Best password managers for Canadian small businesses and sole props

A Smithville sole prop does not need an enterprise identity platform. They need one vault for the host, the domain registrar, the WordPress admin, and the ledger — shared with a bookkeeper without texting the password. Google’s free saver is fine for one browser. It is not a shop vault.

This comparison is four honest options: 1Password (Toronto address on the public site, later CJ candidate), Bitwarden, Dashlane, and Google Password Manager. Password-manager prices checked against public vendor pages, 6 September 2026. Buttons are official marketing URLs, not affiliate trackers.

The passwords you are protecting are often for web hosting for Canadian small businesses and website builders. A vault does not replace the host or the builder.

Who this page is for

• A sole prop who keeps HostPapa, Squarespace, and Wave in the same browser and wants a second brain.
• A two- to ten-person shop that must share the registrar and the Facebook ads login without a spreadsheet.
• Someone who was told Google Password Manager is “the same as 1Password for teams.”

Snapshot (public pages, 6 September 2026)

1Password — Toronto address, CAD toggle, later CJ

Official 1password.com/pricing/personal and /pricing/business (6 September 2026) print a CAD / USD / EUR toggle. Individual US$2.99/month billed annually during the first-year promo; regular US$3.99/month billed annually (FAQ on the same page) Individual CAD $3.56/month billed annually (CMS field “PWM Pricing - Individual CAD”). Confirm at checkout whether that is the first-year promo or the regular CAD line. Families US$4.49/month billed annually during the first-year promo; regular US$5.99/month billed annually — up to 5 family members Families CAD $5.24/month billed annually (CMS field “PWM Pricing - Families CAD”) Teams Starter Pack US$24.95/month billed annually for up to 10 members (US$299.40/year). Extra seats US$4.99/seat/month. Teams Starter Pack CAD $29.95/month billed annually (CAD $359.40/year). Extra seats CAD $6.25/seat/month. Business US$8.99/user/month billed annually (US$107.88/user/year) Business CAD $10.99/user/month billed annually; CAD $12.99/user/month on monthly billing (teams page JSON) Sources: https://1password.com/pricing/personal, https://1password.com/pricing/business.

4711 Yonge St, 10th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6K8, Canada (printed on 1password.com/pricing/personal and 1password.com/company) A Toronto office is a real Canada-first reason to shortlist 1Password. It is not a promise that every secret stays in Ontario. Confirm the CAD region note on the pricing toggle.

Official 1password.com/affiliate (6 September 2026): apply via Commission Junction. Public rate: $2 per completed signup and 25% of the first year or month’s payment ($2 minimum). This site has no tracking URL yet. Until a CJ link is approved, the button below is the official pricing page.

Bitwarden — cheap USD seats, open source

Official bitwarden.com/pricing (6 September 2026): Free — basic password management; unlimited devices and passwords. Premium US$1.65/month billed annually at US$19.80. Families US$3.99/month for up to 6 users, billed annually at US$47.88. Teams US$4/user/month billed annually. Enterprise US$6/user/month billed annually bitwarden.com/pricing prints “Pricing shown in USD and based on an annual subscription. Taxes not included.” Page JSON includes a CAD exchange rate — that is not a published CAD list. This page cites the USD line only. Source: https://bitwarden.com/pricing/.

Premium at US$19.80/year is the honest “I will pay something” sole-prop plan. Families covers six people. Teams is the shop SKU. Do not paste the page’s internal CAD exchange-rate JSON onto a Canadian invoice as if Bitwarden published loonies.

Dashlane — business USD; personal dollars hidden

Official dashlane.com/pricing (6 September 2026): Password Management US$8/user/month billed annually (official pricing FAQ / JSON-LD). Omnix Credential Protection US$4/user/month billed annually (same FAQ) dashlane.com/pricing JSON-LD prints priceCurrency USD for Password Management. dashlane.com/pricing-personal lists Premium and Friends & Family (10 members) but the HTML retrieved 6 September 2026 did not print a dollar amount. Do not invent a CAD personal SKU. Sources: https://www.dashlane.com/pricing, https://www.dashlane.com/pricing-personal.

Personal Premium (1 member) and Friends & Family (10 members) exist on dashlane.com/pricing-personal — confirm the live dollar line at checkout This page will not invent a Premium CAD number from a US blog. If you need a printed CAD line today, 1Password is the one that actually toggles it.

Google Password Manager — free, not a shop

Free with a Google Account — no public subscription SKU. A Chrome/Android vault for one person. Not a shared business vault, not an admin console, and not a Canadian data-residency product. Do not treat it as 1Password Teams. Source: https://passwords.google.com/.

Use it so you stop reusing the same password on the brochure site. Do not put the HostPapa root login only there if someone else has to renew the domain. Hosting context: web hosting for Canada.

A practical pick

1. Solo, already in Chrome, no staff: Google Password Manager, then graduate the day you share a login.
2. Solo who will pay a little and wants open source: Bitwarden Premium (USD).
3. Household plus the shop: 1Password Families — confirm the CAD toggle ($5.24/month annual on the CMS field).
4. Two to ten people sharing the host and the builder: 1Password Teams Starter at CAD $29.95/month billed annually, or Bitwarden Teams at US$4/user/month.
5. Need a printed CAD business seat: 1Password Business at CAD $10.99/user/month annual. Dashlane’s public business line is USD $8.
6. The site itself is still the problem: website builders or hosting, then put those logins in the vault.