⚡ Content Management Systems in Canada

Content Management Systems (CMS) are software solutions that allow users to create, edit, and organize website content without coding, simplifying ongoing website maintenance.

Canada is a North American country with a population of over 40 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 48.8% of websites from Canada.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top CMS platforms in Canada in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 87% share.
It is followed by Drupal with 3.7% and Joomla with 1.8%.

WordPress 87%
Drupal 3.7%
Joomla 1.8%
Craft 0.7%
Adobe Experience Manager 0.5%
HubSpot CMS 0.5%
Contentful 0.5%
Kentico 0.4%
Concrete CMS 0.3%
Open Journal Systems 0.3%
Sitefinity 0.3%
ExpressionEngine 0.3%
Sitecore 0.2%
DNN 0.2%
Other 3.3%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Canada than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Drupal ^(-1)
4. Craft ^(-4)
5. Adobe Experience Manager ^(-2)
7. Contentful ^(-2)
8. Kentico ^(-11)
9. Concrete CMS ^(-8)
10. Open Journal Systems ^(-22)
11. Sitefinity ^(-20)
12. ExpressionEngine ^(-6)
13. Sitecore ^(-3)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 143 CMS platforms used on sites from Canada, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WordPress San Francisco, California, United States A widely used open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source	87%
2	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	3.7%
3	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	1.8%
4	Craft Bend, Oregon, United States A flexible open-source content management system written in PHP that supports MySQL or PostgreSQL databases and is built on the Yii framework. Free$279+	0.7%
5	Adobe Experience Manager San Jose, California, United States A software solution that's equal part content management system and digital asset management system. $50,000+/year	0.5%
6	HubSpot CMS Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A hosted platform for building websites, blogs, landing pages, apps, and emails that integrates tightly with HubSpot CRM and other marketing tools. Free$15+/seat/month	0.5%
7	Contentful Berlin, Germany A commercial, cloud-based, headless content management system that structures content for use across multiple digital platforms via APIs. Free$300+/month	0.5%
8	Kentico Brno, Czech Republic A commercial content management system built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. $1,050+/month	0.4%
9	Concrete CMS Portland, Oregon, United States An open-source content management system built with PHP and MySQL that combines in-context editing and modular page building. FreeOpen source	0.3%
10	Open Journal Systems Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Open source software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals. FreeOpen source	0.3%
11	Sitefinity Burlington, Massachusetts, United States A cloud-based, AI-powered, enterprise-grade CMS built on .NET technology. $$$	0.3%
12	ExpressionEngine Ormond Beach, Florida, United States An open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source$249+	0.3%
13	Sitecore San Francisco, California, United States An enterprise CMS built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server that manages, delivers, and optimizes digital content and experiences across multiple channels. $40,000+/year	0.2%
14	DNN Austin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server. FreeOpen source	0.2%
15	October CMS Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia A self-hosted, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. Free$39	0.2%
16	Sanity San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based headless CMS that stores content as structured data in a hosted content lake and delivers it via APIs to any frontend. Free$15+/seat/month	0.2%
17	OpenText Web Waterloo, Ontario, Canada An enterprise web content management system formerly known as TeamSite.	0.2%
18	K2 Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles A Joomla content management extension that replaces and enhances the default article system. FreeOpen source	0.1%
19	TYPO3 Düsseldorf, Germany An open-source enterprise content management system written in PHP that supports multisite and multilingual installations and has a large extension repository. FreeOpen source	0.1%
20	Statamic Ormond Beach, Florida, United States A highly adaptable CMS built on Laravel that can run full-stack or headless, on flat files or database, or as a static site generator. FreeOpen source$7+/month	0.1%
21	Prismic Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A headless CMS and page builder for Next.js, Nuxt, and SvelteKit sites. Free$180+/month	0.1%
22	Microsoft SharePoint Redmond, Washington, United States A cloud-based collaboration and content management service that enables organizations to store, share, and manage documents, knowledge, and internal websites within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. $5+/user/month	0.1%
23	Sociavore Kitchener, Ontario, Canada A website builder and ecommerce platform for restaurants. $49/month	0.1%
24	SilverStripe Wellington, New Zealand An open-source content management system written in PHP for building content-driven websites. FreeOpen source	0.09%
25	Liferay Diamond Bar, California, United States An open-source enterprise web platform for building business solutions, intranets, customer portals, and digital experiences across web and mobile channels. FreeOpen source$$$	0.09%

👉 See Also

🌎 CMS in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 66,600 websites from Canada.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.