If you target the Canadian real estate market, Realtor.ca is one of the richest sources of agent and brokerage information. A Realtor.ca scraper helps you collect this data at scale—cleanly, consistently, and ready for outreach or analysis. This guide walks you through the exact workflow (open, choose filters, copy the URL, add it to your scraper, start, export) and shows you how to keep the output human-friendly and useful.
Why scrape Realtor.ca?
- High-value contacts: Discover agents and broker offices with roles, reviews, and social links.
- Targeted prospecting: Build precise lists by city, province, specialty, or brokerage.
- Flexible exports: Save results as XLSX, CSV, or JSON for your CRM, spreadsheets, or pipelines.
- Time savings: Replace manual copy-pasting with automated extraction in minutes.
Always review the website’s Terms of Use and applicable laws before scraping. Use the data responsibly and honor do-not-contact requests.
What data you can capture (fields)
A well-configured Realtor.ca scraper can export the following fields:
- URL
- Name
- Position (e.g., Sales Representative, Broker)
- Reviews (aggregate count or rating where available)
- Phone
- Fax
- Realtor Website (agent’s personal site)
- X (formerly Twitter)
- Company (brokerage)
- Company Address
- Company Phone
- Company Fax
- Office Website
- Additional Qualifications (designations, languages, specialties)
- Client Ratings & Testimonials
Note: Not all profiles include every field. Your scraper should leave blanks where data isn’t present so your export stays clean and consistent.
Step-by-step: How to use a Realtor.ca scraper
- Open Realtor.ca
Go to the site and navigate to the agent or brokerage search area. You’ll typically see search filters for location and sometimes specialties. - Choose category and location
For “category,” think of your target segment: Agents, Brokers, or Offices (depending on how you filter). For location, select a city, province, or a broader region (e.g., “Toronto, ON” or “British Columbia”). Apply any other filters you need (language, specialty, etc.) if available. - Copy the results page link
When results load, copy the full URL from your browser’s address bar. That URL encodes your filters (category + location + other parameters) and is perfect to feed into your scraper. - Add the link to your Realtor.ca scraper
Paste the URL into the Realtor.ca scraper input. If you want to scale, add multiple links—e.g., “Vancouver agents,” “Calgary agents,” “Montreal agents”—so your run covers several markets in one pass. - Start scraping
Click Start. The scraper will visit each result, open profile pages where needed, and extract the fields listed above. Make sure your tool follows pagination (“Next” pages) so you don’t miss listings. - Export your data
Once the run finishes, export your dataset to the format that best fits your workflow:- XLSX for fast team review and spreadsheets
- CSV for CRM imports and email tools
- JSON for developers and downstream automation
Make the output human-friendly (and ready for action)
- Use clear headers: Keep the exact field names above so teammates instantly understand each column.
- Normalize phones: Convert to a consistent format (e.g.,
+1-XXX-XXX-XXXX) for dialers and CRMs. - De-duplicate records: Some agents may appear in multiple filtered views—dedupe by Name + Company + Phone or by profile URL.
- Tag your segment: Add two extra columns—Target Category and Target Location—so you can slice lists later.
- Validate contact points: Run light validation on emails/phones to reduce bounces and bad numbers before outreach.
AI Niche Targeting (optional power-up)
Want smarter prospecting? Add AI Niche Targeting to your workflow. Simply describe what you sell (e.g., “CRM for solo agents,” “Media packages for luxury listings”) and let AI suggest the categories, specialties, and locations most likely to care about your offer. This guidance helps you prioritize high-intent segments (e.g., agents with luxury designations in Toronto and Vancouver) so your scraped list converts better and your outreach feels more relevant.
Why use Public Scraper Ultimate?
If you need more than a one-off list, Public Scraper Ultimate is your all-in-one solution. Beyond Realtor.ca, it includes multiple directory scrapers and automation features, letting you queue many category/location URLs, run them in bulk, and export to XLSX, CSV, or JSON with one click. From lead generation to market mapping, Public Scraper Ultimate saves hours every week and delivers clean, structured data your sales and marketing teams can trust.
Example workflows
- Brokerage recruiting: Filter by city/province, scrape agent names, positions, and socials. Prioritize by Additional Qualifications to match your ideal profile.
- Vendor outreach (photography, staging, CRMs): Use AI Niche Targeting to zero in on agents most likely to need your service (e.g., agents with high listing volume or luxury focus).
- Competitive research: Capture Company, Company Address, and Office Website to map brokerage presence and analyze regional coverage.
- Reputation tracking: Pull Reviews and Client Ratings & Testimonials into a sentiment dashboard for brand monitoring.
Best practices & compliance tips
- Test small first: Run a single city with limited pages to confirm field mapping before scaling.
- Respect rate limits: Add polite delays and concurrency controls to avoid throttling.
- Handle missing fields gracefully: Don’t insert placeholders that break CSV imports; keep empty cells empty.
- Keep a changelog: When you improve your scraper (e.g., better social detection), note the date and what changed to maintain data quality over time.
- Compliance check: Review the website’s Terms and applicable regulations. Use scraped contact data ethically and honor opt-out requests.
Troubleshooting quick wins
- Partial results? Ensure the scraper is set to follow profile pages (not just skim the results grid).
- Duplicates? Normalize names (trim spaces, standardize case) and dedupe by URL or Name + Company + Phone.
- Messy phones/faxes? Run a simple post-processing script to format North American numbers consistently.
- Empty social links? Not every agent lists socials. Consider enriching later from the agent’s Realtor Website if present (and if allowed).
Wrap-up
With this workflow—open Realtor.ca, choose category and location, copy the results URL, add it to your Realtor.ca scraper, start, and export to XLSX/CSV/JSON—you’ll have a clean, actionable dataset tailored to the Canadian real estate market. Layer on AI Niche Targeting to focus on the agents and offices most likely to engage, and use Public Scraper Ultimate to scale across multiple provinces and specialties without drowning in manual work.