Keyword Research Tool
Free Vancouver Keyword Research: Volume, Difficulty, CPC
Estimated monthly search volume, keyword difficulty and cost per click data for businesses in Vancouver, British Columbia looking to improve their SEO by themselves.
Our aim is to democratize access to SEO data in Vancouver so trades, professionals, restaurants, and SMBs can improve their organic search visibility or see how Vancouverites search with first-hand agency data.
Vancouver is unlike any other Canadian market we've pulled. The city's tourism economy is staggering — Grouse Mountain, the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Stanley Park, and Granville Island each generate tens of thousands of monthly searches, putting Vancouver in a league with global tourism destinations. The food scene is the deepest of any Canadian city outside Toronto, with strong Asian cuisine intent, world-class sushi, and Michelin-recognized restaurants. The legal market is dominated by immigration and ICBC-related practice areas, and the strata-driven condo market drives unusual trades demand. This dataset reflects all of it.
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 Vancouver, "bathroom renovation vancouver" gets 700 searches/mo at KD 0 — that's an empty SERP wide open for any contractor with a basic content strategy. "Kitchen renovation vancouver" is 450 at KD 12. "Strata painting vancouver" is 150/mo and "condo painters vancouver" is another 150/mo — both are quintessentially Vancouver keywords that don't really exist in Calgary or Toronto markets. The high-rise condo and strata council market drives a service vertical you won't find in our other city datasets.
Business expansion
Vancouver real estate is dominated by rental searches and condo intent — the city's housing affordability story shows up in the data. "Houses for sale vancouver" gets 3,200/mo at KD 22, but "condos for sale vancouver" gets 2,000 at KD 2 (much lower difficulty), and "apartment for rent vancouver" is 1,200 at KD 23. "Float homes for sale vancouver" is 150/mo at KD 0 — a category that essentially exists only in BC. "Laneway house for rent vancouver" at 100/mo (KD 0) reflects Vancouver's unique density solutions. North and West Vancouver have meaningful neighbourhood-level real estate volume, but most other Vancouver neighbourhoods have low standalone search volume because residents tend to search the city as a whole.
For Vancouver bloggers
Vancouver tourism content is the richest opportunity of any Canadian city we've datasetted. "Grouse mountain" gets 40,000 searches/mo at KD 4. "Capilano suspension bridge" is 38,000 at KD 9. "Stanley park" is 29,000 (KD 57, competitive). "Granville island" is 28,000 at KD 29. "Kitsilano beach" is 7,700 at KD 4. There's even a 6,100/mo search for "harry potter stanley park" (KD 1) — a film-tourism trail most local content sites haven't even noticed. If you write travel, lifestyle, or family content, Vancouver is where the volumes get serious.
For startups & entrepreneurs
Vancouver's commercial volumes are unusually high for niche services. "Locksmith vancouver" is 2,300 searches/mo at KD 7. "Pest control vancouver" is 1,200 at KD 10. "Junk removal vancouver" is 1,300 at KD 25. "Pilates vancouver" is 1,700 at KD 24, "puppy yoga vancouver" is 1,400 at KD 0. The city has a high disposable-income consumer base actively searching for boutique service experiences, and the SERPs are still mostly directory listings or thin agency pages. If you're launching a wellness, home services, or specialty fitness brand in YVR, the organic opportunity is real.
For researchers & journalists
Vancouver's legal market is the most diverse of any Canadian city we've datasetted. "Immigration lawyer vancouver" gets 700/mo at KD 47 — the highest immigration intent volume in our data, reflecting Vancouver's role as a primary Pacific Canada immigration gateway. "Employment lawyer vancouver" is 600 at KD 39. "Estate litigation lawyer vancouver" is 150/mo at KD 5 — a niche legal practice with surprising search depth. "WCB lawyer vancouver" at 150/mo (KD 2) and "trademark lawyer vancouver" at 150/mo (KD 0) round out the picture. Detailed reporting on BC immigration policy, ICBC dispute processes, or strata corporation law would land in front of a highly-engaged audience.
For service professionals
Vancouver's restaurant and food scene drives some of the highest commercial volumes in our entire library. "Restaurants vancouver" gets 6,700/mo. "Italian restaurant vancouver" is 4,700. "Brunch vancouver" is 3,500. "Michelin star restaurants vancouver" is 2,000/mo at KD 3 — that's a goldmine for any food blogger or restaurant guide. "Best sushi vancouver" is 1,600 at KD 1. "Best ramen vancouver" is 1,300 at KD 1. "Vegan restaurants vancouver" is 1,100 at KD 7. The cuisine-specific long tail is enormous and far less aggregator-saturated than Toronto's equivalent searches.
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). Some CPC values were excluded where data appeared inflated or contaminated.
| Industry | Keyword | Volume | KD | CPC ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No keywords match this filter. | ||||
Table credits: Keyword data powered by Ahrefs.com. Compiled and organized by Visibility Drip, an SEO company serving Vancouver, BC.
How the data is compiled
Methodology & refresh cadence
Every keyword in this dataset is pulled from Ahrefs' live search database, filtered for Vancouver 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.