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Software development company in Canada

The software development company Canadian teams turn to when senior talent is scarce and expensive.

Avaib is a software development company for Canada, delivering custom software for Canadian startups, scale-ups and established businesses since 2004. Senior specialists only, a real live window into your working day, and code you own, at a fraction of local hiring costs.

Delivering for teams across Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and the rest of Canada.

20+
Years delivering
600+
Projects delivered
80%+
Client retention
~$25
Per hour, senior engineers

Built for Canadian businesses

Senior engineering for Canada, without the local price tag.

A software development company builds and looks after the custom software your business runs on, the web apps, mobile apps and internal systems, so you get a full development capability without having to hire and manage one yourself.

In Canada that has become genuinely hard. Top graduates are recruited south, US-dollar remote offers pull senior people out of the local market, and the developers who stay command salaries that keep climbing toward US levels. Good software is still what moves your business forward, but the cost and the wait to hire have both climbed for a lot of teams.

Avaib gives Canadian businesses another way: a senior offshore team that works like an extension of your own. The same enterprise-grade quality a Canadian agency offers, delivered at a cost-effective rate, with a real live window into your working day and code that stays yours.

Toronto Canada city skyline and business district โ€” Avaib

Stuck between a Canadian hire you cannot justify and offshore you are not sure you can trust? That is exactly the conversation we are set up to have.

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Why senior talent is scarce and pricey

The brain-drain squeeze on Canadian hiring.

Canada trains some of the best engineers in the world, then loses many of them south. Here is how that plays out for the company trying to hire them.

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Trained in Canada

Canada produces excellent engineers, with Waterloo, Toronto and UBC among the strongest computer-science schools anywhere. The talent starts here in real numbers.

02

Recruited south

US employers, and now US-dollar remote roles, pay Canadian tech workers around 46 percent more once purchasing power is counted, close to CAD 40,000 more a year. Roughly one in four top-school STEM graduates leaves, and about 81 percent of them go to the United States.

03

A shortage at home

Every senior engineer who leaves, or takes a US-remote offer without moving, is one fewer available to Canadian companies. The senior end of the market is where the gap bites hardest.

04

Salaries chase US pay

To hold onto the people who stay, Canadian employers bid salaries up toward US levels. You end up paying US-adjacent rates on a Canadian budget, and still competing with FAANG for every senior hire.

None of this means building less software. It means finding senior capacity that does not sit inside the Canadian salary bidding war, and that is exactly what a senior offshore team is for.

Why Avaib

Why choose Avaib as your software development company in Canada.

Plenty of teams can offer an offshore rate. Fewer can pair it with senior people, a real live window into your day and a team that stays. Our model is built to bring all three.

A Canadian tech team working together at their computers

20+ years of senior delivery

Avaib has built custom software since 2004, with 600+ projects shipped and 80%+ client retention. The senior experience a Canadian company needs is already proven, with 10+ written references you can check.

Senior specialists only

No junior bait-and-switch and no revolving contractors. The engineers who build your software are experienced specialists, backed by a dedicated QA department and a 30-day post-launch warranty.

Real overlap with Canadian hours

Around-the-clock teams set up so there is a genuine live window from the Atlantic provinces to the Pacific coast, with one accountable contact in clear English, so an offshore team works like part of your own.

Cost-effective senior expertise

Senior engineers from around USD 25 per hour, the same capability Canadian firms and US-adjacent salaries cost a fortune for, at a fraction of the price, so the quality is enterprise-grade and the price is not.

AI-accelerated delivery

Our senior engineers use advanced AI coding tools in a disciplined way to move through the build faster, directing and reviewing every step, so your software ships sooner without cutting corners on quality.

You own the code, no lock-in

The code, data and documentation stay yours throughout, with full repository and admin access. There is never a hostage situation and never a reason to stay except that the work keeps delivering.

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An honest read

Hire locally in Canada, or bring in a senior offshore team?

Offshore is not the right answer for every project, and we will tell you when it is not. Here is how we help Canadian teams decide which side their work falls on.

