Based in Toronto & Ottawa. Working across Canada and the US.
Since 2007, Arete has partnered with B2B companies far beyond our home cities — through a remote-first process built for distance, not around it.
Head office market. We work with businesses from coast to coast, with the deepest concentration across Ontario.
Secondary market served remotely, with particular strength in states along the Eastern and Central time zones.
Six disciplines, one growth engine — delivered remotely.
Strategy, design, engineering, and marketing under one roof, whether you're down the street or across the border.
Web Design
Conversion-first design that earns trust in seconds and guides B2B buyers toward a call.
Custom Development
Custom WordPress and bespoke builds — fast, secure, and engineered to scale with you.
E-commerce
Shopify, Shopify Plus, and WooCommerce stores built to sell and easy to run.
SEO & AI Search
Technical SEO, content, and the AI-search optimization that decides who gets cited now.
PPC & Paid Media
Google and Meta campaigns built to fill the pipeline with high-intent leads — measured on revenue.
Social & Reputation
Social media marketing and reputation management that build authority worth trusting.
We speak your sector, wherever you're based.
B2B teams in regulated and considered-purchase industries — typically $1M–$10M in revenue, though we work beyond that band too.
Legal
Firms & practices needing authority and intake.
Finance
Advisory, fintech & financial services.
Manufacturing
Industrial brands with complex product lines.
SaaS & Technology
Software companies scaling demand.
A process built for working at a distance
Distance doesn't slow projects down — structure does the work that proximity used to.
Discovery Call
A video kickoff to align on goals, timeline, and stakeholders — wherever you're based.
Structured Check-ins
Scheduled milestone reviews replace hallway conversations, so nothing depends on being in the room.
Shared Project Tools
Live staging links and async feedback keep one single source of truth for every deliverable.
Launch & Support
Same handoff, training, and support window as any local client — just delivered remotely.
What you get, regardless of time zone
The same senior team, process, and standards as our Toronto and Ottawa clients.
One Senior Team, Start to Finish
No handoffs to junior staff or subcontractors — the strategist and designer you meet on day one stay on your project.
Built-In Flexibility for Time Zones
Overlapping working hours across Eastern, Central, and beyond are planned into every schedule from kickoff.
18 Years of Remote-Ready Process
Refined since 2007 across 1,000+ projects — this isn't a pandemic-era pivot, it's how we've always scaled beyond our home cities.
Where we work today
Our home base is Ontario, but our client base isn't. We've delivered projects for companies across the following regions — with the same process, same team, and same results.
Wherever you're based, if you're a B2B company that takes your website seriously, we can work together.
Near the Canadian border? We work closely with businesses in border-proximity US cities — including Buffalo & Rochester (NY), Detroit (MI), Burlington (VT), and Bellingham (WA) — where Eastern and Pacific hours overlap most naturally with our Toronto and Ottawa teams.
""They understood our business, not just our website. Working across time zones was never an issue — the process just worked.""
Distance was never the obstacle.
Arete means excellence — the pursuit of a thing's highest potential. For 18+ years we've held remote client work to the same standard as clients who walk through our door.
Let's build something worth being found — wherever you are.
Tell us about your project and we'll come back with honest, specific next steps — usually within one business day, regardless of time zone.