# Yellow Pages Canada Scraper — Business Leads & Phones (`ryeguy96/yellowpages-scraper`) Actor Scrape Yellow Pages Canada (yellowpages.ca) by keyword and city for business names, phones, addresses, websites, and categories. Clean JSON/CSV leads for sales and research. - **URL**: https://apify.com/ryeguy96/yellowpages-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Ryan April](https://apify.com/ryeguy96) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Yellow Pages Canada Scraper — Business Leads Scrape **business listings from Yellow Pages Canada (yellowpages.ca)** for any search term and location — get **business name, phone number, address, website, and categories** as clean, structured JSON/CSV. Sweep multiple cities in a single run and build lead lists ready for sales, outreach, or market research. No login, no API key — just set a search term and location and go. ### What you get per business | Field | Example | |---|---| | **name** | `Drain King Plumbers` | | **phone** | `647-362-2109` | | **address** | `100 Saint Regis Crescent, North York, ON` | | **website** | `http://www.drainkingplumbers.ca/` | | **categories** | `["Plumbers & Plumbing Contractors"]` | | **url** | link to the Yellow Pages profile | ### Features | | | |---|---| | 📇 **Lead-ready data** | Name, phone, address, website, and categories for every listing. | | 🔎 **Full pagination** | Returns all results across pages, not just page one. | | 🌎 **Multi-location sweep** | Search the same term across many cities in one run. | | 🔁 **Deduplicated** | No repeated businesses across pages. | | 🛡️ **Proxy-ready** | Built-in Apify Proxy support for reliable large runs. | | 💪 **Resilient** | A failed page or location is skipped — the run still finishes. | ### Input | Field | Type | Description | Example | |---|---|---|---| | `query` *(required)* | string | Business type or keyword. | `plumber` | | `locations` | array | Canadian locations to search. | `["Toronto ON", "Vancouver BC"]` | | `maxResults` | integer | Cap businesses per location. Leave blank for all. | `100` | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Proxies for every request. Residential recommended for large runs. | Apify Proxy | ### Output Each business is one dataset record: ```json { "listing_id": "101902936", "name": "Drain King Plumbers", "phone": "647-362-2109", "address": "100 Saint Regis Crescent, North York, ON M3J 1Y8", "website": "http://www.drainkingplumbers.ca/", "categories": ["Plumbers & Plumbing Contractors"], "url": "https://www.yellowpages.ca/bus/Ontario/Toronto/Drain-King-Plumbers/101902936.html", "location": "Toronto ON", "query": "plumber" } ```` Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or via API. ### Example uses - Build targeted **B2B lead lists** for sales outreach. - Compile a directory of businesses in a category and region. - Enrich a CRM with phone numbers and websites. - Market and competitor research by city. ### Tips - For large multi-city runs, enable **Apify Proxy (residential)** to avoid rate-limiting. - Start with a small `maxResults` to preview the data, then scale up. *** *This scraper collects only publicly visible business listing data. Respect Yellow Pages' terms and applicable laws (including anti-spam rules such as Canada's CASL) when using the data you collect.* # Actor input Schema ## `query` (type: `string`): Business type or keyword to search, e.g. plumber, dentist, restaurant, electrician. ## `locations` (type: `array`): Canadian locations to search, e.g. "Toronto ON", "Vancouver BC", "Montreal QC". ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Cap businesses returned per location (leave blank for all, across all pages). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Proxies used for every request. Residential proxies are recommended for large runs to avoid rate-limiting. ## Actor input object example ```json { "query": "plumber", "locations": [ "Toronto ON" ], "maxResults": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `businesses` (type: `string`): All scraped businesses in the run's default dataset. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "query": "plumber", "locations": [ "Toronto ON" ], "maxResults": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("ryeguy96/yellowpages-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "query": "plumber", "locations": ["Toronto ON"], "maxResults": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("ryeguy96/yellowpages-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "query": "plumber", "locations": [ "Toronto ON" ], "maxResults": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call ryeguy96/yellowpages-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ryeguy96/yellowpages-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Yellow Pages Canada Scraper — Business Leads & Phones", "description": "Scrape Yellow Pages Canada (yellowpages.ca) by keyword and city for business names, phones, addresses, websites, and categories. Clean JSON/CSV leads for sales and research.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "gNjCh0tXySWOCe3lq" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/ryeguy96~yellowpages-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-ryeguy96-yellowpages-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/ryeguy96~yellowpages-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-ryeguy96-yellowpages-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/ryeguy96~yellowpages-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-ryeguy96-yellowpages-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "title": "Search term", "type": "string", "description": "Business type or keyword to search, e.g. plumber, dentist, restaurant, electrician." }, "locations": { "title": "Locations", "type": "array", "description": "Canadian locations to search, e.g. \"Toronto ON\", \"Vancouver BC\", \"Montreal QC\".", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max results per location", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap businesses returned per location (leave blank for all, across all pages)." }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxies used for every request. Residential proxies are recommended for large runs to avoid rate-limiting.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```