements, both official languages, clean document links and structure a procurement reader can scan quickly. What we will not do is invent credentials or client lists you do not have.

How much does an Ottawa business website cost?

Custom websites run $895 to $1,795 as a one-time investment, $895 for a growth site and $1,795 for e-commerce. Prefer to spread it out? Subscription plans start at $99 a month with the full custom build included. Love your site or pay nothing. A bilingual build is scoped inside the same quote, not billed as a second site. Tell us about your project and we get you a custom quote in just a few clicks.

Can you serve clients in Gatineau as well as Ottawa?

Yes, and it is the same project. A National Capital Region audience crosses the river in both directions, so the site is built French-first for Gatineau readers and English-first for Ottawa readers, with a toggle that keeps everyone on the page they were reading.

Price your bilingual Ottawa build

Tell us what you need and we come back with your number. Both languages are inside the same scope. Custom builds run $895 to $1,795, one time, or from $99 a month as a subscription with the build included.

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