Hire locally when

A Canadian hire is the better call

  • The work is deeply tied to being physically on-site, in one Canadian office, day to day.
  • You are hiring one or two people for the long haul and the total cost is not the deciding factor.
  • The role needs constant, in-person collaboration with a team that is already fully in-house.
  • Compliance or a client contract specifically requires the work to be done on Canadian soil.
A senior offshore team fits when

Avaib is the better call

  • You need senior engineering capacity in weeks, not the months a Canadian senior search now takes.
  • The budget will not stretch to US-adjacent Canadian salaries for every developer you need.
  • You want to add or scale a team for a product build without carrying permanent headcount.
  • You have been burned by cheap offshore before and want senior specialists with one accountable team instead.

How we work

From first conversation to software that keeps working.

Understand what you need, assemble the right senior team, agree a clear plan, build and test in provable steps, then launch, warrant and support.

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Understand what you need

We start with what your software has to do, who will use it and what it connects to, in a plain-English conversation set around your Canadian working hours, and send a free, no-obligation written estimate.

02

Assemble the right senior team

We staff your project with senior specialists in the technologies it needs, as a dedicated team with one accountable contact and a clear live window into your day.

03

Agree a clear, fixed plan

You get a plain-English scope with defined outcomes and a fixed quote, so you know exactly what will be built, in what order and at what cost before any development begins.

04

Build and test in provable steps

We build in slices, each tested by our dedicated QA department and shown to you in regular demos, so you see working software early and problems are caught before they reach users.

05

Launch, warrant and support

We help you roll the software out, back it with a 30-day warranty and beyond, and stay on to extend it as your needs change, on a foundation and a team that remain yours.

Pricing

Enterprise-grade engineering, without the enterprise price tag.

Senior engineers from around USD 25 per hour, the same capability Canadian firms and US-adjacent salaries cost a fortune for, at a fraction of the price. We scope the work clearly up front so you get a fixed, plain-English quote, and every engagement leaves you owning your code, data and documentation outright.

Best for a defined build

Fixed-scope project

For a clearly scoped piece of software, we agree the scope and the price up front, then deliver and test it against your real requirements, so there are no open-ended surprises.

Best for ongoing product work

Dedicated offshore team

A senior team that works as an extension of yours, that you can scale up or down as priorities shift, giving you real engineering capacity without Canadian salaries or the long Canadian hiring cycle.

Best when you already have a team

Team augmentation

Senior specialists who plug into your existing Canadian team to add the skills or capacity you are missing, working to your process and tools rather than replacing them.

Every engagement is delivered by senior specialists under one accountable team, tested by a dedicated QA department, backed by a 30-day warranty, and you keep the code, data and documentation with no lock-in. Tell us what you are building and we will send you a free, no-obligation written estimate with a clear scope.

Want a clear read on what a senior offshore team would cost for your project?

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Tell us what you are building and we will show you offshore done right for Canada.

Get an honest read on whether a senior offshore team fits your project, a clear scope and a ballpark price, free and with no obligation.

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Who we help

Software development for Canadian teams that need senior work at a sustainable cost.

Whether you are a funded startup protecting runway, a scale-up hiring against the talent drain, or an established business modernising, here is the kind of team Avaib fits, and the problem we usually solve for each.

Funded Canadian startupsYou need real senior engineering but every US-adjacent salary burns runway fast. A senior offshore team gets you enterprise-grade capability at a rate that stretches the round much further.
Scale-ups fighting the talent drainWith top graduates heading south and the senior market thin, local hiring is slow and costly. A dedicated offshore team adds senior developers in weeks, not the months a Canadian search takes.
Established businesses modernisingYou have ageing systems and a roadmap stalled by cost and hiring. We bring the senior specialists to move it forward, and you keep the code and documentation.
Teams burned by cheap offshoreLast time you got juniors, silence and a build to rescue. This time you get senior specialists, one accountable team and code you own outright.
Canadian agencies needing overflowWhen your own pipeline outruns your capacity, a senior offshore team gives you dependable overflow delivery under your brand and your process.
Founders weighing hiring against offshoreYou are comparing a US-adjacent Canadian hire against an offshore team. We give you an honest read on where offshore genuinely fits your project and budget.

