Keyword Research Tool
Free London Ontario Keyword Research: Volume, Difficulty, CPC
Estimated monthly search volume, keyword difficulty and cost per click data for businesses in London, Ontario looking to improve their SEO by themselves.
Our aim is to democratize access to SEO data in London so trades, professionals, restaurants, and SMBs can improve their organic search visibility or see how Londoners search with first-hand agency data.
London, Ontario, the Forest City, is unlike any other Canadian market we've datasetted. It's a university town with two anchor education brands (Western and Fanshawe) that drive massive search volume, a healthcare hub anchored by University Hospital and the regional cancer programs, and the agricultural and manufacturing heart of southwestern Ontario. Every keyword in this dataset uses the "ontario" qualifier because London, Ontario shares its name with one of the most-searched cities in the world (London, England), and locals know to disambiguate accordingly.
Use cases
How to use the keyword dataset/table below?
A few examples with how-to tips that you can use to improve your competitive edge.
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Content ideas
If you're a contractor in London, "bathroom renovation london ontario" gets 150 searches/mo at KD 4, and the broader trades cluster has remarkably low difficulty across the board. "Plumber london ontario" is 350/mo at KD 0. "Emergency plumber london ontario" is 200 at KD 0. "Hvac london ontario" is 450 at KD 23. "Heat pump london ontario" is 250/mo at KD 4, a clean opportunity given the federal heat pump rebate momentum. Same pattern in Dental: "dental implants london ontario" is 350/mo at KD 0, "emergency dentist london ontario" is 350 at KD 0. London's trade and healthcare SERPs are still mostly basic websites without proper content strategy.
Business expansion
London real estate volumes are some of the highest in our entire Canadian library, and the difficulty is uniquely low because London, England eats most of the unqualified traffic. "Houses for sale london ontario" gets 7,000 searches/mo at KD 6, that's blockbuster volume for an Ontario secondary city. "Homes for sale london ontario" is 2,800 at KD 6. "Condos for sale london ontario" is 1,700 at KD 0. "Realtor london ontario" is 1,000 at KD 1. "Apartment for rent london ontario" is 700 at KD 2. The neighbourhood depth is thinner than Hamilton or Ottawa: Byron (100), Wortley Village (40). Most Londoners search the city as a whole.
For London bloggers
London's biggest content opportunity is education and anchor attractions. "Fanshawe college" is 31,000 searches/mo at KD 17, that's the single biggest keyword in our entire Canadian dataset library after BC Hydro and ICBC. "Western university" is 26,000 at KD 58 (competitive). The related modifiers are wide open: Fanshawe jobs (1,800), Fanshawe login (1,300), Fanshawe map (800), Western acceptance rate (2,300), Western ranking (800). "Storybook gardens" pulls 4,500/mo at KD 2, a children's-attraction goldmine. "Budweiser gardens" is 2,200 at KD 1. If you write Western or Fanshawe-adjacent content, family-focused London content, or local events coverage, the volumes are genuinely enormous.
For startups & entrepreneurs
London has unusually clean service-sector niches with low difficulty. "Junk removal london ontario" is 500/mo at KD 5. "Mobile mechanic london ontario" is 40 at KD 0. "Pelvic floor physiotherapy london ontario" is 100/mo. "Web design london ontario" is 200 at KD 0 and "seo london ontario" is 500 at KD 4, both remarkably easy to rank for. The combination of a 400k+ population, two large student populations, and a long-tail of underserved niches makes London one of the better SMB launch markets in Ontario outside the GTA.
For researchers & journalists
London's legal market is unusually diverse for a city its size. "Employment lawyer london ontario" gets 200/mo at KD 0, a near-zero competition keyword with strong commercial intent. "Immigration lawyer london ontario" is 200 at KD 5. "Real estate lawyer london ontario" is 150 at KD 0. "Medical malpractice lawyer london ontario" is 80/mo at KD 6, likely reflecting the city's major hospital system. "Traffic ticket lawyer london ontario" is 50/mo at KD 1. Detailed reporting on Ontario employment law, healthcare litigation, or family court procedures would land in front of a highly-engaged London audience.
For service professionals
London's commercial volumes punch well above the city's weight class. "Pest control london ontario" is 500/mo at KD 13. "Locksmith london ontario" is 400 at KD 12. "Movers london ontario" is 500 at KD 39. "Carpet cleaning london ontario" is 250 at KD 4. "Massage london ontario" is 1,100/mo at KD 4, exceptional volume for a low-difficulty health & wellness keyword. "Pilates london ontario" is 250 at KD 5 and "reformer pilates london ontario" is 200 at KD 3. The Forest City has high disposable-income service demand without the GTA-level SERP competition.
Table legend:
- Industry: clustered keyword under inherent topic.
- Keyword: the terms typed in Google's search box.
- Volume: estimated monthly search volume (usually higher).
- KD: 10-30 easier to rank, 30-60 medium competition, 60-100 high competition.
- CPC: Ahrefs' estimated cost-per-click to bid on this keyword in Google Ads (typically underestimated, actual costs are usually higher). Most CPC values were excluded where data appeared contaminated with UK results.
| Industry | Keyword | Volume | KD | CPC ($) |
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Table credits: Keyword data powered by Ahrefs.com. Compiled and organized by Visibility Drip, an SEO company serving London, ON.
How the data is compiled
Methodology & refresh cadence
Every keyword in this dataset is pulled from Ahrefs' live search database, filtered for London geographic intent, then manually organized by industry.
Some cells are intentionally left blank. When Ahrefs does not surface a reliable estimate for a specific keyword (usually low-volume or brand-new terms), we preserve the empty cell rather than substitute a value. Blanks represent "unknown", not "zero".
Last updated: 2026-04-29. We refresh these datasets periodically. If you need up-to-the-day data for a specific market or industry, reach out and we'll pull a custom export.