Advertise with Wander North · 2027

Connect with people who choose well.

Wander North connects your brand with an affluent Ontario audience through premium print, trusted digital storytelling, and thoughtful distribution. From travel and hospitality to real estate, wellness, and financial services, reach people who value quality in the way they live.

10KCopies per issue
2×Premium issues annually
20KAnnual print circulation
35–55Core audience
$160KHousehold income
Wander North Fall 2026 cover, featuring an Adirondack chair beside a misty lake
Fall 2026
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Live well · Eat well · Travel well

A magazine that belongs on the coffee table.

Stories about food, wellbeing, inspiring people, and places worth knowing. A thoughtful setting for brands that are part of a well-lived life.

Wander North cover and Haliburton Highlands editorial spread
Places with a sense of possibility
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Wander North cover and Blue Mountains Cider Trail editorial spread
Food, drink, and local discovery
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Wander North cover and Muskoka editorial spread
Stories readers settle into
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The Audience

Curious. Affluent. Invested in living well.

Wander North reaches an engaged audience who love to live, eat, and travel well—and who look to the magazine for ideas about where to stay, shop, eat, explore, and spend.

People who keep the issue.

Wander North is built as an editorial object, not disposable advertising. Long-form stories, premium paper, and limited ad placements give each issue a longer life and each advertiser more room to be noticed.

65%Female
35%Male
$160KHousehold income
Why it matters

Their interests go beyond the getaway.

Our readers discover places, products, and businesses through stories about life in Ontario. That creates a natural setting for realtors, home and design brands, retailers, wellness providers, automotive brands, and professional and financial services—as well as destinations and tourism operators.

A glass-fronted cabin nestled among woodland treesHands wrapped around a ceramic coffee cup at an outdoor tableA woman walking through a sunlit autumn landscape
Distribution

Not just where people live. Where they go.

Each issue is distributed through the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario, then carried into a curated network of destinations and businesses across the province.

GTA + Southern Ontario

Where many Ontario trips begin.

Wander North reaches readers through select Roots® retail stores in the GTA and Southern Ontario, putting the magazine in front of an audience already aligned with Canadian lifestyle, travel, and the outdoors.

GTA + Southern Ontario inspiration Ontario travel
Across Ontario

Curated places worth finding.

Copies are also placed in boutique inns and lodges, spas, wellness studios, retreat venues, specialty shops, cideries, breweries, bookstores, tourism partners, and events.

  • Bruce, Grey & Simcoe
  • South Georgian Bay
  • Cottage Country
  • Algonquin
  • Muskoka & Parry Sound
  • Kawartha Lakes
  • Haliburton Highlands
  • Prince Edward County
  • Northwestern Ontario
  • Ottawa Valley
  • Northeastern Ontario
  • Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma
Beyond the printed page

In print. Online. In the conversation.

Every issue of Wander North is also published as a digital flipbook, extending its reach beyond our print distribution—with live links on advertisements that make it easy for readers to connect directly with a brand.

Our growing website, email, video, and social audiences create more ways to discover Wander North’s stories, meet the people behind Ontario businesses, and stay connected between issues.

Our digital audience

Average digital magazine reads per issue
11K
Average monthly unique website users
2.5K
Social followers
3.2K
Email subscribers
1K
Average YouTube views per video
14K

Our website averages 3,700 page views per month.

Figures as of October 2026. YouTube average based on four published videos. Audiences may overlap across channels.

Two people sitting together on a dock beside a quiet lakeA welcoming café with warm wood details and a barista at workA wooden barrel sauna and outdoor tub among the treesA cosy wood-lined cabin with a fireplace and forest views
Why Wander North

Editorial first. Advertising without the clutter.

01

Made to stay around

Premium print and two seasonal editions create issues designed to be read, shared, revisited, and kept.

02

Limited placements

We deliberately keep advertising limited, giving participating brands more room and reducing visual clutter.

03

Discovery before decisions

Reach readers while they are still choosing where to stay, eat, explore, shop, and spend.

04

Ontario reach, regional relevance

Our distribution connects high-value audiences in Southern Ontario with communities and experiences across the province.

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It’s like taking a National Geographic and smashing it together with a Food + Drink. I love how it’s filled with so many stories and isn’t overrun with ads.
Advertising · 2027

Choose your space.

Premium print placements are available in both the Spring and Fall 2027 editions. Inventory is intentionally limited.

Back Cover$3,390
Inside Cover$2,990
Double Page Spread$3,900
Half Page$1,490
Download rates + mechanical specifications
Spring 2027

Early May

Fall 2027

Late September

Digital Stories + Visibility

Keep the story going between issues.

Alongside our Spring and Fall editions, Wander North offers Ontario businesses two story-led ways to connect with readers throughout the year. Both include newsletter and social promotion.

01 · Editorial

Custom Editorial Feature

A professionally written Wander North web feature shaped around your business, place, or offering.

  • Concept development and Wander North writer
  • Draft review and approval
  • Integrated links and calls to action
  • Newsletter and social promotion
Investment$449 CAD
Build Your Mix

Choose what fits. We’ll shape the details.

Select one or more opportunities above to create a starting point for the conversation.

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Starting estimate $0 CAD
Discuss This Mix

All opportunities are reviewed for editorial fit and availability. Prices exclude applicable taxes and custom production.

Spring + Fall 2027

Put your brand in good company.

Choose a premium print placement, build a digital package, or talk to us about a larger partnership with Wander North.