In our clients' words

Relationships that last years, not projects.

Rated 4.5/5 on Google and 5/5 across other platforms, with 10+ written references and 80%+ client retention.

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"We have dealt with Avaib as our sole software provider for over 9 years now with very few issues. I would recommend their services anytime."

Trevor B.
Long-standing client
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"Avaib understood our needs and have been catering customised solutions that have exceeded our expectations."

Ethan Johnson
Client
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"Round-the-clock availability of business managers and IT teams is one of Avaib's greatest assets. They have always surpassed my expectations. I highly recommend Avaib to everyone."

Zeeshan Mirza
CEO, RemoteFace

Common questions

Software development in Canada, answered.

What does a software development company in Canada do?

A software development company builds and maintains custom software for a business: web applications, mobile apps, SaaS products, internal systems and the integrations between them. It provides the full capability, developers, testers, designers and project management, so you do not have to hire and manage all of that yourself.

Avaib is a software development company that serves Canada as a senior offshore team. You get the same capability a Canadian agency offers, senior specialists, a dedicated QA department, clear communication and code you own, delivered at a cost-effective rate and with a genuine live window into your working day.

How much does software development cost in Canada?

Locally it is expensive and getting more so. A senior developer in Canada averages CAD 114,000 to CAD 135,000 a year before benefits and payroll costs, and salaries keep climbing as employers bid against US-dollar remote offers to hold onto talent. Canadian software agencies charge accordingly.

Avaib's senior engineers work at a cost-effective rate of around USD 25 per hour, the same capability at a fraction of the Canadian price, and AI-accelerated delivery helps get you there faster. We scope the work clearly up front and send a free, no-obligation written estimate, so there are no open-ended surprises.

How do you handle the time-zone difference with Canada?

We run around-the-clock teams set up so there is a genuine live window across Canadian hours, from the Atlantic provinces through Ontario and the Prairies to the Pacific coast, for calls, stand-ups and same-day answers. You deal with one accountable contact in clear, professional English, not a stack of project managers that turns a quick question into a multi-day wait.

The wider gap with the West Coast becomes an advantage too: work moves forward overnight, so you wake to progress. You get written scopes, regular updates and demos throughout, so you always know what is being built and where it stands.

Will we own the code and is our intellectual property safe?

Yes. You own the code, the data and the documentation outright, with full repository and admin access and no SaaS lock-in. The software you pay for is yours to run, extend or move to another team whenever you choose.

Confidentiality and access controls are handled properly from the start, with the right safeguards and agreements for your project, so your intellectual property is protected throughout.

Is offshore development lower quality than hiring a Canadian team?

It does not have to be. The poor quality people associate with offshore usually comes from a broken buying model, choosing the cheapest quote and landing on junior developers juggling several clients, rather than from where the work is done. Senior offshore specialists build to the same standard as any Canadian agency.

Avaib staffs senior engineers only, with a dedicated QA department testing every build and a 30-day post-launch warranty. Across 600+ projects and 80%+ client retention, the quality is why clients stay, some for close to a decade.

When should a Canadian company hire locally instead of offshore?

When the work genuinely needs someone physically in one Canadian office day to day, when a client contract or compliance rule requires the work on Canadian soil, or when you are making one or two permanent hires and cost is not the deciding factor, local hiring is the right call.

A senior offshore team fits when you need real engineering capacity quickly, when US-adjacent Canadian salaries will not stretch across every developer you need, or when you want to scale a build without carrying permanent headcount. We will give you an honest read on which side your project falls, even when that means hiring locally.

How do we get started?

Tell us what you are building on the quote form and we will set up a short, plain-English conversation around your working hours. From there we send a free, no-obligation written estimate with a clear scope and a fixed price, so you can decide with the full picture in front of you.

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Senior software development for Canada, without the gamble.

Book a free consultation. No jargon, just an honest read on whether a senior offshore team fits your project and a clear path to get there.

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